Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-11-01
Maine News Notes.

81 M8lmo N9W8 NOVe3s
The Maine Teachers Association hell
a largely attended annual session In Ban
Igor last week. DeForest 8. Perkins
superintendent Of schools In the Madison
owhegan district, was elected presi
! dent.
The York County Savings Bank .
Biddeford, In which the deposits wer'
recently scaled down % IL per cent or
account of the Irregularities OF Treas
urer Ingersoll, reopens for business thil
week.
| A sensation was caused In Bridgton BY
1.-The finding Of the body OF George w
Libby, . man of 40, In vacant building
There we're indications of foul play, but
"a coroner's jury decided that he died
from alcoholism.
Delima Martineau, q French Canadian
woman % years OF age, while suffering
from epilepsy dove through fourth
floor window at Biddeford, falling forty
feet to the pavement, and sustained
Injuries from which she later died.
John G. Farr, who killed his wife in
Portland thirty years ago, on finding her
with another man, and was sentenced to
state prison for life. was pardoned last
week by tho governor and council. The
veteran chaplain of the state prison,
Charles A. Plumer, appeared in bis be-
half.
The Bath Independent says that a
casino is to built at Popham the coming
season by a syndicate OF which E. s..
MARI is at the head. The casino will
have q restaurant 80 by so feet and a
bowling alley 70 by 20 feet with dance
hall over the restaurant. The new build
ing is likely to add greatly 10 Popham's
popularity.
There appears to be a building boom
started in Skowhegan. In the last few
months SO dwelling houses have gone mp,
or are going up on the north side of the
river. Four new blocks have gone up
on Water Street. A casket factory also
is being built. The most OF the building
is on the Plains in proximity to the cleo
trio car line.
At West Scarboro on the 22d, Albert
Ryder, Is years of age, shot himself by
the accidental discharge Of . shot gun.
As nearly as can be learned, he was
STOPPING down with the muzzle of the
gun in his hand, and when he straighten-
ed up the gun was In some way discharg-
ed, the contents striking him In the
abdomen. He lived only an hour or
two.
Hopes grand old man, Abner Dunton,
now in his 10th year, is smart as
cricket and goes to the post Office regu-
larry twice a day. Mr.. Dunton in late
years has always been given the priv.
lege of being the frat man to vote and
this he did on Sept. II, deriving q great
deal Of pleasure from the fact that be
helped elect the standard bearer OF the
party for which be had been voting for
SO years.
The Maine Conference of Charities and
Corrections held its annual session In
Portland last week, and the meeting was
marked by a number of interesting and
valuable papers. A resolution was pass
ed endorsing the bills prepared by the
Maine State Prison Association regarding
juvenile delinquency and juvenile courts.
E. P. Wentworth, the superintendent OF
the Maine State School for Boys, was
chosen president.
The high school at Sullivan Is to re-
ceive the gift of new library from
Edwin CHM, Of tho firm OF CHM & Co.,
tho we'll known book publishers. When
Mr.. CHM, who is Hancock County boy,
started out in life as young man, he be-
gan his career az school teacher, and
taught his first term of school in the
town of Sullivan In the building occupied
BY the students of the high school,
previous to their entering the new
structure.
The Malvern Hotel at Bar Harbor will
be to a great extent rebuilt this winter
at an Expense of 100000. The Malvern
was built thirty years ago and from the
first has held leading position among
the Bar Harbor hotels. The proposed
remodeling and building of q new wing
will provide work for number OF men
during the winter months. The extern
sion will be of wood with four stories
and basement in the architectural style
Of the main building.
Two slick fellows worked an old game
in new form in a Portland jewelry
store the other day. They had lot of
diamonds which they, being hard up,
would sell for $500. As the proprietor
knew they were worth much more than
that, be paid over the money, and the
diamonds were wrapped up and left with
him. When the package was opened a
few Minutes later, q quantity OF paste
diamonds we're found in 1t, worth pos
sibly $40. Meanwhile the men had dis
appeared.
It is reported from Calais that the
Great Northern Paper Co. and the st.
Croix Paper Co. at Woodland are both
anxious to acquire the timber lands of
one of the great Calais lumber concerns
and that during the past six months
surveying crews have gone over the
lands thoroughly. Should this deal be
contaminated 1t would probably mean
the building of an immense pulp and
paper plant either at Midtown or Union
and would cause the gradual change of
the Border City from great lumber
center to strong position in the paper
making line.
Eight Maine institutions we're remem-
bered in the will OF James Munroe, the
wealthy Auburn shoe manufacturer,
who died Oct. 16. They were Central
Maine General Hospital, $4,000; Au-
burn Home for Aged Women, 5000;
First Congregational Society of West
Auburn, his home church, 5000; Maine
Missionary Society, 5000; Young Wo-
mems Home. Lewiston, 5000; State Y.
NJ. C. A; $4,000; Good Will Home for
Boys at Hinckley. $4,000; Bible Society
Of Maine, $1,000. Sums ranging from
$500 to $4,000 are given to nieces and
nephews, while the remainder OF the
estate, which is valued at more than one
81, 900 900, will be divided between his
son, James B. Munroe OF Boston, and his
daughter, Mrs. Alice NJ. Dixon, OF Den
YER, Col.
"fiiawatha," Nov. II.
The senior class of Norway High
school have just made arrangements
with the Seates & Rigler Entertainment
Co. to stage Longfsllow's beautiful love
story, "Hiawatha," Nov. II, In the Nor
way Opera House. The play will be