The Press., 1910-02-02
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eion as foreman in the finishing de. partment of the Somerset WooIen com
 pany and has gone to Worcester
 where his wife is in dangerous con
 dition in the St. Vincent hospital from the results of an operation.
 It being impossible to find more suitable quarters for the 5th and 9th grades, the seats and desks have been removed from Dr. Soule's block to She town hall, where the school will be continued for the present. The seats and desks can be moved to the ante room or basement to clear the hall when necessary.
 A part of George o. Flynt's dam hoated out during the storm last Fri day night at North Monson. George does not give dam enough though when he puts it in. He does not give dam Q good show. The dam proro- sition has to be more carefully worked out. A part of his factory is inun- dated and not loom is in operation.
 Ensign Ralph Needham, formerly of the battleship Connecticut, is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Needham. on Main street on two-months' leave of absence. En. sign Needham is just out of the naval hospital at Portsmouth, Va, where he has been confined with q severe attack of typhoid fever. MT. Need ham has been detached from the Con. necticut and is waiting orders.
 Chief Needham of the fire depart. ment has added six Adriatic chemicals to the equipment and will place them around town. He has stocked up on bars, axes and incidentals and has purchased a 5O-foot ladder. The new ladder will be ten feet longer than anything the department now has. With the new additions the de-. partment Ia in hrst.clsss shape, and will be able to live up to the enviable reputation so thoroughly established.
 Past Commander G. K. Fuller and suite installed the following officers of the Marcus Keeep Grand Army post in their hall Monday night: Com mander, F. N. Wood; senior vice. commander, M. D. Cushman; junior vice-commander, T. J. Mills; officer of the day, J, O. Mcguire; chaplain, Charles Abbott; quartermaster, Sam uel Closson; adjutant, F. 0. Parke; surgeon, G, E. Fuller; officer of the guard. W. A. Charles; quartermaster- sergeant, J. B. Davis: sergeant, Maj. c. W. Seymour; patriotic instructor, G. E. Fuller.
 The officers of the A. A. Gage camp, Sons of Veterans, were in. stalled Tuesday night in the Grand Army hall, Past Commander K. E. Hobson of Palmer doing the work. The following officers were installed l: Commander. Frank Maguire; senior vice commander, Claude Duncan; junior ice.oommander, Arthur Moves; camp council, O. A. Switzer, F. J Flynt, Wilbert McEwan, staff officers; treasurer. K. B. Munsell l; secretary, Walter Naughton guide, William Charles; patriotic instructor, A. o. Page; chaplain. U. M. Gage; principal musician, Wilbert McEwan; inside guard, R. A. Beckwith; out. side guard, O. A. Switzer. Follow ing the installation a oollation was served.
 Thomas O'Riley, 8 woolen worker for the Somerset Woolen company at South Monson, was brought to the office of Dr McQuade last week Sunday afternoon with bad cut oyer his left eye, which required several stitches to close. O'Riley later en. tered complaint with Sheriff Murray that he had been assaulted by James Conroy with knife in the smoking room of a house in South Monson where they both boarded. The sheriff made an investigation and ar rested Conroy in his room at the house, and held as witnesses John Dwyer and George Robinson. Ill., feeling is supposed to have existed be- tween the two for some time, and 1t is said that the interference of by islanders prevented an encounter on previous occasion. O'Riley is a carder and Oonroy is a, second hand in the mill of the Somerset Woolen com. pany. In the district court Monday, Oonroy was held in $500 bonds. he was unable to furnish.