Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-11-08
THE WEEK IN MAINE
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

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Washington County Railroad.
Four stores In Brooks were broke
into one night recently, and about tw
dollars was secured, mostly In coppers
A Phillips man says Il took 10 n
volver shots to kill rabbit, recently
But he doesn't say whether they all n
the rabbit.
i Matthew Dean, carpenter, fell fror
a roof at Skowhegan Saturday, the 29t
ult. His back WAS broken and he Is no
expected to recover.
In one Biddeford family i've member
have had the typhoid fever since n sol
came from Chickamsuga sick with tn
disease. The same experience, on
smsller scale, has been true In man
Maine homes.
Payson Tucker, the former well-knor VI
general manager Of the Maine Contra
II ,ilrosd, IL reported to be In = seriou
condition vt his home Ia Brookline
Mass from blood poisoning starting Il
a slight Injury to his foot.
Fred Dur,nt, who was crushed b.
tween pulp car aud au engine Of tn
International Paper Company mills u
Chisholm's saturday, died Sunday nigh
from his injuries. he was FreDcl
CausdiSn, about p years Of age and un
married.
How many OF US know that Msine ha
womsn bank presidents Miss Francs
+. Mason Is president Of the limericl
National Rank, one OF the sound 10
situations OF the state. The hank Wa
founded by her fsther. j. NJ. Mason
long prominent In Maine business circles
and It's interests have been ably pro-
NOTED under her leadership.
Saturday night the Falmouth papel
mill at Jay, owned by the laternationa
Paper Co., WAS shut down for an indefl
mite period and since only the pulp mil
ia running, and IL IL said that IL lis
hle to be shut down any day. The pros
poets for business ut Jaw this winter
look rather slim. About 100 workmer
are thrown out Of employment by thu
shutting down Of this plant.
Biddcford Il having n boom Ia wed
diugs. On one morning, this week
there were five at ST. Joseph's church
AZ the church, Sunday, Rev. Fr. Du
pont made a protest az Ainst long court
ships, and though the weddings, Mon
day morning, could not have been q ne
suit Of the pastors talk, IL Is reported
that there are lot Of overdue wedding:
which will be speedily cousumm,ted be-
cause OF the pastors discourse.
President Ryan Of Electrolytic Marine
Salts fame Is still experimenting al
Plsut No. In I.ubec, and claims that
there Is still hope OF getting gold out OF
sea water. Most people, here, however,
give Il little credence and never expect
TO see operations renewed on the nam
moth canal plant. Everything remains
just A. Il was when work stopped July
81. Contractor Cushman Of st. John IL
saving mp the remainder OF his lumber
and shipping IL away.
All O'Clock Friday night Lorin .Jud.
kins and Z,dor Tsllouse engaged 10 q
Jealous fight upon Ticonic railroad
bridge at wsterville, and Tallouse was
thrown from the center Of the bridge In
To the kennebec River, from which he
WAS rescued In al apparently dying con-
dition from drowning. The distance
from the bridge to the water is about
TWENTY-FIVE feet. Judkins escaped and
made for Fairfield. Tallouse Ia a gate
keeper In the employ Of the Maine Gen.
trail Railroad Company at winslow and
Judkins Is a jobber about town.
The month OF October WAS the great
eat month ever known In eastern Maine
for game records. On Monday. Oct. 81
a new record WAS established, there hsv-
ing been brought into Bangor on that
dsy III deer, nine moose and two besrs.
The former record made October ~, 1887,
Was 100 deer, eight moose. and i've
caribou. During October more than
1900 deer were transported on the Il. and
A. trains which pass through Bangor.
or shout 900 more than were shipped
In October Of last year. More game OF
every sort, moose, caribou, and bears
has been shot than ever before.
The case Of Sarah Ware, the Bucks
port woman who disappeared from her
home on Sept. 10, and whose dead body,
with crushed skull was found In lone
ly pasture two weeks later, Is still I'M
solved. Detective Fred l.. Odlin OF
Lewiston, who WAS employed by the
town. after three weeks Of hard work,
has voluntarily abandoned the case.
Neither the place, weapon, motive or
murderer has been established, or any
definite clue connecting any person with
the crime discovered. The case remains
as much OF g mystery rs II was upon the
day the crime was discovered.
Portland Advertiser: At the state
convention Of county commissioners at
Alfred the tramp nuisance was discussed
and committee was appointed to en-
deavor 10 secure more drastic law on
this subject from the coming Legislature.
But there IL law enough already. As
with other statutes that might be men,
toned, the trouble Is thst the law
is not enforced. The act OF 1889 re-
quires municipal officers 10 appoint spe-
cisl coustables to arrest and prosecute
tramps, and these people, the law saws,
shall be imprisoned In the county jail
for term ut hard labor. 1t Is truism
that no law VI uau wiz chtoiSc i'SSA'
A sensational turn has been given tn
the tangled aff,irs OF the Somerset &
Moosehead Railroad Company by the
filing at the Lincoln County court OF a
writ in a suit for 5000 damages, In
which Zeloo;es d. Lancaster, pres
ident Of the road, IL charged with forg-
erv on repeated occasions. The plaintiff
Il Timothy X. Atkinson Of Boston, who
was the chief engineer Of the construc-
ton OF the extension Of the road north OF
Hartland, the work on which was done
several years ago. Mr.. Atkinson sues
President Lancaster as principal and X.
r. Rundlett as trustee. Mr.. Atkinson
cl aims that Mr.. Lancaster forged the
plaintiff g name to various certificates
relating to construction OF the road.
There IL some doubt as to whether the
case will come to trial ut this term.
A bill drawn by Skowhegsn lawyer,
providing unique form Of government
for that town, will be presented to the
next legislature. The town meeting IL gel
ing to be unwieldy, with large number
OF voters, and 1t has been suggested to
change the form OF government to a
city. The plan embodied in this bill IL
supposed to do away with the disadvan.
sge OF so m,uy salaried positions as
| would be required under city govern
ment. The plrn Il 10 brief tn have the
town divided into wards and the alder
men elected from these wards meet In
place Of having town meetings. The
power to elect all the town officers !. to
be given the council. More than this TIT
officers are under the supervision OF The
council Since the council has thu