Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-16

The Hotel Russell, Springfield, Mass,
was badly damaged by fire. Several
rooms were burned out, and prompt work
by the firemen was all that saved the
building.
| Timothy OBrien, 81 years old, died
mt Somerville, Mass, as a result of in
juries received by being thrown from
a =vyagon, March 20. He was uncon-
scious and paraIyzed from the time of the
accident until death.
An unknown man, aged about % years,
committed suicide at New Britain, Conn.,
by allowing himself to be killed by
freight train. The man was we'll
dressed, but nothing was found on his
person that would lead to his identity.
Horace Copeland, aged so, a carpenter,
| fell from a ladder at Cambridge, Mass,
| and broke his neck.
| Frederick Swift and Edward T. Lowry,
doing business as E. c. Hodges & Co.,
stock brokers, Boston, have fled a pc
| tition III bankruptcy.
| Hiram Chase of Belfast, the head Of
the Maine grand lodge in 1866 and 1869,
who was the senior of the living grand
masters eff Masonry, is dead.
| David Fl. Sweetser, aged 66, president
|
Mass, died at New York Death is sup
posed to have been caused by heart dis
! ease. Mr.. Sweetser, with his wife and
| daughter had just landed from q steam
er from Liverpool.
| A demand for increased wages has been
made by the weavers of the Bay State
mills. Lowell, Mass, and they refuse to
| return to work unless their demands are
| complied with. The matter has been re-
| ferred to the state board of arbitration.
Fire, which originated in the saw and
grist mill Of H. A. Parker, in East Leo
| minister, Mass, destroyed the mill and
two residences nearby. The loss is
placed at $4,000.
| Fire badly damaged the storehouse and
boiler room Of the Charlton Manufac-
turing company at IngrahamVille, r. [.
The total loss is about $4,000. The fire
caught from sparks from a brush fire.
The Primitive Methodist church in
Manville, r. l., was dedicated, Rev.
Messrs. Peters, Shaw and Taylor assist
ing in the exercises.
In response to a petition for the ap-
pointment of an assignee for the Keene
On h Five Cent Savings bank, Judge
Parsons has appointed Treasurer I4itch-
field Of the bank.
At a meeting at Bangor, Me-, Of the
stockholders of the Penobscot Central
Railroad company, it was voted to equip
the line with electric power, using the
trolley system.
Morris Rosenberg received the decision
over Luther Manuel at Portland, Me-.
after Is fast rounds.
Robert Hardness, So years DID, of Cen
tredale, r. L, was smoking a pipe and his
clothing caught fire. He was so badly
injured that he may die.
Ebenezer P. De1ano of Fairhaven,
Mass, an aged fish dealer, was asphyx-
lated by the explosion of a kerosene
lamp which he left burning when he
went to bed.
4 petition in bankruptcy was filed by
Walter S. Besse. of the ship brokerage
firm Of Sherwood & Besse, New York.
Liabilities, $239, 727; assets, $37 500.
The will of Anna II. Mann bequeaths
$4,000 to the Rhode Island Society for
the Proven ton of Cruelty to Animals,
and, after personal legacies, the residue
Of her estate, amounting to about $780,
000 is given to the city of Providence, for
the maintenance of Roger Williams
park.
John Ca1derwood shot and killed him
self at Nashua, N. H. Calderwood had
been Respondent for some time.
At the New Britain, Conn, city cleo
ton, Samuel Bassett Oem.) was elected
mayor. \ Democratic tax collector was
elected, but the rest of the ticket is Re
publican.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. SWEET observed the
Seth anniversary Of their marriage at
Leominster, Mass, and were given a
public wedding celebration, 500 or more
guests attending.
George Motley, treasurer of the Apple
ton mills of Lowell, Mass, from 1867 to
1874. died in that city, aged 81. He was
native of Portland, Me-, and had attained
some prominence as a literateur
Oliver ToDin and Gilbert Browning,
students at Philips Andover academy,
who were taken into custody at Andover,
Mass, on suspicion of having rung in
false alarms of fire, were found not
guilty