Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
THE WEEK In MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

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THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Archie Marshall of waterville, 8 years
old. WAS drowned while skating on the
Keunebec Friday.
DIR. Frank p. Whitaker of Hermou
has been bound over on the charge oil
setting fire to the buildings Of Thurstor
Hunt 10 that town.
Tue Maine State Grange had very
successful annual meeting at Lewiston
lsst week. Wednesday night class OF
ak hundred took the sixth degree.
The marketmen will make a vigorous
attempt to have the law amended "a
that they can sell game under more
favorable conditions than at present.
Alexandria johnson, aged Is, wat
drowned while skating on a pond NJ
Springvsle Friday. He skated into q
hole where the Ice men had been cutting
Ice.
The governor and council have re-
fused the petition OF Rose Carson White
for pardon from the Maine state prison
Mrs White killed her husband and was
sentenced to four years. imprisonmen,
for msnslaughter.
Holman Packard died at the Old Town
CITY hospital from injuries received In a
railroad crossing accident. He never
recovered consciousness or showed the
slightest signs OF rsllying from the time
OF his accident to his last moments.
Mrs. Frye, wife OF Senator William p.
Frye, died very suddenly Friday morn
ing at their hotel In Washington. Mrs.
Frye Is generally lsmented, "a she was a
woman Who was admired and beloved
foy all with whom she came 10 contact.
Department Commander Snipe has
announced that he has selected February
1920 as the date for holding the State
encsmpment Of the Maine G.. A. X. at
Auburn. Chief Leo Ras-
sieut Of st. Louis has been invited and
Is expected TO attend.
Mrs. Mary Ann Heath, q recluse, who
lived alone Ia room on Water Street In
Bath died Tuedsy ss the result Of burns
sustained Monday night. Mrs. Heath was
So years old. II Is supposed her clothing
caught Ore from a stove In the room,
and that in attempting TO extinguish the
flames the bed clothing was ignited.
President Nathaniel Butler OF Colby
College has resigned bis position, to
take effect at the end OF the present col
lege year. He will return TO Chicago
University from which institution he
came TO Colby. 1t Is understood that he
takes this step only after continued i'm
portuning by President Harper Of Chi
csgo
A petition now being circulated will
be presented TO the next legislature,
asking for the annexation 10 Wsterville
OF portion OF the town Of winslow.
The territory which Il is desired to
annex includes about % per cent OF the
village, with several stores, = saw mill
and the large Hollingsworth & Whitney
Paper Co.'S mill.
A fatal shooting accident occurred at
Plantation IL, Washington County, on
thu llth. The victim OF the affair was
Ernest X. Phipps, 4 prominent resident
OF the plantation, who was mistaken for
deer By his cousin, with whom he was
hunting, and shot through the abdomen.
Mr.. Phipps lived only about an hour
after the accident.
The eastern Maine game record for
the season, "a shown bv the Bangor
shipments, includes $3.50 deer, 1Ss
moose. This Il 300 fewer deer than In
1899, but 200 more than 10 1898 The
number of moose killed this year was
exactly the same as In 1893. This year
there have been five fatal shooting xcci-
dents In the woods.
Samuel Cummings, we'll known
stage driver running between Rockland
and Clsrk's Island. WAS found uncon-
scious In his room at the Cslderwood
House. Bound about his head were
towels saturated with chloroform, and
it IL believed thst he attempted TO CON-
init suicide. He IL In = critical condi-
ton, but may recover.
Patrick Mshoney and Edward Ware,
who were at work on the roof OF the new
digester building of the Somerset and
kennebec Pulp Compsny's mill st Fair.
field Wednesday fell = distance of sew
.pty. i've feet into q vat containing
chemical mixture used In the prepsra-
ton Of pulp. Mshoney was terribly
bruised and burned and will die. Ware
was badly injured. but IL Is thought he
will recover.
Do you happen to have $50 bill
about your clothess A few days ago q
paper out In Spokane, Washington, told
OF = citizen who possessed such sn odd
bill, OF the issue OF l77s, and II WAS de-
cisred To be the only one In existence.
Now two Maine men come forward, one
Ia Bangor and one 10 Bridgewster, who
have bills OF this same denomination
and issue, and the returns have only be-
gun 70 come In.
Here IL 3 pretty good horse story all
the WAY from Galveston, Texas, but IL
takes n Maine man 10 tell Il. A truthful
man, who went TO that city
after its great disaster 10 get employ
ment, writes that while clearing away
the debris. caused by the storm, they
une~rthed y horse that had been buried
under-the rubbish for forty-two days.
He was 10 und to be alive, but very much
amsciated. The animal was given
little by little, and at the
time the letter was written, WAS alive
and doing well.
Representative Allen has given up
hope OF getting q half million appropria-
ton for the removal of Witch Rock In
Portland Harbor, says Washington
As has heretofore been
stated he never supposed the rock Was
40 large, and neither did the engineers.
Chairman Burton Of the rivers and har-
bors committee would not consent 70 so
large sn appropriation for removing a
rock way out 10 the ocean. He thinks II
would be far more economical TO build q
lighthouse out there, for the rock Is In
reality portion Of Ram Island ledge,
Mr.. Allen Intends TO 90 up to the light
house board and ask them 10 build q
on the rock. He thinks there
IL q pretty good chance OF persuading
them 10 do IL.
The post office at Millinocketf, Penob-
acct County, which will soon be advanced
10 the Presidential class, outstrips all
other post offices in the pine tree state
in rapid growth and contests honors
with Cripple Creek and other western
towns. In June, 1899, modest petition
reached the post Office department pray.
ing for a new Office on the line OF the
Aroostook railroad, seven miles from
Norcross and ten miles from Grind
stone. The petitioners represented that