Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEW ENGLAND HAPPENINGS.
SUNDAY, NOV. IA.


house in Boston.
Marilla NJ. Richer, a female lawyer
of Alton, N. H, is a candidate for the
Republican nomination for congress.
Suit for $4,000 has been entered
against his brother by John Roberts,
Haverhill Mass, for alternating the af-
fections of the plaintiffs wife.
Louis, Reid, Berlin, N H., resisted the
attempt of two men to rob him, and was
stabbed several times before the robbers
overpowered him and secured s22
Patrick keenan,, aged 20, bartender,
was killed by a train at the Pawtucket
x. l., station of the consolidated rail-
road in the presence of several hundred
people.
MONDAY, NOV. Is.
Fire was set in four places in house
In Springfield. Mass.
Forty dollars were stolen from Bart
lett Bros, Kennebunk. Me-, by burglars.
Unrequited affection is supposed to
have turned the brain of John King,
young shoemaker of Lynn, who threw
chairs and books on the altar floor in a
Catholic church Sunday.
Plot to blow up the works of Clinton
Wall Trunk company was discovered by
the Waterman George w. Herrick, ar
rested on charge of breaking and enter
Ing the factory, may De charged with
the crime.
TUESDAY, NOV. 16.
Hannah Jones, old and blind, fell over
q stove at Lagonia near Portland, Me-,
and was buEaed to death.
John Bell, driven to desperation by
the scOrn of Rosalind White, attempted
to murder her On the streets of Worces-
ter, Mass.
Engineer and fireman of a locomotive
at Oakdale, Mass, stepped from an open
bridge in the dark and fell SO feet into
a brook, receiving bad injuries.
Two Boston men were arrested in
Chelsea, Mass, after a long chase, dur
ing which one of hem kept the crowd
from getting to close by fourishing a
knife
John B. Guilmet has been arrested at
Biddeford, Me-, on suspicion of being
connected with the death of his uncle,
]. B. Laporte, at St. Liberre, Canada.
Oct. 80.
William White, Is years old, confessed
that in spirit Of mischief he placed
a tie on the railroad track at South
Royalston, VT, that nearly caused a
wreck.
Fred Orn, % years old, committed sui
eide at Worcester, Mass. bv shooting
through the heart, leaving letters to his
parents and friends giving no reason fer
the act.
Henry W. Bates of Weymouth, Mass,
who was in Jail on charge of entering
the house of Ira Stewart at Agawam
village, East Wareham Mass, broke
jail during he absence of the keeper.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. II.
Wall of a new church fell in at Exeter,
N. H., and one man was injured Sc
riously and three others sustained slight
hurts.
Conductor T. r. Wood, in jumping
from a locomotive at Georgia. VI.
missed his footing and was crushed
under the wheels.
Captain Hodgdon of Somerville Mass
was swept from a yawl into which he
and his crew of five had taken refuge
when the Theodore Dean began to sink.
Police at Clinton, Mass have secured
lots of evidence against an alleged
buncoer whom they have in custody.
showing that he had operated in al
parts Of New England.
Joseph Iasigi, a leader in Boston So
ciety, has been sentenced to not more
than IS years in state prison for en-
beZzling from residents Of France whom
he served as attorney in this country.
Jonathan X. Moore of Lynn, Mass
confessed to the police that the stCrv
he told about being stabbed robbed ard
thrown into a pond was a fake connected
to account for the loss of $40 which his
wifegave him for the payment OF bills.
THURSDAY, NOV. IS.
One man was killed and two were hurt
badly by a blasting accident at Brock
line, Mass.
Names legislature will be asked to
restrict the catch Of deer in that state
to one for each hunter
Wages in about every factory in Hav-
erhill, Mass, have been cut mere or less
heavily. but there is no likelihood of
strike among the shoe workers.
Man registering as E. P. Coffin, Slzow-
hogan, Me, took fatal dose of morphire
and then tried to drown himself in
bath in the Quincy House, Boston
For disregarding an injunction against
permitting the sale of liquor in a hotel
that he owns. E. A. Terrell, wealthy
resident of Nashua, N. H., has been
fined 5000 and sentenced to two months
imprisonment.
Joseph McGrady, Fall River liquor
dealer, has been indicted on charges CT
attempted bribery of members of the
city government in connection with the
choice of an assistant chief of the fire
department and school janitor.
FRIDAY, NOV. 10.
William Sidney, on trial at Bridgeport,
Conn, for murder, was acquitted.
Alva Kelly, 20 years, was killed at
Norwood, N. H., while chopping a tree
Ada Pinney, 16, died at Chester, VT, OF
the effects of a gunshot wound acct
dentally received.
Lance Blaisdell killed himself in cell
at Charlestown, Mass, after being
locked up for intoxication
Z D Goddard oJoDoI Will, Do-1
Smith, Stamford, Conn.,, heiress, and
married her at in the morning
Fire of unknown origin caused the
destruction of the chair factory OF
Coomer & Vail at North Petersburg VT
George Durfee. Fall RiVer Mass has