Oxford Democrat., 1900-07-31
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

MAINE NEWS NOTES.
Poland Spring hears the dlscouraglnl
news that President Mckinley may no
come, after all.
No wonder divorce Is frequent. TIVE
Bangor people, each divorced, were mar
ried last week ten minutes after thei
first meeting.
Automobilist Stanley, who has trav
eled 700 miles through Maine at an aver
age rate Of fourteen miles an hour, with
out an accident, has good word to say
for Maine roads which is ~ pleasing a
IL is unexpected.
The vessels Of the North Atllnti,
Squadron are expected to arrive In Port
land Aug. I'd and remain there until tht
sth, when they win sail for Rockland
arriving there the same day. Aug. It'll
Bath will be visited, and three days
later the feet will sail for Newport.
Burnside Post, G. A. R., Auburn, thu
second largest In the state, "Wednesday
evening passed resolutions den0uncine
Il. Clay Evans, commissioner Of pen
lions, and demanding of President Nc
lSinley his removal, claiming that his re
,ention In the office is an insult to all
Union soldiers.
Says western gentleman, who Is back
Ia Franklin County with his family for
their annual outing: "This coming to
Maine every summer is worse than the
morphine habit, for once get to coming
aud you think there Is no other place
aud come you must, and come you will,
q nd here We are"
A Bath fisherman actually caught q
" hale In the river of the city front q
Il W days since. He had net set for
sturgeon, and the whale got tangled 10
it The whale was baby hunchhack
weighing about 80 pounds. II Is seldom
II at whale Il captured In river twelve
miles from the sea.
Ground was broken st Fairfield Thurs
d. "a the first step In the erection OF q
$4,000 public library which has been
presented to the town by Hon. K. j.
Lawrence. Horace Purington & Com
% nv Of waterville have been awarded
the contract to carry on the construction
and they have received orders to push
the work Is speedily as possible.
A Kennebec Journal man heard q
st,ry recently, the truth Of which is
~ srsnteed. A Dutchman was talking
with q Methodist minister, and being
as xed concerning his religious convic-
titns, said: II hsf been q Methodist
tw enty-five years. belief 10 der doc
trine OF total depravity, and falling from
Craze aud practice 1t efery day." He
INFANT well.
At the State Christian Endeavor con-
We ition Ia Passport, Sept. 3-6, Rev. A.
A. Torrey Of Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago. will give three addresses, and
Rev. Smith Baker, d. D., Portland. will
conduct the closing exercises. These
art men Of wide reputation and their
presence win be great power. With
Sheldon, Torrey, Baker and Butler as
sps sakers, Esstport may anticipate great
thi,gs in September.
Fred +. Lord, aged 10, who had been
mis- sing from his home In South Ber-
wick for several days, was found dead
In the pasture OF Horace Neal near the
Eliot line Saturday. Coroner Ham
deemed an inquest unnecessary. Mr..
Lord was single. He was much es-
teerued. He had been working for
Isaac Libbey In . hay field. II Is thought
that he was overcome by intense heat
and wandered to the pasture, where he
diec.
Tley say that Miss Knowlton, Names
first woman lawyer, Is doing so well In
Rocklsnd that the other young lawyers,
aud some Of the older ones, are positive
ly Jealous. She has had five cases en-
tered on the docket OF the supreme
court, and though she has not yet tried
q case, she has been unusually success
ful In her settlements. She has already
won her legal spurs and Is entitled to all
the rights and benefits ofthe bar, except
well, except sest at the bar suppers,
and even to these she has been courte-
ously and persussively invited.
The buildings Of the historic Little
Blue school for boys at Pennington
were burned Saturday noon, the 2lst,
causing loss OF $4,000 to SO, 600.
Only q part OF the furniture and the
library which was on the ground floor
were saved. The school WAS founded
In lS44 by Rev. Samuel Abbott and after
his death A. III. Abbott conducted Il
nearly ffty years, being succeeded after
his death by his son, the present prin-
cipsl. Ii was the former home OF
Jacob Abbott, the famous author, who
wrote most Of his "Rollo" books here.
Extensive repairs had recently been
made. Many old trees and costly shrubs
were ruined BY the flames. The build
ings will be replaced In time for the fall
session OF the school.