Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-02-11
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

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ii BRIEFLY TOLD.
Il The Y. NJ. G. A. general secretaries Of
New England held conference In Port
land last week.
The handsome Llthgow public library
at Augusta was dedicated Monday With
appropriate exercises.
George r. Vayo Of the firm OF Vayo 4
: PETER, South Brewer. Is missing and his
partner Is particularly anxious to find
him.
The hurricane OF Friday aud Friday
night swept the Maine coast with great
fury, but no serious casualties are re-
ported.
| The Portland Board of Trade Journal
for February presents very strong
argument for making Portland great
naval station.
Houlton has potato souvenir spoon.
The spoon Ia made of sterling siv'r,
which By the way, isn't souvenir OF
the potato this season.
The Italian, Louis Gemino, who es-
capped to Boston In box. but was
brought back to Portland, was held In
the municipal court In Portland for
assault with intent to kill upon another
Italian.
A Bangor boy about ten years old,
named Sewall Cakes, shot himself with
a gun In fit of temper, 1t Is supposed,
on being told TO saw wood. Ii Is re-
L a. 4. 10 nj
boy Is said to have n violent temper.
The Augusta post Office sent out an
average of IL tons of newspaper mail
day during the working days OF the
month Of January. This Is twenty per
cent larger than has ever been sent In
any one month in the history OF the
office.
A Peaks Island family have arrived at
| the sensible conclusion that horse lini-
ment isn't for application to hum IN
beings. IL was applied TO the arms oil
one OF the children with the result that
both her arms are covered with blisters
and are swollen to an alarming extent.
Mr.. J. Stanley Estes of Augusta, the
joyial and entertaining stenographer OF
Judge Whitehouse, smokes modest
corncob pipe with celluloid stem. but |
declares that IL cost him 500. At least
he spent 500 for Christmas presents aud
got only this pipe In return.
The Rockland Star revises the claim |
that Portland shipmaster Is the young.
est captain on the coast, on the ground
that Rockland has several shipmasters
who took command OF vessels Ia their
teens, and one, Capt. Gilbert, who has
been master since he was 10.
George Henderson OF Auburn has been
arrested charged with assault and bat
tery upon his wife and of assault, with
intent 20 kill. upon his fatherin-law, +.
II. Soper OF Auburn. The two men got
irto dispute, and Henderson struck the
other over the head with billet OF
wood.
A broken rail caused an accident to a
Canadian Pacific passenger train near
Greenville Tuesday. The engine went
over the rail all right, but the tender and
all the cars left the track, some OF them
being badly damaged. There were seven
ty-one passengers, but strangely enough
no passenger or train man was Injured.
A block OF red granite bearing this in
scription: This stone marks 10 degrees
north. Half way from the equator to the
pole Ia TO be erected 10 Calais. The
Maine Red Granite Company offers TO
furnish the stone for cost and II Is pro-
posed TO raise the money among the
school children of the neighboring
towns.
The jury at Lewiston in the case OF
Flewelling VS.. the Lewiston and Auburn
Horse Railroad Company, returned
verdict for the plaintiff In the sum OF
s., SIS. The attorneys for the de-
PENDANT company Immediately filed
motion for new trial. Flewelling was
run down by an electric car Fast Day
and lost hand.
There was murder at Oldtown FRI
day evening. Two French Canadians
got into quarrel In n house Of bad re-
pute, thorugh jealousy over the attentions
they were paving To the same girl, and
Charles Dolloff pulled revolver ana
shot Joseph Albert, killing him Instantly.
Albert was about 20 years old, and Dol
lofi, who did the shooting, IL or Is.
The famous Anthony Comstock OF
New York was witness in case at
Augusta Friday against Lea X. Hussey
Of North Arson for selling obscene pict-
ures. Comstock saw Hussey's adver-
tisement and played the detective, under
the fictitious name, al Iiystum." Even
the significance Of the name didn't warn
the victim. and he will now await the
action Of the grand jury.
Mrs. Ellen Dolley Of windham, after
the developments in the trial OF her
daughter Rose for the murder OF her
infant child, retracted her plea and plead
ed guilty. Arguments were made by
counsel in regard To the degree OF the
crime, and Judge BOnney. having con-
sidered the question, decided that IL WAS
murder in the first degree. The SEN
tence is imprisonment for life.
There is hustling firm in East Show
hogan. They are occupying new store
which one week from the time the logs
to he sawed were blown out OF the Ice
with dynamite, was up, the roof shing-
led, the walls clapbOarded, chimney
built and the store finished on the inside.
Such performance in blizzsrdOus Da-
kota or out-of-the-world Oklahoma
would have made the fortunes Of several
real estate agents.
Rev. Leroy S. Bean and Rev. Rollin
Il. Hack OF Portland delivered sermons
on Sunday evening, the I'd. illustrating
the present condition OF the liquor traffic
in Portland. Mr.. Hack illustrated his
address with stereopticon views of many
places in the city where ne had himself
seen liquor sold. Mr.. Bean had no
views. but he exhibited several bottles
containing liquor which he bought at
various places in the city.
There Il more Catarrh In this section OF the /
country than all other diseases put together, /
and until the Last few year. was supposed 70 he |