Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-12-07
Maine News Notes.

The Portland Packing Co. joins in the
increase of Y 1-2 per cent to be paid for
sweet corn for the 1910 pack.
The open season for moose closed last
Tuesday night. Receipts at Bangor in
dictate that the number shot this fall is
slightly larger than last year.
The Dewitt House, Lewiston's largest
hotel, was Quilted by fire Wednesday
afternoon. The total loss is not less
than $4,000 The fire departments OF
Lewiston and Auburn were called ont
and fought the fire over two hours.
William Craig assaulted his wife al
Eastport with some instrument which
has since disappeared, and evidently
leaving her for dead went and drowned
himself The woman will recover
Craig was the father of six children un-
der 13 years Of age. He had been drink
ing heavily.
The Fort Kent-St. Francis division OF
the Bangor Il Aroostook railroad system
has been formally approved by the rail
road commissioners and will open for
traffic Dec. g. The new line is about IL
miles in length. There are TO be tive
stopping places on the new line, three
stations with resident agents, while the
other two are sidings.
The Maine Dairymen's Association
held its annual meeting at Skowhegan
last week, with interesting sessions GOV,
ing three days. Officers were chosen as
follows:
Presideut-w. G. Hunton, Readfela.
Vice President-L. 4. Mcintire. East water
secretary-Leon 5. Merrill, soloo.
Treasurer-Rutillus Alden, Winthrop.
At Houlton Wednesday Thomas Nc
Intosh stabbed bis wife several times
with q jackknife, seriously wounding
her. He was arrested on the premises
Immediately afterward. Mcintosh serv-
ed a sentence of three years in state
prison for wife beating, and was dis
charged only about six weeks ago from
that institution, where he had been
surly prisoner.
Percy F. Stafford, contractor, who
disappeared mysteriously from his home
in Brewer five weeks ago aud who has
been supposed to be dead, has been
heard from. Mrs. Stafford received a
letter from her husband stating that he
In at Panama and that he has fine
position there in the government employ.
Stafford urges his wife to join him at
Panama, but she is undecided about
making the journey.
Joseph Disco, a Pole, % years OF age,
was burned to death at Lincoln Wednes-
day evening while trying TO save his
money and goods from the burning
boarding house belonging TO the paper
company for which he worked. He was
several times restrained from entering
the building, but finally broke away
from those who were holding him and
rushed up the stairs, which gave way
before he reached the top.
Herman l.. Sincock, oldest son of
Henry Sipcock, a prominent iumoerman
of Houlton, died at hotel in Bangor
Friday as the result of morphine poison
ing. A physician was called but he ar
rived only . few minutes before Sincock
died. A one gram bottle, which bad
been filled with morphine, was found in
the room. Sincock was married and his
wife Is at the present time abroad. The
young man was 81 years Of age.
The body of Alphonse Cyr OF Grand
Fails, 21 years old. was found on the
It'll Of November in the woods some
miles from Patten about two miles from
the lumber camp of B. W. howe, for
whom Cyr had been at work. The rifle
which Cyr had carried was missing, and
there was bullet wound in his breast,
which could not have been inflicted by
himself, and which must have caused
immediate death. A coroner and the
county attorney are investigating the
case. Some think Cyr was hit By stray
bullet from some hunters rifle, while
others are just a. confident that he was
murdered.