Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-05-05
THE WEEK In MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The electric railway from Bath ;,
Lewiston via Brunswick Is said to be ;
sure thing.
The Lowell Arms Co. contemplate
doubling the capacity of their bicycle
factory at South Portland.
Fred Lake, who escaped from jail al
Pennington while confined on charge
Of horse stealing, has been captured II
Lynn.
James Sterling Of Fort Fairfield wa:
drowned in the Black River branch OF
the upper st. John. lie was aged thirty
eight and unmarried.
The wreckage gatherers along the
keunebec are now making their collec'
tions for the wood, logs and lumber they
rescued FROM the flood.
VIM. Richardson, young Bridgton
man, attempted suicide Wednesday, but
the bullet struck rib, and was not
fatal. No cause Is assigned.
In order TO guarantees Saco family In
which there WAS case OF diphtheris, II
was found necessary to station police
man at the door. But the house was
quarantined.
A child In Portland fell the other day
from a second-story window 10 the pave
ment, and though its parents at first sup
posed il was killed, it proved to be none
the worse for the fall.
Walter A. Hodgdon, 10 years old, dis
appeared from his home at Pretty Marsh,
April |. His body has been found In
Round Pond. He had fallen through a
hole In the ice. He was an adopted
child OF J. Z. Carter of Pretty Marsh.
The attempt made by Chief Consul
Hichborn OF the Maine Division,
l.. A. W, TO have the date OF the spring
meet changed from May 30 TO the second
in June, was not successful,
the division voting lsS to 30 against 1t.
Burglars entered the house OF Oliver
Newman of Lewiston through an open
window Monday night. The people in
the house heard them, and Mr. Newman
jumped from bed aud started for that
part Of the house, when the burglars
decampei with rspidity.
Seth Allen, aged so, left his home in
Hersey recently to fish 10 Pleasant Lake.
Not returning search was made for him.
4 hole was found where he had un-
fallen through the Ice and was
drowned. He was member OF the 18th
Maine Regiment Association.
&c. Ames who runs gymnasium In
Bar Harbor Is said TO be the strongest
man In Maine. He can lift 7s5 pounds
and has held $40 pounds on the back OF
his neck. The Bangor News Bar Her
Dor CORE spoudent recently saw him
bend up stout iron rod by striking il on
his bare arm.
The town Of DAmariscot,a has spproy-
I'd the contract with the Twin Village
Water Company for twelve years at
81 900 per year, the town 10 have twenty
hydrAnts. four stands for sprinkling.
.wo public drinking fountains and water
ug troughs, aud a supply for the public
schools and public buildings.
4 grass fire Ia Dixwont on Friday,
% ult threatened set Of farm build
ugs, and in fighiing the fire Mrs. Helen
Piper WAS burned 10 death. her daughter
n-law, Mrs. Mildred Piper, was Injured
20 that her hand must be amputated, aud
Elias Seavey, prominent citizen OF Troy,
vas probably fatally burned.
George, aged Is wears, the son OF Hon.
Fred 4. Alden In Union, was drowned
n Seven Tree Pond Sunday. The boat
n which he had been rowing cspsized,
md he WAS unable 10 reach IL again.
The accident was seen from the shore
md assistance had nearly reached him.
The body has not been recovered.
4 boat containing eleven persons cap
iized Monday niglr while crossing from
Benton 10 Fairfield. Wilbur Chase, a
roung business man OF Fairfield, was
drowned. The body WAS recovered. All
1ut Chase swan safely 10 the shore.
Mr.. Chase WAS in the ice business and
Jingle man. He was twenty-eight years
I'D.
Ii is understood that a party of capital
sts have purchased what Is called Peter
.on Rips on the Androscoggin about two
dupNf hNN'N'Na $500
adjoining real estate, and contracted Tor
he building Of dam. Should this
water power be utilized II will lead to
he building OF a railroad, leaving the
Maine Central In Jay and connecting
With the Rumford Falls road 1t Canton.
Lewiston Il tremendously excited over
number OF burglarious visits made
Tuesday night. The unbidden guests
secured 500 1T Wesley Blanchsrd's on
Main Street. aud two gold watches At
". 4. Stones near by. DR.. c. II.
White surprised one OF the rascals seated
II his dining room table eating jam with
. silver spoon. The doctor made a break
Tor the fellow, but the latter escaped
through window.
At about 0 O'Clock Sunday night the
body of Mrs. Marshall, wife OF State
4 ssessor William c. Marshall OF Belfast,
Was found suspended by a rope in her
husbands barn. Mrs. Marshall has
worked very hard of late, and II Is sup
posed that she committed suicide while
her mind was temporarily deranged,
condition brought on chiefly by over
work. She was member OF one OF the
oldest aud most respected families IN
Belfast. aud was favorably known
among the townspeople. Mrs. Marshall
Was over sixty years OF age.
Horace l.. vinal, boy OF 10 years In
winterport, swears that his father,
Vinal, administered strychnine
20 his own brother, Robert A. Ninsl,
Tho died last September. There had
been trouble between the brothers over
some property. Some time after Roberts
death, suspicion with regard to the mat
ter became so strong that an inquest was
held. but the evidence Of poisoning was
SD slight that il was not considered nee
essary 70 disinter the body for examina-
ton. The boys voluntary confession
has made sensation.
This remarkable coincidence Is report
ed from Rockland: A man was looking
into the heap OF burned and charred re-
mains In the cellar OF the building OF
Perry Brothers, consumed In the late
fire, when he saw the burned snd black
pned form Of large book. 1t proved 10
be an old family Bible Of his grandfather
and grandmother Perry. Ii was entire
IL ruined, OF course, but he sought to
save the part containing the family
record. That was destroyed, however.
He then found page comparatively
whole, which he thought he would save
AS relic. CHANGING al its contents his
eve first lighted on the following: This
shall be thine Of the most holy things,
reserved from the fire." being the first
mart of verse 9 of Numbers XvIII.
MAINE SCHOOLS.
The report Of State Superintendent
Stetson contains the following statistics
- N..;no cnbonls.