Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-07-13
About the State.

Neil Mcneil of Lewiston was instantly
killed one day last week when broken
derrick boom fell, striking him on the
head. He was employed on mill con-
struction at Lisbon Falls.
An event second only In importance to
the Maine Centennial observance will be
the celebration on July % of the fftieth
anniversary of the founding of the Swe.
dish colony In New Sweden In Aroostook
County.
A son, Robert Pesry Stafford, has been
born In the family of Edward and Marie
Ahnighito (Peary) Stafford of Wash
ington, D. G. He is grandson of the
late Rear Admiral and Arctic explorer.
The parents have been in Portland for
several weeks and are planning to spend
the summer on Eagle Island.
A deal has been completed at Machias
whereby r. W. Bowker and e. G. Parlin
become the owners of the Machias Re.
publican and job printing departments
having purchsred the same from Alfred
I. Babb The Mschias Republican and
Machias Union will be merged and both
plants moved to Bowker Block, which
has recently been fitted up for the pur.
pose.
County Commissioner Charles A.
Maxwell of Portland is to sail on board
the s. s. United States for Copenhagen,
Denmark, to attend the meeting of the
International Supreme lodge of Good
Templsrs as q representative of the
Grand lodge of Maine. This session of
the International lodge Ia scheduled to
open July 81, and prior to that date, on
July % and 20, the sessions of the Grand
lodge OF Denmark will be held. The
delegates from the United States expect
to arrive In time for those sessions.
Within few hours two alleged at.
tempts at suicide were made in Water.
boro. Mrs. Annie Cressey, wife of Ar
| thur Cressey of East WATERFORD and
mother of three children, started to
hang herself, but was discovered before
she was able to accomplish her purpose.
The second alleged attempt at suicide
occurred when Mrs. Annie Jordan, for.
merly of Scarboro, aged 3s. drank an
ounce OF poison containing SO per cent
of alcohol. The officers are not sure the
name given by the woman is the right
one. She will recover.
The franklin Simmons collection of
statues willed to Portland by the great
sculptor and valued at nearly 500, 900,
will arrive very shortly. 1t is aboard
the Cedric en- route from Naples, and
Carroll s. Chaplin, former city solicitor
and one Of the executors OF the Simmons
will, is also returning on the Cedric II ON
Italy, where he went to supervise the
shipping of the statues. Some of the
statues are email enough to be adapted
to interior decoration and will be placed
10 the museum OF the Portland Society
of Art. Others will be placed out of
doors, the city fathers to decide upon
the location.
Struck by lightning In mid. ocean, most
OF her sails burned up and with nothing
but jury rig and not a very good one at
that, did not In the least daunt Capt.
Archie Macleod Of Gloucester fishing
schooner or bis crew. They.were out on
q hslibuting trip and they kept right on
catching halibut. The lightning hit
them, when they were about off Canso,
aud striking the gsff topsail set IL on
fire. The current ran down the sails, |
which were wet with the rain that was |
falling at the same time, and in mo
ment the mainssil was all ablsze. The
gaff topsail was destroyed, but they man.
aged to drop the msinsail and not only
to get 1t down but tn get It overheard 30 |
the water put the fire out. Then they
hoisted It on board again and when they
bad chance ran IL up. Such % 1t was,
with the aid of the other sails, they sue
ceeded 10 making Csnso, where they re-
fitted to certain extent to enable them
to keep op fishing.