Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-01-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEW ENGLAND HAPPENINGS.
SUNDAY. JAN. Is.

were drowned near Bucksport Me-,
while fishing.
Mrs William McKenna was burned
fatally in Bridgeport, Conn. by grease
catching fire.
Carbolic acid was taken by Sarah
Holm. Newport. r. L.. girl, who was
Slightly demented.
Reward of $500 is off cred for the appre-
hension of Miller. the alleged murderer
of Brookfeld. Mass.
MONDAY, JAN II
Joel Putnam. aged Danvers Mass
resident, shot himself in the right temple
. and is not expected to live.
j. A. Thurston, Lynn, Mass. enjoys the
distinction of being the oldest policeman
in the country, his service extending over
53 years.
State Detective Murray returned to
Worcester with clue to whereabouts
of Paul Muller. the suspected murderer
of the Newton family in Brookfield.
Mass
Lynching is liable to abuse. for mis-.
takes are sometimes made but I be-
lieve." said C. J. Bonaparte of Baltimore
In an address in Boston, few innocent
men are lynched, and those that are so
are not desirable members of society.
and the custom is certainly great de-
terrent of crime"
TUESDAY, JAN IS.
Three children were suffocated by gas
at Boston.
The Franklin Typographical society O.
Boston celebrated its 18th birthday.
The So1nerville (Mass.) Republican
city committee is between $500 and 5000
in debt.
An unknown man. aged about 30 was
fatally injured by a passenger train at
New Haven.
Edward A knight is alleged to have
stolen about $50 900 worth of valuables
from loan office in Boston that he man.
aged.
Fifteen thousand cotton mill opera
fives are on strike at New Bedford.
Biddeford, Saco and Lewiston Stones
were hurled at two superintendent and
windows broken in mills of New Bed
ford.
WEDNESDAY IAN Is
Samuel C. Bennett has been appointed
acting dean of the Boston university law
school.
Colored woman of Lynn Mass. was
arrested on charge of assaultlng hex
mother with a razor.
Mass meeting of Harvard students
passes a resolution in favor of uni
versity club with the idea of promoting
a more united spirit in the university
atives prepare for a long. stubborn labor
battle; weavers make fines question an
issue; Biddeford (Me. strikers pelt cloth
hall help with snowballs
Officers of the elevated railroad in
Boston say that the motive power will
be electricity, and will be obtained from
third rail, and that free transfers sys-
tenn will be more general than now.
THURSDAY. JAN. 20.
Gold was found III the sell Of New Bed
ford. Mass
Last year was bad enc fer railroads
in Massachusetts,.
John Reed, alleged bunco man. has
been refused bail in Lowell.
Boston grocers congratulate them
selves on last years notable success.
Edward Duff. a New Haven mechanic,
killed his wife and mCther-in-law, Mrs
Maher. and wounded a boarder
Boston aldermen fail to organize and
300 men are suspended in sewer division
because the Democrats refuse to pass an
order.
Universalist clergyman in Manches-
ter, n. H. had his salary cut from $4,000
to $500 in sympathy with the opera
tives
Harvard does not favor an American
Henley and gave her views to that eff
feet before Cornell suggested such
thing.
New England Milk Producers union
discussed the milk surplus and low
prices. and asked return of the 10 per-
cent clause from contractors.
Senator Towle offers bill in the
Massachusetts, senate which makes the
senior member of the Boston board of
aldermen the chairman in order to break
a deadlock.
FRIDAY, JAN. 81.
Francis Mclaughlin of South Boston,
who killed his wife, pronounced insane
by experts.
Fire in Lynn (Mass) theater attended
by many narrow escapes, members of
Anchor club having to jump from Win
dows.
City Marshal Teel of Lewiston, Me-,
resigns rather than face public investi-
cation of grave charges made by a
young girl
Mrs. NJ s. Allen of Worcester, Mass.
rode III centuries on her bicycle during
the past year, and made total mileage of
21,026 miles
Another of John Reeds victims ap-
pears at Worcester. Mass, in the person
of Comfort Thompson of UXbridge, who
was buncoed out of $500.
Mayor Quincy made the principal ad-
dress at the dinner of the Young Mems |
Democratic club in Boston. and spoke
most hopefully of reunited Democracy. |
No change in the strike situation at
New. Bedford. Mass. Biddeford, Me,
mills will open its gates Monday There
Is much discomfort among Fall River
operatives.
SATURDAY, JAN. %
Street car conductors in Boston have |
been ordered to eject smokers
Woonsocket Or. ID mans heart beats
world record. beating go a minute
Boston art museum officials are firing |