Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-12-27

stupOr In the room occupied Dy tne
brothers. An inquest has been ordered.
Neighbors who were attracted by
flames pouring out of the camp on Mon
roe's Island Of Alexander McGuinness,
found his dead body lying near the
stove with the face badly burned. 1t Is
thought that he attempted to light his
fire with kerosene, and was killed by the
explosion. McGuinness, who was IS
years old, formerly fished out of Glou-
cester.
Falling into a tub of boiling hot water
which was being used while butchering
a pig at Hollis Monday, Luammi, the
four-year- old son of William Written,
was submerged and so badly scalded that
he died after terrible suffering. The
little fellow was playing in the yard and
while the attention of the workers was
called elsewhere he backed against the
tub aud lost his balance.
The first step in the construction OF
the proposed new automobile road to
Bar Harbor from Trenton, seems to have
been taken, and petitions are being cir
culated to be presented to the incoming
Legislature for the modification, repeal,
or amendment of the present laws 80 as
to give the proposed road the right to
cross the public roads of the town at
such points as necessary.
Horace Mitchell, representative-elect
from Kittery, holds over 500 offices and
fills them we'll. These Offices are not
public offices but are those bestowed by
corporations, for Mr.. Mitchell, who has
taken advantage of his unique location
on the borderland between Maine and
New Hampshire to engage in the or
ganization of corporations under the
Maine law, is the clerk of that number OF
corporations.
The old story of line of railroad run
ming from Princeton through to Malta
wamkeag has been revived of late, says
the Bangor Commercial, by the an
nouucement from Topsfield that lands
have been purchased there which 1t is
declared by some of the former owners
is a right of way for a railroad. One
party who claims to have received $4,000
for a section of road, says that the Maine
Central is going to build from Princeton
to Danforth and thence to Aroostook
county.
The new Aziscoos dam on the Magallo-
way River, which is being built by the
Androscoggin Reservoir Co., will rank
seventh in the United States in the ex-
tent of it's storage capacity. Of the six
which exceed it four were built in the
west by the government for irrigation
purposes, and the other two are the Bos-
ton and New York City reservoirs. The
Aziscoos basin will be the largest in the
country built by private enterprise. The
Androscoggin is about the only large
river in New England that is not low,
and with the completion of this dam it
will be beyond danger from drouth, it is
expected.
1t is understood that the attention of
the Legislature will be called to the me-
cessity of making some arrangements to
prevent conflict in the dates of holding
the four large fairs of the state, the
Maine State fair at Lewiston, the Central
Maine fair at Waterville, the Eastern
Maine fair at Bangor, aud the Northern
Maine fair at Presque Isle. The move
ment for remedy to present conditions
may be expected to receive the active CO.
operation of the Aroostook delegation,
especially as Senator Irving was for
several years president of the Northern
Maine fair, which is the greatest sui fer
er in this conflict of dates.
Says the Boothbay Register: "The
residents of Bayville will apply to the
next Legislature for charter for viii
lage corporation. This does not mean a
separation from the town of Boothbay
Harbor, but simply the privilege of hav-
ing corporation composed of the resi-
dents of Bsyville, who will assume Ger.
tain town responsibilities and can do for
that section what they think would be
best. All the residents in Bayville ex-
cept one IA LADY, live out Of the state,
they do not have the voters rights here.
They must, as owners of real estate, pay
taxes and these taxes are used to help
carry on the municipal affairs of the
town of Boothbay Harbor as whole. ="
Christmas was marked by tragedy in
the home of Nicholas r. Goss, a Grand
Trunk engineer of Portland, when his
only son, Orville H., was fatally shot
while playing with a % calibre riffs.
The Goss boy was at the home of o
neighbor by the name of Gulricksop,
waiting to 90 to church with them.
While Mrs. Gulrickson was up stairs and
her 16-year-old son Joseph had left the
room for a moment, the Goss boy in
some way discharged the rifle with
which he was playing, and the ball en-
tered his left lung. He died in about ten
minutes. There were two smaller chill
dren with him, but neither could Civ
any explanation of how the accident
happened.
Myron Smith and Lyle Moore of Show
hogan captured deer near the end Of
open time while skating and had for
weapons only polo clubs and jack
knife. The animal was buck and was
lying down on the ice when first seen by
the two young men who were on skates.
He plunged to get away when he saw
the skaters but Smith skated up close to
the animal and with tremendous jump
on his skates landed close to the deer
and struck him over the head with
polo club. The blow stunned him and
be fell to the Ice after which Moore cut
the deer's throat with jackknife. The
animal dressed about $50 pounds and
was the largest one that was killed In
Skowhegan this year.
Charles q. Sturgis, of Milbridge, night
station agent at Washington Junction,
committed suicide in Ellsworth Monday
afternoon, by shooting. Mr.. Sturgis had
been employed at Washington Junction
less than two months. He came from
Norridgewock, where he had been sta
ton agent on the Somerset road five
years. For day or two before his death
he had been acting strangely, and his
mind was evidently unbalanced. His
fellow employees at the station believe
he was Respondent over losing his posi-
ton at Norridgewock. In one pocket Of
the dead man was found note address
ed to his wife, which read: ~ want no
funeral service of any kind" Mr.. Stur.
gis was so years Of age and leaves a
widow and two daughters, living at Mil
bridge.
The Maine State Grange held its an
nual meeting at Augusta last week,
with large attendance. Reports show
ed that six new oranges were organized
during the year and one old one reorgau-
lied, the total membership now being
STAG. A number of important matters
OF public interest were acted upon.
Among the most important of the reso-
buttons passed are those opposing the re-
peal of the prohibitOry amendment to
the constitution (uot opposing resubmis-