Oxford Democrat., 1900-02-06
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

i MAINE NEWS NOTES.
/ Burglars broke into the general stor
Of George Phenix ut Alfred Saturda
night, the third break within ak months
Will Rowe, well-known citizen o
Moscow, committed suicide BY poison
ing Friday night. He leaves . widow
and one child.
Ice cutting on the Kennebec begal
Thursday. The Ice Is from II to /.
inches thick and was never of bette
quality and shows no bad effect from
the late thaws.
w. W. Elwell Of Buxton was held 70
the grand jury op the charge of man
slaughter, for the shooting Of James 7
Adams at Standish. The evidence al
tended to show that the shooting VA
accidental.
Mrs. MAIDS Knutson Of Portland VA
probably fatally burned Tuesday nigh,
by the upsetting Of lamp on to stove
The oil flashed up all over Mrs. Knutsor
and almost every stitch Of clothing was
burned from her body.
A serious statbiug ARRAY occurred a,
Bangor Friday night, by which John
welch, painter, nearly lost his life,
Eugene Blake, who was drunk and
probably did not realize what he was
doing. did the stabbing. Ii IL thought
that welch will recover.
Portland people were surprised We'd
uesdsy night when Fred g. Mitchell, a
letter carrier. wss arrested, charged
with stealing letters continuing money.
Mitchell confessed. He has been trust
ed carrier, and one of the lsst who would
he suspected Of such an act.
Pearl Stevens, employed by Mr.. Ernest
Harris at North Turner, ended his life
with shot gun Saturday. No reason Is
assigned for the sct. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harris left the young man alone In the
house, and when they returned found
him dead with the gun by his side.
The weavers In the employ OF the
Springvale woolen Company have been
very sgreesbly surprised at receiving an
Increase In wages amounting TO l5 per
cent. IL IA stated that this concern are
now paying their wesvers the highest
wages Of anv woolen factory in this part
of New England.
The insurance department Of the state
has announced m increase In the amount
OF insurance written In Maine In 1899 by
old line companies, of 8l l,760, $50 over
the work OF lS9S, aud an increase In
premiums collected over 3209.l4 The
smouut OF insurance written In this class
Of business was sll,l22, ,6l9 65.
Patrick Hslpiu fell between two
freight cars In Randall & McAllister's
coal yard Wednesday night and had
both legs cut off close 10 the thigh. Hal
pin did not die until after he had been
removed to the Maine General Hospital.
He leaves widow and quite n number
OF Young children. He WAS about so
years Of age.
The man who climbed out upon the
limb Of tree and sawed II of between
himself and the trunk was solomon In
with the Greenville woods
man who stood upon the ice, and cut
circle around himself with an Ice chisel.
II had the good effect OF SOLDERING him of
" ben he went into the icy waters, how
ever, and he was more fortunate than
the ice chisel, which failed TO come TO
the surface.
Mr. T. l.. Dingley, editor Of the Lewis
ton Journal, accompanied by his son,
Bret ii. Dingley, left Auburn Tuesday
for Boston TO sail Thursday
on the steamship New England
for the Mediterranean. Their trip will
include all the famous cities OF southern
and northern Africa, with liberal
stops At Rome, Athens, Constsntinople,
Cairo in Egypt, Algiers, the Holy Land
TO jerusalem.
Saturday night Robert Curtis, black.
smith at the Bath Iron Works, COM
mit,ed suicide by hanging himself with
a roller towel in the kitchen OF his home
on Drummond Street. He was II years
Of age, u son Of Obed Curtis, and was
engaged TO Miss Lima Holbrook Of Cum
iy's Harbor, who had threatened TO
break her engagement with him as all
had not been pleasing TO her. In the
afternoon Of that day he had told her
that he was going away and might never
see her sgsin.
Ever hear OF Henderson? IL Is up In
Psnobseot County, and IL has had no
small boom OF is own In the past few
years. In 1890 this place contained just
one farmhouse. To-day there are nearly
100 as finely constructed and modern
built houses "a one would wish to see,
and they are all homes Of railroad men
v no work for the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road. From this railroad centre there
are six regular passenger trains each
dsy going east and west, and some 10
freight trains. There are two well
and largely pstronized hotels,
several stores and fine school building.
There are some $50 railway employees
who make their homes Ia the village.
These men are paid by check the 2i.h OF
each month. The last payment WAS
some $4,000, which Ia the highest sum
ever paid In any one month since the
-.,no;o a, 90 tho roaA m fhia paipt