Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-07-09
Maine News Notes.

1t is settled that the Maine .;:' !:..s will
participate In the s:inJ maneuvers near
New Ye-k 1=:.iy, and they will leave Aug.
10th.
Eastport is using clam shells for the
construction of cross walks on the city
streets. The shells are available 10 large
quantities at the clam canning factories.
George Il. Seifort, a man about 80
years of age, was drowned in Portland
harbor Sunday, the 3O.h, by falling over
board from power boat. he was un.
married.
After all the work done, the gypsy
moth seems to be spreading with some
rapidity In Maine. Seventy. -four towns
are now infested, extending from Kittery
eastward to NoblebQro and Whitefield,
and northward as far % Lewiston.
Bert D. Hallowell, a liueman in the
employ of the Cumberland Telephons
Co. In Westbrook, was electrocucted
while at work on q pole. As the wires
on the pole were only telephone wires,
1t is evident that some of them must
have been crossed with high voltage
wire.
William 1. Doughty, aged 10, was in.
stantly killed, Tuesday forenoon, al
Veazle. He was employed as teamster
and while waiting for his cart to be filled
on the excavations for the new Bangor
Power Co. dam, was struck and crushed
by q falling derrick bucket which
dropped upon him when q guy broke.
The wife and several children survive.
Ira Stewart, father of seven children
Of whom the youngest is but three days
old, was drowned In small pond In bis
pasture at Houlton Tuesday In an unex.
planned manner. He was at work on q
platform at the edge of the pond and iu
some manner fell into the water. His
cries attracted members of bis house
hold, but when they arrived Stewart had
disappeared. Stewart was 50 years Of
age.
William A. Barnes Of Biddeford wal
struck by train on the Boston and
Maine bridge at Pine Point, near Port
land, Thursday afternoon, and instantly
killed. Barnes was fishing from the
bridge and seeing train approaching
from the west stepped on the opposite
track, when train from Portland struck
him, and threw him about so feet
Barnes was As years old. A widow and
four children survive.
Hector Duchesne, 10 year.old Bidde-
ford boy, who 10 learning telegraphy al
the Office of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany in that city, has the distinction Of
writing the words for one of the mos,
popular songs of the summer, says thu
Record. The title Of the song Is, "Ot
You Moon" and 1t Is being sung In al
the motion picture houses In the country
az we'll as In many vaudeville houses.
This Is young Duchesne's first attemp,
as writer Of popular songs.
Living face down on the ledge, William
McManus's lifeless body was found OF
the falls b, veen Lewiston ami Auburn
about 80 feet from the island, shortly
before noon Saturday. The man wal
knocked off the Maine Central railroad
bridge, which spans the Androscoggin
river, some time during Friday night
judging from the appearance of the
body. It Is thought that he might have
been struck in the leg by some part of {
passing train and that the other injuries
were received when he struck the rocks
below. He was about 45 years old.
An immense granite slab, Al feet Ions
and four feet thick, weighing 25 tons
was shipped In tho rough recently from
the Hallowell Granite Works. Two fla
cars were dashed together to haul the
stone. A team of IS horses was neces
sary to bring 1t from the quarries. The
stone Is for repairs on the capitol In
Albany, N. Y. When dressed and ready
to be placed in position 1t will be cut
down to 18 inches in thickness, but the
length and width will be undisturbed
A state law OF New York makes 1t neces
sary for oil cutting and dressing Of
granite or marble to be used on public
buildings to be done within tho state.