Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-10-27
Maine News Notes.
Sunday hunters are being fined in
Sanford.

Sunday hunters are being fined in
}Sanford.
Four thousand teachers are expected
to attend the meeting of the State Teach.
era Association In Portland this week.
Frank J. Condor, about IS years Of
age, and supposed to belong formerly In
Quincy, Mass, and Newport, r. l., COM
mitted suicide in PostlaDd, because OF
dependency.
Harry Thurston Adams, 12.year-old
boy in Hampden, was accidentally killed
while playing by falling from stairway
aud catching bis neck In rope, causing
apparently instant death. -
Harry W. Reid of Hallowell was elect.
ed Grand Master Of the Maine Grand
Lodge OF Odd Fellows at Its meeting In
Portland last week. Virginia L. Hol.
brook of Bangor was chosen president OF
the Rebekah Assembly. Both branches Of
the order are prosperous and have made
gains In membership during tho year.
The investigation Of the death Of Har.
~ williams, . boy who was shot while
cunning on Garrish Island, one Of the
Isles of Shoals, has resulted 10 the ar
rest Of Ernest aoyt OF Kittery Point.
Hoyt Is said to have been one of party
OF young men who were bunting on the
island on that day. The officials believe
that the shooting OF Williams was acci-
dental.
Roscoe G. Emery, one of the we'll.
known young residents of PASSPORT, as
sumed charge of the Eastport Sentinel
with Wednesdays issue, having pur-
chased the entire plant. The Sentinel
has been issued continuously since 1918
and Is one of the oldest weekly news
papers In the state and had been owned
aud edited by the late N. B. Mutt and
heirs for the past 60 years without
change In ownership. In 1855 j. Wood
man Emery, an uncle of the present own
or. was editor and proprietor.
A valuable gift to the State library has
been received by Librarian b. c. Prince
from Thomas Quinn of Millinocket, who
has from time to time noted In the press
of the various gifts and decided to join
the plumber of benefactors. 1t consists
of an autograph letter by the late Daniel
Webster, is excelleutly preserved and
highly priced by Librarian Prince. The
letter is written on small sized paper and
is fairly legible, though Mr.. Prince, him
self an old newspaper man, declares sit
is as clear as copper plate" The letter
is dated at Washington, Jan. 10, 1S4l.
Miles s. Jellison has bought the North
Primary schoolhouse lot in Belfast and
ia 10 erect good sized factory building
upon it. The North Primary school
building burned last winter, the children
being temporarily placed In rooms In
the city building. The lot was recently
sold to Walter Clements who In turn
sold it to Mr.. Jellison. The latter has
clothing factory in the Coliseum build
ing on Main Street, and now has pay
roll of over $500 per week, and with the
new building the capacity will be
doubled and Belfast will derive the bene-
fit.
Though SO years old. Mrs. Pauline Po-
quet of Jsckman is able to walk dis
lance of nine miles. She has done this
feat many times and 1t was only two
weeks ago that she made the trip from
Long Pond, this distance, walking the en-.
tire way on the railroad tracks. She IL
apparently perfectly we'll. She reads
without glasses and can thread needle
without the use of them. This woman
is one of the very oldest in the county
and ia the oldest in her town. She has
the distinction of having 1915 grandchil
dren, great.grandohildren. and great
great grandchildren. Mrs. Poquet has
been the mother of IL children. She
has worked much in the fields OF Can
ada doing such work as haying and even
blowing.