Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-27
Maine News Notes.

There are 10 natives of Maine in th
newly elected legislature Of Massachr
sets.
Other cities have fires occasionally
but In Gardiner it is almost continuou
performance.
| A Masonic temple at Skowhegan vii
probably be one of the results of tn
recent fire in that village.
George D. Loring, well-known Port
land job printer and binder, announce
himself as q candidate for State Binder
Charles Page, q Dexter blacksmith
committed suicide by hanging Frida
evening. No cause for the act Is az
signed.
| BOwdoinham claims tho younges
master of a grange in Charles N. White
who has just passed his Goth birthday
He is also the overseer Of the count.
grange.
The Maine Democratic Club will holt
it's annual banquet at the Falmouth
Hotel, Portland, Jan. 7th. 1t is expect
ed that Senator Carmack Of Tennessee
will speak.
The Bancroft Foote House, a tire,
story wooden building containing II
rooms given to the Good Will HON,
Association by Edwin Bancroft Foote oil
New York City, was dedicated at GOot
Will Home Wednesday.
Charles S. Hichborn of Augusta wa,
elected mayor of Augusta on Monday, t
succeed Gustavus A. Robertson, deceas
ed, and William NJ. Aver of Oakland
was elected senator from KennebeG
County in place of Mr.. Robertson.
Jerry Noonan, aged IS, of Boston, who
has been employed by the contractors
for the Kennebec Water District a,
Waterville, fell distance of six fee,
from the porch at the home Of Frank
Vigue on the 18th and died from his
injuries the next day.
w. F. Bowen, private of marine guard
on the prison ship Southery, at the Kit.
terry navy yard, fell from the upper to
the lower deck, distance of % feet, Sum-
day, and was instantly killed. Bowen
was 30 years old. He enlisted at Perry,
Maine, three years ago.
John Merchant, aged 80, was shot, but
not fatally, at Stonington Sunday. 1t is
said the shooting was done by an Italian
known only as Jimmie" Merchant
objected to "Jimmie's' attentions to
Mrs. Merchant, and the shooting was
the climax to an alteration between the
men.
An accidental shooting occurred in
Cornville Tuesday. While on q hunt
George II. Braley of Parkman fired at
rabbit which was circling in the
direction of Eugene Sanford, another of
the party. The shot struck Sanford
below the knee, breaking both bones of
the leg. Braley was arrested and bound
over.
The Maine State Grange held its an
nual meeting in Lewiston last week.
State Master Gardeners report shows a
very prosperous condition of the order.
One new Pomona and II new subor-
dinate oranges have been organized, and
IL have been reorganized, making %
more than last year. A gain in men,
bers of 5,691. Eleven new grange halls
have been dedicated during the year.
BY actual inventory there is rising
S733, 900 invested in grange homes in
Maine.
The educational department has had
printed for distribution, 5000 copies of a
pamphlet entitled Corporal Punish
ment in the Public Schools" it being
the charge of Judge A. r. Savage to the
jury, in the case of Kilgore vs.. Hartford,
where an action was brought against a
teacher, at Lewiston, because of her
punishment of scholar. The pamphlet
contains 20 pages, and would be of value,
both in the schoolroom and in the home.
Copies will be sent free upon application.
Three lives were lost in fire which
consumed the house of John johnson, a
laborer, in Bangor Wednesday morning.
The victims were Mrs. johnson, aged 80,
aud two of her sons, Kenneth, aged
seven, and Theron, aged three. A third
boy, Herbert, aged o, escaped by jump
ing from a bedroom window. He was
badly burned and cut and Is in the hos.
pital. Leaving her three children still
in bed, Mrs. johnson went to nearby
store to get something for their break
fast. Neighbors discovered the fire and
she rushed into the blazing house, shut
ting the door behind her. With her two
children she was overcome in the kitchen
and it was there that the three corpses,
terribly charred and burned beyond
recognition, were found. There was so
much delay in ringing in the alarm that
the house was burned fiat before the
firemen arrived.
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