Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-11-13
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
rre MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

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BRIEFLY TOLD.
Miss Addie B. Hin Of Portland, ages
q years, took her life by drowning We'd
nesday. III health was the cause OF tn
act.
Bar Harbor figures up quarter OF
million dollars OF building operations II
sight for the coming winter, and thinks
she can worry along on that till another
busy season.
Fred Moore Of Madison, aged 10 years
rode rapidly home on his bicycle from
school Wednesday, and two minute.
after reaching the house he dropped
dead OF heart failure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Davenport Of
Bath observed the sixty-fourth ami
verssry Of their wedding Tuesday. Al
though Mr.. Davenport Is over oil years
of age, he is at his office every day, and
Is one Of Baths wealthy citizens.
la large tenement house on Fore
Street, Portlsnd, Monday noon, Charles
Davis, sged 2S, shot and killed his wife,
Mamie King Davis, and few minutes
later put bullet into his own head. The
couple had been married about fifteen
months, but had not lived together for
some time. Davis had been drinking
heavily. He died Thursday.
Portland police Wednesday evening
captured burglar, slso dress suit
case containing shout Sl25 worth OF
silverwsre which he Is supposed to have
secured at Burnelrs store In Gorhsm.
The prisoner gave his name as Francis
Mcdonald, but Is recognized by the
police "a Francis +. Bailey, who has al
ready done nineteen months at Thomas
ton for burglary.
The move OF the Christian Civic
League 10 close a saloon In Waterville
by means OF the injunction process, has
met with success In its initial step. At
the hearing before Judge Whitehouse at
Augosts Monday, the injunction WAS
granted. Exceptions were taken, aud
the case will 90 to the law court which
meets in May, but In the meantime the
respondent Is erjoined.
As the result OF premature explosion
OF blast In the Maine and New Hamp-
shire Granite Company's quarry At
North jay, Wednesday, one man was In
jured fatally and died In few hours,
another was critically injured, and a
third vas slightly injured. James Nc
Donald, S5, Is dead. Warren Lock, IS,
seriously Injured about the head and
arms, and la n critical condition. Mich
sel Brosnshsu, IS, will recover.
Jeremiah Daley WAS srraigned In the
Usllowell Municipal Court, on charge
Of assault with intent 10 kill. Daley
pleaded not guilty, but probable cause
WAS found and he was bound over TO the
next term Of the Superior Court In $1,000
bonds. Its alleged that while intoxicat-
ed the night before Daley attempted 10
shoot his mother and brother, at their
home. The revolver WAS taken from
him, however, before any one vas in
jured.
The trial Of George X. Champion for
the murder Of the Goodwin fsmily In
West Newiield June 10Th, resulted In a
verdict Of murder in the first degree Sat-
urisy night. No appeal was taken, and
Champion WAS Monday morning sen
fenced TO state prison for life, and wss
soon after taken 10 Thomsston. Cham
pion declared his Innocence. but dis
plz we'd little emotion az any stage OF the
This WAS one OF the most
atrocious crimes ever committed Ia the
state, aud In few cases has the perpe-
traitor been brought TO justice so quickly.
The Rockland Star styles one OF the
ocu clergymen the most methodicsl
msl In Maine, and apparently with good
reason. The early part Of every week
he ievotes 10 reading and study, giving
DO heed 10 the morrow, or what it shall
bring forth, and on Thursday night IL
unable TO say what the subject of his
sunday sermon will be. Friday, at pre-
,isely Q A. NJ, he is ready 20 announce
The text for his SUNDAY mornings dis
,ourse; At = 30 r NJ bis evening text Ia
ready for publication, aud when he has
an appointment for Sunday afternoon he
decides upon his subject al 4:33 P. NJ.
Saturday.
This Is the curious experience OF
small check. A lady passed II 1T one OF
he Augusta hotels. IL was accepted,
being known TO be good. A travelling
nan took IL the next dsy In the way OF
The next day after il was Offer
"a by him and taken bv the Elmwood
IN waterville. That night two ladies
,taid there aud in the morning one OF
hem offered large bill In payment OF
her account. She appeared TO be busi-
ness woman so the clerk, who did not
desire 10 lose all his small bills, offered
her the check as part OF her change. She
took II and laughed IL was the identi-
csl check she had given at Augusta, and
now II came back 10 her. The clerk had
never seen her before and knew nothing
Of her. Fortunately she knew what 10
10 do with II, which Is more than some
women would have known In such q
case.
George l.. Page, the Buckspor, fox
hunte-, has returned from Moosehead
region with thirty pelts. His arrival In
Bangor was the occasion for some heavy
wing, according TO the Bangor News.
This Il the story Of how Page caught the
foxes, as told by waggish trainman TO
An inluisitive traveller: How'd he
catch EN-: How do you 'spose he caught
EN-? He run 'em down, OF course. You
see, he lust nosed round till he found
tox track, aud then followed 10 long till
he came 70 place where 1t 'pesred
likely che animal losfed lot, and then
be sat down an waited. Bimby the fox
would show up, and then he'd make
after the animal. As you can see, the
hunter is pretty decent sort Of a
Splinter, an he'd soon run him down.
m rest was easy. After catching them
he tied the animals together and hung
hen over the limb Of tree. Course, he
didn't catch all Of 'em that he went
after, but he got 'nough Of 'em to make
rood. and so he's satisfied. You'd be,
100, IL you'd make what he has In the
past two weeks. The skins are probably
worth $500"
HONORS TO GENERAL HOWARD.
There WAS complimentary banquet
In New York, last evening, In which