Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-07-17
TIKI WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

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THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.
/. Theodore Eaton Of Little Dser Isle,
lged ~, WAC drowned ct Bangor Friday.
Elias Harmon OF Lewiston, aged IL,
WAS drowned while bathing In Jopson
Brook Wednesday.
The buildings Of Charles Delaway,
situated on the Betty Eaton road In |
were destroyed by fire Tues |
day. Loss, 600; insurance 600.
The coroner's jury, after full investi- |
cation, have decided that Albert Hamil-
Ton, who Was found dead beside the rail-
road track near Augusta, WAS struck by !
; train, and Il was not case Of murder.
Mrs. Charles ". Heath, aged about so, |
was killed BY lightning In her home At
Argyle Sunday, Julys. An examina-
ton of the body Was made and Il was
found that the lightning had struck her
just behind the ear and ploughed hole
her body coming out In her
back, making hole As large As bullet.
Norridgewock 10 also the proud pos
SCISSOR OF an aged woman. Mrs. Caroline
Hight Of that town Was 100 years old
on July5. The daughters of-the Revo-
luton gave her Q go gold piece, and
century plant. One can see which gift
was the most appropriate, and 1t Ia easy
to guess which was the most appre-
ciAted.
Two men were discovered In the real
dence Of the station agent OF the Ban
COR and Aroostook railroad at Bridge
water Tuesday morning. They were
caught and overpowered after q chase
by constable Prior and Deputy Sheriff
Barrett. They were given = bearing
Tuesday before Trial Justice Collins
and bound over to the September term
of the Supreme Court. II IL now
believed they are the men who broke
into the Bangor and Aroostook station
at Fort Fairfield Saturday night, July s.
Last week Chcrryfield fell into line
with many Of the other towns and cities
In the state and ordered all nickel-iu.the-
slot machines out. Tuesday Deputy
Sheriff c. A Stewart, under Instructions
from the town officers notified the parties
having these machines that they must
be taken out and not q machine has
been In operation since. This was step,
remarks the NArsagaugus Times, that
meets the hearty approval OF all, even
the ones who were wont TO "buck"
them, for they are machines not made
TO be beaten.
BY the upsetting OF boat In the Ken
nebec River ut Fairfield Friday two
young girls, Lors Fournier, aged II,
and Florida Latlippe, aged 10, were
drowned. The boat contained beside
those mentioned Daniel Day and Miss
Nellie Burgess, aged -. The party was
near the Benton shore, and Miss Burgess
says the Fournier girl moved In such .
manner ~ 10 upset the boat. Day went
under the craft, but succeeded In getting
out and rescuing Miss Burgess. The
Fourier girl did not appear at the sur
face, and ss the water runs swift at the
point where the accident occurred Day
found Il impossible to 90 to the aid Of
the Latlippe girl. Miss Lstlippe lived
In waterville and Miss Fourier In Fair
field.
Revenue cutter Woodbury. early Wed
nesday morning picked up the schooner
Benjamin T. Biggs Of Exeter, N. H.,
abandoned and on fire, five miles SOUTH
east OF Matinicus Rock. After extin-
gushing the fire the Woodbury. lowed
the schooner to Rockland, arriving early
this morning. The vessel lay directly In
menace to navigation. The Biggs was
lumber laden and . large part OF her
deck load was burned, but the cargo In
her hold Ia In good condition. The
crew Of the Biggs was taken of by an
other vessel and landed at Vineyard
Haven q few days ago. This IL sup
posed to be the schooner picked mp last
Sunday by the British steamer Tyne
dale and towed as far as Matinicus Rock,
where the tow lines parted and the tow
Was abandoned.
Schooner Fred Cover, which put In ut
Rockland Tuesday, reports that on Sun
day night, when she was Go miles south
east Of Cape Sable, In . thick fog she
ran into the fishing schooner Mary
Story, cutting the latter 10 half so that
she sank inside Of three minutes. The
captain and crew Of the Cover made
every effort possible to save the fifteen
men who made up the crew Of the Story,
but In spite Of all that could be done
three men were drowned. The other
twelve men were rescued and taken to
Rocklsnd on the Cover. Captain Nathan
Burrows OF the lost vessel reports that
the conduct Of the crew OF the Cover
was heroic In the extreme. The mate
went down with . rope tied around
him several times and thus saved the
lives OF several OF the men. The Mary
Story WAS owned by George and Cops
Sayward of Gloucester, and was valued
at $4,000. carrying . fare valued ct
O., 900 The Cover suffered few hun
Fdred dollars damage. The captain Of
the Story resided at Southport.
In an article on Harvard College IS
Years Ago" 10 the July Scribner's Sen
atoS Hoar Of Massachusetts thus speaks
OF an honored Maine man, his classmate,
Judge Webb. "Webb entered college
very young. He was quite small In
stature and Was known all through col
lege as little Webb He grew 70 his
present height which must be about six
feet, after he got out Of college. He did,
l believe, some very hard work indeed
In his senior year. Although universal
" liked and respected by his classmates
he was not regarded as among the emil
nent scholars. Webb has been exceed
ingly fond Of his home, not being very
ambitious of higher Office but content to
discharge, ably and faithfully, and to
the universal satisfaction Of the profess
sion and the public the duty OF the Inn
portant place he holds. have seen
good many public men from Maine Of
both parties. They will unite In this es-
innate Of Judge Webb. There is no
doubt II he had been willing be would
long ago have been made judge Of the
Circuit court and then II the seat on the
Supreme bench of the United States,
held by Mr.. Justice Gray Of the New
England Circuit, had unhappily become
vacant, suppose he would have been
called from the Circuit bench to that
court by almost universal consent"
VAST A MIRACLE?
"The marvellous cure of Mrs. Rena J.