Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-12-01
Maine News Notes.

The Maine Society of Maytlower De
scendants met with Governor and MIS-
Hill Nov. 2lSt.
The story of the disappearing lobster
is told in the shipment of Is tons OF
Holsters from Rockland to Boston on
single day, recently.
The selectmen and private individuals
of York have combined to otter re-
ward of $500 for the arrest and convle-
ton of the incendiary responsible Tor
two recent fires where the loss was fully
$4,000.
The new Empire Theatre at Lewiston
was opened Monday evening OF last
week with the presentation OF "Ihe
Yankee Consul" Calm Il Grant, the
well known theatre managers, are own
ers and managers of the new house.
The wage scale in the Edwards cot
ton mill at Augusta has been reduced to
that in effect before the raise OF April Ia,
1902. This action follows that of the
manufacturers in the larger places.
About 1900 employees are affected in Au-
gusta.
A wagon containing David Crockett, a
South Durham milk man, and his son,
was struck by train at Cooks Crossing,
three miles from Brunswick, "Wednesday
night. Crockett received dangerous IN
ternal injuries, but the boy escaped with
bruises.
The new hall of Oriental Star Lodge
of MaSons ut Livermore Falls was
dedicated by the Grand Lodge on Tues
day. The hall is located in the four
story brick Sharaf block recently erected
at a cost of $4,000. The upper two
stories are occupied by the Masons.
Alma, the five year old daughter of
Tretie Croteau of Augusta, was shot In
the head, and instantly killed Thursday
morning, by bullet from SS-callore
Winchester rifle in the hands OF Gideon
Gosselin. while he was showing Mrs.
Croteau, his cousin, how il worked. The
shooting was without doubt accidental
The governor and council on Tuesday
granted a pardon to Charles Moore, VINO
has served about fifteen years IN state
prison out of sentences amounting 10
TWENTY-FIVE wears, for burglary and as
sault with intent TO kill. Moore was
sentenced in Portland. His petition has
been before the council for several
months.
Low water is beginning to make itself
felt, all over the state. The lnterna-
tional PAPER Co. and the Great Northern
Paper Co. have shut down all their mills:
1t is understood that the international
will start up again some time TINS week,
but the Great Northern, which has mills
at Madison and MillinOcket, will wait tor
more water. The mills at Lisbon Falls
and TopSham have also shut down Tor
several days.
Two of the Pleasant Point Indians OF
the Passamaquoddy tribe, Everett Soca-
basin and Newell Francis, have been
held on the charge of numbering their
fellow tribesman, Joseph Socalexls'
Sockalexis' body was found under RAN,
road bridge. and il was ut first supposed
that he fell from the bridge, but bruises
were found on him which could not have
been caused by the fall. 1t is thought by
the police that he was killed ina drunken
brawl.
Two men who had broken into a
Greenville store and carried off several
hundred dollars worth of goods were
captured on Sunday, Nov. ed, by a
force from Greenville consisting of two
constables reinforced by number OF
citizens. Most of the merchandise was
found on the shore of the lake three
miles from the town, together with a
canoe used to transport the goods. The
men escaped into the woods, but being
finally compelled to seek shelter, they
broke into a summer cottage, where
they were found comfortably settled.
Although we'll armed they made no re-
siStance Their names are given as
Robert Utterson and Ralph Reynolds.
They were bound over.