Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-03-21
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The lumberneu send out the cheer
ful report that there will be no freshe
this year, but little snow remaining u
the woods.
A house at Livermore Falls containing
a small pox patient under quarantine
was burned Monday night. The patient
was safely moved, but whether he sue
ceeded In spreading the disease In thu
process Is not stated.
Clement r. Sherwood, formerly ont
Of the proprietors and managing editor
Of the Rochester On. W Herald, ha.
purchased the Daily Star at Rockland
Me. He has been connected with severa
papers In New York state.
The Bath Enterprise reports that there
Is 5000 piece OF property Ia Ssgadaho<
County which for Is years eluded the
eagle eyes of the assessors, but was al
last unearthed by the building Of the
electric road In Its vicinity.
The list OF second lieutenants appoint
ed under the army reorganization bill
has been made public. There are l23 In
the list In which II included Frank r
Lang, sergesnt-msiors and second lieuten-
tenant lat Maine Volunteers.
A Belfast citizen reports himself as
the champion absent-minded man. He
got the fire in the kitchen stove running
nicely the other morning; then went to
the well, drew pail Of water, brought
the water In and poured II into the
stove.
A Bath man Is convinced there's some
thing In luck. He had to shovel out 4
big drift in front Of his house without
assistance, while his next neighbor, who
has several big boys, awoke TO find the
walks in his jurisdiction all swept clean
by the winds.
Eugene A. Arnold. well known
Young business man OF Foxcroft, COM
mi,ted suicide Thursday by drinking
csrbolie acid. He was junior member OF
the firm OF J. +. Arnold & Son, furniture
dealers. Besides widow, two children
survive him. It Is not known what led
10 the suicide.
Bangor should cheer up II II has had
any fears Of being distsnced In the In
crease of population. A Bangor paper
reports finding In that city young
couple who have been married but a
little over two years, but who already
have four children, the second pair Of
twins having arrived few days ago.
A report that the Southern potato
crop had been damaged by frost reached
Caribou, the first of the week, and
Aroostook potatoes Immediately enjoyed
y rise, selling in some cases "a high "a
SlT7 a barrel. The report brought
many teams iuto the town, and Caribou
streets presented an unusually busy
scene.
Manufacturers Of mems wooden goods
In Foxcroft aud vicinity have been ap-
preached by representatives OF the
syndicate who propose to bring about a
of wooden manufacturers
under one management with = capital OF
500, 000,0 200. The owners OF the mills
have been given the choice Of stock in
the syndicate or money. for their plsnts.
A Lewiston small boy who Is great
lover o. birds, cut an opening through
the wall of his shed recently, and built n
small platform outside for the English
spsrrows 10 stop on, hoping that they
would 90 into the shed and live. H.
stead OF the spsrrows, lot Of doves
took possession Of the place and made 4
home OF II. He is now the proud pos
SCISSOR OF 20 doves.
At certain place In Portland, where
the value OF such wood Is known. there
l. quite lot OF mahogany which came
from a Spanish vessel that was wrecked
OF the Cape Elizabeth coast seventy-ive
years ago. There Ia also At this place
a lot OF other kinds OF wood, taken from
4 Portland building known to be over
100 years old. These woods are of great
value In the arts.
4 Lewiston merchant has in his store
an old-fsshioned clock which Ia peeu-
larry sensitive. II sometimes stops,
and IL any one steps into the store, or
goes by, IL will start sgain, and II a
horse steps on certain spot In the
street IL will start. A man who hap
pened 70 notice II and who had one Ike
II himself, said that his would not run
after he hsd started his furnace In the
fall. In the spring, after he ceased to
keep a tire, il would run all right.
The New England Ship Building Co.
of Bath has just closed a contract 10
build n large five-masted schooner for
Capt. Chase aud others OF Fall River.
There sre two other fve-masters build
ing at Bath now, one at the yard OF
Percy & Small and the other at Gardiner
G.. behring's. The former will be
launched In Nav. Work on the new YES
sci will begin AS soon as the material
arrives. The New England Co. already
has five coal bsrges for the Consolidated
Coal Co. of Baltimore under construction
at its yard.
A Maine Central engineer says that his
heart comes into his throat many times
Ia the coarse OF week In the winter
because Of children sliding down hill In
the country. 1T seems 10 me that II
there Is ever blind crossing where a
steep hill runs down across the track,
there the country children are surest TO
TO slide. One day recently
saw not less than ten sleds start At the
top OF hill leading down 70 crossing
which we were 10 cross. As We APP
preached footed the whistle, rang the
bell and made all the noise | knew how,
but on they came, and they made no
effort TO stop or run out till We were
crossing the road, and then they ran out
Of ,hatv. t,aiuhf 10 xA
become unable TO manage her sled and
shoot under the train. NY nerves will not
hold out IL many more such shakings as
that are given them"
The Sarah Ware murder mystery at
Bucksport becomes more and more OF a
mystery and more and more. complicated
the more IL Is developed. WIN. T..
Treworgy, prominent citizen OF Bucks
port. was held for the murder and COM
mirted 10 jail on the testimony of Joseph
Fogg, Jr., that on the night Of Sarah
Wares disappearance he helped IRE
worry move body up the lane where
the womsn's remains were finally found.
Fogg Is young man Of rather inferior
intellect and no education, unable TO
read or write. His story had some in
constituencies, but he stuck to the main
points of il stoutly. Two or three days
later he confessed that his testimony
was false, and that he was persuaded TO
tell il by detective and other parties,
on the promise OF half the reward. Fogg
has been arrested, charged with perjury,
and has pleaded guilty. TLeworgy has
been released on habeas corpus process.
TOWN ELECTIONS.
BUCKFIELD.