Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-07-19
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEW
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Biddeford's valuation falls Oh Sl40, 00
this year, chiefly on account Of th
strike.
Already the colleges are expecting
1.-THE largest entering class ever known,
next fall.
A romance In real life 10 the talk o
Milford where . pauper has just fAlleI
heir to fortune In Massachusetts,.
| tits sad but true that the Maine
built Katahdin Is chiefly distinguishing
itself In this war by making assaults OF
the repair shop.
Indisn River has citizen who de
clares his sympathy for Spain and re
joices at our losses In Cuba. At last re
ports he was still living.
An innocent little kitten In Camden
has been christened dewey HObsoI
sampson Schley Manila Santiago d.
Cuba. Ii Is called "Hob" for short.
An aged Portland man named DAME
Driscoll Was run over by the "scOot'
train on the Portland and Rochester
Saturday evening, and lived but shor,
time.
A little girl by the name Of Dexter
Was burned to death while playing on
the beach at Bailey's Island Monday
Her clothing took fire In some way
which Is not explained.
A member Of Co. G, LIST Maine, writes
home to friend In Biddeford that the
company goat has been put In the
guard house for eating sll the soap and
the only kerosene lamp 10 the command
The Maine Signal Corps, which was
the last body Of the Maine Volunteers
under the first call to leave Augusts,
Was the first to land on Cuban soil, hsv-
ing been sent TO Santiago several days
ago.
A Union correspondent says that his
town Is especially well supplied with
secret organizations, and after naming
others he closes the list with the w. C..
T. L the Epworth League, and the Y.
2. 5. C.. K.
Harry Davis OF PArsonsheld, IL years
old, was drowned Friday, the Sth, at
kezsr Falls. He and two other boys
were fishing and the boat drifted loose
and fiosted with the current. The boys
were alarmed and jumped into the water.
The other two boys escaped.
S.,,-la. .S,o-nonn ,ho oh n 49,,
Was cspsized In Portland hsrbor, con-
timing seven young men, six employees
Of the Lakeside Press and a cousin Of
one of them. Only two were saved, the
others being drowned. The five lost
were William +. O'Donnell, book binder,
age Is; Charles W. sullivan, book binder,
age 10; James A. McAuley OF Barre, VI,
age %, a cousin OF Sullivan; Edward
Vsyo. press feeder, age IL; William
Mitchell, Office boy, age l6.
Now that the bulk Of the Spanish navy
has been DESTROYED, the government has
decided that American ports are not In
need Of the protection Of mines, and has
ordered them all removed. SO those
obstacles 10 navigation, which those
along the coast were st first so anxious
to get. and later so anxious to get rid OF,
will all be removed and probably the
lighthouse service will be restored, and
navigation be as untrsmmeled rs II WAS
before the war.
Old Orchards grand ocean pier Is all
right. 1t IL 1900 feet long, wide As
bridge, handsome TO look at, and made
20 withstand the effects Of tide and
time. There IL q great pavilion at Its
end, with dining hall, dance hall, etc,
and here the breezes are always cool
and refreshing. Thousands found re-
lief there on the recent hot days.
Steamers will land there regularly and
II IL bound TO prove great attraction
and helm TO the resort. The cost was
nearly $4,000.
The several owners Of the Orono trot-
ting park are taking wise course
when they listen TO a proposition that
il being made 10 lay the park out into
house lots and divide the lots. After the
lots are surveyed of IL Ia proposed to
give each owner . chance 10 bid for
choice, and after the bidding 10 over
the remaining lots will be divided. As
= trotting park the land employed has
been failure, but as house lots with
streets laid out through Il, IL ought 10
realize something for the owners.
Things come round 10 queer ways
sometimes. Harmon Stevens OF Ban
gor SAYS he never should have recover
ed certificate Of stock he lost thirteen
wears ago. had IL not been for the blow
ing up Of the Maine. You see IL came
about In this way: The certificate,
which WAS Of stock in one Of the Blue
hill mines, Was lost 10 Hartford, Conn,
and not being Of immediate value, WAS
not advertised. Monday, when the
Connecticut infantry from Fort Knox
went TO Bangor to celebrate the Fourth,
one OF them brought the stock In his
pocket. hunted up Mr.. Stevens and re-
turned IL 10 him.
When pay day at Chicksmsugs came
around IL had very little effect upon the
list Of absentees In the lst Maine. Many
of the men sent money home, and those
who did not send theirs home had some
difficulty in finding n place to spend IL.
Col. Kendall and Lieutenant Colonel
Morton made special efforts TO keep the
men in check. The rules about leaving
camp are rigidly enforced. No man
gets through the strong guard without
permission and requests for leave OF
absence to visit Chattanooga are dis
couraged as much as possible until the
soldiers have had an opportunity to send
home all they propose 70 send.