Oxford Democrat., 1911-01-17
Maine News Notes.

Henry White, civil war veteran, 10
years OF age, lost his life Monday night
In fire which damaged the building on
Commercial Street, Portland, in which be
occupied room.
Gov. Plaisted is the seventh Augusta
man to hold that position, the others
being Joseph II. Williams, Lot NJ: Nor
rill. Samuel Cony, Selden Connor, Edwin
C. Burleigh and John Fremont Hill.
BENJAMIN F. Chadbourne of Bidde-
ford, a former railroad commissioners,
familiarly known as "Big Ben," and one
of the best known men in Maine, died at
the Maine General Hospital Tuesday.
The Maine State Bar Association held
its annual meeting at the state house at
Augusta Wednesday. Oscar +. Fellows
of Bucksport was elected president, and
Norman L. Bassett CT Augusta Secretary
and treasurer.
Efie L., wife of Fred c. Booker OF
Augusta, aged A years, committed sui
eide by hanging in the cellar at their
home Wednesday. The act is supposed
to have been Induced by dependency.
The husband and two children survive.
Artificial ice has been made for some
time at the plant of the Maine Insane
Hospital in Augusta and now large ice
manufacturing plant is to be established
10 Lewiston. The promoters of the new
enterprise expect to be ready to serve
the public by early summer.
As the result of a row in an Italian
house in Portland on the night OF the
sth, Villarino Mergiano is dead with a
pistol bullet through the heart, another
italian is wounded but not seriously,
and Sempligeo DsDindras, the proprie-
tor of the house, is under arrest charged
with the homicide.
A Rockland traveller, lately in France,
ordered sardines with his dinner, natur-
ally thinking that in France the choicest
variety of that delicacy was to be found.
An inspection Of the labeled tin in which
the fish were served disclosed the fact
that the sardines were put up in East
port, Me-, U. S. A."
Cyrus II. z. Curtis of Philadelphia,
publisher of the Ladies' Home Journal,
is to give an organ for the new city ball
in Portland, as memorial 10 the late
Hermann Kotscbmar, whose namesake
he ia. Mr.. Curtis is a native of Portland.
The organ will cost about $4,000, and
will be one of the best in the country.
One of the few veterans of the Civil
War in the 18th Maine legislature is
Corydon Powers of Caribou. He was
born in Hanover and served in the 9Th
battery of the 1st mounted artillery. he
moved to Aroostook County after the
war and has made success of farming
He is a Republican and member of the
grange and the G. A. r.
Bar Harbor is agitating the passage Of
a city ordinance restraining the erection
of any but fireproof structures in the
business section. This is almost entire
ly of wood at present, and the prospects
for big blaze sweeping through the
business part and doing thousands OF
dollars worth of damage are extremely
likely. Several merchants are Fastening
to erect wooden buildings in this area
before the contemplated ordinance il
passed.
A syndicate of wealthy sporting men
of New York, Brooklyn and Philadel
phia has bought of William q. Rohrs
Marsh Island, in Casco Bay and accord
ing to report will work great changes
there. 1t is said that large hotel will
be constructed on the island with over
500 rooms. A water plant will also be
installed and over 1900 electric lights
| ooaratad ,ybfla q hridoa wilI ha huilt
from Marsh Island to the southeast side
of Long Island, which will bring the
regular steamboat landings within easy
walking distance. Marsh Island is in
Lucke's Sound near the southeast end OF
Long Island and contains about two
acres. Upon this island there Is abso-
lutely nothing to obstruct the view OF
the open Atlantic.