Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-10-16

MAINE NEWosNOteo.
Portland raised eola - for he Gal
weston ssfbrers.
ne Bates football eleven ran up
against Yale ct New Haven Wednesday.
| to the score Of 30 20 0 In Yale's favor.
Watsrvills Will b quite up with TIE
times another season with 3 stand Of
automobiles for letting purposes, - The
result OF the enterprise Of . local In
ventOr.
The receipts Of deer st Bangor for the
| nrst week Of the open season, were th~
smallest for many yoare, only 80
carcasses having been brought down,
compared with 40 In the drst week Of
1899.
nb heart rendiug tale which reaches
tho ears Of Q Biddeford couple. Their
IlE-year-old boy ran away 70 go, enIisted
| on the u. 8. 8. Hartford, found the dis
clpllne irksome, attempted 70 desert ct
Hsvre, France, and was drowned In the
harbor.
Instead Of merely thanking his friends
and passipe around the cigars, 40 the sue
cessiul candidate usually does Represent
ative-eiect II. II. SturGis OF Standish,
| esyc his townspeople free dance ct she
town hall, the other night, which proved
to Be the social event Of the season.
Il u reported that since the recent
hunt for coal began Ut Small Point.
aome ona has suR9ested that there might
be oil under there also, and the old in-
habltants promptly recalled the forgot
ten fact that In their youth wells dug
there produced water With such an oily
tsste that they had 70 be abandoned.
THEY'LL be fnding ambergris there yet.
The arst case under the new Lacey
law, X Gently passed by congress for the
regulation Of transporting game, 10 now
In the hands Of Bangor game wsrden'
who expect to make early arrests. Mon
day noon 600 worth Of tern skina pass-
Inn through to Post limerick & Co.,
Of New York, and concealed 10 boxes
and barrels, were seized and are held
for further developments.
Alfonso Roberts Of Buxton, while 10
Soule Bros erist mill In Buxton Thur
day morning met with very serious &C
cident by being caught under pile OF
bsRs Of gluten which accidentally tipped
over on 70 him and completely buried
him, Hls spine was quite severely In
jured and be was unable TO use any OF
his limbs. He will Do confined to his
home for = number Of months.
Last weeks storm Was much more &C.
we're, In point OF rainfall, 10 eastern
Maine and New Brunswick than 10
western Maine. The Sc. Croix River
rose 10 few days from q pitch 30 low
that some Of the mills could not run, TO
eighteen Inches OF freshcs. In all about
seven Inches OF rain fell 10 that vicinity
during the storm. Washouts were quite
numerous on the railroads, and trains
were considerably delayed.
Cornelius Murray, . barber In Lewis- |
ton, Tuesday morning attempted IN
shoot Belle Nelson, . woman with whom
be had been living, but pulled the triR- |
ger Of the revolver only back TO half
cock, and IL did not 60 Oh, aud the
woman escaped. Murray intended,
appears from evidence lster brought out,
to kilI the womsn and then himself. He
got isto hiding immedistely after the |
affair, and has not been found.
Hon. 8. W. Carr, Insurance commits
sioner, has paid the state treasurer CO..
$50, thIs amount being the fees collected
In the insurance department during the
quarter ending Sept. 30, 1900. This 10
the largest amount ever received during
the same period and Il made up - fol- |
lows: Licenses TO 346s agents Ut ~
q, 500; licenses to i63 companies, 90.
g DO; licenses TO 63 brokers, at elO,
ESQ; miscellaneous items, "a; total,
GLOSS
joseph Wilson Of South Brewer, aged
81, employed 10 the mill Of the Eastern
Manufacturing Company there, Thurs |
day forenoon ut about 10 O'Clock, shot
Annie Woods Of Mil lane, South Brewer,
aged 16, and then committed suicide.
This tragedy Was the result OF unre- |
Quilted passion manifested by the suicide
toward the girl. She ID seriously
wounded In the hips and abdomcn, bot
will recover. He died instantly after
shot from HE own revolver.
The second SIX mated schooner ever
built, the Eleanor A. Percy, Was launch
ed from the yard Of Percy & Small nj
Bath Thursday. She IL 49, tons larger
than the George w. Wells, recently
launched 1t Camden, and 10 the biggest
thlog on earth 10 the shape Of schoon-
or. She ID elegantly finished, the rig
cling being OF wire and the mists OF
Oregon pine l23 feet long with topmssts
Of half that length. Her cabins arc OF
quartered oak and mahogany and are
undoubtedly the finest In any coasting
vessel a6oat.
Albert Thompson, farmer, OF York,
Maine, reported 70 the Portsmouth po-
lice that be had been held up and robbed
OF $500 In cash, while driving from York
village TO biz home on Cape Neddsck
early Monday morning. While he WAS
passing along the ''old almshouse road
. arrange man stepped behind the team
and climed inside. Before Mr.. Thomp-
son had time 70 defend himself the man
struck him on the head with club and
the farmer lost consciousness. The
highwsyman then went through his
clothes, after which be bound and gagged
bis victim, placing him inside the team.
The horsc found It's way home alone
where the sad plight Was discovered By
his family.
ANoRosCo0oIN VALLEY FAIR.