Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-11-23
THR WEEK IN NAME.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.


II. Frank Stinson Of Bath fell over.
board from the tug Ice King In North
River, and was drowned.
The 3-year-old son Of william Skerritt
OF Portland fell of q wharf while play.
ing Saturday afternoon, and Was drown
ed.
The hody Of Daniel s. Murphy was
found Ia Portland Harbor Wednesday
morning. Murphy was 81 years Of age
He leaves no family.
Now that the shovels and pickaxes
are beginning to arrive along the line Of
the Washington County Railroad NUNS
the word with the doubling Thomases.
Octave Collins. aged IS, Was fatally
injured while numbering near Rediugton
Mills Saturday. He was struck bys fall
ing tree aud had his skull fractured In
several places.
Another man pulled his gun toward
him by the muxzle. Il was Joseph
recsr Of Rockland, aged about Is, and
the accident happened Friday afternoon.
He was instantly killed.
Charles +. Capen's sardine factory at
Boothbay Hsrbor was destroyed by fire
nj four O'Clock, Thursday morning. The
loss will reach 925, 900. IL Is partially
insured. The cause Of the fire il un-
known.
Mrs. Hannah +. Jones, an old lady
over % years Of age. was burned TO
death Monday evening at her home In
Ligonia. She had been blind many
years. On that evening che was leit
alone in the house q ehort time, and II
IL supposed attempted to 20 across the
kitchen and fell across the stove. She
was dead when found.
Rufus Hsckett, an old citizen and one
Of the characters OF Mechanic Falls, was
run over by q train and killed Monday
morning while walking along the track
between the Grand Trunk and Portland
and Rumford Falls stations. He was
quite deaf and partly blind. For years
he had peddled apples from little hand
basket At the stations, and was familiar
figure to all travellers.
The governor and council Mt their ses-
sion Tuesday granted pardon to two con-
victs In state prison: Adelard Roussin
OF Blddeford, serving n four years SEN
tence for larceny, OF which about six
months remained; and Daniel A. Gra-
ham Of North Falmouth, serving fif-
teen years sentence for rape. Graham
WAS only Il years old sc the time OF the
offence, and has served six years.
Lewis King. thirty years old, and mar
ried, was thrice shot by Pau! Perry, AZ
Eustis Thursday afternoon as the out
come OF long standing feud. Both men
are French Canadians bat have lived
there for several years. The immediate
quarrel arose over the accusation bv
King that Perry had been paying undue
attention 10 Kings wife. After an ex-
change of words Perry IL said TO have
drawn revolver and discharged one
bullet into Kings arm, another in the
face and the third In the shoulder. Each
wound WAS severe one, but no danger
Of death Is feared.
Six weeks ago Jean Bsptiste Guillemet.
young man who claims To be IL years
Of age. located In Biddeford. Some
French people who recently read sc-
counts OF the supposed murder OF Jean
Bsptis,e Laplsnte OF st. Lioore, Canada,
learned that Guillemet IL nephew OF
the murdered man. Guillemet has been
lavish with money since he came here,
and Marshal Harmon, being suspicious,
arrested him and notified the Canadian
authorities. After his arrest and before
consulting counsel, Guillemet made n
confession, stating that he killed hts
uncle, but did IL wholly at the instiga-
ton Of his aunt. wife OF the murdered
man, who had promised TO marry him
after her husband Was out Of the WAY.
The woman thus charged with compile
ity Is IS years old, and has six chill
dren. Since consulting counsel the
young man has nothing TO say. His
lawyer says extrsdition papers Will be
demanded before Guillemet will return
TO Canada.