Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-10-10

Me-, which had been closed three
weeks. was destroyed by fire. The
loss is $50, 900.
George Perkins, IS, q farmer, was
crushed by the wheels after falling
from a wagon at st. Johnsbury, VT,
dying shortly afterward.
Adam Tarzein, convicted of MUIR
dering Mrs. Belle Ostravick and her
daughter, Anna, in Chelsea, was
sentenced to death at Boston.
Haven Leighton, 10, we'll known in
Grand Army circles throughout Wor-
cester county, committed suicide at
Northboro, Mass, by shooting.
More than fifty families are expect
ed to remove from Milford, N. H.,
as the result of the sale of the Need
ham Basket company Of Peterboro.
While at work in the Fore River
ship yards at Quincy, Mass, Guido
Patzioli was struck and killed by a
heavy steel plate which fell on him.
The summer home at Hamilton,
Mass, of H. C.. Perkins OF Wash.
ington was broken into by burglars
and $4,000 worth OF silver plate stolen.
Three ice houses were burned and
four dwellings damaged by fire
which threatened the destruction oil
part of the village of Norwood, X. /.
Leaping from a trolley car to re-
cover her hat, which had blown on
Miss Mary Buckley, 30, of Lewiston,
Me-, was SO badly injured that she
died.
Trixie, the pet squared Of Green
wich, Conn.,, couldn't eat nuts aftei
she shattered tooth. so the inhabi-
tants Clipped in and bought her
gold one.
The body of Carl Hight. So, was
found in the water at Saco, Me. II
is supposed he was about to take his
motorboat out when he fell overheard
and was drowned.
John Sault, employed in the Quine.
baug mills, Danieison, Conn. nearly
killed Harry Fisher, to whom he had
not spoken for ten years. and then
committed suicide.
Alonzo Copeland, 3S, a hostler,
was burned to death, and sever
horses destroyed in fire which de-
stroyed a livery stable in the centre
of Pawtucket, R. /.
Thomas McAvoy,. moving picture
star, is named in the divorce case IN
which Fred Mansfield, proprietor ol
the Crown hotel, Providence, seeks
q divorce from his wife.
Timothy J. Hayes, clerk in the
Boston postoffice, who pleaded guilty
to embezzling letter from the Unit
ed States mails, was sentenced to jail
for one year and one day.
The New Hampshire state conven-
ton referred to "a needless mobiliza-
tion of the National Guard" and urged
various constitutional amendments
and legislative measures.
Falling five stories from the roof OF
his home at Boston to the street when
he lost his balance while playing
with a companion, Frederick Gard
ner, 8, was instantly killed.
An increase of nearly $19 900 900
In the valuation Of the city over last
year was announced by the Quincy,
Mass. board of assessors. The ex-
act increase was SIS, 784 ,193.
Governor Curtis Of Maine renomi-
mated John B. Roberts as the judge
of the Caribou municipal court and
Harvey H. Brazzell as Judge Of the
western Somerset municipal court.
Stricken with an apopletic fit as
she was crossing the floor Of her home
at Boston with q lighted kerosene
lamp in her hand, Mrs. Elizabeth
Doyle, AZ, q widow, was burned to
death.
Giving his profession as travelling
salesman for a laundry" Lew Chin
Hoey, a Chinaman, "a, applied at
Boston city hall for marriage IL
cense to wed Eva M. Waite, 20, q
white woman.
When the Massachusetts militia
units at the border are mustered out
of the United States service upon
their return, they will be held at or
near their present war strength for
some time, II not permanently.
c. O'Connell Calvin, So, writer on
Irish subjects and prominent Irish
leader, died at Boston from acute
uraemic poisoning. For the past
eight years his articles have appeared
In the Boston American. He was
native Of Cork.
Harvard university treasury col
lected $3.50 200 in tuition fees as a
starter for the new college year. Be-
tween 1900 and 4700 students who
registered in the dozen different de-
partments Of the university furnished
the quarter of million.