Oxford Democrat., 1904-02-02
Maine News Notes.

Herbert Marshall lineman employed
by the New England telephone Co. in
Portland, was killed Thursday by con-
tact with live wire.
Old inhabitants say that not since the
famous freeze-up of the Penobscot IN
1875 has there been so much ice in the
lower river and bay as at present. The
up-river ice is solid down to q point op-
posite Winterport, from two to three
miles below the usual point.
That innocent looking porcupine ooun-
ty law has produced mighty results.
Returns have been made by 315 towns,
and they represent nearly 10000 hedge
hogs with total bounties of about S15, 900,
and the end is not yet. The legislature
| in anticipation of the working of the
law made an appropriation of $500 to
nav the bounty. 1t looks as if the esti-
mate was little off.
That diphtheria may live in packed
clothing almost indefinitely is shown by
an incident which occurred in York
county village. A child died Of diph-
liberia and its mother packed its dresses
/
wears afterwards and her daughter and
granddaughter, who opened and ham
died the contents of the chest, were duly
taken ill of diphtheria, although there
had recently been no cases in the village.
John Z. Sargent, we'll known Port
Hand watch maker, met his death Mon
day morning in a peculiarly terrible
form. Mr.. Sargent had been seriously
lill for some time with shock, which
rendered him partially helpless. He
had occasion to get out of bed, and in
his enfeebled condition was unable to
prevent the falling of a lighted lamp
which set fire to the room and suffocat-
ed him in the smoke before he could be
rescued. In fact, nobody being about,
the fact that anything was wrong was
not discovered until the smoke made
itself manifest to those in another part
of the house.
Rev. Frank W. Sandford, founder and
head of the Shiloh colony in Durham,
has been indicted for manslaughter by
the grand jury in Androscoggin County.
The indictment against Rev. Mr.. Sand
ford contains six counts, one of man
slaughter and five specific instances OF
alleged cruelty to children. All of the
charges resulted from the alleged severe
discipline in the Shiloh colony. He was
placed under arrest by Sheriff Cum
mings, and was arraigned before Judge
Savage. Bail was fixed at $4,000, and
was furnished. Able counsel have been
: engaged, and the case will be we'll fought.
Mr.. Sandford himself has little to say
about it.
Three prisoners in York County took
a brief vacation Wednesday night
Joseph Bradley and John Nagle, both of
whom had been sentenced to one years
Imprisonment for burglary, overpoweret
the guard at the Saco city Jail at mid
: night, pounded him into unconscious
ness and after locking him in cell es
capped. Another prisoner, Charlie!
Chasse, who was serving sentence OF
one year for larceny, also left the Jail
Bradley and Nagle were to have been re-
moved to the state prison at Thomastor
the next day. All three of the mer
were captured at Kennebunk about al
hour and half later. They were suffer
ing intensely from the cold and exhaust.
ed from their long tramp and made little
pretence of resistance. They were scant
lily clad and could hardly have gone fal
in their condition. They were taker
into court and resentenced later in th'
day, the two principals getting an in
crease of four years in their sentences
while Chase got two years in stat
prison in place of one year in Jail.