Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-03-13

10 form nRVsI utus'
Mayor Curiey finished The Boston
budget for the coming year. Tne 10
I'll amount Is s25. o5s. 4s1.ob.
After she fell from her hishchaar
into a boiler full Of hot water. Rosa
Metcovsk. 2. died at Quincy. MASS
The windsor House. the largest no.
tai In Gardner, Mass. was destroyed
by FIRE. The loss q estimated %
; s76 900.
Thomas Brosnan, IL, broke throusn
the ice of the Merrimack river while
skating at Lowell, Mass, and was
drowned.
The Osgood block, one OF the
principal structures at Suncook. n.
H., was destroyed by dre 1t Q loss
Of Sic. 900.
Esther Akscyn, 1, died at Brock
ton. Mass. from burns received wnen
the crib in which she was lying
caught fire.
Professor E. N. Holmes, physical
director at Middlebury college, has
RESIGNED to accept q similar position
in Wisconsin.
Nearly It's. 900 returns have been
made by residents Of Massachusetts
under the provisions Of the new In
come tax law.
Damage by vandals estimated Al
$4,000 was discovered In the Walker
residence, long unoccupied, at West
Manchester. N. H.
About $50 former residents OF Wal
doboro, Me-, will get together at
Boston March 10 and talk over their
boyhood pranks in the old town.
Flames swept through the new Ave.
story building of Morey & Co., pa
per supplies, at Cambridge, Mass.
The loss is estimated at $50, 900.
Rev. DR.. William G. French, chap
lain of the Connecticut senate and
pastor of the Asylum Avenue Baptist
church, Hartford, died Of apoplexy.
Samuel R. Moseley, for many years
postmaster at Hyde Park. Mass,
and proprietor of the Norfolk County
Gazette, is dead. He was born IN
1846.
Attorney General Tuttle Of New
Hampshire rendered an opinion that
the state teachers pension act is llle-
gal. while the mothers aid law Is
valid.
Charles A. Brown, wooden mill
operative, was burned to death In
fire that originated in his attic room
in q Holliston, Mass. boarding
house.
Mrs. Frances Sanderson, "a. was
crushed to death in the elevator shaft
Of the Rexford hotel, Boston. It Is
believed she tried to run the elevator
herself.
One hundred and eight years old is
the record of Mrs. Abigail Morrill, OF
Newburyport, Mass. She is the
mother OF ten children, Of whom four
are living.
Out OF work at 10, Harlan ..
Moves committed suicide at Newbury-
port. Mass, by shooting. He had
travelled for years through the west.
| selling jewelry.
Judge Nahum Morrill,, oldest mem
Der of the bar in Maine, died at Au-
burn. He was SO years old, and was
admitted to the bar in Piscataquis
county in 1912.
William sordes, II. who has lived
the life Of hermit In a shack at
Groveton, N. H., was found uncon-
scious with both hands and feet
frozen. He died soon after.
DR.. Ralph v. Baker, who shot and
killed William H. Gushing at Green
Harbor, Mass. was sentenced to life
imprisonment at the state hospital for
the insane at Bridgewater.
Harry H. Peck. inventor. artist
and playwright. dropped dead in an
Office at Boston while seeking
part for submarine instrument upon
which he had been working.
Captain Christopher H. Chase, SO,
| one of the best known police officials
| in the state, died at Brockton. He
was one of the founders Of the Mas
sachusetts Police association.
Manuel S. Ferrera was sentenced
| to term of ten to fifteen years in
state prison for the killing of Jose M.
Coutinho at Mfddleboro, Mass. fol-
lowing an argument over a feat OF
strength.
DIR. Charles Dansereau pleaded not
guilty at Woonsocket, R. l.. when
charged with performing illegal sur
gerry upon Rose Madeau, 20, of Pas
coag. He was held for the grand jury
in $4,000.
Almedo De Angels, Q cobbler,
bought a $40, 900 brick block at Brat
tleboro, Vt. De Angels has conduct
ed shoe repairing and shining es-
tablishment in Brattleboro for the last
fourteen years.
The Congregational church at
Franklin. N. H., In which Daniel
Webster had. pew. was damaged by
| fire. Early discovery Of the flames
saved the edifice, which was built
originally in 1920.
Eighteen Chinese members of the
crew of the British steamship Kan
sas chanted q prayer of Thanksgiving
for having escaped attack from
U-boats and raiders as the vessel
steamed into Boston harbor from the
Far East. na
The good will, patterns and right
| to manufacture of the Smith & An
thony Stove company of Wakefield,
Mass. were sold to the Barstow
Stove company Of Providence. The
main plant was sold at auction to the
George A. Gibby- Foundry company
of Boston. D
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