Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-19
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

Brunswick Telegraph: We wish Prof.
Robinson while he ID solving the problem
OF washing gold out OF Bath sea water,
would solve the yet unanswered ques.
tl0n whence comes that Small Point coal.
A fact worthy Of notice among the
latest war news ID that the Portland
Light Infantry have recently been pre-
sented with two good packs OF cards
and are now badly In need Of new crib
bage board.
Monday morning the house Of Eugene
Hall 1t Lskeview WAS destroyed by 6re,
and his son, two years old, burned TO
death. Another child, . lad Of six
years, barely escaped. The body Was
burned beyond recognition.
Amanda Joseph, the Syrian pack ped
dler who was arrested 10 Vassalboro Tor
the murder of her newly born infant,
under mitigating circumstances, Was on
Wednesday In the Kennebec Superior
Court sentenced 70 six months In the
county jail.
The assessors report that II ID with
difficulty that they can obtain list Of
the male members 10 the families at
many homes on their routes. The
women are afraid that the object Of the
assessors 10 to procure the names OF
those eligible for the army and navy.
The body OF George n. Cloutier OF
Lewiston. who disappeared March 10th
was found In the Continental mill cans
Sunday, the 10th. There were some sus'
picions Of foul play, but the coroner's
Jury after investigation returned . YER
dict Of accidental drowning.
Walter Earle, niue year old Lewiston
boy, was crushed to death by the falling
Of pile Of lumber In the Fitzgerald
lumber yard Tuesday. He was playing
with other boys on the lumber pile wheI
IL begun to tumble. The rest OF tn,
boys escaped but Walter was caught
An immense weight pinned him to th'
ground and when help arrived life wa
extinct.
s. G. Stevens Of the Brooklin Packing
Company has returned TO Ellsworth
after visit to New York, where he ha
been concentrating 4 deal involving
81 000, 900 Of American capital, and tn
consolidation OF all the sardIne factories
J In Maine. Mr.. Stevens says the trade
will be closed within two weeks and d
canning factories, having an output o
200, 900 cases Of sardines yearly, = tots
valuation of $780, 600, about 1000 em
ployes and $4,000 invested Ia steamers
will come under one m Engagement.
Last October the store OF Marshal
Jordan & Sons at Harrison WAS broker
into and the safe blown open. No trsc'
Of the burglars or anything connecte'
with IL has ever appeared until Monday
A daughter Of Henry Whitney's livinI
about three-quarters Of q mile east o
the villsge was out 10 the woods looking
for MAY flowers, when she found al irol
: and tin box 10 some water. The,
proved to be the ones taken from Nj
Jordan 4 Sons. The papers and BAN
books which they contained represente,
some over 5000, but were OF no valu
only to the owners.
The results TO fraternal societies ar
considered q serious proba bility In tn
event OF = severe war. The policies o
most Of the beneficiary organization
contain no clause which will protec
them from unnatural losses. In the mat
ter Of the A. o. u. w., the matter ha
been looked up by the state secretary
and Il seems probable that an effor
would be made TO pay Ill losses ss full
and as far rs possible by assessments o.
the members remaining. "Still," sal
one member. 'if we were obliged TO d
, this IL would mean the natural breskin,
up Of the order, and every other frater
nal insurance organization"