The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-09-28
NEWS CONDENSED
FOR BUSY READERS
Happenings In Various Parts o.
New England

| 2VUln ann NtISdTA OF lne lhataitdtt"'
Of Boston light
Joseph Madaires, 8, was struck anC
Killed by an automobile at Swansea
X, /.
William II. Tracy, l6. OF Green
wood, Me. was killed by a train on
a crossing.
The body Of Edward Bucheash. y,
was found floating in a mill trench al
Pawtucket, r. |.
NJ. j Monarity of Lewiston was
chosen president of the Maine Fire
Chiefs assc iaton.
Archie Torosian. 25, died at .iil-
ford, Mass from injuries received
in a head ION automobile collision,
Mrs, Althea G. Quimhy of Turner
was reelected president of the Maine
Woman's Christian Temperance union
The opening of Boston's puolic
schools will be delayed until oct,
because of the infantile paralysis sit
uation.
Timothy Crowley, Al, received in
juries which caused his death at Pos
ton when he was struck by an auto
mobile.
Returning to her home at Boston
Mrs. Francis Hallowell found her
husband, As, dead with gas tube in
his mouth.
The strike that has embroiled the
freight handlers of the Boston and
Maine system for months was de-
clared off.
Governor Curtis renominated John
J. keegan as the judge of the Bath,
Me. municipal court for a term OF
four years.
Henry w. Staples, II, for many
years proprietor Of the Old Orchard
House, Old Orchard, Me-, died OF
heart disease.
Edgar Boyden, cripple, was
drowned at Bridgewater, Mass.
when he lost his balance while rowing
on Skim Milk river.
A year OF prosperity was described
in the reports of officers at the TWEEN
ty-eighth annual meeting OF the Maine
state board of trade.
More than $3.50 was missed by
burglars who broke into the safe in
the shop of Max Bushman, Boston,
and got away with $50.
Mrs. Georgiannas Bergeron of Al
denyille, Mass. gave birth to mp
lets by Caesarian operation. Mother
and children are doing well.
Losing his balance while on lad
der, Edward Ellerton, 33, fell be-
tween a pair of rollers at Biddeford,
Me. dye works and was killed.
Augustus Leonard, "a, a novelty
woodworker, committed suicide by
drowning at Fairfield, Me. He rad
been Respondent because Of i'll health,
Two hundred employees Of the
Rhode Island Glass company went on
strike at Central Falls after their lie
mand for an eight hour day had been
refused.
Congressman John j. Rogers OF
Lowell was elected chairman OF the
platform committee for the Republi-
can state convention to be held in
Boston Oct. 7.
Mrs. Naca J. Huntley of Bar Har-
Dor, Me-, a bride Of four days, was
killed when a shotgun was accidental
ly DISCHARGED by 5-year- child
Of her sisters.
Mrs Mildred f. Page filed d.
yorce suit against Louis G. Page, |
Boston publisher and club member.
She charges him with neglect 20 pro-
vide suitable support.
Fire destroyed the postoffice and |
two other structures at Van Buren,, |
Me, causing a loss estimated at
sl2 600. Children playing with
matches started the blaze
A freight train was derailed at
Wells, Me, and James Madigan OF
New York, who was stealing a ride,
was injured, probably fatally. More
than a dozen cars we're wrecked
Fred Bunyan, "a, was killed and
Raymond Mattson, %, received
broken ankle when the motorcycle on
which they were driving side-swiped
Bn automobile at Westheld, Mass.
A sentence Of one year and four
months imposed on Samuel W. Car
yer, a Boston lawyer, who waS lonnd
guilty Of larceny from client, was
'eaftirmed and he was taken to prison
Captain Thomas Clark &C. chief
Jerk in the Maine adjutant generals
,fiice for more than twenty five years,
Until his retirement on a pension on 4
an. /, 1915, died from heart trouble. |,
Charles c. Burrill, rs, president OF
he BuTrill National bank and treas I
Irer and trustee Of the Hancock
'ounty Savings bank, both Of which {
he founded, died at Els |
worth, Me. II