St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-08-01
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS.

TrederiCll u. Aver OF New York, for
-,,rIy Of Lowell, Mass, announces his
Intention of contributing $4,000 toward
w. erection of a textile school building
at Lowell.
Allen w. Cory was relieved of $500 by
cIayer pickpocket while he rode on an
electric car at Providence.
About $4,000 pieces of 'convertibles"
are made at Fall River, Mass, weekly
EXPRESSLY for the bag trade. Dealers in
snoer. salt and other articles of COM
merce which are sold in bags are the
hrvers of this new product of the mills.
The large barn and carriage house at
the william Robson place, at Lenox,
Mass, was destroyed by fire. The fire
was started by the explosion of an au-
torobile in one of the carriages. Loss,
$1,000
The cornerstone of the new church in
nrocess of erection for ST. Marks Epis-
copal society, at Leominster Mass, was
laid with appropriate ceremonies, in
charge of Rev. Henry Hague, archdeacon
Of Worcester.
Daniel J. O'Sulivan, widely known in
musical circles as a tenor singer, died at
Stamford, Conn.,, of heart failure. He
was born So years ago in Cork.
Major Augustus w. Keene died at
Milton. Mass, from heart disease. He
was born in Taunton, Mass. in 1910. He
served throughout the Civil war, being
promoted from private to brevet major.
The cornerstone of the parish hall of
The Universalist church at Canton,
Mass. was laid with appropriate cere-
monies,
George Lewis, aged So while boating
at Rockand, Me-, fell out of his craft
and. although he was picked up imme-
dately, death followed after he had been
carried ashore.
While swimming in a clay pit pool at
Cambridge, Mass, Daniel Devine, 3S
years of age, got beyond his depth and
was drowned. A wife and eight chill
dren were dependent upon him for sup
port
Rev. Arthur L. Smell, one of the lead
ing clergymen of Somerville, Mass, has
resgned his pastorate in order to accept
unanimous call to the First Baptist
church in Ftchburg.
Napoleon MERCER. about So years old,
was drowned in the Maanexit river, near
North Webster, Mass.
william Lesser, a farmer Of Sidney,
Ne, aged 81 years, was struck by light
ming during a shower and killed while at
work in field
Henry d. Lord, a well-known genealog-
teal student, dropped dead at Boston.
Mr. Lord, who was over 70 years of age,
earned his livelihood by looking up and
writing genealogical histories and trees
fer prominent families.
The farm buildings of John H. Weeks
al Clifford, N. H, We're struck by light
ming and burned, Loss, $500.
DR.. d, j. Sullivan, aged 43, a we'll
known veterinary surgeon, died at New
Haven from hemorrhage of the brain,
caused by heat prostration.
Charles Lawson, 10 years old, a deck
hand on the oyster steamer Mikado, was
drowned off Fall River, Mass, by being
thrown from the steamer by sudden
roll of the boat
Lightning set fire to the barn of Henry
W, Bems near Spencer, Mass, and
caused $500 loss.
At the nomination OF candidates for
admission to the United States naval
academy from the Fourth Maine dis
trict held at Bangar, there We're seven
candidates. Edison C. Oak of Caribou
attained the highest rank, and will re.
ceive the appointment.
Robert Latham, aged about 30, COM
mitted suicide in the woods near his
fathers house at North Billerica, Mass,
by cutting his throat. No cause is as
signed.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the Maine railroad commits
sioners, asking for the construction and
operating of a street railroad in and
through Augusta, Manchester, Win
throp, Monmouth and Wales, to the ter
minus of the Lewiston, Brunswick and
Bath Street railway.
DR., Maurice O'Connell, aged AZ, one OF
the best-known veterinary surgeons in
western Massachusetts, died at Hol-
yoke, Mass, after a protracted illness
extending over nearly four years. The
immediate cause of his death was
Bright's disease.
Frank Nous, an Assyrian child,
years old, who strayed from home al
PASSPORT, Me-. was found in the dock
where he had been drowned.