Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-05-22
TALK oF TH1 STATE.

The gold mine In sullivan IL to be
opened soon.
N Il expected that the state muster
will be held the week commencing
August ~.
The wife of Henry Nstson, a Finland
er, Was knocked Ola sail boat near Ninal-
haven aud drowned.
Judge wis~ell .. receiving many con-
gratulatiOus on the able way In which
he conducted the Getchell trial.
william Green, aged "a. employed Ia
a saw mill at Great Works, had his arm
torn on at the shoulder saturday, lie
will probably die.
Nathaniel Guptill Of iAmolne, while
driving "a Hancock Vas thrown RON
the carriage by his horse shyine, aud
Was Instantly killed. lie MAS - years
% age.
This years Fourth % July celebration
In Mllbridge Il Ia be managed by
women, and they promise that u shall
b. noteworthy for it, patriotism and
pyrOtevhnic.."
Residents OF Peaks Island are deter
mined Ia lind out II there IL not some
Law against the defacement Of the large
rocks on the shores % that island by the
painting thereon % huge advertisements.
Auburn ~a. quite excited Tuesday
over a scrap between J. W. Carver of
the city, and Detective Odlin. Carver
pulled a revolver, but no damage result
Ell from Il. Carver Was pulled In for as
sault.
Gilbert l.. Leighton, aged 81, suddenly
expired from heart failure In the grand
stand Ia Bangor during the Bangor
Lewiston base ball game Wednesday.
lie was unmarried and had been In
robust health.
TUESDAY night, stephen Douglass
sampson Of Leeds, started 10 cros. the
Androscoggin above East Turner In .
boat, to hang a May basket. The boat
Was csp.ir.d aud he Was thrown Into the
river and drowned.
Col. Merrill Of the Maine division,
sous 90 Veterans, will soon Issue . gen
ersl order announcing that the division
meeting viii not occur al Norway this
wear. as Was expected, on account OF the
lire. IL has not not yet been decided
where the meeting will be held.
Tuesday, while Mr.. Melien Holmes of
North Turner Was driving . pair OF
horse. In his field, they became unmAn
aseable and ran, throwing MI. Holmes
violently from his seat. lie VAS severe
IN injured la the hack and abdomen. and
Il !. feared that he may not recover.
A woman who Was somewhat derAng-
I'll came from Brookfeld. Mass, To the
town of Liberty, and committed suicide
by taking poison az the hotel In that
place. She Was about forty years Of age,
aud II seems had come by appointment
10 meet q man With whom che had had
some correspondent.
The stockton correspondent % the
Belfast Republican Journal states that
several times pieces Of coal have been
found on Fletcher ilill In that town, and
that oil has been noticed on the water in
the springs at the bottom of the hill. 10
IL thought by many that With careful
prospecting mine might be located
there.
The new dam at Pejepscot, above
Top.hsm, where the big pulp and paper
mills are going up, went out Thursday
night. The trouble Was not In the
strength of the dam itself. but In the
fact that II was built, not ON the ledge,
but on the gravel and boulders shove
the ledge. The direct loss IL not Tar
FROM $4,000.
The Maine Central directors met In
Portland last week, and 40 the most in,-
portant matter Of business tsnsacted
elected Franklin A. Wilson Of Bangor
president Of the road. Mr.. Wilson IL =
well-known msn In eastern Maine. lie
10 q lawyer. and WAS for some years q
partner of Judge Peters until his ap-
polntmsnt 10 the bench.
The Idea Of class rebellions IL not now
confined 10 the colleges, but seem> 10
have taken root In the high schools of
Maine. As the result Of such rebellion,
10 IL probable that the lsocklAnd high
school will ma, graduate . class thls
year. The origin OF the trouble In this
Instance ~As something Questionable
published In the school paper.
The brunswick municipal court Ia.
had 10 settle one Of the most uuseemly
family wrangles ever seen In the courts.
The quarrel Was between two sisters,
and extended To the graves Of their
parents, one Of them making an attempt,
which Was partially carried out, Tn re-
move the remains. In the midst Of ex-
huming the bodies proceedings were
stopped.
Calais had q narrow escape from q
Sunday evening, the 18th.
A store house on the wharf on the 80.
stephen side Of the river took IRE. IL
was filed With shingles, bAled hay and
straw, and the Wind scattered the brands
all over Calais. IL looked at oos time ~
n Calais was doomed, but hard work
prevented the destruction OF any build
lngs. and the total loss vas only about
sl0o0.