Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-11-27
THR WEEK In MAINE.
rns MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

There Il a Jesse James gang Of young
boys from : to iayears old In winthrop
Geo. Maxoou Of Crawford, had the
good fortune 10 kill three hears one day
this week.
There are several negro sailors In
Portland trying to get chance to shlp,
but there IL . prejudice against them and
they can't get Job.
The man who bid OF q mall route
down East for e1S; aud can't sublet u
for iess than e5GS, IL not getting much
sympathy from the people along the
route.
Camden has one house which II III
years old. lt IL owned and occupied by
y. II. Wilbur aud there u no question
about Its antiquity. The homestead
Of the late Edward Cushing. nov occu-
pied by his family, WAS built In 1919.
The Round Pond Granite Company,
organized at Round Pond, Maine, Ia.
filed q certificate With the SECRETARY OF
state. This company 10 organized Tor
the purpose Of carrying on . general
granite business. Capital stock, sio,-
30.
An unusual scene WAS presented In
the courtroom at Bath last Monday.
when two young girls, Is and u
years old, were brought before the
Judge on the charge of drunkenness.
They both plead guilty, and the judge
imposed light line.
Reckless sport.men have been hunting
thi. fall In the vicinity 81 the Gambo
mills, and they got 90 plenty
md so reckless that the company had To
nut on large force Of ~atchmen Ia pro-
iect the mills, which might have been
blown up At any time by stray shot.
A meeting Of the stockholders Of lew
i.,on mill company was held Wednesday
afternoon. \ report WAS made that
slGO,OO of the ssOp,bD required to ~
organize had been secured, and com.
mitiec Was appolnted to confer With
COMMITTEES Of directors and creditors a'
Ia plan Of operation.
The bangor whis says: at IL ~
ported that wolvc. have been heard In
West Searsmont on several oocasions.
Old hunter. sAy they ar. growing more
plenty every year, aud thst doubtless
some have strayed away from their usual
hsunts. A party % local sportsmen has
been organized Ia hunt them"
Dexter special Ia the Bangor Com
merclai says that = Dexter man named
Richardson Was Killed In the woods some
ten days since by the accidental dis
charge Of q gun. lie VAS not mls.ei Tor
several days IS he had LET, TO 60 Ia the
house Of an scqusintance several mll's
distant To remain for few days.
Ecy. I. u. I,o.. of the Methodist
church at south Portlsnd IL earning the
title Of 9Th. Dr. rsrkhurst of south
Portland" by his attacks upon local
forms of de,iltry. smuggling exhibit
tIon., social excuses aud III. populaf
dance are some ~ the things Ia which
be- Ia. 81 far given hls attention.
Capt. u. 4. Andrews, 81 West Rock
port, Ia. the latest unique Maine bu.l-
nee. scheme. lie hs. had all the chill
drcn at work gathering the seed II the
birch tree. which u utilized With so
much .uCc..- for hoop poles. I'LL.
seed be- will .ow In hls alder swamps,
and try to rai.e hoop pole. Instead OF
alders.
For the benefit 81 any Que Who In
qulrcs Why Hon. ]. &. Libby bears the
title Of Cattle King" II Il related that
during the thlrty.tye years b. wss In
IN. bushes. he shipped and sold Ia ,hs
Brighton market 10000 head Of caiiis
and .Uco,0D sheep. Al one time he
sold a carload OF dressed beef for -
cent. n pound and at another, during III,
"grasshopper period" for 4 cents.
Two Young men got Into q row at the
kindling " cod mill AZ llowdolnham Mon
day forenoon, and Que of them struck
the other over the head With draw
shave, INJECTING = cut which drew blood
The young man cut WAS = fellow by The
name 81 clarke, and IL N. party who
an. with the murderer lIessey, WHEN h,
got hi. liquor. before killing hi. ~if,
last summer. No arrests have been
made.
Early Monday morning, Lorenzo
Cookson of Richmond went Ia cup
board In . dwelling on SIT. Pleasant,
aud taking down = bottle, turned out
aud drank a tumblerful of it, contents,
.uppo.ing IL To be cider. lie sub.e'
ausntly learned that u Was q solu-
ton Of carbolic acid. Medical aid wa'
rendered BY Dr. whitney, Who state
that the patient had q narrow escape
from death.
4 Young man In Lewiston has a fond.
ne.. for practical Jokes aud neighhor
of his has q fondne.s for hunting aud Ice
tween the two both had "their Az" The
ilrst young man tied a stuffed hawk In q
,lump Of bu.he. aud then waited for hi
neighbor Ia come out aud espy IL. This
the latter did, returned In his house,
got hl. gun and shot away .evers
round. ~ ammunition before he shot
away the hawk.
-Four years ago the towns of Ch,rles'
ton, Corinih aud kendusscag paid foi
stock In what MAS known a. III. Penot'
scot Central Railroad. which WAS Ia IL
built; Charleston putting In slO,>oo
keuduskesg 500. aud Corinih slG, 400
amou pting Ia all 10 81, 200, which went
into the hand. Of the treasurer of the
company. The railroad has never ms'
terialilod, and now IL 1, reported that
each of these towns has died bill N
equity To make the railroad cofporaior'
di.gorge the funds.
The late Clinton 4. Woodbury. ol
DceriDg, Who died quite suddenly some
time since, had large amount OF in'ur'
ance upon al. life. The companies have
declined payment, and caused an exam
lnstion 81 the stomach and kidneys al
the deceased To be made. II has trans
plred that the report Of Professor Robin
.on Of Bowdoln, To whom the siomscll
Was sent, shows the finding In the
stomach of a quantity Of prusslc acid
suiiirien, IN his opinion Ia cause death.
No suits have been brought yet 10 re-
cover the Insurance, but u Il understood
that there will be at the proper time.
what do you estimate 1. the amount
that sportsmen bring Into Maine Ia a
yesry' Was asked Of Game Commission
er stanley at the conference Of game
commissioners In the stste House.
About s5,OOO,OO0," was the prompt
reply. The answer was given as the as
sured result Of n carcful computation,
and derived much Of iis force by coming
from man VIGOROUSLY conservative Ia
estimates Of any kind. The company,
of q round dozen game commissioners
from all over New England, thoroughly
representative of the gsme Interests,
gave an involuntary gasp Of asionish-
ment.
The champion hunter Of Maine lives
In Lagrange, aud Ia q young man well