Oxford Democrat., 1910-07-26
Maine News Notes.

| Maine News Notes.
| Mayor John r. Fitzgerald OF Bostol
has taken cottage at Old Orchard 10
the season.
Linwood Seavey, about twenty year
of age, son of w. E. Seavey, was drown
ed in the Scarboro River, Thursday
while bathing.
Fido Turner, man about 30 years o.
age, committed suicide by shooting II
Washington, Maine, Tuesday night. NJ
cause is assigned for the act.
Miss Beulah Mcintyre, aged IS, wal
drowned in Castine harbor Monday
night. Miss Mcintyre was canoeing
with Thomas Hahn when the canoe wa
accidentally upset.
The Poland Spring House is crowded
this summer and senator's, governors
multi -millioDaires, authors, editors and
other famous folk are as numerous or
the piazzas as are the gray squirrels on
the green lawns.
E.w. Haggett, the rural free delivery
carrier for the Bath Route No. 1, who re.
Gently began using an automobile In
making his rounds, covers the 2o-mile
route in about half the time it used to
take with horse.
Edward Rhodes of Lynn, Mass, 2l
years of age, reached Harpswell on bis
vacation late Saturday night, the 10th,
and the next morning got up for first
swim, dove off the pier and never came
to the surface again.
John Darkis, the 11-year-old son of
Henry A. Darkis, was Instantly killed
near his home at Fort Fairfield Tuesday,
by the accidental discharge of his rifle.
He had started out hunting, and tripping
over a stone, the rife was discharged,
sending bullet into the boys breast.
President Taft is apparently enjoying
his trip along the Maine coast. His
longest stop so far has been in Bar Har-
Dor, though he made brief visits to East
port, Bangor, and other places. Sun
day was spent in Ellsworth, and this
week be will be entertained in Rockland,
Portland and other places.
The second drowning accident for the
season on China Lake caused the death
of Albert Peterson of Augusta, on the
ed the-boat in which he and another man
were, and though strong swimmer did
not reach the shore. He. was native CT
Norway, and 3s years of Age.
A number of fires were caused by the
lightning in the shower of Thursday
evening. The barn belonging to Ansel
Martin near Mechanic Falls was burned,
with two steers and some hogs, and lot
of hay. The house was saved by hard
work. In Poland a set of farm build
ings, owned by Benjamin Cobb and
occupied by Guy Cobb, were totally de-
stroyed, with fifteen head of cattle, one
horse, and large cut of hay.
Governor Fernald has nominated
Judge Levi Turner Of the Cumberland
County Superior Court as one of the
commissioners for the promotion of
uniformity of legislation, to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation OF
Charles F. Libby of Portland. The
members of the board of state assessors,
George Pottle of Lewiston, w. j. Thomp-
son of South China and <. M. Johnston
of Brownville were appointed as dele
gates to the conference of the 1nterna-
tional Tax Association.
One man was killed and a man and a
boy terribly injured when hay wagon
was struck by a Canadian Pacific railway
train at Presque Isle Thursday. Stephen
Cahill, aged "a, was almost Instantly
killed. He leaves a widow and one
daughter. William Currier, aged %, sus-
tanned internal injuries and was badly
hurt about the forehead, while Freeman
Tweedy, the II year-old son of Henry
Tweedy, had both legs broken. Currier
has chance to live, but young Tweedy
is in critical condition.
1t was a great day in Bridgton Thurs
day, when the soldiers monument, just
set up and presented to the town by
Former Governor Henry B. Cleaves, was
dedicated in an elaborate manner. Gov
ernor Cleaves made the presentation
speech, in behalf of himself and his
brother, the late Judge Nathan Cleaves
Gen. Thomas II. Hubbard, formerly colo
mel OF the 3Ot6 Maine Volunteers in the
Civil War, was the orator Of the occasion.
Hon. Luther F. Mckinney, also a veteran
of the war, accepted the gift for the
town. Gov. Cleaves was an officer in
the 18Th Maine Regiment. The Cleaves
Rifles, Westbrook, delegations from Bos-
worth and Thatcher Posts, Portland, Far
ragut Post of Bridgton and throDgs OF
spectators attended the exercises.
The champion snake story of the sea-
son comes from the little village OF
Sargentville, down in Hancock county.
DR.. W. F. France of that place was
bothered more or less with ant hills and
finally there appeared huge one within
few rods of his house. 1t was as large
over as a wash tub and the doctor de-
cided to exterminate the pests. Taking
his hoe he began to dig into the mound
where he soon found nest OF snakes.
The deeper down he went the more
plentiful the reptiles became. They
were Of the ordinary green variety with
few brown ones and from eighteen
inches to two feet long. A hecatomb
was not in it with those snakes. He
killed them by twos and fours and final
ly by dozens. When the slaughter was
flushed he made a round up and count
and found that he had dispatched 332
snakes. The hole from which they
we're taken measured three feet wide by
two feet deep, and beneath this was a
bed of boulders. As DR.. France Is one