Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEW ENGLAND HAPPENINGS.
SUNDAY, MAY Is.

The company has just finished q large
consignment for the navy
The total number of immigrants landed
in Portland during the past season was
1864 of whom 1904 We're males Eng
land furnished 662 of them; Canada, 32ec
ireland. 1O9; Sweden, Sc; Finland. 70:
Russia. so; Scotland, 81; Germany, S5.
The church of ST. Francis Zavier,
which has just been erected in Mas hua,
N. H. at an outlay of 100000, was ded-
icated Sunday by Bishop Pembroke of
Ontario and Bishop Bradley of Man
chester assisted by 20 Of the most prom
inent priests in New England
MONDAY, MAY L.
Hattie Jordan, II years old, took q dose
of rough on rats in Haverhill and died.
The parents can assign no reason for the
act.
A E. Rose manager, and the en-
7ployes of the J. G.. Aver company have
subscribed $500 to the fund for furnish
ing clothing and supplies to Lowell
soldiers.
The Winter Hill Congregational
church, Somerville, Mass, now has fly
ing from the top of the tower large
American flag. 1t is the first church to
raise a flag over the edifice, and the in
teresting ceremony took place Sunday
noon at the close of the morning service.
SOVEREIGN cars from Manchester, n.
H. comprising a special train chartered
by the young women of the Sheridan
guards auxiliary corps, carried 1898 peo-
pie to Concord Sunday to take part in
the military and religious services at
tending the last Sunday in camp Of the
First New Hampshire volunteers
TUESDAY, MAY II.
The directors of the Methodist Mar
tha's Vineyard Camp Meeting associa-
ton have practically arranged their
program for the August meetings.
Bishop Hartzen of Africa has been Sc
lected to speak.
The Central Labor union of Lewiston,
Me- voted SIS to the striking mule spin
ners at New Bedford, and appointed
committee to investigate the charges
that excessive fines were being imposed
upon the workmen in the Auburn shoe
factories.
The Hathaway Shirt Factory company
of Waterville, Me-, employing $50 hands,
has introduced an S-hour schedule of
time, thereby cutting the employees
wages 20 percent. All the large in
dustries Of Waterville have either cut
wages directly, or shortened the running
hours.
WEDNESDAY, MAY IS
The Democratic state committee of
Maine has voted to hold the state con-
vention at Bangor June 80.
Fire in jewelry district of Attleboro,
Mass, destroyed 16 buildings and burned
out II manufacturing concerns, besides
causing other losses.
Democrats of the Thirteenth district
of Massachusetts nominate Charles S.
Randall, Republican, for congress, and
boilers name Charles T. Luce.
Another candidate for congressional
honors has doomed up in the First New
Hampshire district in the person Of Col
Dnel Thomas Cogswel1 of Gilmanton
If all the New England arhoIders
agree to absorption the annual addition
to the New Haven dividend charge at
the existing rate will be approximately
s2S1, 4SO. or within 10000 of the amount
to be saved by refunding New England
bonds.
THURSDAY, MAY 49,
The Vermont homeopathic society
elected officers as follows yesterday:
President, H. w. Weeks Hardwick;
vice president, Edward kirkland, Bell
ows Falls; secretary, George J. Forbes,
Burlington; treasurer, H. S. Boardman
Montpelier.
AT the annual convention of the grand
lodge of Freemasons of New HAMPSHIRE
the following officers were elected:
Master, John McLane, Milford; deputy,
George I. McAllister, Manchester; treas
Urer, Joseph Kidder, Manchester, SCRIBE
George P. Cleaves, Concord.
AT the annual meeting of the Maine
grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, the
following officers were elected: Chan
cellor, Waldo Pettengill, Rumford Falls:
oh
ton; prelate, Augustus 3. Brown, Port
land; keeper of records and seal, Yves
ley G. Smith, Old Orchard.
FRIDAY, MAY 20.
Judge Putnam doubts the constitu-
tionality of the indeternainate sentence
act in Massachusetts,.
The directors of the Boston and Maine
held their monthly meeting yesterday.
at which they declared a regular quar-
terly dividend of ~ percent on the COM
mon stock, payable July 1 to stock of
record of June 6.
1t is reported that NJ. P. Frank will de-
cline, owing to professional engage
ments, to again accept the Democratic
nomination for governor of Maine. J.
3. Madigan of Houlton is likely to be
nominated.
Boston steamship agents of transatlan-
tic lines are deploring the timidity of
people who have decided to delay their
trip abroad until the dread war issover
AS all the lines fly the British flag there
is not the least bit of danger.
Deputy Collector William H. Baldwin
of Boston has been appointed past as
sistant engineer in the United States
navy, with the rank of lieutenant From
1859 to 1861 he served as engineer on the
Narrag ansett when he was transferred
20 the Kearsarge.
SATURDAY, MAY 81
The Goth annual meeting of the Mas
Bachusetts Superintendents' association
was held in Worcester.