Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-02-03
Maine News Notes.

The Bangor News Office WAS burned
out Wednesday, with loss estimated al
$36, 900.
Westbrook Seminary gets 1000 In
the will Of the late Edwin CHM, the
Boston publisher, head Of the firm oil
CHM & Co.
Vice President Thomas n. Marshall oil
the United States will deliver the com.
mencement address to the graduating
class at the University OF Maine In June.
Francis A. Vannah, . civil war veteran,
about 10 years OF age, was on Thursday
convicted of the murder OF Edward E.
Hardy In court at Augusta. Hardy was
killed in a camp on Togus stream, on the
goth of March last. The case was sp-
pealed.
Gardiner Reporter Journal: Agent
Stone Of the Eastern Steamship Corp.
has received an order for the reservation
of staterO0ms for q trip of the boat from
Gardiner in August. The man evident
~ knows where he is going next sum-
mer, and when he 10 to return.
Rev. Wilbur F. Berry, D. D., was
found guilty of libel In the Cumberland
Superior Court Tuesday. The in
dictment was based upon comments In
the Civic League Record, Of which Dr..
Berry is editor, on the action Of Justice
George F. Haley of the Supreme Court
In mposing sentences in liquor cases in
Peuobscot County. The trial was very
short, az the evidence which the defence
desired to present was practically all
ruled out by the court. A motion in ar
rest of judgment was Immediately filed.
Is cat a domestic animal? This is
the issue which the law court of Maine
il asked to settle. The case which
comes from Union in Knox county has
to do with the shooting of Carl W.
Thurston's dog, which was slain BY
AlonzO A. Carter. while in pursuit OF
the latter's cat. The merits Of the case
which is a much talked about one in
Union, appear to hinge on the question
as to whether a cat ia domestic animal,
and the issue ia accordingly placed In
the hands of the Law Court for an opin-
ion.
The largest number of nonresident
hunters for big game and birds came
from Massachusetts during the past year
according to returns received at the
office Of the commission on inland fisher
les and game. OF 1865 nonresident big
game hunting licenses issued, 592 were
taken by Massachusetts, hunters, l59 by
PENNSYLVANIA residents, 100 from Ohio,
aud SIS from New Jersey. New Yoik
=, Of ri
hunters, and Connecticut third. The re-
ceipts from such licenses aggregated
s35, IT'S.
On the flats between Squirrel Point
and Hinckley's Landing on the Kenne-
bee below this city, says the Bath Times,
hundreds on hundreds of wild ducks are
passing the winter, unmolested by hunt
ers, who have respect for the federal
game laws that they never seemed to
have for the state laws. Every light
mouse keeper now, under the law, con-
stitutes himself warden to protect the
game birds. One can walk close up to
the ducks, 40 tame are they this winter.
Such q sight as these ducks in the lower
river and off Bald Head at Small Point
was never before seen In this vicinity.
The Maine Sunday School Associa-
ton has recently had an application
from the church of the Latter Day
Saints at Jonesport for recognition OF
their Sunday School by the association.
This OF course Is Mormon church and
the officers of the association sre In
somewhat Of a quandary as to what
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This Jonesport church by the way, Is
the same one which 40 years ago and
more sent out the famous colony to
Joppa which had to be rescued by the
late Moses s. Beach of the New York
Sun who found them starving and pen
nilnss and paid the entire bill for bring
ing them back to good old Jonesport
again.
Here and There.