Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-04-24
THE WEEK IN MAINR
rns MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

10 i1ttstous
Governor Cieaves will designate the
pth Of Nay ~ Arbor Day.
Ground has been broken In Warren
for the new shoe factory, to coat ea,ooo.
Maine farmers have got an Idea that
there will be good apple season this
year.
The Maine Methodist Conference held
lie annual session at Skowhekan last
week.
The Grand CommaBdery of the order
Of the Golden Cross Of Maine met at
brunswick last week.
II IL expected that about 100000, 900
feet Of lumber will be run down the
keunebec this summer.
A. -year-old son OF Joseph II. MAJ.
field ot Portland fell OF wharf and
Was drowned Thursday.
Judge sewaii G. Strout has formally
taken hls scat upon the bench Of the
Supreme Judicial Court.
wilfred X. Mansur, Hangers we'll
II
several new blocks to be erected In
IIoulton this season.
The drownet-whlle-bathing accidents
Of the season have begun. a i3-year-
| old boy Was drowned nj Vassalboio
while bathing, Thursday.
burglars entered several places In
Newcastle on recent night, but secur-
Ell only q small qusntlty OF change and
few dollars worth Of cigars.
The ioss Of lobster traps along the
Maine coast during the recent storm
amounts To many hundred dollars, the
ioss In Cssco bay amounting TO 900.
The body Of samuel n. Folsom OF
Monmouth, was found In brook Thurs
day. IA he had been In III health foi
some time Il IL supposed he committed
suicide.
United states Marshal Donovan Ia.
resigned the chairinanshlp Of the Demo
cratic state Committre, c,mmonly
known ne the Plum Trust. This II Il
said viii break the power Of the Plum
Trust.
Sergeant Richard ilewcy 81 Co. g.
Bangor, VAS accidentally shot while the
company vas st target practice Thur
day. lie failed To give the proper Gig
nal. The wound u serious and MAJ
prove fatal. :
Two prominent citizens Of Buckspor'
Who had . personal encounter lasl
November, have just been trying u ou'
In q civil action. One of them sued Oh,
other for s;ssS damages, and Got . YER
dict for sji.la.
The grand Jury has failed to Ind az
indictment against bertha Treat, the
Frankfort deaf mute Who made muir
derous assault recently upon her uncle
lawyer Treat. She IL pronounced inssn'
by the jury and has been taken To The
insane hospital.
A msn died AZ Zine Point the other day
At the advanced age Of N who VAS rut
over any years ago by q load Of paving
stones Weighing three tons. The wheel,
passing across bis hips aud not break
Ing = bone, this story II almost ~
tough a. the hip bone.
last summer the sAfe of e. W. Nc
CA.lln, nj Milbridgr, WAS blown aud Ger
tain papers together With large sum o
money we're extracted therefrom aDt
carried away by the burglars. Thee
papers, consisting Of deeds, Insurance
policies, etc., werr found last Thursda,
under Mr.. e. v. stevens blacksmith
shop. They were In good condition.
The Abbot Memorial building Il
Dexter will occupy q lot li3f3t
feet 10 si,e. IL ~ili contain it,oo vol
ume- In the public library. The found
alton will be granite aud the building
light gray NeS Jersey pressed brick
The art gallery will BE- finished In quar-
tered oak. The bullding will be wArme,
by two furnaces and completed D~c. Let
Planting seeds of the pine on Oh.
forest grounds Of the old Pine Trr'
state demonstrates not so much what
In . name NJ II dos that enterpris.
which IL willing Ia sow for others to
reap, a. about my years must elspss
before the harvest can BE- gathered
Ex-Governor Davis has planted seyera
lots of land In and about Milford with
the seeds of the white pine.
They tell . story 81 Saco man thai
lawyer pointed out the place on Oh,
deed where hls wife's signature should
- PLACED, he started home 10 get Il
when he got home II occurred to hin
that his wife had been dead foul
months.
PortlAnd's superintendent Of school,
I. doing some effective work Ia that
mo.t important feature of educstiot
--inculcsting . love Of good books-by
authorizing each grammar school teach
er 10 have from the public library books
for distribution once week among heI
scholars
There Was an exciting time nj the
burning OF the Merchants Hotel In Han
gor Wednesday morning. The fire
broke out about o'clock In the morn.
Ing, and seemed to 90 through the build
Ing like q lash. The structure WAS q
four aud half story brick block. Near.
" every room In the house Was occu.
pied and the guests were panic stricken.
Some jumped from the windows and
several we're badly cut aud bruised, but
no lives were lost.
Hiram Roberts of Abbott has q fresh
water lobster from Moosehead lake.
Mr.. Roberts aud friend were fishing
at the lake and had boiled . eusk and
were cutting IL up for bait when they
found the lobster. IL IL about an Inch
aud q half long and IL perfectly formed.
IL IL In . small bottle aud IL preserved In
alcohol. II it wasnt that Mr.. Roberts
IL . strictly temperate man, we should
ssy that there MAS an alcoholic favor 10
both ends Of the story.
The second trial Of George y. Silver Of
Gardiner for causing the death Of Charles
Blenn nj Horseshoe Pond In Gardiner
lsst summer. developed an entirely un-
expected sensation. Silver has always
asserted that there MAS . third man In the
boat whom he did not know; but this
third man has never appeared until the
hr.t day Of the second trial, when he
showed up In the person Of deaf man
aud gave very circumstAntial testimony
tending To eIculpatc Silver. The coun-
ty attorney Characterised his testimony
A. deception and q farce, aud asked .
continuance, which was granted, TO look
up the history Of the witness.