Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-25
Maine News Notes.

celebrated it's centennial last week. Only
one Universalist church in the state
that at Norway-is older.
Daniel O'Neil, aged 10 and over, of
808 Sabatis Street, Lewiston, was struck
by a runaway horse at New Auburn
Thursday and it is feared he will die of
the injuries.
Garlic Defitago, an Italian 20 years of
age and unmarried, was instantly killed
by an explosion of dynamite at Fort Nc
Kinley, Great Diamond Island, Portland
Harbor, Monday.
A young Shapleigh boy, Elmer John
son, died Tuesday in the Maine General
Hospital from wound received some
time previous while hunting. His CON-
panion, Andrew Dowbridge, shot him by
mistake for a deer.
Fred Peters, aged II, was struck by a
freight train at Gardiner Monday even
ing, and fatally injured. Peters stepped
on the track just after train had pass
ed, and did not see the train coming in
the other direction. He lived only a
few hours.
In a fire in a stable in Portland Mon
day night, Albert E. Temple was burned
to death. Temple had been at work in
the stable, but was discharged that
morning, and is supposed to have been
sleeping off drunk in the hay loft at
the time of the fire.
Donald McLauchlan, aged five years,
was run over and instantly killed by an
electric car at Bath Tuesday. The boy
was rolling a hoop and run directly in
| front of the car the wheels of which
passed over his body before the motor
man could bring the car to stop.
John Brady, 55 years of age, has been
arrested at Millinocket for removing the
body of child from the grave where it
had been buried. Brady admits the
act, saying that he had divine authority
to raise the child from the dead, and
should have done so if he had not been
interfered with.
The Bangor News says that more than
a thousand magazines are sold from the
news stands of Bangor every month, the
ten cent kinds exceeding those of higher
price at a ratio of nearly so to /. And
all this in spite of the many magazine
clubs that are dividing up the cost
among several members.
An official of the Edwards Manufacture
| ing Co. of Augusta announces that their
mills will start Oct. 3lst, under ten
per cent reduction in the wage scale.
The mill has been closed since the first
of July on account of repairs and the
condition of the cotton market. About
100 employees are affected.
About the only thing that Aroostook
wants more than it can get at present is
freight cars. The railroads are pressing
into use every available box car they can
get. In fact, some fears are expressed
that the roads cannot get cars enough
this winter in which to move the i'm.
mense crop of potatoes in the county.
County Attorney Smith of Penobscot
who is about to retire from Office, re.
ports that in the eight years of his ad
ministration there has been collected
from the liquor dealers of Bangor, II
fines and costs, the sum of SlSS,59S, ar
average of s23, 1924 annually. In the pas
Itwenty-six years there has been collected
in fines and costs from liquor dealers the
sum of S34s,O19, an average of s13,3s;
ANNUALLY.
A drunken man in Bangor made 6
peculiar attempt at suicide Wednesday
morning. At his boarding place he tore
a sheet into strips and knotted them to
Igether to make rope, one end of which
he tied to the bed and the other abou
his neck. He then went TO the window
and jumped out, but the rope was veal
and broke, dropping him to the ground
about 20 feet. He broke leg instead
of his neck.
George r. Smith, register of deeds
has one of the novel crops of Kennebet
county. The product is all squashes
There will be about 10000 of them. HI
has farm in Vassalboro, which he hal
been experimenting with for two sea
sons. Last year he went into the potato
business as sort of farm fad and II
developed beyond all expectations. HI
pulled out 1000 bushels of the tuber.
and sold them all, landed at the depot
for 81 .05 a bushel. So it will be seer
he netted quite a sum. These potatoe.
were planted amid an orchard of 1,7O(
apple trees, mostly new ones, and it was
feared that another crop in the same
place might injure the roots of the trees
so this year he decided to plant Hub
bard squashes, partly to kill off the
witch grass and weeds that had begun
to manifest themselves very plenteously
He expects to house about SO tons Of
these squashes. He has raised so many
that he has been at loss what to do as
his storehouse is not suitable for keep
ing them into the winter. Last winter
squashes brought $40 and $50 ton and
if the same price prevails this year ht
will make tolerably good thing.