Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-01-03
Maine News Notes.

Miss Ellen NJ. Greene of Saco, 70 year
of age, who lived alone, was fatal
injured by a fall down her stairs o
Christmas Eve.
John Goodwin of Lebanon has bee
bound over on the charge of assault
| with intent to kill on Charles w. Fal
about three weeks since.
The firm of Foster, Esterbrook & Co.
manufacturers of mems clothing, ar
about to remove their business from
Belfast to Amesbury, Mass.
Ice harvesting on the Kennebec a
Gardiner began just before the storm
1t is estimated that the loss on accoun
of the storm will amOut to $1,000.
Rosie Nadeau, aged seven years, wa
fatally burned Friday at her home il
Augusta, while playing with matches
death ensuing early in the evening.
Charles Rhodes, aged IS, persisted in
camp in Camden that burned during
Monday night. Edward Richards ant
William Colburn escaped with Sigh
injuries. Rhodes was unmarried.
Probably no Christmas sermon wa
preached by an older clergyman thai
Rev. Z. G. Page of Oakland who cele
brated his 9Oth birthday by speaking
from the pulpit he occupied so ably
years ago.
Alfonso Thornton of Brunswick, +,
brakeman on the Maine Central, fell be
tween the cars on the night of Dec. oath
and received injuries which terminated
fatally the next morning. He was q
years of age.
Fred w. Green, a steam filter in the
employ of the w. w. Carman Company
at Portland, was fatally crushed in thu
elevator at the company's shop on the
9th of December. He was "a years Of
age and unmarried.
Fifteen people who recently arrived al
New York from Scotland, bound fol
Sandford's Shiloh, were ordered deport-
ed, as only $4,000 was found on the
fifteen, and they had no plans for sup
port beyond joining the Shiloh colony.
At a meeting of the Governor and
Council a hearing on the petition for a
pardon of Mrs. Mary Z. BarrOws of
Kittery, who is serving life sentence at
the state prison for the murder of her
husband, was assigned for Wednesday,
January Is.
Capt. William Grindle of Bucksport,
who has been Mason SO years, holds
the remarkable record of missing only
half dozen meetings of his lodge in all
that time. For 20 years he has held the
position of tyler of Felicity Lodge, No.
10, of Bucksport.
Arthur, the 20 months old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. John kirkpatrick of Thorn
aston, swallowed several morphine pills
Thursday noon and died the next day.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick is i'll and the pills were
prescribed for him, the little one finding
the box while at play.
Fred A. Tarbox, who was city marshal
in Biddeford in the days when that city
was so famous for strenuous municipal
politics, has just resigned as chief of
police in Newton, Mass. 1t is said that
his resignation averts threatened inves-
tigation of the police department of the
city.
Trustees of Bowdoin College are will
ing to assist financially in furnishing
with a new hotel provided
the house is located where they desire,
the preferred site being the Lyons
property on Park row. The matter is
being considered by the several parties
at interest.
1t was recently discovered that car
load of game had been shipped from
Calais to Boston, and on the application
of Chairman Carleton it was seized in
Charlestown. The car contained II
deer, four halves of deer, two hind
quarters of moose and $50 cartridges.
Neither the shipper nor the consignee
could be identified.
President Fellows of the University OF
Maine announces that the next legisla-
ture will be asked for money for central
heating plant for the institution and also
for an addition to the 1000 now allow
ell annually for running expenses. Two
years ago the legislature was asked for
S25, 900 for a central heating plant but
no action was taken.
Isaiah Lord, aged 81, of Clinton, was
struck aud instantly killed by Maine
Central train No. II, at the Clinton sta
ton crossing, Friday afternoon. Mr..
Lord evidently neither saw nor heard
the train, which was running at high
speed, and was struck squarely, his
body being hurled nearly 100 feet. The
horse was killed and the sleigh reduced
to kindling wood. A widow and one
son survive.
Gardeners almost continuous per.
Torrance in the line of fires eliminated
in a blaze on Christmas morning which
partially destroyed the opera house
block and burned the entire stock of s.
S. Smith & Co.'s department store,
which occupied the two lower floors.
The total loss will reach nearly $40, 1000,
upon which there was an insurance OF
$4,000. Two other buildings were
somewhat damaged by water. The fire.
men were greatly hampered by the ex-
treme cold weather and q number OF
them were frostbitten.
The State Assessors annual report,
just issued, makes good showing. The
local valuations of the cities, towns and
plantations for the year 1904, as certified
by the assessors, amount to S323,696, Ia
an increase of S6,71S,2S0 over similar
valuation for 1908. The increase of rea
estate valuations is $500, l19, and OF
personal estate S1,19o, l61. Money at
interest, and taxable securities show a
gain of S77,3lS; National Bank stock
and Trust and Banking Co. stock
1922 ,222; logs and lumber, 1915, 1852;
wood and bark, SS3,4lS; furniture
S20,S5l. Stock in trade shows only a
slight increase over 1908. Shipping
shows loss of s62, 1856. Carriages art
valued S23,632 less than in 1908; bu
this loss is more than offset by the tax
alton of automobiles, which are taxed OF
a valuation of s70,665. The valuation o
live stock is returned at S14, 1885, 62. Al
increase of 1851, 28S above 1908. Th'
number of horses has increased $40
colts, 1,343; cows, $3.50; oxen, sol
young cattle, 1895; swine, 1900. Sheel
alone show a decrease in numbers o
1850.
The Savings Banks.
The annual report Of State Ban