Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-07-14
Maine News Notes.

Rockland thinks it has firebug, who
has caused several thousand dollars loss
in the past few days.
Claude Fuller, aged %, son of II. Hud.
son Fuller of Palmyra, was drowned
while bathing in the town of Brighton
Monday.
By the voting of the town of Pressure
Isle to take $4,000 of preferred stock,
the building of the Aroostook Valley
Railroad (electric) to WaShburn and
Perham is assured.
By the overturning of canoe on Lake
CobbOSsee Tuesday night, Mrs. Harry
Ried and Mrs. Everett Stone of Augusta
were drowned. Mr. Ried, who was
with them, reached shore in an exhaust
ed condition.
1t seems pretty well understood that
the larger part of the Colby boys, both
those who were suspended and those
who struck in sympathy, will return
to Waterville in September, though
some will go to other colleges.
The Ara Cushman Company, large
shoe manufacturing concern OF Auburn,
has made an assignment to (. 5. Paul OF
Lewiston. 1t is understood that the
assets are largely in excess of the liabili-
ties, and that the suspension will be
only temporary.
Ira F. Quinby, aged about 80, shot his
wife in the head at Caribou Thursday
He then turned his revolver upon him
L. of Of
ear but not inflicting serious wound
The woman is not expected to recover
Jealousy was the cause.
Frank Douglass, five year term con
vict, escaped from the state prison on
the 4th. He was sentenced from Waldo
county several weeks ago for breaking
entering and larceny. While at work
outside the prison wall, he eluded the
guard and escaped to the woods.
Mary Massad, an Armenian woman
has been held for the grand jury IL
Lewiston on the charge of numbering
her infant. When first arrested she con
fessed that she threw the child from
the Maine Central bridge, and the body
was afterward found in the river.
A woodsman, who says he is Joe
Scribner of st. John, y. B., was brought
to Kineo Wednesday and placed under
arrest, charged with pushing another
wOOdSman, James Myers, also of st.
John, overheard from lake steamer
which was carrying crew of woodsmen
Myers persisted. No cause is assigned
for the act, except that Scribner was In
tOxicated.
While swimming in Lake Georgiana,
at York Harbor Wednesday afternoon in
what was formerly mill pond, Charles
Valentine, of York village, was seized
with cramps and drowned. With him
at the time were two companions, one OF
whom was cripple, and neither of them
could swim. Young Valentine was 10
years of age and had but recently under
gone an operation for appendicitis.
The body of James Hartnett, aged GO
years, was found floating in the water
off ROckland Wednesday. Hartnett had
been missing since the day before and il
was supposed he fell from the wharf.
One side of his face was badly bruised,
showing that he had fallen at low tide
prODdOly, anu udu uctu SluHhou. ho
was formerly in the English navy and
was miner in the Black Hills, Dakota.
He left two daughters and son.
Samuel B. White, whose home was in
Bowdoin Center, Me-, was struck and
instantly killed by the Worcester express
on the New York, New Haven Il Hart
ford R. r., between Albion and Manville,
r. l., on Monday. He apparently had
been walking on one track and became
confused by train in the other direc-
ton. His personal effects showed, be-
side his address, that he was 66 years
old and veteran of the Grand Army.
Railway Clerk James E. Wade of Au-
guSta, who has been for some years on
the run betw cen Portland and Augusta,
vas arrested Tuesday night on the
charge of stealing from the mails.
Several firms in Augusta do a large mail
order business, and complaint of the
loss of letters containing money led to
investigation. Wade is said to have
been caught by decoy letters. He
asserts entire innocence. Wade was a
man very generally liked.