Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-02-06


No town can make better showing
than Sanford. In 1905 there were ITO
more births than delths within its
borders, the figures being 267 births and
1862 deaths.
William Phelps and Minot st. Clair
Francis, arrested for the break In the
Red Beach post Office, and who were
found at st. John, N. B., have been
bound over.
The prospect for the Penobscot Ice
crop is pretty blue. The Ice fields are
mostly open water. On the Kennebec
1t Is not much better, although a little
ice has been secured on that river.
c. E. Clark of Parkman has just cut a
red oak tree which grew from an acorn
that he planted 80 years ago. He has
also hauled juniper logs to the mill from
the trees that he set out So years ago.
The pay roll at the Preston B. Keith
shoe factory In Springvale amounts to
81 900 Der week. The citizens are great
" pleased that the new company Is get
ting such fine start and the steady In
come is of great value to the towns
prosperity.
At the recent term of the Supreme
Judicial Court in Ellsworth were granted
only four divorces which Is the lowest
number for many years. At former ses-
sions the number has been from 10 to
20, and it has even been higher than
that. The decrease is very gratifying.
In court at Saco Thursday e. James
Paupus of Biddeford, was acquitted,
after q trial lasting two days, OF the
charge of assault with dangerous
weapon upon Fred F. Doyle, at Bidde-
ford, Oct. 1, and upon motion of County
Attorney Emery was discharged from
custody.
At the annual meeting of the Maine
Hotel Proprietors' Association in Lewis
ton Friday, a vote was taken authoriz-
ing the board of directors to form or
CARNATIONS In every county to act with
the state organization for the election OF
state officers who are in favor Of re-
| submission.
Anastasias Stefanau was on Wednes-
day, in court at Saco, found guilty OF
manslaughter in causing the death OF
Anastasias Costa. The men were
Greeks, and worked in Saco mill.
Costa was stabbed during quarrel.
Stefanan was sentenced to eight years in
State prison.
Norman Sidelinger, 55, of Nobleboro,
was killed Friday while telling trees. A
large pine was carried by the wind
against another tree and the top was
broken off. This fell upon Mr.. Sidelinger
and inflicted injuries from which he
died shortly after. he leaves wife and
several children.
Stamps valued at 1926 and $3.50 in
money were obtained Tuesday night by
burglars from the post Office in the
general store of Charles V. Minott at
Phippsburg. The door was blown from
the safe with nitro-glycerine and the
work is believed to have been done by
professionals. There Is no clue to them.
President Hyde of Bowdoin College
announces gift to the college of $50, 900
from Col. Isaac d. Wing of Bayfield,,
Wis, q member of the class of 1855
which graduated just half century ago.
The gift is In long term gold bonds bear
ing interest at five per cent and will be
utilized as an endowment for the chair
of mathematics.
Mrs. Sarah Coffin, Ga years of age, the
wife of Joseph II. Coffin of Auburn, died
Wednesday morning after taking dose
of Paris green. Mrs. Coffin returned to
her home on Saturday after being miss
ing since Dec. 10th. She had been
mentally unbalanced periodically for
some years. Mrs. Coffin is survived by
five children besides her husband.
Wyman B. Bickford, aged 80, of Ban
gor, was instantly killed at Lowelltown
on the Canadian Pacific Railroad Tues
day night, being run over by locomo-
tive. Bickford mad recently been ap-
pointed deputy inspector of customs
attached to the Bangor custom house
and his wife and child we're to have left
Bangor on Wednesday to join him when
the news of his death was received.
1t is the intention of the officials of
the Bath Iron Works to make the new
scout ship Chester building at the plant
the fastest war vessel afoat. The con-
tract requirements call for PAS knots for
four hours on her trial trip, and it is
the hope of her builders that she may
attain 25 knots. The nearest that has
ever been made to this was by Russian
warship afterwards sunk during the
Japanese war which made one mile at
rate of Is knots, but this was only a
squirt and was not kept up.