St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-08-29
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS.

Clyde Appleby, 9 years old, was
arowned while bathing at Lisbon Falls.
Ne.
Andrew l.. mclaughlin of Melrose,
Mass. dropped dead in front of his home
IN that town. He was a politician in the
Demccratic party.
A severe storm passed over Colebrook,
" r.. lightning setting fire to the farm
buildings of Charles Hodge Almost all
+be property was destroyed. Two barns
belonging to Almon Cross were also
Douglas Greenslade, aged 40, an ice
man was taken with hemorrhage at
Natick, Mass, and died within 20 min
utes.
Lightning struck in fully 25 places
around Norway, Me-, but no damage Of
consequence resulted.
The New England fair opened at the
Old Orchard, Me-, kite track under favor.
able auspices.
George H. Swazey of Maiden, Mass,
has flied a petition in bankruptcy. His
total liabilities amount to $685. and
there are no assets.
The Massachusetts Democratic state
convention will be held in Boston, Oct.
/ 1t will be opened with the reading
of the Declaration of Independence, and
the following week there will be rati-
fcatOn meeting.
CAPTAIN John C. Mills of Gloucester.
Mass, captain and principal owner Of
the fishing schooner kearsarge, died
suddenly on board his schooner, which
had arrived at Bar Harbor, Me-, for bait.
Apoplexy was the cause of death.
The Massachusetts Republican stata
committee has issued call for the con-
vention to be held at Boston, Oct 4. The
caucuses are called for Sept. "a and rs, to
choose delegates to all conventions.
The socialist labor party organized
at Lowell Mass, at informal caucuses.
1t is proposed to nominate regular tick
cts. A Lawrence man will be supported
for congress.
Miss Anna c. Allen, principal Of the
oral department of the state school for
the deaf at Fulton, Mo-, died at her sum-
mer home at North bennington, VT. She
was 50 years old.
Albert Dadey was drown at Clinton,
Mass.
Salvatore Dedmont1, bootblack, aged
IS, fell down an elevator we'll at Boston,
and was instantly killed.
The Twenty first Massachusetts Regi-
ment association held the 39th annual
reunion at Gardner, Mass. with SO men,
bers present. Ten companies were rep
resented at the meeting.
At the opening of the grand circuit
meeting at the Readville, Mass, track,
the Blue Hill stake event was won by
Annie Burns, owned in Rushville, Ind.
Miss Amy Graves, aged 20, a popular
young lady of Hudson, Mass, committed
suicide by drowning. She was taken
sick last December with the grip from
which she never recovered, and it badly
affected her mind.
freight wreck on the Boston and
Albany railroad, about three miles wNst
Of Springfield, Mass, blocked both tracks
for hours. A freight separated and
came together again, wrecking five cars
and scattering the debris over both
tracks.
David T. Durfee, So years old, and I'M
married, committed suicide at Paw
tucket, r. l., by hanging.
Miss Sarah H. Foster, IA years Old
was struck by trolley car at Ports
mouth, N. H, and received injuries from
which she died.
John p. Devine, a farm hand, was
drowned in a pond near his home In
GAINESVILLE, Mass. While watering
horses, he was seized with a fit and fell
into the water and drowned before as
sstance could reach him.
While addressing a meeting of Italians
at New Haven on the assassination OF
King Humbert, Alphonso Larricca OF
New York suffered a stroke of paralysis,
caused by the rupture of blood vessel.
He is not expected to recover.