Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-03-06

Bangor, Mel, merchant, and, regard
ed az an authority on horses and track
events. died after brief illness.
George Abbott, 81, Of Cambridge,
Mass. missed his footing a. he
stepped into a rowboat, fell into the
Charles river and was drowned.
Robbers broke through q rear VIM
dow at the Winchester, Mass. post
ONCE and stole $75 in stamps and
money. The safe was untouched.
An iron nut, forced through the
skull into his brain when he was
struck by a train, caused the death at
Haverhill, Mass, Of Frank Moncu-
80, AZ.
Rt. Rev. Mgr. John B. H. Milette,
Is, one Of the oldest Catholic priests
in point OF service in New Hamp-
shire, died at Nashua after q brief
illness.
Ten thousand dollars alimony was
awarded to Mrs. Hazel g. Hastings
Of Medford, Mass, when she was
granted divorce from Samuel b.
Hastings.
Frank w. Mitchell was nominated
as mayor Of Montpelier, VT, without
opposition at q citizens caucus. Tine
nomination ia considered equivalent
to election.
The Massachusetts house Of repre-
sentatives stood firmly for the death
penalty, motion to substitute an
abolition bill being defeated by vote
Of % to 131.
Almost $3.50 1000 was netted by the
national allied bazaar held in Boston
and almost the whole Of that sum has
been distributed by the National Al
He'd Relief committee.
A woman and a man were rescued
from the Washington House, Salem.
Mass. when fire swept through
store beneath the hotel, and crept
into the first floors Of the hostelry.
Sabine Preciosi, 80, on whom ma
ture bestowed an extra finger on each
hand and an extra toe on each loot,
is detained at the Boston immigration
station pending inquiry. He came
from Italy.
Miss Elizabeth F. Calhoun, an in
valid, was burned to death at Woon-
socket, R. l.. in her wheel chair. 1t
Is believed she was poking fire
when live coal fell on her dress, is-
hitting It.
A shortage Of $1457 in the accounts
OF Town Treasurer Charles A. VIII
bar of Bridgewater, Mass, was le-
ported by the certified accountant VINO
has been at work on the books since
Wilbar disappeared.
Leave to withdraw" was voted in
the Massachusetts house on dill
which would authorize incorporated
medical schools to give their students
instruction in the nature and meth
ods" of preventing conception.
DR.. Alfred w. Lavigne, charged
with performing illegal surgery on
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Shevlin, which
operation Is alleged to have caused
her death, was held at Lowell, Mass,
in $4,000 bonds for the grand jury.
Mrs. Carrie j. PaHtt of Boston won
a verdict Of s403 from jury in her
suit against her own father, Andrew
D.. Wayland, brought to recover $3.50
for services for him as maid, house
keeper and bookkeeper from Oct. 20,
1910, to April 10, 1914.
Another fire in the "spud'' belt
hashed brown 1000 barrels of potatoes
owned by Allen & Co., at Ashland,
Me. This brought the total destruc-
ton of the tubers to about $1,000
barrels during February.
Illuminating gas which had seeped
into an electrical conduit at Avon.
Mass. from broken gas main,
caused an explosion which hurled Ave
heavy manhole covers high into the
air and shook the ground for miles
around.
The New England Milk Dealers as
ISOLATION, consisting Of 1000 farmers,
filed q petition with the Massachusetts,
legislature to become corporation
the first big corporation Of milk pro-
ducers in the history Of this part OF
the country.