Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-06-26
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

IN be disturbed very much over an out
break Of malignant dlphiheriA In that
town.
Tie Brunswick Telegraph says there
are all kinds of burglars In that town,
but they "are not of the Kind that
burgle very much"
Robert Rawley, Of Isacklifie Island,
near i,ockiand, attempted To Kill his vile
With an axe, and then hanged himself.
Ills wife will recover.
A team Of ak heavy horses, attached
Ia a road machine, was killed by light
ming Tuesday. The two men on the ma.
chine were not injured.
A correspondent from vinalhaven
states that there Il talk of starting q
weekly paper there, and adds that the
field ''is we'll flled with headstones OF
past bright hopes"
A man dumped q dead horse Into .
brook near the Ssco River above Lining
ton some two months since, and the
board Of health now propose to make u
uncomfortable for him.
II IL suggested that the unlicensed
dogs In Portland may have q special air
tight room prepared for their benefit,
which, after the dogs are placed therein,
shall be fllcd With Illuminating Gas.
Death by this process IL said To he quick
and painless.
They say that economy Ia going tn be
q fad AZ the summer resorts this season.
There's one lady at Bar llarbor who
says she Intended To Walt Europe this
summer but found she must economire
80 came to BAr llsrbor bringing ten
servants with her.
Mr.. IIsrAec Tarbox of Red beach has
taken the contract Of getting out six
granite columns larger than any That
have yet been qusrried In Eastern Maine.
Each column when dressed will BE- TWEEN.
ty-four feet long and more than two and
a half feet In diameter.
The champion absent-mlnded man In
Maine has at last been found. lie ls an
official Of the Camden and l.ockland
Water Company, aud recently presented
To the Rocklsnd city government bill
dated In is9i, which be had carried IN
his pocket since that time.
I. u. Nile of Dallas Plantation was
severely injured BY the sudden attack OF
Jersey ball which he Was leading.
Three times the bull tossed him In the
air, but he finally succccied In getting
away from him. lie Was badly bruised
aud cut, but no bones were broken.
| A U.ockland man who had been In the
county Jail for ~ days for pon-psyment
Of poll tar, paid his tax and costs and
va. let out. Il coat him slO to settle az
matters, TAI say nothing % his connne-
ment, when II would have cost him
only a tribe over 81 In the first place.
George W. Patten % Brewer received
a large order last week from party w
San Erancisco for white birch brush
handles, Ia be made In Mr.. Patten's fac
tory and shipped Ia the Pacific. Mr..
pstten will send the handle. to New
York by rail, whence they will be taken
BY a sailing vessel around Cape Horn.
There 1. q dog In Belfast that ought "a
have nj. license related. lie Ia q cros'
between plain, ordinary dog and
Wild fox, aud last year he killed -
skunks, three minks, and assisted In cap
turing grey fox. la performing th'
latter Job he followed the fox through
the laiter's hole four feet deep and y
feet long.
william l.. Appleyard, Who has beet
connected With the Sebec wooden miil
for several years, has taken out all the
machinery and shipped IL To Topeka,
Kansas. This mill MAS one OF the mrs.
two erected In what !. now known NJ
pf.cataquls County, dating from ls''1
and II L. q matter % regret that its oPer'
alton IL suspended under Circumstance.
that look like Its being permanent.
Tony Perry Of Rockiand has q gam,
rooster which wass great fighter ant
the pride of his heart. II came Ia pass
however, that TIL. rooster Loot leg, and
TO see him hopping around on one les
moved Tony's heart Ia pity and hi'
hands To making u wooden leg, which
being attached the bird soon learned "a
use With great proficiency. lie is once
more In the spit" brandishlng = spur OF
either Lex, and ready Ia defend his titl'
Of the "the champion one-leggcd roosiel
OF the world"
The Aroostook Republican again put
In plea Tor land for settlers. MAin'
has no public lands "a offer and non'
can be obtained except by purchasing
TOW n.hip. This being out Of the 9ue-
ton for individuals the Republican
urge. the state to do IL, and thus give
those desiring 10 q chance To obtain
home. According Ia the present out
look unless something Of the Kind u
done the northern half 81 our domain
will remain . wilderness for many
years yet.
The C-year-o son Of Charles klrl
Was saved from q terrible death Tuesda,
evening by william sullivan, = boy al
Is. Young Kirk Was playing on th'
railroad track near the toll bridge In
bangor, aud was unaware OF the rapid
approach of the evening train from the
east, until the locomotive was closs
upon him. Then, In his haste To escape,
he fell. and would certainly have beeu
Killed but for the bravery of Sullivan
Who dragged him clear Of the rails wher
the train MAS less than twenty feet dis
tAnt.
The following extraordinary recovery
% Loot property, the account OF which u
substsntiated In every particular, u
seldom paralleled: On Memorial Day Z
lady residing la Portland, when return
Ing home from witnessing the parade,
discovered that she had lost her pocket.
book containing q SUN of money, but
when or where she had no Idea. An
hour or 81 after her brother came home
and handed her the pocketbook with the
contents intact. he having found II ou
the street where hundreds had passed II
by unnoticed.
A sensational story from Limerick WAS
published In the daily papers last week.
Ia the effect that woman who found
fhat somebody Was stealing her hour
mixed Paris green with II, and . whole
family OF her neighbors were sick In
consequence. A reporter who investi-
gated found that the scene Of the affair
Was south I.imington, In the locality
known a. IIArdscrabble; that nobody IL
dead az dying. or even apparently sick /;
and that the whole nelghborhood deny
any definite knowledge Of the affair,
though some Of them will admit that
they guess there's something In It."
There IL said Ia he new kind of hy
that IL causing much misery TO horses
and cattle In some parts Of Maine. u IL
q red and black insect. The BiddefOrd
Times says one farmer went out TO his
pasture and found COW and q heller
dead eaussxi nv running from the dread