Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-12-23
Maine News Notes.

While hunting raccoons on the 14th
Amasa Huff of Burnham accidental.
shot himself with shot gun, and died
few hours later. He was % years of age
and leaves wife and child, beside
other relatives.
Six days in succession in both Auburn
and Lewiston without an arrest by TIT
police department establishes record
that pleases most people, probably in
Guiding some Of the old-timers, sccus
toned often to awaken in q cell.
j. Edgar Bemis committed suicide by
shooting at Bangor on the 18th. 1t IL
believed he was temporarily dersnged
He had been employed by the FRS
National Bank of Bangor for thirteen
years, and was chief clerk. His accounts
were straight.
The Calais merchants are swallowing
hard, also their feelings and scceptipG
Canadian currency at par, to prevent the
Christmas and general trade going across
the river to st. Stephen, n. B. The
aforementioned currency has now depre.
ciated 10 per cent.
The body of Nelson W. BARLEY, the
Jsckmsn hotel keeper, has been exhumed
for further examination. The suthori-
ties make no statement as to what il Is
expected to learn by the means. John
Burke is now held awaiting trial on the
charge of the murder of Partley.
The Brown Company of Portland will
be the first to use an sirship for explor-
ing timber lands. This 6rm has pur-
chased two government hydro-aero-
planes, which will be operated BY sn ex-
army flyer and used in taking photo
graphs of timber tracts recently acquired
In Canada.
Oliver Wsss was instantly killed Fri
day while cutting wood 10 q lumber lot
owned by Harry Hichborn of Stockton
Springs. With others he was Telling q
tree, and when il was about to fall bis
companions, realizing the danger, called
to him to get out of the way. Instead
OF doing this be got directly in front of
the tree and IL struck him, crushing him
against the ground. He is survived by
a wife and four small children. His
home was at Cape Jefferson, just out Of
the village.
Over 1900 Patrons Of Husbandry at
tended the annual meeting of the State
Grange at Bangor last week. Secretary
Libby reported a greatly increased mem
bership, the number now being 5,50S.
William j. Thompson of China was re-
elected State Master, and the other off,
GERS are:
Overseer-John Z. Abbott, North Berwick.
Iaefnrar-C N pnrfntnO R0urd0inhQn
Steward-D. X. Foster, Augusta.
Assistant Steward-a. B. Crawford, Honlton.
Chaplain-A. Z. Morse, South Paris.
Treasurer-E. K Addition, Greene.
Secretary-E. II. Libby, Auburn.
Chase Hall, the new social building
for men at Bates College, was dedicated
Tuesday, with dedicstory address by j.
Stanley Durkee, Phi. D., Bates 81, presi.
dent of Howard University. Governor
Milliken was the guest Of honor. The
new hall, donated by unknown bene.
factors, Is general fraternity house for
all the men Of Bates; and IL is a memo
rial to the late President George Colby
Chase, whose leadership Of rs years so
successfully developed the institution.
The structure Is reproduction Of old
English architecture and furnishings,
suggestive or the oxford Commons.
Bangor, to the average person, seems
long way inland and anything but q
sea coast town, yet the arrivals there by
water are very heavy. According to the
records kept by Hsrbor Master Edwin
Lord, there have been AS arrivals this
year, including 226 steamers, 105 barges,
80 schooners, IA steam yachts, nine gas
yachts, one U. s. Destroyer and one buoy
tender. The principal receipts have been
1S5, 800 tons coal Use, 464 bituminous
and 40, 145 anthrscitsl l12, 900 barrels gas
olene, 1900 barrels Of kerosene, CSC, 900
feet of lumber, 200 cases CLAIMS, 794 cords
pulpwood, 1900 casks lime, 800 hogsheads
salt, 1S5 tons granite, $50 tons fertilizer,
400 tons gravel, 5S7 tons coke. Coal re-
ceipts 10 1918 were 264, $50 tons, and In
1911 the csrgoes aggregated 1856, OLA tens.
Shipments of lumber have been the
smallest on record, only two mills on
tidewater having been operated, and the
greater part of their product having been
shipped by rail.