Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-10-13

Lewiston considers the prospect goot
Of having new 500, 900 hotel.
Potatoes are bringing at Houlton 81 .0'
to 81. 10 per barrel. The inspectors Their
report no powdery scab thus far.
In the Cumberland Superior Court .
Portland last week, Albert Barker wa
entenced to state prison for life for the
murder of Helen Brown In Portland
last May.
Stanley Webb of Sangerville commit
ted suicide Tuesday at his home by
hanging. No cause can be assigned
He is survived by an aged mother and
daughter.
Earl z. Getchell, q lineman, was kill
ed near Portland Saturday by coming Ii
contact with high power wire while o
bis work. he was born in Berwick ane
was % years of age.
Frightened by q mouse with whic
some boys were playing, Helen. the 8
year-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Thompson OF Waterville, RAJ
int the street directly In front of an AL
tomobile, and was injured so that sh'
died at the hospital few hours later.
The dead body OF Walter Lyford o
Foxcroft was found In spring on tn,
Dexter road Tuesday. 1t Is supposed
that I.yford, who had been acting queer
ly of late, while mentally unbalanced
fell into the spring. He leaves wife
sisters and brothers.
Portland institutions were we'll re
M mbered In the will of the late Anni'
s. Tenney. which was filed In probate
court In that city last week. The Maine
Eye and Ear Ipfirmary Ia to receive
sic, 900, Portland Society of Natural His
tory 5000, and the Young Mems Chris
tian Association $1,000.
The ancient birch bark canoe of tn
Passamaquoddy tribe OF Indians at Pleas
ant Point village, is rapidly disappearing
from the St. Croix river, and while few
of the Indians have small row boats, ant
even few sailing crafts to make tn
trips about Passamaquoddy bay, one o
the latest additions to the feet Ia motto
boat.
Eva Balliugtou Booth of the Salvation
Army will be at Bangor Oct. is to assis
in the dedication of the new S20,00|
building of the local army. She will al
80 speak in All Souls Congregation
al church and at union missionar.
meeting to be held in City Hall unde
tbs auspices OF the Bangor ministerial
association.
The allotment of $20,0OO,0OO for thu
improvement of rivers and harbors ap
propriated by Congress this year wa
made by the army engineers Wednesda.
of last week. Portland harbor gets th'
largest amount of any place In the New
England states, the allotment for thai
harbor being S105,000. Isles OF Shoal'
harbor, also In Maine, gets 5000.
In Portland Thursday, John q. Gron
din Of Waterville was found guilty on al
indictment charging him with assault
with intent to kill bis wife leila Gron
din. The jury was out less than 81
hour. The attorneys for the state CLAIM
that the defendant attempted to kill BIZ
wife by turning on the gas, thinking
that che would be asphyxiated. Th'
sentence was stayed by reason of excep
tions filed by the attorneys for the de
fence.
Paul Andrews, the nine-year.old SOL
of DR.. S. l.. Andrews of Lewiston, was
seriously and perhaps fatally injured b!
being bit by an automobile In that cit!
Thursday afternoon. The boy ran from
behind an electric car in front of th'
auto, which was driven by W. W. Briggs
also OF Lewiston. he was struck by th'
mudguard and knocked unconscious
Mr.. Briggs took the boy to the hospita
Immediately and 1t was found that th'
skull was badly fractured.
More acres and more bushels of oati
have been raised in Aroostook this yea
than ever before. Almost every farmer
has increased his acreage OF oats, some
of them good deal. One farmer we
have in mind had only four acres las
year, which he did not harvest till near
| " time for snow to come, owing to late
ness and bad weather. This year he has
already threshed 1900 bushels. Tht
grain this year ia thoroughly excellent
and our people have been having mos
beautiful time In which to harvest anG
thresh 1t, says the Fort Fairfield Review
Fire destroyed the farm buildings Of
Russell J. Rideout of Harris Hill In
Poland Wednesday afternoon, the loss
being estimated at about $1,000 with 6
partial insurance. Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
we're at work in field near the house
when Mrs Russell noticed smoke com
ing from the roof and the fire had made
such headwa that it could not be con
trolled. 1t was only by hard work that
other houses 10 the vicinity were saved
Most of the furniture was gotten out a.
we'll as the stock and farming tools but
about twenty -four tons of hay that was
in the barn was burned.
Elisha Snow Newell of Farmingdale,
who is without doubt one of the bes'
known railroad men In the state oil
Maine, Oct. 2. celebrated bis 18th birth
day. After Is years of service on the
Maine Central, most OF the time AZ sngi.
ueer, "Uncle Elisha" Is 10 splendid
health and bis mind Is as active az when
he was many years younger and held the
throttle OF an engine drawing q special
train bearing such celebrities as Horace
Greeley or James G. Blaine. When no
was IA years of age be was still actively
engaged as railroad engineer, retiring
about four years ago, although still able
to perform the srduous duties OF the
profession.