Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-30
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Marshal vigue of Waterville has
been committed to the insane hospital,
after fracturing the skull of her A.
months-old baby with hammer.
The accidental discharge of a gun
which Edward Fearon of Biddeford was
handling fatally injured Katie Winnie, 3
years old. She lived three hours.
A man later identified as John G.
Ellers, Jr., of Bath, was struck by an
electric car between Brunswick and
Bath Monday, and fatally injured. he
was lying curled up on the track.
Peter Coyne, car inspector on the
Maine Central, was run over and fatally
injured in the Maine Central yard at
Waterville Wednesday. He is survived
by widow, two daughters and two
| sons.
Marshall N. Rich of Portland died very
suddenly with heart trouble Thursday
evening. Mr.. Rich was secretary of the
Portla i'd Board of Trade and the State
Board of Trade, and man we'll known
throughout the state.
The Republican candidates for the
legislature in Lewiston, who were de-
feated at the September election, will
contest the seats of the Democrats who
were given certificates, on the ground of
''unfair methods" being employed.
City Marshal Breen has ordered the
liquor sellers in Augusta to quit bust
ness. The order includes everything,
from the first-class hotels down to the
dives. Augusta dry? And the legisla-
ture just about to meet? Wouldn't that
jar your nerves?
Phil Miour of Auburn, about 20 years
of age, committed suicide by taking
Paris green in Lewiston Wednesday. He
had had some disagreement with his IA
Their. He repented his act before the
end, but it was too late for the physician
to save him.
Indications thus early point to heavy
lumber cut during the winter in the
region beyond Moosehead Lake. The
early spell of extremely cold weather
froze thoroughly the swamps and soft
places in the roads, making the fOunda-
ton for the work one of the best for a
number of years. Snow lies two feet
deep on a level, desirable depth for
numbering. Timber surveyors who
have prospected the forest expect that
Der will be out before spring.
, Albion S. Richardson, respected
citizen of Standish, was instantly killed
by being struck by falling tree on the
Goth. Mr.. Richardson and Horace g
Buzzell were working together and a
tree which they cut fell on another tree
which had lodged. The trunk of the
falling tree slid down on the lodged tree
with lightning like rapidity, and as Mr.
Richardson saw it descending he pushed
Buzzell out of the way, but could moi
save himself. The tree struck him with
terrible force, crushing his skull.
) The last rail has been laid and the last
: spike driven on the new Fish River rail
road, and the track from Ashland to For
, Kent is completed. Regular trains viii
be running in about two weeks. The
Fish River road extends from Ashland
on the Bangor and AroostoOk, to For,
Kent, a distance of 50 miles, and it i:
expected to be among the best paying
roads in the state in proportion to it,
mileage. The line taps rich section o.
the garden land of Maine, and vast tract:
of valuable timber, which have hitherto
been inaccessible to the lumbermen, art
now thrown open. Until now Fort Ken
was connected with Ashland only by
means of stage line. Fort Kent was
, first settled by Acadian and French refu
gees and was named for the fort erected
.. there in 1S4l, which was christened il
honor of Gov. Kent. The town was in
corporated on Feb %, 1869.