St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-06-27
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS.

Mrs. Almira Milligan died at Afford
Mass, at the age of 102 years and II
months. She was born in Afford July
70, 1897, and had always lived there.
Vernon Ramsdell, aged 80 years and
married, railway conductor, COM
mtted suicide at Lowell, Mass, by TAX
Ing laudanum. Ill health is supposed to
have prompted the act.
Charles A Harrington, SO, a contrac-
tor and builder of Westboro Mass, was
asphyXiated in bed at the home of DR..
b. w. Watkins, Worcester, Mass, where
ne was visiting. A gas cock was found
turned on and the theory is that death
was accidental.
Edward Cox, 70 years old, of Brockton.
Mass, was killed by an electric car at
that city. He was lying on the track
and was not discovered in time for the
motorman to stop the car.
St Michaels Catholic church, at Low
ell, Mass, was dedicated with elabo-
rate ceremonies. Archbishop Williams.
assisted by many clergymen, officiated.
William Daggett while at work aloft
on schooner at Rockland, Me-, fell to
the deck, distance Of 48 feet, breaking
his back and leg. He lived only a few
hours.
George Lang Of Haverhill. Mass. %
years old, was drowned at Island Pond
N. H., While bathing with his father.
Edward Sullivan, aged II. while NAV
ing IN railroad yard at Clinton, Mass.
fell under a freight car and had his leg
so badly crushed that amputation was
necessary. He is in a critical condi-
ton.
Frederick, he young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward B. Tibbetts of Bangor. Me.
died from drinking chloride of potash.
Fire broke out in the No. picker of
the Pepperell mills at Biddeford. Me,
1t was confined to the picker room, and
the damage, estimated at $4,000, was
chiefly caused by water.
A memorial tablet to the memory of
Jonathan Edwards was unveiled in the
First Church of Christ, at Northampton,
Mass. 1t marked the 15Oth anniversary
of Edwards dismissal from the pulpit
of that church.
Peter j. Ward, weaver, who left his
home at New Bedford, Mass, while de-
spondent, was found drowned in Acush-
net river.
L. A. Longe, about Is years old, was
killed at Fitchburg, Mass. by stepping
in front of a passenger train.
Frank w. Morgan veteran of the
Civil war, and postmaster at Surry, Me-,
for the past 30 years, died in that town.
He was 63 years old.
The house and barn known as the
deacon Fuller" place was struck by
lightning and destroyed by the fire which
resulted during heavy thunder storm
which passed over Sharon, Mass.
Harry Aldrich, II years old, was
drowned at Concord, N. H., while bath
ing.
Joseph J. Reed, aged As, hotel pro-
prietor at New Haven, committed sui
eide by asphyxiation. He leaves a
widow and four children.
Major Thomas p. Beals, one of the
leading business men of Portland, Me-,
and a veteran of the civil war, died as a
result of injuries inflicted by a run
away horse. He was a member of a
number of fraternal orders as well as of
the G. A. r., Loyal Legion and the
Thirty-Second Maine Regiment asso-
citation, Of which he was president.
Lyman w. Colby representative in
the New Hampshire legislature from
Manchester, dropped dead at Concord,
N. H. Mr.. Colby was about IS years old,
Miss Mary Crane, niece of Governor
Crane, and daughter of Mrs. James B.
Crane, was married at Dalton, Mass,
to Rev. Herbert S. Johnson, pastor of the
First Congregational church, Boston.
The wedding was one of the largest and
most fashionable ever performed in
western Massachusetts.
Thomas Forsythe, late of West Spring
field, Mass, has bequeathed $4,000 to
the New England home for little
wanderers, at Boston.
While playing on the roof of a shed in
the rear of her home at Boston, Sabina
Burke, aged 4, fell 20 feet to the ground,
receiving injuries from which she died.
A new contract for the convict labor
at the Vermont state prison has been
made with A. E. Mann & Co., shoe manu-
facturers, the present occupants, for five
years. The price per man in the last
contract was 70 cents day. The pres
ent contract is for rs cents day.
Joseph J. Dean, aged 27, died at Nor
witch, Conn, from injuries sustained by
the explosion Of copper tank which he
was charging with carbonated gas