Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

IL Is said that lS0o OF Everett's popu-
lation of 22,0O0 are Maine people.
Hon. Frank l.. Noble, mayor Of Lew
istou, died Monday morning Of Brights
disease.
Portland hopes that new elevator will
insure steamers running TO English
ports summer as well ss winter.
A Winthrop man has served his town
y wears as road commissioner and got
elected again at the recent town meeting.
The postal clerks recognize this as the
dressmakiug season BY the number OF
packages OF samples that pass through
their hands.
Demand will be made upon the gov
ernor OF Texas for Freeman n. jackson,
who il charged by Mrs. Peters OF Hen
derson with the embezzlement OF sl6oo
of her money.
A shooting scrape between two
Italians on Fore Street In Portland re
suited in the arrest OF Antonio Cussuz-
zello for assault with intent 10 Kill.
Giovanni Msstriani, the victim, has two
pistol bullets in him, but is expected TO
recover.
The owners OF Portland Cat insist
that he can distinctly utter the words
'.pspa" and ''msmms" and that they
have been offered 500 for him. The
neighbors admit that the cat can make
certain very distinct sounds when II has
feline callers
A Pennington, Maine, grocery man
advertises by giving recipe Tor apple
fritters announcing that his store II the
best place 10 secure the ingredients. IL
Is somewhat amusing, in view OF this TO
find among those ingredients mentioned
in the recipe "a glass of brandy.
Bows found the body OF man In the
water Of a railroad culvert In Greene
Saturday. IL Is supposed 10 be
Canadian who moved into that town
from Lewiston short time since, and
soon after suddenly disappeared. II Is
supposed 10 Dc q case OF suicide.
Eighteen members Of the sophomore
class AZ Bowdoin are under Suspension
for the rest of the term, as the result OF
a scrape in which freshman was tossed
In a blanket and lost two front teeth.
The rest Of the class have voted 20
stand by" their suspended classmates.
The most ambitious electric railroad
scheme vet launched Il one 10 connect
Portland and Boston BY means OF shore
line. Fifty miles Of II Is already built,
in different sections, and IL Is predicted
that within two years there Will be a
complete line between Portland and
Boston.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pease, aged IS, WAS
burned 10 death Wednesday afternoon at
the home Of her daughter in Appleton.
The old lady was alone in the room and
attempted 20 light her pipe with shaw
ing and her clothing caught. She was
partially demented, made no outcry and
expired before assistance arrived.
Percy Dorr of Cherrytield, 10 years
old. attempted suicide by eating Paris
green. A physician Was summoned and
succeeded in counteracting the effects OF
the poison. The reason given BY the
would-be suicide for the attempt Is that
he wanted 10 20 where his father Il.
His father, \. ). Dorr, died q fortnight
ago.
ut latest kuiuh W SeufNbt WIN saw"
ed boards is the wood fibre box. Ii Is
made OF pulp, something after the style
OF fibre wooden ware. 10 il supported
by ligh, frame around the outside, and
has no joints excep; AZ the corners. IL
looks as IL the time would come when
wood grinding will be bigger industry
than saw milling. Improved methods OF
reduction are likely 10 be such that
everything in the shape of wood and
bark will be converted into pulp. A
concern In Wisconsin now Is buying mil
lions of feet of hemlock 10 be worked up
into fibre The wood pulp business,
when il reaches its full development,
will utilize much timber that cannot be
converted into lumber, and thus hasten
the extinction Of our forests, unless Wig
orous and widespread measures shall be
taken 10 cultivate and plant anew. More
New England and New York spruce Is
worked into pulp than is cut into lumber.
This fibre business, moreover. will great
IN add 20 the value of standing timber
and timber lands, because IL will render
wood salable that once went TO waste,
remark. the \OrthWpstprn Iumbermau