Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-04-11
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.


BRIEFLY TOLD.
The Bailey oil cloth works at Skowhs
gan were damaged BY fire between $50
600 and &c, 900 Wednesday night.
The members Of the First Main
Heavy Artillery, who were mustered on
Of service at Savannah March 3lst, hav
arrived home.
i The total cost to the city Of Water
Vile of the small pox scare will be fror
3, 900 to $1,000 In the way OF police
extra psuper supplies, etc.
The wages of the Maine Central EN-
lployes in the waterville shops have bee
advanced by the extension Of workin,
hours, equivalent to about 20 per cent
and affecting 800 employees.
Frank Dearborn was instantly killed a
Island Falls on Friday afternoon b,
pieces of bursting saw while at wofl
in the mill Of Hartman and Durgin
He leaves wife and one child.
Daniel Boswor,h Of Garland attempte,
to end his existence by cutting his throat
early last week. At last reports he wa
still alive but his recovery Is not expect
ed, No cause for the deed is given.
| The eastern mile track circuit was or
gsnized at Boston last week, with mem
bers comprising Mystic, Ssugus, Dover
Rigby and Readville. A schedule o.
early race meetings was adopted, Rigby
having the week of July 18th.
The w. 4. whittemore Company
manufacturers of upholstered goods,
whose plant at Fairfield was totally de-
stroyed by fire the morning Of March -
have decided TO rebuild, and will prob.
ably put up much larger plant.
The first salmon Of the season was
caught at the Bangor salmon pool Sstur-
day forenoon, by George A. Wiley OF
veazie, who also killed the first fish last
year. II weighed twenty pounds. Mr..
Wiley received 81 - pound for IL.
The Ssco officers think they have an
other clue To the murderer Of Ivory
Boothhy. the farmer who was called
from his house and killed one night last
September. The details Of what evidence
they have discovered have been carefully
made public.
Three people in an East Lebanon fam
ily were recently taken violently iii with
marked symptoms OF poisoning. The
cause was traced TO preserved apples
psrtsken Of by the family at meal.
The physicians called in had TO work
vigorously 10 counterfeit the poison. All
will recover.
Names two great lumber rivers-the
Penobscnt and the kennebec-will have
about 250,0o0.0 900 feet Of logs this year,
Of which 80, 0O0, 900 feet viii be for the
supply OF pulp mills. The cut on the
Penobscot Is about the same as has beer
the ease for several years past, while on
the keunebec IL Is considerably larger
than Ia lS9s. kenpebec lumbermen re-
port conditions favorable, but on the
Penobscot the operators say that II has
been. on the whole, hard winter for
hauling. A general advance OF from e.
TO So over last years prices Is expected
on spruce lumber this year, and the feel
ing Is one Of cheerfulness all around.
On the Audrosboggin there Is about the
usual cut Of saw logs, but greatly In
creased cut Of pulp logs
The lumbermen are coming on, Of the
woods. The camps up river are begin
ming TO break up, and large crowds OF
men come down nearly every day. All
the lumhermen who have returned report
hard time with the grippe during the
winter, and said that Ia some places
whole camp OF well men would have TO
give up work and 90 and take care OK
the sick OF another camp, while they Ia
turn would sometimes have TO nurse the
men who had come TO take care OF them.
Aside from the grippe il has been fairly
success sful year In the woods, and large
amount OF lumber hiss been gotten ready
for floating down In the spring. They
saw that there Is large amount Of snow
In the woods, and that IL will stay there
for some time 10 come, but when II does
start there may be big freshet.
4 locomotive boiler exploded on the
Portland and Rochester Railroad. ut a
In the city Of Westbrook We'd
nesday morning. The engineer had just
shut OF, steam 10 slow down for the stop
al the station when the explosion oc-
Cured. The fireman, Thomas +. Ed
ridge OF Portland, was killed outright.
The engineer, James 4. Bickford OF
Portland, received burns and internal
Injuries from which he died soon after
being taken 10 the hospital. Two pas
seugers jumped from the train and were
lsmed, and three boys who
were in the street near by were some
what scalded. The accident happened
10 thickiy settled part OF the city, and
living Goals set fire TO some houses In
the vicinity. so that the department was
called out. Locomotive explosions are
yery rare occurrences In this part OF the
country. The state railroad commits
sioners are investigating the accident.