Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-02

With the quantity Of their handlwork,
but with its quality and tasteful arrange
ment. This II especially noticeable With
regard % the flowers and plants. IhS
display of cut flowers WAS something
hard 20 excel.
THE WEEK In MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Mrs. Betsey Ersknc Of deviation,
nearly ~ years of age, fell down . nlght
OF stairs Wednesday morning and broke
her neck.
burglars saturday morning broke Into
q store In Augusta, and also broke open
two street letter boxes. II IL not known
how much they secured.
Archibald L.eckic, q naval veteran Of
the war, Was struck by the engine Of .
special train at Thompson's Point, Port
land, Sunday, the I'D uit., and Instant
ly killed.
An Italian named Csicagui stabbed .
rrrnchmsn named Gagnon and hls wife
In an Italian boarding house ut Lewiston
Wednesday night. Neither Was serious
iy Injured.
The announcement Of the closing OF
the are and scythc works nc Oakland has
csst quite = gloom over that town.
About slxty men will he turned out, and
the outlook for other employment IL not
encouraging.
Bert NJ. wyiie, aged -, shot himself
at his home In Warren. IIls mind has
been somewhat unsettled lately. The
doctor probcsi for the bullet unsuccess-
fully. There Il . fair chance Ut the
young mans recovery.
The bath flrebug hiss been discovered
In the person Of Fred Head. lie WAS
convicted two years sgo of settling IRE
To q building. but Was released on the
ground Of mental lncapacity To comprc-
bend the coormliy Of his offence.
hath Iron Works may yet secure the
contract for the three new gunboais
awarded to the Newport News Company,
a. there Ia q rumor that the latter CON-
pAny finding its contract so low, has
decided 10 give up the job.
The body Of man WAS found In the
North brewer woods, where II had cvi-
IDENTIFY been for q month or more. \
letter found upon the remains Indicated
that be committed suicide on account of
disappointment In love. The identity of
the man can not be- ascertained.
The grand stand at the belfast trottlng
park fell during the races "Wednesday
afternoon. A large number were badly
bruised and damned but fortunsiely no
bone. were broken. The stand Vas
crowded at the tune Il gave way. Sew
eral bicycles under the stand were
smashed.
The Maine women's Christian Tenn
perance Union me, Ia annual session at
Lewiston last week. Oxford County IL
represented on the list of ,icc-presldents
by Mrs. Edna Pierce Of Hiram and Mrs.
Minnie I.obinson Of Norway. Mrs. u.
"A. q. Stickney of East Brownfield is
superintendent Of Sunday School work.
Tecau.e a young lady aged about 10
wouldn't 90 and live With her mother
and stepfather st Cranberry Isle, the
.iepisther. q Mr.. Trus.el, went Ia North.
least IIarbor where the girl was and
broke open the house aud took the girl
by force tn the Island. Deputy sheriff
Moore arrested the parties engaged la
the kidnapping, and they were sent To
Ellsworth jail In default Of sl;o bail
each.
Three citizens Of IIoulton drove out on
the bangor road to Letter A, to the Con.
don place, about III miles from lloulton,
In sesryh Of partridges, and while In the
Gods heard the howl Of wolves. One
Of the party discharged his gun at .
partridge, which caused the animals To
sst up another howl aud come out Into
the logging road In plain sight. There
we're siX wolves, two old ones and four
young ones.
| wateryille IL agitaied over typhoid
fever, says q special On the kennebec
Journal, aud Il IL claimed that milk,
loaded With the germs ~ the disease has
been supplied 10 regular customers on .
certain route. The attention of the
wateryille board Of health was called Ia
J the matter Saturday, and have ordered
the firm that supplies the milk TO stop
delivery until = careful Investigation
shall be made.
| Mr.. Hermann kannlng, q citizen OF
Baskerville, Lewiston, was run Into and
fatally injured on Main Steet, near the
brick yards, by q bicyclist, on Tuesday
evening. lie had been down town and
Was returning when he MAS suddenly
struck by the wheelmsn, Mr.. Ernest
scott, q young man With . reputation
Tor "scorchlng" or fast riding. MI.
kanning received injuries from which he
died at . o'clock Wednesday morning.
Il Was very dark, and probably neither
Of them saw the other until they struck.
burglars Tuesday night attempted to
enter the post ofilce at West Falmouth,
but the shutters being q little too much
for them. they went To Cumberland Gen.
tire and succecded In entering the Office
there, which IL In the store OF Mr.. Dunn.
The postmaster has burglar alarm In
the store which rings Q bell In his house.
Awakened by this, he started for the
store. When hc came In sight OF the
| store he saw q man nj work on the
money drawer, aud without more ado
sent . bullet at him. The bullet didn't
hit the man but warned him, and he left.
Mr.. Dunn chased him and sent the other
four bullets from his revolver at him,
but he got away.
Jean Biptiste Ouillette, who
stabbed Thlbodcau nj Jay bridge,
Was at last found and brought back To
Pennington. After he left Lewiston he
went TO the vicinity Of Quebec, where
he worked In the woods for while, but
when he Was discovered be was nj work
In q pulp mill at Grand Mere, under the
name of Joseph Richette. Deputy sheriff
blake learned that Oulliette WAS In that
part Of the country by means OF letter
which he sent home. Blake had made
one trip to other parts Of Canada, visit
Ing the homes Of relatives Of Ouillette,
but found that he had not been there,
aud returned to Pennington, where he
learned Of the letter and started again
and found his man. Oulllette was willing
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