Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-04
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.


the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Rockland u trOubled With . flrebug,
and the city authorities have offered =
reward OF sioo for his discovery.
Five lads belonging to . gang of petty
thieves In belfast have been arrested
and held In jail to await the grand jury.
The managers Of Rlgby Park will
hang out two el0, 90 purses for free-io
all trotters and PAGERS at the October
meeting.
Prawda, the Yarmouth murderer, II
ssld to he dying Of somc my stcrious
disease which battles the skill OF the
physicians.
The Portland street commissioner 10
having photographs taken Of highways
before aud after being improved. These
are expected To make an Impression ON
the public.
A boat containing four ladies aud .
four year-old son of Itawson kelseo of
West Bristol Was overturned In Clark's
Cove aud the hoy drowned. The ladies
were rescued In an exhausted condition.
Two men were discovered trying tn
break Into . Wholesale grocery store At
Calais, aud one Of them MAS actually
captured. lie had some tools aud q
bottle of powder In his possession. The
other burglar got away.
The prisoners In iiil at belfast had =
circus one day recently. Some liquor
which had been SEIZED WAS stored In
vacant room At the jail. and the prisoners
managed to break In, drank the liquor
aud got most gloriousiy drunk.
A e50,0O0 stock company has been
organized at wateryille 20 construct q
railroad to connect with the wiscasset
and Quebec railroad nc China. Hon. w.
r. IIsines IL ut the head Of the enter
prise. The distance ID twelve miles.
Seventeen Italian workmen on the
wiscasset and Quebec Railroad showed
NJ In q penniiess condition At Augusta
and had To be accommodated nj the city
aims house and later were sent To Hos
ton. The Italian padrone seems To have
been the one Who defrauded them.
The shoe factory at Calais has been
steadily running. producing 800 pairs
Of shoes daily, and has begun an add
ton to the factory Ia increase its output
10 5000 pairs daily. such Instances ol
success stand out very consPieuousiy
nowadays.
some Of the wintsrport people have
clear cousciences II sound sleeping u
any Indication. tine house there wa'
struck by lightning q few nights ago
the chimney Was demolished and con
siderable plastering Was torn down
let the occupants say they slept through
II all.
While John short, oilcr ~ the steam
boat, Rose stAndish al Calais, was oilinl
the donkey engine In the crank oil
Thursday night At 10 O'Clock, he va
caught by the crank shaft aud dragget
Into the pit and Instantly killed. III
WAS terribly manSled.
Two unobtrusiye, industrious, temper
ate men, one from Gullford aud tn
other from Abbott, went on Ia Little Illus
sell Mountaln the other day for blue
berries. During the day they killed !.
snakes. After they 20, home u occur
red Ia them that they were the champion
snake killers of Maine.
Here l. what Mrs. u. T.. Gould o
Princeton says: "My daughter, Esihe
J. Gould, was deaf from birth, aud nov
Ia ~ years old. She has been cured b!
Divine truth In two weeks, an .he cal
hear q safety pin drop to the ioor. Any
one Who wants Ia know more about tn
case can write or call upon me-"
VIII D.. Carr, sgri -, OF Bowdoinham
Vas run over by the Flying Yankee a
Lewiston Monday afternoon and killed
lie Jaw the train, hut too late io stop
lie VAS struck In the head killing hiu
Instantly. A companion jumped aud cs
capped. The remains we're taken 70 t'
station and coroner summoned.
Wesley Jones. q machinist In the EN-
ploy Of the Maine Central In the Fort
land shops, MAS struck by an engine an
Instantly Killed Thursday noon. lie Wa
crossing the tracks on his way back q
work after dinner. lie stepped out
the way OF train. and Was struck b
the engine which was on another track
lie was about G0 years OF age.
John Commethce. employed on III
dam bulldlng operations al Jacks Cros'
ing, Top.ham. was instantly killed vi
dsy forenoon by the falling ~ boon
Of a derrick. The body was taken q
| 49,. E.n. A.. 49,. . IIung. ft.n an
had lived la Lisbon since he came frol
Hungary. lie leaves . family In hi
native country.
Detective Sylvester arrested Emer
jackson, employed In Mr.. X. II. smith
boz factory at North farmlngton a.
breaking into Mr.. smiths wool WARE
house and stealing 200 pounds Of WOO
jackson confessed. Deputy Sheri
Blake arrested q tramp named lienr
Iittledeld for breaking into Mr.. Greer
ough'. house at New sharon and steA
Ing yaluables.
Melvin Be..ey OF Bowdoinham, chars
ed with the murder Of his wife last Nay
has been on trial nj Bath during III
past week. The evidence made II loo
like one ~ the most brutal murders o
record. II also appeared that the HON
life Of the Besseys had been about a
shocking as 1. often revealed. Besse
Was found guilty Of murder In the fir'
degree, aud sentenced To state prison Ia
life.
The evening before the opening Of tn
Eastern Maine State Fair. an aitemp
was made tO,burn the grand stand st ia
fair grounds. A small boy discovere
Il and the fre WAS extlnguished befor
much damage WAS done. The IRENE
found q bottle Of turpentine, cotto
waste, paper and matches about. tn
building had been locked up and q larg
number OF exhibit. were In the exhibl
ton halls. There IL no clue.
Three years ago Edwin Cook, q well
to-do farmer In the Gale District In Pal
myra, SAYS the Pittsheld Advertiser
took = small son Of Mrs. Annie Hart, I
one-armed woman, who IL trying 4
bring up family of children. Cook
the Advertiser says, beat the boy 90 out
rsgeously that Cook was arraigned be
fore Judge burke Of St. Adams for ne
sault, pleaded guilty and was held Il
400 for the grand jury. The boy wal
black and blue from head to foot.
The managers Of several assessmen,
insurance companies In this state ar
planning To consolidate the companie
under the name Of the Maine Mutua
Life Insurance Company. The hea,
Office IL to be established at Biddeford
VIM. Roberts Of Biddeford IL to be presi
dent and T. q. Head Of wsterville sec