Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-10-25
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William Hunter, Of Cherryheld, who
last June tried to shoot Mrs. Sophie Davis,
Of that town, wss last Thursday sentenced
to three years in State prison.
At waite, in Washington county, last
Wednesday, Morris Dudley, aged eight,
shot and instantly killed his five-year- old
brother Lee, while playing with arifle.
Alton 8. Scammon, OF Saco, eight-year-
old son OF Arno Scammon, was shot and
instantly killed by the accidental dis
charge OF . shot gun as Edwin A. Leavitt,
aged fifteen, Of New Gloucester, picked it
up from the bottom Of wagon.
State senator Winfield 9. Pendleton died
at his home in Islesboro Sunday, after .
long illness, aged sixty four years. Sena-
tor Pendleton followed the sea for many
years as master OF sailing vessels. and was
member of the original firm Of Pendleton
Brothers, widely known ship-ewners.
The body Of William Stewart, an aged
the woods mile from his home. Mr..
Stewart had been missing since Oct. o,
when he left home with bis gun to go
hunting. Death is attributed to heart
disease, there being no marks on the body
to indicate any other cause Of death.
Albert Nelson Wood, aged twenty five
years, engineer in the mill Of A. F. Merrill
& Co. at East Eddington, was killed
Thursday morning by the breaking OF the
main driving belt, one end of which struck
him in the head, infiicting injuries from
which he died in about four hours. He
leaves widow, who was Miss Rose A.
Chick, whom he married about eighteen
months ago.
At Washington, in Knox county, last
week, Miss Grace Curtis, aged thirty, died
from injuries inflicted few days before by
her insane brother, Clarence, aged thirty
eight, with whom she lived. Curtis has
been known to be mentally unbalanced q
long time, but gave no indication OF MUIR
derous tendencies. He was beating her
dog with q rock when his sister inter-
ferred, and he turned on her, beating her
about the head with the rock. Curtis was
taken to the Maine asylum at Augusta.
The fertilizer plant and box-shook mill
OF the Seacoast Canning Co., at Eastport,
were burned Friday. The buildings and
contents were valued at more than 900
and were partially insured. A glue fac
tory, operated by the Lane Libby fish
company, OF Vinalhaven, occupied part
of the fertilizer building, and lost it's en-
tire equipment besides large quantity Of
glue. The fire is supposed to have started
around boiler in the fertilizer plant.
About 100 men are thrown out of employ
ment.
Moses Giddings, one OF Bangor's oldest
citizens, and for many years prominent
business man, died Sunday, aged ninety
five years. Mr.. Giddings was born in
Bangor, and one Of the pioneer lumbermen
on the Penobscot. He was for many years
president OF the Bangor & Piscataquis
railroad, now the Bangor & Aroostook,
was trustee of the Bangor savings bank,
and interested at various times in many
other business and financial enterprises,
from all of which he retired some years
ago. He had been trustee of Colby col
lege, OF Kicker Classical institute and Of
the State industrial school for girls. He
was one of the strongest supporters OF the
Good Will home in Fairfield and at one
time president Of that association.