Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-06-20

Manufacturing company, Somers-
worth. n. H.. eansed BY . nxhtnins
holt.
NiddlebGry, Vt, college II TO Oh
serve, 1t tn commencement exef-
cises this month. the centenary Of
the birth Of John G. SAKE. q well
known poet and humorist Of IN eaziIel
generatioa-
The Manchester. n. H.. Publicity
association has approved the Saving
daylight" plan. and vin begin at once
IN active campaign to sound public
sentiment With regard to its applica-
ton locally.
An increase Of $3es 1854 IN tmpor-
tafIons and q decrease Of 81 .375, 20,
In expectations from the month oil
April is shown IN the report for Nay
Just issued by Collector Cominss Of
the Vermont customs district.
After serving for thirteen years In
10 double capacity as minister Of the
Uniyersaiist churches of Gardner and
Westminster, Mass. Rev. Lucy II.
Giles has fled her resignation with
both parishes. to take effect Sept. /.
Lewis A. Horton. "a, for many
years guardian of the custom house
appraisers' stores at Boston, and a
veteran Of the Civil var with a re-
markable record. died Suddenly. He
lost both arms in 1863 by the prema-
ture explosion Of gun on the Rhode
Island, which he was loading at the
tine. Z
Louis Farrad, 65, Of Eoeton vas
found dead from accidental gas POD
soning in his room.
The body Of Lionel Psreneau. 3.
Of Suncook. n. H., was found float
ling in the Suncook nver.
Bert Castine, 30, who has been
wori.ng in br:ckyErd. Vas drowned
whi,e bathing at HaTeraill. Mass.
The Union Steel Casting plant al
Boston was destroyed by e Sre that
caused a total damage Of $3.50, 900.
Harvard students started a boom
to name one Of Professor Joel Met
ealfe's planets after the university.
Fifteen hundred boys Of the Proyi-
dence high school cadet corps marched
through the streets on their annual
demonstration.
With a razor in the right hand, the
body Of Patrick Lomasney. so, was
found in his home at Boston. The
throat was cut.
Rev. DR.. John ]. Martin, profess
sor of Christian theology In Bangor
(Me.) Theological seminary, was in
Quoted into Office.
John G. Erickson Of Quincy. Mass. /,
was struck and fatally injured by a
police ambulance in that city. He
died al hour later.
No semaphore system OF regulating
traffic viii he established in Boston.
This was the, decision the street COM
missioners reAehed.
Margaret and May Glib, famous
-Siamese Twins" of Holyoke, Mass.
celebrated their fourth birthday. They
are in the best OF health.
The Office Of president of the Calu-
met and Hecla Mining company was
filed at the directors meeting at Bos-
ton by electing r. L. Agassiz.
Mrs. Joel T. Whitney, who labored
in foreign mission fields with her hus-
band, Rev. Joel Whitney, died al
Royalton, VT, of heart disease.
Lying face downward and held BY
the branch of a tree, the body Of an
unidentified man was found in the
Housatonic river at Pittsfeld. Mass.
Students Of Vermont academy,
Baptist institution at Saxtons River
were surprised when Dew. Dr.. Law
SON announced his retirement as prin-
cipal.
Charles w. Bickford. superinten-
dent OF the Manchester, n. H.
schools, was chosen to I'LL a similar
position by the Lewiston. Me-. school
board.
The Oldtown, Me-, city government
onered a reward of 1925 for in.or-
nation in the case Of Albert Beau
lieu, 17-year- old mill worker, who
was murdered.
twenty-five young women, the
largest number in the history of the
Long island (Boston) hospital train
ing school for nurses, graduated from
that institution.
Alfred Theibault, Al, laborer.
| was instantly killed by the caving In
of a supporting wall at the picker
plant of the C. 8. Dodge cotton mills
at Lowell. Mass.
From all parts Of the United States
and Canada sons of Guilford, Me.
will gather June IT and Is to cele-
brate the Tooth anniversary of the
founding Of the town.
The mangied body Of Mrs. Kate
Perkins, %, was found on the rail-
road tracks at Milton. N. H. 1t is
believed she took her own life by
jumping beneath train.
A threatened strike Of nearly 1400
railroad clerks on the Boston and
Maine wes averted by an agreement
effected between the company and the
Brotherhood Of Railroad Clerks.
Herbert e. Tasker, janitor Of the
Austin Cate academy, STAFFORD, N.
| H., was badly burned when he took
q lantern into a small building hous-
| ing a gas generator, In search Of
leak.
Between seventy-five and eighty
| feet of the wharf Of the Lubec Sar-
dine comrany, Belfast, Me-, caved
In. letting nearly 400 tons Of coal into
the water. The damage may reach
| $4,000.
Bangor Theoloy ical seminary, which
| has the distinction of being the only
Congregational seminary In New Eng
land north OF Massachusetts. held
| exercises marking the close Of Its
Tooth year.
When the British steamer Great
City sailed from Boston she took out
the largest cargo Of grain ever shipped
from an American port to Europe