Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-04
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

L
BILE impulses since . woman tramp visit
ed there and ate three breakfasts 1T -
many houses, one morning.
w. E. wyman, Q brakeman on the
Canadian Pacific, fell under train at
Chester Saturday morning, and received
injuries from which he died Monday
night.
The railroad commissioners last week
held an inquiry into the accident In the
Pennington railroad yard which resulted
Ia the death OF engineer Barker. A YER
dict will be rendered later.
i A Lewiston girl Ia looking for an
obliging bookseller, who Is willing to
trade even. She found nine copies OF
"Quo vadis" In her Christmas stocking.
n, r. Ia this case "Christmss stocking"
Is used tiguratively.
Some have attempted to show that any
effort to civilize the Indian is thrown
away. Notwithstanding II IL fact that
several OF the Passamaquoddy tribe OF
Indians have gone tn work on the con-
structiou OF the Washington County
Railroad.
Mason 4 Cobb, shoe manufacturers OF
Auburn, have assigned to Ara Cushmsn
OF the ssme city. Liabilities SEC, 600;
assets, $4,000. Mr.. X. NJ. Mason Of the
company ascribes the failure to hard
times, bad debts and losses incurred sew
ersl years ago.
Rumor has 1t that the Mr.. Barrett,
who was expelled from the National
Il n at.Nt hn oh
having bought pools when he should not
have done so, IL to make an effort an
other season to stop pool selling at any
OF the Maine races.
william Best OF Portland WAS killed
Ia Bangor Saturday night by falling
down stairs at the home OF companion.
He had been drinking heavily. Owing
to some suspicious circumstances an In
quest was held, which decided that
death was due TO accident.
A Bridgton grocer on retiring from
business the other day presented all his
clerks with q gold watch each. More
over. this generosity Ia said 10 have
characterized his entire lie. Many men
so generous as that would not have
money enough on retiring from business
to give away gold watches.
The fire loss 10 Maine for the year
1897 WAS exceedingly small, less than
that Of any year since 1890, and sggre-
eating hardly 900. 900 The largest fire
WAS that of May IL, which burned the
big sl25, 900 Ice plant at FarminRdale.
The second heaviest loss was that OF
Csnton's $4,000 pulp mill.
Charles c. Avery, an inmate OF the
hospital at the Togus Soldiers Home,
committed suicide Monday by cutting
his throat with razor. Though several
we're present Mt the time, the act was
done so quickly that no one could pre-
ven, the deed He was buried wednes-
day afternoon at the Home cemetery.
Willie King, an escaped prisoner from
the Exeter, y. H., jail, Was captured In
wsterville Sunday night at about III
O'Clock. IL will be recalled that three
prisoners escaped from Exeter jail last
August by cutting through the ceiling OF
4 cell and the roof Of the jail. King WAS
one Of these and has since been to sea,
having discharge papers to that effect.
At the session Of the governor and
council Thursday, Il was ordered that
upon the payment OF sll9l l., being the
tax assessed against the Portland and
Rumford Falls Railway Company for the
years 1884, the state treasurer IL
directed 10 cancel the taxes assessed and
unpaid against the Rumford Falls and
Buckaeld railroad for the years 1852 to
1892, inclusive.
The abundant crops Of clover that were
q feature Of the farms In Aroostook have
been completely wiped out the past two
years, owing to the scarcity OF snow that
left the fields exposed. Not only the
loss OF the valuable hay crop to great
extent. but the clover roots that kept the
ground in good condition as we'll. IL Is
impossible To raise a crop OF clover I'M
less the ground Ia protected by plenty OF
snow; thousands of dollars worth OF
clover and grass seed have been thrown
away on the ground that brought no
returns.
John Buckley, for many years yard
overseer Of the Pepperell mills In Bidde-
ford, died Thursday forenoon, aged so
years. He WAS born In Ireland and came
TO this country fifty-one years ago, with
out a dollar. While In Lowell look
Ing for work, he saw q plscsrd which
read: 800 Irishmen wanted to work In
| the cotton mills In Biddeford." He came
there. secured employment and stuck to Il
nearly fifty years with hardly vacation.
By strict economy and shrewd invest
ment, largely In local real estate, he &C
cumulated q fortune estimated ut $780,
600.
Ina recent interview Mr.. Edward p.
Kicker says Of Names growing summer
resort business: "There are zoe, 900 visit
ors to Maine and New Hampshire every
summer. and they leave $40 each or
more. We secure q, 600, 900 year from
them. Taking care Of these people IL
the largest industry In Maine at the
present time. IL pays better than farm
ing or llmbering, or mining or fishing.
And yet IL Is Ia It's infancy. The busi-
ness has grown so rapidly that We have
not been able TO build suitable hotels.
In few years the palaces Of the world
will be In our state"
Beginning last week Eastport will be
lin touch with the rest OF the world but
once in seven DAYS. Even then the town
lis better provided for than the western
part OF the county where the steamboat
communication Is entirely cut of during
the winter after Dec. %, when the
Frank Jones makes her last trip from
Machiss; after that date the only means
Of transportation offered TO the western
part Of the county will be from Franklin
roads In Hancock County, or from East
port and Lubec, to those east OF Machias.
. II Is not to be wondered at that the
county In general should be so enthusi-
astic over the early completion OF the
Shore line railroad.
IL Is said that man In Maine carries
, about the peculiar name Of Godsend
Lufkin. The story is that his grand
father died before he was born, leaving
, In trust large property to the first
grandson, then unborn. None OF his
, four sons were at the time married, but
, they hustled around and soon removed
that impeachment. This queer named In
) dividual wss the first grandson OF the
old gentleman to make his appearance
on the earth. and his mother remarked
to the clergyman at the baptism that he
was godsend. The clergyman under
stood that was to he the name and so
. christened him. Godsend Lufkin could
q doubtless find those who would gladly
s take the name for the sake Of what went
with It.