Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-07-20
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Stella, aged thirteen years, daughter Of
Fred Moffatt, Of Calais, was drowned
Thursday while bathing in the St. Croix
river.
Burglars entered the store Of H. A.
Sawyer, at Fort Kent, one night last week,
and got away with about $500 worth Of
jewellery.
Sudworth Stabler, aged nine years, OF
Dover, died last Wednesday OF lock- jaw
resulting from wound from toy pistol
on the Fourth.
A large summer cottage at Dark Harbor,
IslesLoro, owned by Dexter Tiffany, OF st..
Louis, was burned Thursday, causing loss
OF about $4,000.
DIR. William g. Wild, well-known vet
Urinary surgeon OF Bangor, died Saturday,
of paralysis, after an illness OF four days.
He was sixty-one years OF age.
Albert Peterson, aged thirty-eight, OF
Augusta, was drowned at China lake Sat
urday evening, by the upsetting of boat.
This is the second drowning from the
same boat within few weeks
Edward Rhoades, OF Lynn, Mass, aged
Sunday, few hours after his arrival for
his summer vacation. He dove from
pier and did not rise to the surface.
DIR. Horace F. Hanson, one OF Bangor's
oldest physicians, died Sunday, aged
seventy-three years. He was veteran OF
I ha ,xt;I ua hal
gor thirty-seven years, and had been u.
$. pension examiner since 1889.
While boating Sunday with two COM
panions on Silver lake, near Rumford
Falls, Edward Gaseonguay, OF that town,
was drowned when the craft capsized.
Gasconguay was about thirty-eight years
old, and leaves widow and six children.
| The upper floors OF the three-story Lane
block, at Danforth, were Quilted by fire
last Wednesday. Total loss, $4,000.
George E. Lane, owner of the block,
\ suffered loss of about 1900 on his
building and the stock Of his general
store; D. s. Green & Bro, clothiers, had a
loss of 5000.
/ Announcement has recently been made
| by the Maine Central railroad that this
ana from the several State fairs free.
/ For many years exhibitors OF these two
kinds OF live stock have been Obliged to
pay charges one way, while horses and
cattle have been carried both ways free.
/ William l.. Powers, formerly principal
4 80 ~ r. l..
perintendent OF schools at Easton and
Fort Fairfield, will be the principal VI the
new normal school at Machias. Mr.. Pow
ers was graduated from Bates college in
1888, being called soon after to the high
school in Fort Fairfield. In 1902 he took
the principalship of the high school in
Gardiner, where he remained until 1908
For twelve years Mr.. Powers has been q
lecturer in the Maine summer schools or
ornithology, botany, grammar, geography
American history and natural study.
Catherine, the sixteen months-olt
daughter OF Dan Dellea and wife, O
South Paris, was drowned Saturday nigh
in tub containing about three inches O
water. Mrs. Dellea, using an ordinary
wash tub, had just bathed two of tn,
children, and the boy of five had just beer
put into the tub. The baby was playing
on the floor. Leaving the boy to wasi
himself, the mother went to take il
clothes. In few moments she heard the
five-year-old boy crying as il frightened
Mrs. Dellea ran into the house. The BABY
was living face down in the tub. A ply
stefan was called at once, but when N
reached there the child was dead. The
older children had attempted to give thu
baby her bath, and when she fell on hel
face in the water, became frightened anc
did not know what to do.