Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-11-24
Maine News Notes.

Prices Of both potatoes and apples are
looking up little.
Stephen W. Barbour, one Of the crew
Of tho tug Cornelis, was killed at Ston-
ington Tuesday by tho parting OF . haw-
scr.
While blasting rocks 10 his field, Still.
man Brooks, . farmer, aged So, was kill
cd 1t Presque Isle Tuesday. he was
alone at the time. he had no family.
Bath, whose water contract runs out
In 1915, has chosen committee to In
vestigate the situation, with authority to
procure charter from the coming legis-
lature for water district.
Miss Bertha NJ. Maxwell OF Cape Eliz.
abeth died 10 hospital early last week
from injuries received when she was run
down by an automobile on q Portland
street the preceding Thursday.
John E. Allen, aged So, employed as a
potato handler, was found dead on top
of n trolley freight car at Caribou Mon
day. 1t is supposed that he was killed
by coming In contact with trolley wire.
A new paper and pulp mill will soon
be erected at Mattaceunk on the Penub.
SCOT river, under the direction of Hon.
Charles W. NJ ullen Of Bangor. At that
place there Is q possible waterpower
head Of 40 feet.
The National Grange in session at
Wilmington, DEL. last week, decided to
90 to California for its meeting next
year. Invitation was also received from
Maine, but the vote was 43 for Califor'
mia and 10 for Maine.
1t is reported from Houlton, with al.
legged authority, that poison in sufficient
quantity to have caused death was
found in the stomach of Mildred Sulli.
van, for whose murder by an illegal
operation several people are now held.
Alvarez. the three y cal. old son of Mr..
aud Mrs. j. B. Michsud of New Auburn,
died Thursday as the result OF burns
which the child received when it's
clothes caught fire, presumably from
some matches with which It had been
playing. The accident happened several
days earlier.
The Maine State Pathological Society,
at it's animal meeting at Bangor last
week, elected these officers:
President-wilson H. Conant. BuckHeld
First Vice President-George A. Yeaton, Nor.
Second Vice President-Lym K. Lee, Fox.
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Treas.-T. z. Chase, BuckHeld
Member Of the Executive Committee for three
years-F. H. Morse, Waterford.
Thursday afternoon near Addison
Ephraim Davis was shot and almost in
stantly killed by Lester Burgess, who
mistook him for deer. The two men,
who are residents of Addison, started
ont hunting with two other men in the
morning, and had separated. Burgess
saw something moving through the
trees, and thought he could make out
the form of deer, when be fired. Bur
CESS is about fifty years Of age. Davis
was young man.
At the meeting of the executive coun-
ell on Thursday, after long session the
nominations of Benjamin +. Cleaves of
Biddeford and William B. Shelton of
Lewiston for the public utilities CON-
mission were confirmed, and the nomi-
nation of Samuel W. Gould OF Skowhe.
gan, the Democratic nominee, was not
confirmed. Governor Haipes has nomi-
mated in bis place Charles W. Mullen of
Bangor, and the nomination will be In
| line for confirmation at the next meet.
ing of the council. Mr.. Mullen is
civil engineer, prominent Democrat,
former mayor of Bangor and state sena-
tor from Penobscot County.
A curious phase of the Maine game
laws was cited by well.known Bangor
man on Thursday who had returned
from hunting trip In disappointed
frame of mind owing to bis failure to
bring home with him the big game
which the laws OF the state allowed him
to kill and have In his possession. A
big moose fell to his lot, but be did not
care to bring all OF 1t home. Conse-
quently the animal was partially cut up
and large portion OF 1t transported to
| the nearest railroad station to be ship
ped to Bangor by express. There the
express agent refused to accept the
shipment on the ground that the animal
was not complete as to antlers and other
parts to show its sex, the express com.
pany being liable according to law to
fine of 5000 for transportation under the
circumstances. 1t was legal to kill the
animal and have 1t, but 1t could not be
shipped in the man ner described, 80 the
Bangor man Is wondering where he is at
on the trip and the transaction.