Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
Maine News Notes.

1t Ia roughly estimated that last wiz
ter's lumber cut in Maine was abou
500, 000, 900 feet Of spruce and perhap
100, 000, 600 feet Of pine, most Of the lat
ter being in the southwestern part o
the state.
At Weeks Mills Friday, William R
Misler, aged about IS, was killed by tn
accidental discharge Of q gun which wa
in the hands of Philip c. Boynton. Boyn
ton was loading the gun when it wa
discharged.
The body of Chandler C. Dill, 80 year,
of age, of Springfield, Maine, was founC
in the outlet of Hermon Pond, neal
Bangor, Friday. Dill was cookee for {
Maine Central construction crew, and had
been missing several days. 1t is thought
he fell off trest]e on the railroad.
In court at Wiscasset Thursday, Harry
Feltis of Bristol was acquitted of the
charge of manslaughter. He was &C
cused of causing the death of his father
by striking him on the head with club
but the defence was that the elder Feltis
fell and struck his head on stone.
William c. Foss of South Portland,
deckhand ca the power boat Norka of
the United States engineers department,
was drowned Friday morning in Port
land harbor by falling over the side OF
the boat he was alone on the boat at
the time, but it is thought he fell in
reaching over for pail of water. He
was about 20 years old.
No one is left in active service of all
the cid time Searsport commanders of
full rugged ships. From 1884 to 1907, in
elusive, a period of 70 years, Searsport
furnished $50 commanders of full rugged
ships. In 1885 she had SO commanders
of full-rigged ships in active service,
being one-tenth of the ships then sailing
under the United States flag.
Frank Daggett, New Vineyard boy,
committed suicide with shot gun
Thursday night. He left note for his
father saying, 81 am worth more to you
dead than alive" The boy had been
sick with scarlet fever, and his father
had been telling him that he must get to
work as soon as he could to earn money
to pay the expenses. Further than that
no cause for the act is assigned.
In the woods of Maine within the next
few months will be cut about 700, 000, 900
feet of spruce logs. OF this seventh
will be cut on the west branch of the
Penobscot and nearly two-seventbs on
the combined west and east branches of
that river. The remainder will be cut
on the waters of the Kennebec, An
and the streams tributary to
the three rivers named. To harvest
this vast crop of logs will require an
army of men. 1t is estimated that every
million feet of logs cut in the woods
requires the services of 80 men. That
gives a total of 24,500 men who will
find employment in the woods of this
state this winter. When you add to this
force the men who are employed in the
birch woods and in cutting other timbers
than spruce, the aggregate will climb
well up towards $4,000.
Mention was made few weeks ago
of the death of Col. Isaac Wing of Wis
consin, former Maine man who left
fortune of several hundred thousand dol
lars to relatives in this state, most OF
them living in Oakland. A year or two
ago Col. Wing gave $4,000 to Bowdoin
College from which he graduated in
1856. According to Chicago paper
the death of Col. Wing reveals romance
of which his closest friends did not
dream. Among his requests was one
Of $4,000 to Miss Katherine Ritten-
house, student at Northwestern Uni
who never heard of Col. Wings
existence. 1t seems that when young
man he was in love with the girls
She rejected his suit and mar
ried another man, bat he remained un-
married through his life and the bequest
is ample proof that he did not forget his
early love affair