Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-12-08
Maine News Notes.

George Triplett, 7-year-old boy, was
run over by an electric car in Bangor
Tuesday morning, and it is thought
fatally injured.
A number of the Auburn milkmen
have been arrested and fined for selling
adulterated milk, and other dealers are
to be prosecuted.
The sardine pack for the season of
1908, which closed last Monday, fell
short % per cent from the amount allOt-
ted by the Maine Mercantile Co., which
is practically in control of the business.
Co. E. First Infantry. of Portland,
popularity known as the Montgomery
the outcome of the affair at this years
muster, when the company was sent
home 10 disgrace.
Harry Smith, an electrician by trade,
committed suicide by shooting at Win
throp Friday, during period of tenn
porary insanity caused by illness. He
was unmarried, and has mother and
sister living in Skowhegan.
Indications so far are that during the
open season on moose less were killed
than last year, the receipts at Bangor up
to the end of the season being 115
against 100 last year. More deer have SO
far come down tina last year.
James McDermott of Bangor, woods
man who has been in the woods at Milo,
is at the Eastern Maine Hospital in Ban
COR suffering from broken spine, as the
result of tree falling on him Tuesday.
The doctors think he has chance for
recovery.
There were 1915 patients admitted to
the Maine General Hospital in the year
ending Oct. 1-531 from Portland, 500
from other parts of Maine, every county
being we'll represented, and 2l4 from
outside the state, mainly from New
Hampshire.
Jacob Smith of Waterville, farmer
IS years of age, was probably fatally in
jured Friday while blowing out stumps,
by an explosion of dynamite. The
charge did not 20 of as expected, and
after waiting . few minutes he inves-
tigated, when the charge exploded.
Owing to the prevalence of the foot
and mouth disease In several states, the
Maine cattle commissioners have decid-
ed to maintain rigid quarantine against
cattle from all other states and coun-
tries, except such as are given clean
bill of health by the United States
quarantine stations.
John Furbush of Mosher Hill, Farm
ington, who was thrown from his car
rage by a runaway horse at the time Of
the Franklin county fair, while return
ing from the fair, died Tuesday, aged IS
years. Mr.. Furbush was injured about
the head at the time and had never re-
gained onsciousness. One son survives.
The body of an unknown man was
found 10 Moose Pond, near Bridgton, on
the Goth ult. The man was evidently a
stranger in Bridgton, and there was
nothing about the body by which it
could be identified. The officers thought
that the man had been tramping. APP
parently he had been In the water about
q month.
Arthur Roux of Sanford, formerly a
resident of Biddeford, was found uncon-
scious and badly injured beside the
tracks of the Boston & Maine Tuesday
evening shortly after the 7:15 train for
Portland had left Biddeford. His scalp
was badly cut, body bruised. and 1t is
feared that he is internally injured. He
recovered consciousness Wednesday.
A Sherlock Holmes deputy-sheriff
ascertained that a phonograph stolen at
Millinocket, Me-, had one record thai
was new to the town. Keeping his ears
open and overhearing the tune as he
passed house he followed up the me- |
lodious trail and now youth 10 locked !
up in jail charged with robbing the !
United States mail. Moral: Stick to
the good old tunes.
On the 18th OF October Harold E. Mar /
tin of Winthrop was killed by being |
struck by an electric car at q crossing |
A coroner's jury which has been In
vestigating the case has just returned
verdict to the effect that the motorman
of the car, Herbert s. Spear of Halo.
approaching the crossing, and Spear has
been arrested charged with involuntary
manslaughter.
Three of the Grand Trunk whsrves in
Portland were practically destroyed by
fire early Friday morning, together with
sheds, etc. The Dominion liner Cornish
man, lying at ono of the whsrves, was
set on fire, and her cargo il probably a
total loss, while the steamer herself is
considerably damaged. The big Grand
Trunk elevators were not In serious
danger, although It looked SO to the
spectators. First estimates place the
loss at about three quarters Of million,
though 1t is likely that revision will
reduce the figures somewhat. 1t was
spectacular FIRE, and In portion of the
city, the Crank Trunk property, which
ID the particular dread Of the fremen.
The origin Of tho fire 10 not known.