Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-12
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Happenings In Various Parts Of
New England
Sarah B. Lyon, Q widow. died q
Meriden, Conn. In her Tooth year.
The United States fisheries steamer
Halcyon was launched ct Boothesy'
Ne.
Josiah @. Beanstt, 81. president OF
many large companies, died ct Cam
bridge, Mass.
Harold harding. 8, Of Augusta
Me-, was drowned In the Kennebec
river while skating.
The Evening Call Reporter. q /.
cent Woonsocket, r. l., newspaper,
advanced its price to 2 cents copy.
The Ma, the latest type Of subma-
rine built for the United States gov
ernment, was launched at Bridge
port, Conn.
Herman Banker, q conductor en-
ployed by the Boston Elevated Rail-
way company, committed suicide by
asphyxiation.
Governor elect Milliken OF Maine
appointed Lester NJ. G. N. Hart, .
Portland Press reporter. as secretary
to the governor.
Charles H. Whipple, 81, Q carriage
manufacturer, dropped dead Of heart
disease at Danvers. Mass, while
talking at a telephone.
The Rhode Island board Of agri-
culture issued an order prohibiting
the importation Of cattle into the
state except by permission.
The deer season opened In south
em New Hampshire and will remain
open for the next two weeks. There
are prospects of q large hll this year.
Esther Reischgott, Is, Of New Ha-
ven, while blowing up q toy balloon
took q long breath, sucked the BAL
loon down her throat and choked to
death.
Delegates to the convention OF the
Allied Textile Workers Of Maine,
voted to present to mill owners re-
quest for Q 10 percent increase IN
wages.
Despondent over failing health,
John H. Conners committed suicide at
Wa.tham, Mass, by shooting. He
was lound dying BY his wife and four
children.
Some Of the guests Of the st. Crot1
hotel, Calais, Me-. were forced out
of doors in their night clothing when
fire damaged the hotel to the extent
Of $40 900.
Mrs. Katherine Finn Of Holyoke,
Mass, attempted to kill herself and
2O-months -old baby by gas asphyxia-
ton. The baby is dead. but Mrs.
Finn may recover.
Nicholas 8. c. Conway, Sc, q
comedian known on the stage as
Laughing Casey" died Of heart fail
ure at Watertown. Conn. while
walking with his wife.
The wife and daughter Of Eugene
c. Johnson committed suicide at
Brattleboro, VT, by inhahng gas.
Mrs. Johnson was 60 years Of age and
her daughter. Vivian, 2S.
Henry T. Murphy, 80. was In
stantly killed, little girl was crtti-
cally injured and three others were
slightly hurt, WREN their automobile
overturned at Rehoboth, Mass.
John Haines, 81, who for more
than seventy years was continuously
employed BY the Boston Manufactur-
ing company in it's Waltham, Mass.
mills, died at his home in that city.
James Scollay, g., Of Gardner,
Mass. who had been acting strange
ly, drank the contents OF a bottle OF
chloroform liniment while under
guard OF a policeman, and died Of the
effects.
AS a result of the strike Of Boston
shoe repairmen, they now have short
er hours and a substantial increase in
pay. AS a result the Job Of whole
soling and heeling q pair Of shoes now
costs $2.25.
The records to date show that S32
deer we're shot In Massachusetts
during the season this year. as
against 11O5 during 1915. OF the
number killed 535 were bucks and
297 were doss.
Hunting claimed two victims at At
tleboro, Mass. a 17-year-old boy and
1O-year -old girl, both of whom were
accidentally shot and almost instantly
killed. The victims were George
Brask and Viola Jewett.
Lincoln w. Parsons, 46, fisher
man, discharged a shotgun into his
face in an attempt to kill himself at
New HarAcr. Me. Failing in two at
tempts he secured third shell and
blew of the top Of his head.
Joseph Bennett, 80, was instantly
killed and William Slater, 45, was
dangerously injured when a staging
from which the men were painting
collapsed aud threw them to the
ground at Watertown, Mass.
Engineer Lake and Fireman Slack
were killed and two passengers seri-
vusly hurt and several others received
minor injuries when an express train
ran into an open switch and ploughed
through standing freight train. at
Beacon Falls, Conn.
Six head Of fancy cattle valued ct
S2700, two colts valued at $500, sew
eral pigs and large number Of poul-
u