St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-07-11
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS.

MAYOR Leondlu' "' q AeeIlHS OF the
,.rronce, Mass. board of aldermen
D~nounced that the Lawrence Gas COM
INV had reduced the price of gas to
4 per OOfeet'
"reorge Monarch, 70 years of age a
.toran of the Civil war, was found
va near Salem, Mass. Death was due
~ rupture of vein.
81 Gains Duval, aged II, was drowned
.nor Greenville, N. H.
NI pev, Benjamin A. Wilmott, pastor of
,,a congregational church of Lee, N. H.,
NC accepted call to the Congregational
nostorate at Townsend, Mass.
The body of an infant was found on
& Ava beach at Berch Point, two miles be-
law Machiasport, Me. A jury found
.Sot the infant was alive at birth, and
.hot death had been caused by criminal
raglect of the mother. An arrest is
looked for.
Mike Seeley died at Boston as the re-
srlt of injuries resulting from falling
from building.
THE Pope Memorial church on Jeru-
.o,am road, Cohasset, Mass, was dedi-
Gated with appropriate ceremonies.
1opl Burnett, the oldest member of the
New York produce exchange, and for
wears prominent In the business inter-
ssts of the country, died at Marlboro
Mass, as the result Of fall. Mr.. Bur-
nett was IS years old.
Ross the 3-year-old son of Rev STAN
ley G. Tyndall of Springfield. Mass, was
strangled to death by swallowing a but
ton,
The United States internal revenue
receipts for the year ending June 80 for
tbe district of Connecticut, which also
Includes the state of Rhode Island,
shows that 794 was collected. The
total receipts for the year exceeds those
of any year since 1871.
The store of r. F. Fuller, at Cam
bridge Junction, VT, in which the post
Office is located, was broken into and
q small amount Of money, some cloth
lng and cigars stolen. The stamps and
money belonging to the postoffice were
not disturbed.
While driving at Newport, r. l., Mrs.
stuyvesant Fish dropped package con-
tanning jeWelry valued at several thou
sand dollars. She did not discover her
loss for some time. Later in the day a
Waterman Of one of the cottages re-
covered the package, receiving a SUBJ
stantal reward.
Clifford Ferris, q years old was taken
to the hospital at Salem, Mass, with a
bullet wound over his heart His father
says the shooting was accidental. Fer
ris made an attempt at suicide on Feb.
u last, over love disappointment.
The corner stone of the Field Memorial
library the gift of Marshall Field of
Chicago, to his native town, in memory
Of his father and mother, John Field and
F!delia Nash Field, was laid at Conway,
Mass, with interesting exercises.
The clothes cleaning place of Jacob
Swar2, at Lynn, Mass, was wrecked by
an explosion Of naphtha, and Swarz was
badly burned about the head and arms.
Diphtheria is prevailing at Livermore
Falls, Me, there being several cases un-
der quarantine among French Canadian
families. There has been only one
death.
Leander n. Norcross, IS years Old who
has been missing, was found dead at
Gardner, Mass, having died from apo
p-eXy and exposure.
Wiley block, two-story building at
Milton n. H., owned and occupied by
Joseph II. Wiley as a general store, and
by Harry Bassett, barber, was burned.
Loss, 81 900.
George D. Eastman, shoemaker, AZ
years old, committed suicide at Beverly.
Mass, by shooting.
by the caving in Of a clay bank at
Suncook, n. H., Fred Payo, SO years old,
was crushed so badly that he died few
hours later.
isaac NJ. Boardman died at Belfast,
Me, Mr.. Boardman had been a member
OF both branches of the legislature, was
mayor of Belfast in 1872, and had held
many other municipal offices. Death was
due to paralysis.
Robert Bergman, wool dealer, Boston,
mas petitioned in bankruptcy. His
schedules show total liabilities of $685.
81. Assets are scheduled nominally at
$u5>0 represented in encountered real
estate.
Fireman Flaherty, whose name ap-
pears among the Americans wounded in
China, is ]. T. N. Flaherty of Portland,
Me- who joined the navy at Boston some
two years ago.