Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-18
THE WEEK IN MAINE
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.


THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEW
| BRIEFLY TOLD.
The new addition to the court house q
Auburn will cost 5000.
c. w. Curtis Of Dexter is named 70
appointment - national bank examine
to succeed Bion Wilson.
Some matches are said TO be made 1
heaven, and many are made At Bar Hal
Dor, so the Record tells as.
Miss Abigail HUI Lsughlin of Portlan
has taken the % memorial prize for de
batting at Cornell University.
Four Bath ladies were invited to NEE
for "a small dinner party" II Was late
found that their combined weight wa
go pounds.
The creditors OF the Moosehead Pull
and paper Co. at Skowhegan are conf
dent OF making good settlement, and
IL expected that the plant will start al
In short time.
Bion Wilson, one Of the national banl
examiners for Maine, has been electe'
cashier Of the Cumberland Nations
Bank Of Portland, 10 place Of Cashie
Soule, deceased.
| Leman Rowell. an aged citizen OF Eas
Eddington, Was found dead In his she'
Friday morning. He was hanging from
beam. The man lived alone and va
poor and respondent.
In the Supreme court at Belfast Fri
day, Judge Wiswell sentenced Edmunt
Elliott, who Was found guilty Of assault
with dangerous weapon. with intent 4
kill Mrs. Kittie Lesyitt, to four years II
the state prison At hard labor.
A barn near Maplewood Park, Bangor
with fourteen valuable cows, WAS burn
ed Sunday morning. The ire is sup
posed 10 have been set by n tramp, a
one was seen running away from TIT
barn Just after the fire broke out.
A man residing In Auburn strollet
unconcernedly into the city clerks office
the other day, and remarked In \ cssua
way that "a he hadn't much to do THU
winter he guessed he'd get married. And
he had been through the ordeal once be
fore,
DR.. F.. NJ. Smith, at the head Of thu
Methodist Seminary, Montpelier, VT.
and formerly president Of the school ri
kent's Hill, has been elected president
OF the Wesleyan University, Blooming
ton, IN. DIR. Smith IL a native Of Frank
lin County.
A colored woman OF the Coon Hollow
Company had trouble 10 getting board
in Bath, and told the Independent tina,
they had had more trouble here In thi.
respect than In any other state they had
been In. She thought the 18th amend
ment largely failure.
Fire at the Ice houses OF the lndepend.
ent Ice Company plant st South Gardin-
err Sunday morning, destroyed the large
stables, boarding house and fourteen
horses. Timely assistance from Gardiner
saved the main houses. Loss estimated
At $500; partially insured.
Moses L. Kicker, an aged and much
respected citizen OF South WATERFORD,
while on visi, TO his son In Portland,
was struck by shifting engine In the
Portland and Rochester yard, and al
most instantly killed Friday afternoon.
No one saw the accident 80 far as can be
learned.
The charges preferred against Collect
or John W. Deering OF the Portland Gus
tom house by Ex-Immigrsnt Inspector
Fogg have been investigated by the de-
psrtment. The charges were iucompe-
tency and fsvoritism. The decision is,
ss the general public expected, that the
charges are without foundation.
Two prisoners, Arthur c. Magnan and
wilfred Cote. escaped from the work
shops OF the county jail 10 Auburn Mot
day afternoon by eluding the guard and
scaling the fence. They were captured
sn hour later by Sheriff B. J. Hill and
Gen. John Harper, who followed them
on hand car up the Maine Central
track toward Greene. The men were
short term prisoners.
A sad accidental shooting occurred
near Presque Isle Saturday evening.
Colby ireland, l6-yesr-old lad, was
swapping a 3a-calibre revolver, which
wasn't loaded" at his l+-yesr-old sis
ter Stells, when II WAS discharged, the
ball entering the girls right cheek and
lodging In the base Of the brain. She
died In about ten minutes.
A wsterville special to the Lewiston
Journal SAYS that according to well
known lumberman from the northern
part Of the state. there IL on foot big
deal which contemplstes the purchase by
New York syndicate Of all the timber
land In the counties Of Somerset, Saga
dahoc, Peuobscot and Franklin. The
tidy sum Of 81, 600, 900 IL mentioned as
the amount Of capital involved.
The Legro. Spaulding Shoe Msnufact-
uriug Company Of Belfast has assigned
10 william B. Swan, A. c. Sibley aud
X. T. Dunton, the assignment to date
Jan. /. The factory WAS started about
a year ago, and WAS supported principal.
ly by local capital. Ii has employed
about 100 persons. The factory IL still
running, and IL IL expected that arrange
ments will be made TO continue Il.
Micah NJ. Foster, cashier of the de-
funct Lubec Savings Bank, who Was In
dic,ed for emb, zzlement OF the bank
funds. pleaded nnlo coRtendere In court
Mt Mschias Friday. He WAS put under
i've thousand dollars bail snd the case
was continued TO the April term, so that
Mr.. Foster may assist In STRENGTHENING
out affairs as far as possible. His bonds
men have made settlement with the
bank.
Richard Clark, 30 years old, OF Sheri
dan Plantation, was frozen TO death Sun
day. Four men from Sheridan started
Sunday afternoon, to walk In to +. Hill'i
camp on the Gardiner Creek Stream.
Clark Jagged behind the rest, and !
was supposed he hsd stopped at some
house on the way. Monday morning an
other man came out Of the camp, ant
when he got to the river found Clsri
frozen 10 death on the ice, where h'
probably had sat down to rest, from
sickness or WEAKNESS.
A large temperance mass meeting va
held at Hoult0n Thursday, which wa
attended by Governor Powers and Other
officials. Governor Powers had present
ed to him petition bearing 200 sigma
lures Of Aroostook County citizens ask
ing that officers be instructed to enforc
the prohibitory law. In response tn
governor spoke twenty minutes, sssur
ing his hearers that he felt with then
that the law was not rigidly enforced
but as governor he had no power to In
sist that the officers enforce the law.
The BODY Of French Canadian woods
| man psmed Smith WAS found In the SNOW