St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-08-22
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS.

Mrs. William Titus, aged So, died at
bridgeport, Conn.,, from burns received
~, the explosion of an oil stove.
At the opening of the grand circuit
Meeting at the Readville, Mass, track,
.ho Blue Hill stake event was won by
Annie Burns, owned in Rushville, Ind
Miss Amy Graves, aged 20, a popular
vonng lady Of Hudson, Mass, committed
suicide by drowning. She was taken
sicl, last December with the grip from
which she never recovered, and it badly
effected her mind.
freight wreck on the Boston and
Albany railroad, about three miles west
of springfeld, Mass, blocked both tracks
for hours. A freight separated and
came together again, wrecking five cars
and scattering the debris over both
tracks.
George C. Lodge, son of Senator Lodge,
and Miss Matilda f. Davis, daughter Of
Judge Davis of the court of claims,
washington, were quietly married at
Boston
David T. Durfee, IS years old, and I'M
married. committed suicide at Paw
tucket, R. l., by hanging.
Miss Sarah H. Foster, "a years old,
was struck by a trolley car at Ports
mouth, N. H, and received injuries from
which she died.
During an unusually severe electric
storm at Fall River, Mass, the plant of
the Sanford Spinning company was
struck by bolt of lightning. Damage
of $500 was sustained.
John P. Devine, 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
sistance could reach him.
While addressing 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.
John Gibbons, a teamster was ar
rested at Boston, charged with stealing
900 pounds Of sugar from the American
Sugar Refining company and an Italian
was arrested for receiving the same.
Melvin Adams, "a years old, used
arsenic with fatal effect at Townsend,
Mass.
The postoffice department has ordered
the establishment of rural free delivery
service on Sept. at Naugatuck, Conn.
After a contest in the Boston school
|, ho 10 cd fo L,
Edwin P. Seaver was reelected superin-
tendent of schools.
Undertakers from all parts of Massa-
chusetts met at Boston and formed the
Massachusetts, Undertakers' associa-
ton.
The valuable historical library Of the
late George L. Balloon was sold at Clare
mont, N. H., for $500. c. F. Libbie Of
Boston secured the collection.
Fire at Boston caused a loss Of $50 900,
chiefly to Timothy Gay & Co., wholesale
u groceTs.
A George B. Osborne, aged 10, Of Newton,
Mass, was drowned while bathing
Boston police took into custody big
John" McClaire, who is wanted for the
shooting of two men at Dover, N. H.
Abijah w. Goddard died at Brookline,
n Mass, aged 81. He had held many town
and other offices.
The members of the Arlington, Mass
Baptist society, whose church building
n was burned n few weeks ago, have de-
c.del to use the old site and to erect a
u Herbert II. Gold, aged 81, was drowned
al Amherst, Mass, while bathing. 1t Is
supposed that he was taken with cramps.
John Wheeler, an employe of the Brig
n ham Milk company of Boston, was run
over by an express train at Cordaville,
Mass, and killed.
The postofiice department has ordered
the establishment of rural free delivery
service at st. Adams, VT, and additional
service at West Salisbury, VT.
Lorenzo D. Richardson, 81 years old
one of the oldest citizens Of Hartford
committed suicide by shooting. He had
been in failing health, and was de-
spondent.
N Despondent over failure to obtain
work, John A. Raycroft, So years of age,
u shot himself at Boston, death resulting
Instantly.