Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09
Maine News Notes.

Towns along the Penobscot are having
typhoid.
William Cove of Lincoln has been
held without bail, charged with setting
fire to the farm buildings of Alfred
Gordon In VIM.
A Russian laborer at the Ligonia roll
ing mills near Portland was struck by
train Wednesday while walking on the
track, and died the next day. His name
was Aleksangra Czyryca.
While playing with a loaded rife
Saturday Clarence Calder of lockwood,
aged II years, accidentally pulled the
trigger and the bullet pierced his heart,
causing instant death.
The past month was the driest Septem.
Der in the history of the weather bureau,
the recorded rainfall at the Portland
station being only fifty-six hundredths
of an inch, as against 5.55 inches last
year.
The number of corporations organized
under the Maine law during September
was the smallest in any month for the
year, but the large capitalization brought
the states fees up to sl4,555. The fees
for the first nine months of the year
amount to nearly 100000.
Frank l.. Weed of Rockland. who
fatally shot Hollis L. Patterson with
thoughtit-wasn't-loaded revolver, has
been bound over to the grand jury on
the charge of manslaughter. Rufus
Patterson, father of the victim, volun-
teered to become one of his bondsmen.
Mrs. Lena, wife of j. Foster Stevens
OF Lewiston, died Friday morning after
twelve hours of suffering from burns re-
ceived the previous evening, when her
clothing was set on fire by lamp which
exploded or was dropped. Her 14-year-
old grandson, Norman Stevens, was
semowhat burned In extinguishing the
flames.
Three SONS of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Vanier of Portland, aged respectively IA,
8 and years, lost their lives Friday
morning in fire in the house where the
family lived on Middle Street. Armand
Vauier, the oldest, went back to rescue
his brothers, and was overcome by the
smoke. The fire was caused by the ex-
plosion or Overturning of kerosene
lamp.
Charles Keith and Vinton Colony,
aged IA and IL respectively, went gun
ming at Lisbon Wednesday, and In some
way the shot gun which one of them
carried was discharged and both boys
shot. The Keith boy was shot through
one of his hands 80 that a part of bone
has been taken out, and the little finger
will have to be amputated. The Colony
boy received q wound in one leg which
is not serious.
Spanish Mexican and American silver
dollars of face value Of 1900, found
hidden in several tin cans beneath the
ruins of Leonard Hackett's saw mill at
New Vineyard by Mr.. Hackett while
making an examination preparatory to
rebuilding, have been deposited In the
bank to await claimant. OF the amount
$500 is in American money. It Is sup
posed to have belonged to Mr.. Porter,
q former owner of the mill who died So
years ago. As far as known he has no
relatives.
At Livermore Fails Tuesday George
Holt and some other little boys went
out with guns. Two of the boys who
were shooting alta target got to SQUAD
bling over the twenty-five rife they we're
using and the gun was accidentally dis.
charged. The Holt boy, who was shoot
ing with an air gun, stood about twenty.
five feet away and received the charge In
his abdomen. The boy managed to walk
home. The physicians called deemed
1t wise to probe for the ball and at last
report the boy was comfortable.
In q railroad collision near Troy, N.
Y, Thursday, Mrs. Shaw, wife of
Wallace e. Shaw, an alderman of Bath,
Maine, was killed, and several others
from Bath and other places In Maine
were more or less injured. The train
on which they were travelling was carry
ing the Boston and Names annual excur-
sion from Boston to New York City.
Il was run into by special carrying
soldiers from Fort Ethan Allen bound
to Newport News to embark for Cuba.
The responsibility for the accident has
not been definitely placed.
The first fatal shooting accident In
Maine since the open season on big game
began on Oct. / occurred Saturday near
Mattawamkeag, when Edgar Bailey,
aged 81 years, was killed By Guy Lord.
Icy, . middle. aged man. Both are local
residents. They were hunting about 8
O'Clock and In tho dim light Of the early
dawn Lordley mistook Bailey for bear
and fired ut him. The bullet entered
the body near the heart and death en-
sued within Q few minutes. Coroner
Thomas j. Finnigan of Bangor consider
ed an inquest unnecessary. An investi-
CATION was made by town authorities,