News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-02-02

q collision between the latter in his
automobile and the plaintiffs in their
carriage.
The Morgan building, the largest
block in Lakeport, N. H., was dam
aged to the extent of-S12 900 by fire.
Conrad Nelson, a fisherman on a
Boston schooner, was drowned while
hauling travis.
A pardon was refused John VIII
liams, who is serving sentence OF
fifty years in New Hampshire state
prison for murder, by the governors
council. He has served fifteen years.
Mrs. Mary Riley, so, died at Lew
iston, Me-, from burns suffered in a
fire which destroyed her house and
caused her husbands death.
The Boston and Maine railroad eX-
port embargo was modified. and in
the near future further notifications
will be made.
Leading oyster growers, represent
Ing an investment of SIS, 900, 900, or
ganized at New Haven to ask the
federal government to prevent poIlu-
ton of waters by sewage.
w. p. b. Brooks & Co., furniture
dealers, Boston, owe SIS, 900, &C
cording to bankruptcy schedules filed
! by the company.
Requests of los, 900 to charity are
made in the will filed at Dedham,
Mass, of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
French, widow of the late Charles A.
! French.
Henry l.. Phillips, So, was killed
at Brocllton, Mass, when he was
struck by taXicab.
Clarence l.. Keith, a foreman, OF
Maiden, Mass, filed bankruptcy
petition. He owes S37 ,012.
BY touching a wet electric light
pole with his hand Alden e. Gould,
25, freight brakeman, was electro
cuted at Revere, Mass.
Loretz Sandrella, 4, was probably
fatally hurt when a case of beer
dropped from a window at Holyoke,
Mass, striking her upon the head
and fracturing her skull.
Charles G. West, 60, farmer OF
Wakefield, Mass. killed himself by
shooting in Boston park.
Peter F. Keegan, 60, was killed
by gas at his home in Revere, Mass.
The gas escaped from an open cock in
another room.
Accidentally tipping over gas
stove in his bedroom, severing tube
and allowing gas to leak, John S.
Phelan, 28, of Quincy, Mass, was
found dead.
The nomination of John B. Madigan
of Houlton as an associate justice OF
the Maine supreme court was con-
tirmed by the governor and council.
Henry b. Cabot, director and
also treasurer and clerk of the Bos
ton and Lowell railroad for fifteen
years, has resigned.
Boston is facing a flour famine
which will drive the price to $40 or
higher in the next month. This is the
prediction of dealers.
While crossing street at Boston
Dora Pinanski, 81, was struck and
killed by trolley car.
James Dempsey, Lynn, Mass,
liquor dealer, filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. He admits debts of $10,-
$40. Al.
Rising from a chair to hang his coat
on a hook in the tenders house at
Boston drawbridge, Drawtender
Thomas F.. Dunn, 40, fell to the floor
dead.
William H. Nash of Arlington,
Mass. has been appointed aide-de-
camp on the staff of Commander-in-
Chief Mantfort of the G. A. R.
More than a score of Harvard stu
dents will take part in a geological
field trip to the mountains of Colorado
under the direction of Professor At
wood. The party will leave Boston
early in July.
Edwin Riley, an aged farmer, was
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed his home near Lewiston, Me.
David G. Jarvis, charged with as
saulting Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C. Hat
ter, an aged couple, at Pembroke,
Mass. was held in $500 for a hear
ing.
Nathaniel w. Hobbs was inaugural
ed mayor of Concord, N. H., sue
ceeding Charles j. French, who re-
tired after a service of ten years.
Charles M. Coulter, As, former
mayor of Brockton, Mass. died after
having been i'll but two days with
pneumonia.
Francis Connolly, 16, was hit by a
rain at Boston and sustained injuries
which resulted in his death. ~
David Sulivitz, 5, was so severely
injured by street car at Boston that
lie died.
James M. Nelson dropped through
he ice of a small pond at Norton,
Mass. and was drowned.
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