Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Mrs. Patrick MCGOWAN, aged IS.
fell down stairs at her home on Lin
den street, North Adams Wednesday
evening, and was Killed. Her skull
was fractured. Mrs. MCGOWAN had
just returned from shopping. There
was no one in the house. but her fall
attracted the attention of neighbors.
The husband and four children sur
vive.
After nearly three years Eben H.
Blaisde1l. a grocer of Portsmouth.
hears from a balloon he sent up tagged
from his place of business. The tag an
nouneed that the finder would be re-
warded. Mrs. Mary Shaw of Exeter
discovered the balloon, which bore the
date of April %, 1910. in a tree. and
was awarded a Christmas gift for her
find
Greeley s. Curtis of the firm of Bur
CESS Co, &; Curtis, of Marblehead,
builders IF aeroplanes, was seriously
injured at the plant, about 40 Thurs
day afternoon Mr. Curtis, with F. Fl.
Russell, superintendent of the plant
was standing on the runway, tuning
up fine propeller of one of the new gov
eminent aeroplanes to try our a new
engine, when he slipped and the pro-
peller struck him in the left leg, eaus-
ing a compound fracture and injuries
to his face and body.
Simplified spelling is recognized and
embodied in the program of the 30th
annual meeting of the Modern Lam
guage Association of America which
opened, Thursday, at the University of
Philo delphia, Philadelphia. Universities
and colleges in all sections of the eoun-
try ere represented by delegates inter-
ested in the improvement and teaching
of modern languages. Prof Charles
Hall Grandgent, of Harvard, president
of thu association, presided.
Stripped of all clothing except a
necktie and with one leg missing, the
mangled body of a man believed to be
Lewis Wilson, a slack wire perform
er, was found along the Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks near Methuen, n. j.,
Thursday morning. A letter was found
in the clothing from his wife, Anna
Wilson, mailed from GAINESVILLE, O., in
forming him she would join him the
first of the year The letter indicated
he had been stopping at the Mills Ho-
tel, New York, up to Dec. %.
Mrs. Mary Kubiski. wife of Wal
lace Kubiski, died at the Memorial
hospital a Pawtucket, r. l., Thurs
day, where she was taken with a bull
let wound in the abdomen received.
Monday night, at her home in Valley
Falls According to her statement she
was shot accidentally by her husband
while he was reloading his revolver
to drive away some roughs who We're
making trouble around the house
about II o'clock. He is under bonds
to answer a charge of assault on the
woman with a dangerous weapon.
The age of the woman is SO, and
eight children survive
Nichola Paulloni was arraigned in
district court at Greenfield, Thursday,
on a charge of assaulting, with in
tent to murder, Joseph Balzatti at
Turner's Falls, Wednesday afternoon.
The complainant was Joseph b. DAILY,
a new member of the District Police
stationed at Northampton. Through
an interpreter Paulloni pleaded not
guilty, his sureties We're fixed at &c.
600 and in default he was taken to
the Franklin county Jail. A hearing
was fixed for Jan. T. Frank Trusina.
who it is alleged fired the rifle ball
which penetrated Balzatti's left lung.
is still at large. BalZatti was report
ed, Thursday evening, at the Farren
hospital at comfortable. There is
much conflicting detail as to the al
legged shooting.