Oxford Democrat., 1911-11-14
Maine News Notes.

As the result of public ownership 1
the water system, the Portland Water
District has not only laid new main
from Sebago Lake to increase the supply,
but is also able to announce another re.
duction in rates, which will take effect
Jan. LIST.
While engaged in fist fight on the
staging where they were working, two
coal wheelers at Bangor, Frank Hudson
and Frank Watson, fell of the staging
thirty feet to the Wharf below, and both
received injuries which are serious If
they do not prove fatal.
The first thin ice victims In Maine this
fall were announced Tuesday when word
was received from Athens that Charles
ireland, II, and Perlev Corson, 12, broke
through ice formed over night and were
drowned. Their bodies were recovered
in six feet of water. They we're the SONS
Of Leander Ireland and Ansel Corson.
The Portland Terminal Company,
which ia really part of the Boston and
Maine Railroad, though in form sepa-
rate corporation owning the Union Sta
tion, will spend S5,O00,000 In the pur-
chase of land alone for the improvement
of the terminal at Portland, and in the
near future great changes are to be
made at the station to make 1t safer and
better adapted to its purpose than it
now Is.
In fire at Monson Tuesday night,
Storer D. Flint lost his life while max
T. fr1 ~ IN raonnp
horses from a stable. He was about 40
years of age. The fire destroyed the
Masonic Block and five wooden build
ings, and would have spread farther but
for the work done by hand tub and a
gasoline FIRE engine which had just been
purchased. Names record fire loss for
the year will be increased by this blaze
to the amount of $4,000 or more.
George W. Staples, proprietor of
"Mt. Gideon" farm, Temple, took the
following prizes at the New England
fruit show for Maine: First on barrels
of Baldwin and Spy, first on box Nc
Intosh. first on best five boxes Baldwin,
first on best box Baldwin, third on bar
rel Mcintosh, first on best ten varieties.
For New England Third on best ten
varieties, first on plates of Rolfe, Golden
Russet and Duchess, second on Fameusr,
Twenty Ounce and Milding, third on
Fallawater.
In the shack where since last June lie
had lived hermit life, Albert Early, 81,
who came from Massachusetts, and hired
out as farm hand for John Il. Perry IN
East Hampden, was burned to death late
Saturday night, when the shack, located
an eighth of mile from the farm build
ings, was destroyed by fire. The cause
of the fire is unknown, but it is said by
the villagers that it was Early's custom
to drink considerable liquor on Satur-
day nights, and they believe that while
intoxicated he overturned lamp. No
inquest will be held.
Another hunting fatality occurred
near East Machias on the 4th, when
George Ackley was killed by a rifle bull
let. Investigation by coroner's jury
revealed that the bullet came from the
rifle of Edgar F. Geel, another member
of the same hunting party. Geel fired
at a partridge, and it was purely acci-
dent that the shot hit Ackley. The jury
held Geel blameless.. Though the fact
has no real connection with the accident,
it is noted that Ackley's body was found
near the carcass of COW moose, which
he had evidently just shot.