Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-04-22
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

The river and harbor bill now before
congress contains an unusual amount OF
liberal appropriations for Names bene-
fit. Senator Frye is given the credit for
quite share of it.
Miss Eta Dayton, clerk in Bidde-
ford department store, has learned that
through the death of a wealthy grand
uncle, Lucien Brown of Philadelphia,
she will, after October, receive 500
monthly.
By the upsetting of canoe on the
Messalonskee stream at Waterville Fri
day B. N. Fogg of Clinton was drowned.
Albert Sturtevant, who was with Fogg,
had very narrow escape. FOgg was 70
years of age and unmarried.
John Cooley, aged 80, unmarried, of
Kittery Point, was drowned in the Pts
cataqua River at Portsmouth Saturday
in squall. Cooley was in small row
boat, when brisk wind, aided by rough
waters, caused his craft to capsize,
throwing him into the water.
BY the explosion of "spider" which
was being heated in the blacksmith shop
of the Maine Central car shops at
Waterville Friday Moses Butler of
Waterville and Howard Ware of Fair
field are terribly injured, and it is be-
lieved Ware is fatally 80. The explo-
sion was terrific, huge pieces of casting
being sent through the sides and roof of
the building. The damage to property
will amount to several hundred dollars
The Bangor and Aroostook r. r.
hauled 667, 308 bushels of potatoes out
of Aroostook county in March; the total
hauling of the 1901 crop by that road
from Aroostook county up to the end
of March amounted to 3,0S9, 400 bushels
One of Aroostook's largest potato deal.
ers estimated that ten per cent of the
1901 crop yet remains to be marketed
The potato plant this spring will be con
siderably in advance of any preceding
year, if one may Judge from the quaint
ty of fertilizers purchased.
The mystery regarding Henry O
Thompson of Mechanic Falls, who dis
appeared March 3lst, was cleared VI
Monday, when he was found dead in {
field not far from the village. His throa
had been cut by razor which lay upor
his breast. An inquest was deemed un
necessary as it was no doubt case O
suicide. Thompson was 32 years of ag'
and had no relatives so far as is known
He was Respondent for days at a time OF
account of asthma, with which he hat
been afflicted nearly all his life. For ;
long while he had said he would end hi
life rather than to suffer longer.
After the lapse of three years and ;
half, William T. Treworgy of Buckspor
has been indicted for the murder o.
Sarah Ware in 1893. This somewha
celebrated case has been the subject o
more agitation with less result thar
almost any other affair in the recen
history of Maine. Treworgy was once
before arrested, the only witness agains
him being a man of inferior intellect
This man day or two afterward re
tracted This testimony, and though 1T
afterward made several re-retractions
Treworgy was discharged. TrewOrgy'.
trial is expected to begin May 9th.
Rural free delivery is doing away will
a large number of small post Office
throughout the country. In the las
United States Postal Guide there is
long list of those which have been dis
continued during March. Those in thi
state which have met this fate are as fol
! lows: Aliens Mills, Bayside, Churcl
Hill, Concord, East Corinna, Eas
Thorndike, Embden Centre, Holden
Madison Centre, North Bangor, Mort
Newport, North Scarboro, North Wiz
terport, Oakpoint, Otisfield Gore, Rar
dolph, Snow Centre, South Pressure Isle
Titcomb, Victor, West Freeman, Yves
Sidney, West Trenton, West Winterpori
Winnecook. During this time pos
offices have been established in thi
state at Douglas Hill, Drew, Knox
ROCKVILLE and Sheridan, and the pos
office at Freeman has been re-estat
| lished.
Frank W. Burns of Fort Fairfield,
. deputy collector of customs Thursda
> night was assaulted and probably fatal
injured by suspected smuggler a
Hodgdon, near the New Brunswick line
,, The assailant escaped. Deputy Burn
,, had seized a team loaded with contra
band goods just after it had crossed tn
boundary from New Brunswick, and wa
driving it toward the town, when he wa
set upon by the owner and knocke
from the wagon. The struggle whic
followed was fierce. The smuggler ha
{ armed himself with a stake from tn
wagon, and had the advantage from tn
first. Burns received terrible beatin
and was left lying in the road apparent
/ y dead, while the smuggler drove ava
with his outfit. The deputy finally re
covered sufficiently to crawl to farr
house and make partial explanation G
his condition to the occupants. One arm
and several ribs were broken, and thirty
, four stitches were required to close
cash in his head. 1t also is feared that II
received internal injuries.
Charles W. Wilson of Cundy's Harbo
was arrested in Boston by CHAMBERLAIN
deputy sheriff Thursday, and brought t
Portland, charged with the murder Il
his wife, Mary Ellen Wilson. Til
woman's body was found in the waite
on the flats, on Sunday, April 13, afte
her mysterious disappearance the pre-
ceding Wednesday night. She and he
husband had been married three or fou
years, but their married life was III
happy, and they lived together only
short time. Divorce proceedings hat
been begun by the man shortly befor
her disappearance. Suspicious circum
stances led to an investigation of tn
, case, and Wilson'S arrest resulted. Their
is no direct evidence to connect hin
with her disappearance, but quite a
array of circumstances which unques
tionably point strongly in his direction
On the other hand, in the pocket of tn
apron which she left was note whicl
said she had made up her mind tt
drown herself. This note even is some
what suspicious in its form, but he
husband could not have written it, as h
can write nothing but his own name
and makes hard work of that. Wilson
has made conflicting statements before
and since his arrest, but stoutly denie
having even seen his wife the night sh
disappeared.