Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-09-11
Asovr THE STATE.

The Bangor municipal court has taken
Official action on thu ahirt-waist man.
A respecta bic citizen who appeared h'-
| fore that august tribunal this week ~
bondsmsn was ordered ont Of the room
by the Judge because he had no cost on.
There 10 no tri6ing with Bspgors judi
cisl dignity.
The inbound passenger train on the
Grand Trunk and the outbound passen-
ger train on the Maine Central came to
gether Wednesday afternoon ut Ysr-
mouth Junction, where the tracks cross
ut about right singles. Both engines
were ditcbed, and one Grand Trunk cal
was dersIled At one end, but fortunately
NO one wss injured. Trahic Was delayed
about two hours.
Here's true sporting instinct for You.
Two Lewiston young men bet the shoes
they wore, the one on C0rbett, the Other
on Mccoy. Thursday night, when they
got the result, they repaired 70 the real
ola Lisbon Street Block and the one
who took the Mccoy end removed bis
shoes according to the terms OF toe
wager, and walked to his home In his
stocking feet. Still, that was more SEN
sible than some election bets.
A new city hall IL the dear wish OF
Bath. The old one makes that enter.
prislng city seem shabby and out Of
date, and something better has lone
been needed. SO Il IL with great pleas
ure that the Bath Enterprise tells its
readers that there IL a prospect OF Baths
having q new and up-to-date city build
Ing at the hands OF one who 10 well able
TO make such munihcent donation,
site for its location being even now
under consideration. It 10 just . hint
which the Enterprise drops bat II mske'
Bathites happy.
&c. Buruham of franklin has To-
augurated . new industry this month
which Is fast converting the heretofore
useless litter around the seash0re Into
dollars for the people OF that town. He
has recently closed q contract With Z
Boston concern for fifty tone of eelgrass
which Ia used for filling In sound-prooi
wrapping steam fittings and many Other
purposes. Thousands Of tons Of thii
grass are thrown up by the tide frou
the salt a ITS OF the bay every year and j
was considered practically useless until
this contract was secured. Now larg'
number Of men and teams are employed
hsuling and spreading II on the fields 4
dry, while another crew ID employed
pressing and baling the dried produc
for shipment.
| Portland Express: Mr. Charles B
Dickey, state manager for r. g. Dun 4
Co. gives the Express the followin,
interview regarding local business con
ditions: General trade IL satisfactor,
for the season and the large beef house
and grocery jobbers report sales Aheal
Of last year. Many manufacturing con
Germs In special lines are doing an excel
lent business, but the shoe factories as
whole are running light without msn,
orders on hand, although one or two Ar
busy with government work. A numbe
; OF important lsunchlngs, this week
have called attention to the general &C
, tivity In the shipyards all along the coast
and the various ports having this indus
try are In good condition, with NOR
ready money than there has been 70
some years. At Rocklsnd general busI
meas seems TO have revived rather NOR
slowly than elsewhere, but II ls improv
Ing, and much activity is shown at Cam
den, Bath, Thomaston, waldoboro, Bel
fast, Milbridge, and other places. It I
estimated that the total tonnage nov
under construction II nearly 5000 an,
the amount already launched Is sbou
10000. There have been very few fall
ures, outside the usual small numbe
OF wage-esrners that are constantly tax
ing advantage Of the bankruptcy law.