Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-02-27
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Thomaston is looking for . revival Of
the shipbuilding industry. Several yes
sells are now In process Of construction
or In prospect.
At meeting In Auburn Thursday the
Maine State fair trustees fixed the dates
for the 1900 exhibition In Lewiston for
8 .ptember 8 TO z, inclusive.
The old sheep In South Jefferson
which gave birth TO Ave lambs, last
week, evidently has faith that the tariff
on wool isn't going to be reduced.
A petition bearing about ~, 900 nsmes
will be- sent to President futile of the
Maine Central Railroad In q few days,
asking thst a smoking room and restau-
rant may be added this spring to the new
station at Brunswick. This petition will
he about fifty feet long, and bears the
name OF almost every man who passes
through that town that could be secured.
A very successful numbering season on
the kennebec waters Ii about closed.
The cut this year Ia the largest which
has ever been known on the Kennebec
river, there being l55, 000, 900 feet ready
II be landed. This exceeds the cut OF
last year by nearly twenty million feet.
There have been employed In the differ
ent camps 4,0sS men, who have had on
an average three months work, snd
have received In payment for II s269, 900
1t Ia reported that the packers OF sweet
corn In this state have determined TO
adopt some plan to stop the practice OF
msny Western and New York packers
In labelling the products OF their factories
"Msine sweet corn" or course the
genuine Maine corn Il better than theirs
else there would be 10 temptation to
steal lie label. Some OF the prominent
Maine packers have formed an associa-
ton and propose to bring suits against
anybody who puts on the market, goods
bearing the misleading labels.
A most timely bulletin just sent out
from the Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station, Is concerning the apple insects
Of Maine. The paper contains descrip-
ton OF the more common pests OF this
kind. explains their habits, vulnerable
points, and how to carry on the war
against them most successfully. We all
hope that this will prove to be . good
apple year In Maine, and this pamphlet,
which will be distributed among the
farmers desiring It, throws much light
on the means to be adopted to make It so.
A murder trial Is In progress In the
Supreme Court at Bangor. Arthur S,r-
gent is on trial for the murder OF Harry
Quimby and william Goliath at Stetson
Pond on the l1th OF last August. The
three men had been out 10 boat to-
gerher. and the bodies Of Quimby and
Goliath were found In the water. The
theory Of the state Is that there was q
drunken quarrel In which Sargent killed
Goliath, and that he later killed Quinn
by TO conceal the other crime. The de-
fence is that the boat capsized and the
men were drowned.
The forthcoming report Of Insurance
Commissioner 8. w. Carr will show the
total number Of incendisrv fires 10 Maine
10 1899 to be So against so In 1895 The
to the number OF fires IL smaller than II
has ever been. The total number Of fires
for 1899 VAS 1920, and for 1893 II was
| l,4l4 or this number 3l9 were total
loss, and l,G0l were partial loss. The
totsl damsge tn property 10 1898 was
| o. 533 ,443 40, and In 1899 Il was 81 81, :
go So. Lightning WAS especially de-
structive the past year. There were 2S9
| fires laid TO this csuse, doing II tot,l
damage OF sl61 1894 81, while 10 1898
there were only 1877 from this cause. Ac-
cidental fires during the year numbered
81, while overturned lamps were respon-
sible for 80. Sparks from chimneys set
| 81 fires, and defect chimes and hues re-
sponsible for 80 Electric wires caused
only five fires. The unknown causes num-
bered 1893 Chimneys burning out set 81,
and carelessness accounted for 20. Spon-
taneous combustion was the cause Of u
The Rockland Opinion tells this story
Of how some innocent cells broke up .
knitting party: The husband OF the
lady at whose house the party was held
had been ceiling, and returned while
the ladies were assembled. The kitch-
en- was vacant, and he and his son
repaired to that apartment to skin
and dress the cells. He dumped them
into the sink and began operations, but
found he could not make much progress,
as the cells wer, all frozen stiff. After
some thought, he decided to thaw them
out, so he could handle them. The re-
suit gave him shock. as II would any
body who did not know that cells are so
constituted that they can be warmed back
to life after being laid out cold In death
for days, remarks the Opinion. The hot
water got 10 It's work, and instantly the
mass OF cells were writhing and twisting
In full life and vigor. They Topped out
of the sink and pervsded the room. The
racket called the ladies to the kitchen,
and the eels Topped into the parlors.
The ladies did not recognize the cells as
such, and regarded them ss snakes. Sew
ersl Of the mstrons started TO faint, but
did not dare to for fear of the snakes,
but they lost no time 10 getting out Of
doors and leaving the house to the man