Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-07-24
Maine News Notes.

While in bathing at Midtown Friday
Linwood, the S-year-old son of Charles
Grass, was drowned.
The cotton mill employees of the state
share in the general advance of five pei
cent in wages which goes into effect
July 80.
A man who appears to have been
Barney Marshall of Rumford Falls, about
so years of age, was drowned at Bangor
Thursday night by falling of wharf.
Edward F. Cornish of Portland, aged
%, attempted suicide Sunday night by
taking laudanum, but took 80 much that
it failed to make good, and will recover
A wave of crime has seemed to be
sweeping over Maine during the past
week. Burglaries, assaults and hold-ups
are the staple topics of news in the
papers.
The dates of the annual assembly at
the Good Will Pines are July q to
August 5, and it is certain to be a good
time for all who are fortunate enough to
be present.
]. M. Boutin of Island Pond, VT, a
freight brakeman on the Grand Trunk,
was killed at Danville Junction Friday
night by falling between the cars when
the train broke in two.
William Murray of Orrington, aged 10,
and Miss Sarah Reynolds of Newport,
aged IA, were drowned in the Penobscot
River Thursday night. Their boat was
run down by steamer.
Joseph Nottingham, aged 8, was
drowned in the Androscoggin at Lewis
ton on the 14th. He fell into the river
while walking over foot path that runs
beneath the bridge from Island Garden.
The Fort Fairfield Review says that
walking on the sidewalks of the village
is getting to be great nuisance to the
wheelmen. In other sections the auto
mobiles find that teams bother them
greatly.
A man supposed to be John Cunning
ham of Providence, r. l., was found un-
conscious beside the railroad near the
Saco station on Tuesday and died with
out regaining consciousness. He is sup
posed to have fallen or jumped from a
train.
Joseph McTeague, aged %, of Bangor,
was drowned Sunday in the Penobscot
River near Brewer. He was in swim
ming and failed to reappear after diving.
The body was recovered. McTeague
was unmarried. He had been employed
as lineman.
A. II. Ashton of Rochester, N. Y,
who with his wife has been a guest at
Hotel Hiawatha at Long Beach, in York,
died Sunday while bathing in the surf.
Physicians who examined the body, said
that death was due to heart trouble. He
was % years old.
Two men were surprised in the act of
cracking the safe in the Alma post office
early Thursday morning, and were pur-
sued and one of them was captured.
He is about 35, and gave his name as
Joseph Surnia. The burglars had
broken off the knob of the safe door, but
had not got ready to use their explosive.
A canoe turned in rough water in the
PenobscOt River, about mile above
Old Town, Monday, and one Of the occu'
pants, Miss Eva Vachon of Waterville,
aged 20 years, was drowned. Her com:
panions, Amy Bolduc of Waterville and
Frank Briefly and Frank Lavoire, man
aged to reach shore after hard struggle
on the part of the men to rescue both
girls.
A gang of burglars entered the cal
barn of the Atlantic Shore Line Railway
at Kennebunkport town house. shortly
after midnight Monday morning, bound
the two night employees of the building
hand and foot, and looted the safe OF
over $500. The burglars escaped, and nc
trace of them has been found. There
were five or six men in the gang, armed
with revolvers and wearing improvised
masks. Ralph Hewey, one of the men
on duty, put up fight, and was laid out
BY a blow from behind. The burglar!
refrained from taking his watch, ant
even brought water from q pump tt
battle the wounds on his head, assuring
the men that all they wanted was thu
company's money, and they had no de
sire to injure anybody.