Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-09-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEW ENGLAND HAPPENINGS.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 9.


sity tells the corporation his resigna-
ton must be accepted.
John O'Connor, junk dealer of Boston,
while sitting in his shop, was felled to
the floor and robbed Of $50
THE wandering Jew of American poll
ties is the term applied by Senator
Gallinger to Carl Schurz in an open let
ter.
Thomas Long, foreman in Holyokes
street department, was killed by a fall
down a hatchway. Was not a drinking
man.
Mrs. Daniel O'Brien, aged TO- was
found in her home at Westport, Conn,
with a cash back of the left ear. Hus-
band disclaims knowledge OF the cause.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 10.
Guy Reed was killed under falling logs
near Rumford Falls, Me.
Strike of $50 weavers in North Adams,
Mass, against cutdown.
Michael Leonard of Providence, shot
by somebody at Hyde Park, Mass. is
dead.
John Morrissey of Providence died at
Hayerhill, Mass, after eating a toad
STOOL
Whaling bark Josephine reached New
Bedford, Mass, from whaling ground
with a total catch Of 1000 barrels of OIL
Thomas Shaw, Cambridge (Mass.)
bookkeeper, is missing, together with
$1,000 belonging to the Barbone-Stock
well company.
Mayor Quincy of Boston has been
asked: IF the coming Democratic state
convention at Worcester reaffirns the
Chicago platform, will you support its
nominee?'
Board of engineers of Weymouth,
Mass, refuses to approve bill fer $3.45
from a local company Oh the ground that
the groceries mentioned in the state
ment composed quantity of liquor
bought after a church fire.
SATURDAY, SEPT. IL.
Dartmouth college gets a beQuest Of
STE, OOO
There was a collision in the Somerville
(Mass.) freight yard of the Fitchburg
railroad, locomotive being toppled over
Providence woman named Hopkins
killed herself because her husband had
sought separation on the ground that
she used morphine.
Under the decision rendered by a judge
at Dover, N. H, minister accused of
bribery could offer no defense, and the
case goes to the supreme court
Steward Thompson of the Olive Peck
er confesses to have shot and killed Cap
tain Whitman and Mate Saunders. The
crew were aware of the plot and drew
lots to see who should do it,
SUNDAY, SEPT. II.
Thomas Sheehan was killed in cleo
trio car collision near Newington Conn
Mrs. Daniel O'Brien, found Unconscious
at her home in Westport Conn, with
wounds in the head, is dead. No clue to
her assailant.
Insane carpenter at Bridgeport. Conn.
was about to sacrifice his boy when DO
lice interfered.
Clara Dion, a deserted wife, took
poison at Marlboro, Mass. Physicians
saved her life.
Five suits, the damages in which ag
gregate $37 900, have been brought
against Haverhill, Mass, on account of
the cavern of a sewer two months ago.
MONDAY, SEPT. Is.
Three men were shot and two stabbed
in a drunken row at West Barnsta bile
Mass.
4 bakery clerk at South Berwick. Me.
claims to have been shot by a masked
burglar.
Thieves got away with Is barrels of
-four, part Of carload on a railroad
track at Cambridge, Mass
Boston officers We're badly beaten while |
making an arrest one being jabbed in the |
face with a sharp instrument
Senator Chandler appeals to all Re- |
oublicans to meet with joyous welcome |
Cngland's first step toward bimetallism. |
Two Sheldon sisters of Lynn, Mass. |
we're fatally burned at their home. the |
elders clothing catching fire from burn
ng stove and the younger in trying to |
lid was also enveloped in flames One |
lied in the house and the other in the |
hospital.
TUESDAY, SEPT IA
Pay of the operators at worsted mills
n Woonsocket, r. l., has been restored |
% what it was in 1898.
Death of Moses Sargent, formerly a |
we'll known speaker and prominent in
Boston and Newburyport, Mass. bus
ness circles.
City Treasurer Palmer OF Bath, Me-,
efuses permission to the mayor to have
lis books examined on the ground that
is political trick.
Edward Barnwell, supposed from note
'ieked up at sea to be dead, is alive at
lis home in Woburn, Mass; note was
brown overheard in fun.
After many attempts the Chinese
aundrymen have succeeded in forming
union to regulate prices in Boston, and
" SO doing have precipitated a small
lied war.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. Is
Rats and matches caused a $4,000 fire
n the Union hotel at Brockton, Mass.
School committee decides to establish
/, commercial course in the high schools
# Boston.
President Andrews of Brown recalls
lis resignation and will remain with the
University.
The house of John Burgess of Nashua,
I. H., with its contents, was totally
u1ned. Loss, $1,000
Mrs. Bertha L. johnson of Worcester,
lass, ends her life and that of her child
" drowning in Lake Quinsigamond
Children of Hiram H. FIagg of Wake
cid Mass contest h