Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-07-25
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

Waterville's curfew law IL either
great success or complete failure. Nc
child has been detained by the polio
since II wcnkinto effect.
william Tuttle, whose hand wa
blown OF BY cannon cracker on tn
Fourth, died from lockjsw at the hospits
In Lewiston Thursday night.
Two Maine people were killed b
lightning In the terrific showers of Fri
dsy-Eston Shaw Of Dxnforth and Mrs
Everett Pinkham Of South Litchfield.
The contract to put In the Lake An
burn conduit for the Lewiston waite
works extension has been awarded I,
Besrce & Clifford OF that city. The pric
Is s.2,5l6 10.
Though an Inland city Lewiston put
In claim that II has four banks an,
two bars In single block. But two o
the banks are Of the faro variety, sn,
the bars are Of polished oak.
The body Of Charles f. Pilsbury, VIII,
had been missing from his home In Port
land for about month, was found Fri
day hanging from the limb Of tree OF
the Hunt estate on the Cape shore road
Financial troubles were the cause Of ths
suicide.
A man found dead In a fishing smach
at Rockland Sunday was identified a.
George w. Harvey Of North Buckspor,
who left Bucksport on fishing trip the
eth. He was IS years old and married
and bad been q sailor all his life. Death
was presumably caused oy neuralgia OF
the heart to which he was subject.
Mrs. Frank Brsnn OF Augusta, who
WAS visiting the family Of George Green
leaf Of Portland, tipped over lighted
lamp Thursday evening and started q
Dire. She attempted to smother the fire,
and succeeded In partially doing so, but
her own clothing took fire, and she was
horribly burned, 50 that she died the
following day.
A Maine naval veteran who saw the
White Squadron, says: "They are mere
machine shops, floating machine shops,
and have to be manned by engineers and
rather than sailors. IL you
think that the White Squadron makes a
appearance steaming into the
hsrbor you should see fuil-rlgged man
o'-war Of the old DAYS upder full sail.
That would be a sight TO do your soul
good, and one that would surely set
your blood s-tingllng with patriotism.
OF course these modern war machines do
the business, but give me the old-fssh-
Toned men-o'war under full sail for
beauty"
The Schooner Polly, now lying In the
port OF Bangor, Maine, sound and sea-
worthy In every way, Is said to be the
oldest American vessel In existence which
d still sailing. She Was built at Ames-
bury, Mass, In 1895, and has bad sn sd-
career. During the war Of 1919
The was privsteer aud captured eleven
prizes from the British. She was also
once herself, but was retaken.
Her log IL now preserved Ia the Portland
,ustom house, and her present COM
nspder, Captain Mcfarland, says 1t Is
better reading than any Of the war
books. She is vessel OF forty-fye tons,
md is now engaged 10 the eoasting
rade.
Here Is story OF almost Incredible
;iddish idiocy from Bath. The Bath
Times prints Ii without 8 word OF COM
nent, not even expressing the need OF
Iisit from the fool killer TO that city
A cigarette smoking contest Will begin
a Bath tomorrow noon between Frank
isnscom and Fred ID. Andrews, two
Bath BOYS. who will endesvor TO smoke
q many cigarettes as they possibly can
rom Friday noon until 6 O'Clock the
ollowing Saturday evening. Both boys
re confident Of winning the prize which
will Include small sum Of money aud
spread at the Casino at Merrymeeting
ark. In order that the number Of cigar
ties each smoke will be counted cor
ectly, judges have been appointed 10 be
With each Of the contestants during the
moking hours. Andrews began smok-
ng cigarettes when very young, and
ince his seventeenth birthday has been
mokiug about sixty cigarettes q day,
With no apparent injury to his health"