Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-26
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

The three-year-old SON Of Fred Chap
man of Old Town died Tuesday from the
effects of falling into tub OF hot water
the preceding day.
The Maine Society Of Mayfower De-
scendants was organised at Augusta
Thursday, with Governor John +. Hill
as governor Of the society.
Benjamin L. Lord of Berwick, known
over wide territory as coon and
deer hunter, shot himself Friday. He
had been acting strangely for some time.
W. G. Daniels of Alfred, a freight
brakeman on the New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad, was killed by falling
from his train on the 10th inst. He was
% years of age.
Isaac e. Ayers, q negro, shot Mrs.
Jennie McNulty in house on Franklin
Street, Portland, Wednesday afternoon.
The shooting was done with revolver,
after improper advances made by the
negro had been repulsed. Ayers is held
without bail. The victim is getting
along comfortably, but the outcome Of
the wound is not yet certain.
The trial of Henry Lambert, the
guide, for the murder of j. Wesley
Allen of Shirley, is now in progress at
Dover. It will be remembered that the
remains of Mr.. Allen and his wife and
daughter were found in the ruins of his
house, which had been burned on the
morning of May 18th. The trial will not
be completed for several days yet.
After the heavy surf of recent storm
hundreds of tons of kelp was left on the
York and Old Orchard beaches. In
some places it was piled up in mountains
four or five feet high and the farmers
have been busy gathering 1t In. There
was enough along the beaches to furnish
all the farms in York Comfy with all
the fertilizer they would need for a
year.
The two-year-old boy of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Watson of North Sidney, was
burned to death Sunday night while his
parents were visiting at a neighbours
house. The child had been left with an
older sister, who fell asleep in another
room than that in which the accident oc-
CURED. The baby pulled lamp from
the table and the explosion which fol-
lowed set fire to its clothing.
Patrick Mulhern, 90 years of age, who
lives at East Sullivan, reported to the
police at Ellsworth recently, that he
had been robbed of about 5000 by un-
known parties. The old man became
suspicious of savings banks some years
ago and had since kept his hoardings in
a small iron safe at home that was
fastened by paddock. 1t was generally
known that he had considerable money
in the house. Mulhern lived with two
aged people.
Will Hall was found dead Saturday
morning in the woods at Skinner, Me-,
three miles below Lowelltown. He with
two others, started hunting Wednesday
noon. At night only two returned. Mr..
Hall, they thought had been lost. Thurs
day morning party started to find him
but could not. The next day larger
party started and did not find him until
Saturday morning, dead from exposure,
about three miles from where he started
on Wednesday. he lived in Vermont
and leaves wife and two children.
The $780, mansion of Gov. Hill is
the talk of the state. The gray bricks
cost cents each, two carloads sent by
express cost II cents each, it is said.
There are 10000 of the Missouri gray
bricks and 100000 Of the Augusta red
bricks il the mansion. The division
walls are of brick. Hallowell granite is
lavishly employed in decoration. A
Grecian carriage porch of granite to be
deployed on the front and an esplanade
of granite will skirt the south side. One
bit of the carriage porch will weigh 20
tons while the pillars of the facade will
rise 20 feet. The Governor and Mrs.
Hill will dispense sumptous hospitality
in this mansion when the next legisla-
i ture shall assemble.