Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-28
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Eff. Duren has been deacon Of the
Hammond Street church, Bangor, for -
years, long and honorable service.
la session In Auburn Friday the Maine
state fair trustees fixed the dates OF the
next state fair for Sept. I, ., 8, Z and 5.
The stockholders OF the Jefferson thea
tire, Portland, are feeling well pleased
with the result OF their investment, a
dividend OF four per ceht having been
declared.
Those interested In the trade state that
all indications point To a decided boom
In the expectation Of white birch spool
wood from Maine ports, chiefly Bangor,
this year.
An order for muster-out Of volunteers
issued within q few days contains In the
list the First Maine Artillery, nov 10
Cuba, and IL Is expected they will be
sent home soon.
Louis Boushsy, who shot and killed
Mrs. Nellie Donshue in Oldtown, about
a month ago, was on Thursday con-
victed OF murder 10 the iirst degree. The
defence was insanity.
Mrs. Abbie Jane Kimball. employed "a
lsundress at the Revere House, Belfast,
attempted suicide Monday afternoon by
taking two ounces of poison. A doctor
was called and her life saved.
Unlike the majority OF Maine towns,
Phillips reports the number OF trsmps tn
be growing smaller each year. In 1895
the number that enjoyed the towns hos
pitality was about one-fourth "a large as
that OF the year previous, and 30 bids
fair to be even smaller.
Ella Harvey OF Portland, lG years Of
age. and Sadie Mcdonald, II years, in
mates OF the Industrial School At Hal
lowell, have been placed under arrest
charged with setting the fire which dam
aged the main building Of the school
some weeks since.
This tale IL located la Waterville: A
woman stepped into n store the other
day, and as the proprietor came 10 wait
upon her she exclaimed, "Oh' feel go
queer" "What is the mstter?" asked
the man, rs thoughts of smallpox dsrted
through his mind. "Oh, hat been nat
urslized, and he itch like | don know
what to do" was the answer.
An explosion occurred about noon
Tuesday on School Street, Rockland.
while crew of men were working at a
gas leak. A man ran 3 bar In the ground
A.. 2nn IN
tendent Hawkin In lighting a match
caused severe explosion, tearing up
the street and damaging blocks on either
side Of the street. No one was injured.
The big steel sailing ship Arthur
Sewall was launched from the yard OF
Arthur Sewalf & Co. at Bath at III
O'Clock Thursday forenoon. She Ia $40
feet long over all. $50 feet on the keel,
45 feet wide and % feet deep. She will
be commanded by Capt. James +.
Murphy, formerly OF the ship Shensn-
doah, and Is designed for the foreign
carrying trade.
1t Is reported In Madison that z. II.
upon as receiver for the Manufacturing |
tuNtstHent Soupauy. auu that oltVt uic
company Is re-orgsnized new mills will
be built. Two large paper machines will
also be added TO those now owned by |
the company, capable OF turning out
fifty tons OF paper day, and other i'm
provements made.
The Ice crop on the Kennebec River
now Ia complete. The harvest, however,
will fall short of other years by at least
100000. The principal reason for this Is
that the Hudson River crop Is reported
10 be the largest Ia It's history, which
means that New York will not be pur-
chaser Of Ice to any great extent 10
Maine. Another is that houses Of la0,-
700 tons capacity have been destroyed
oy fire and not rebuilt. The total cut is
at S51 900 tons. IL Is estimsted
here that the Penobscot River cut will
be l92, 900, and that along the coast the
cut will be $50, 900 tons more, making the
otal Maine harvest 1893 600 tons. This
= 500, 900 tons short Of her usual har-
rest.