The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-10-24
new ENGLAND news
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of Yankeeland

william D. Fuller. professor OF
education at the University OF Maine
has been elected superintendent OF
the Portland schools. TO succeed De
Fores, II. Perkins.
The expenses OF handling the
drive was 81 ,s0s 90. and the amount
} expended for merchandise amounted
TO ss.os5.Si. showing total net
amount OF S7+.oese2
Mrs. Harriet Dean Stephenson,
} aged seventy FIVE. and a resident OF
East Belfast, Me. for many years
J was found dead in her home by neigh
bors She had taken her own life by
hanging.
Inability to obtain crews because OF
] illness is holding many hshlng yes
sells in Boston Some OF the largest
crafts are tied up, while the meet OF
motor boats operated by Italians has
been reduced from several hundred
TO a negligible number.
|
The following report was submit
ted by Treasurer !. H. O'Neiil, OF the
l0lst Regiment fund, Total amount
received TO date from all sources
} Ss4. O64.s6 Included in this amount
1 is S7,0sg.4 collected in Lowell, and
} not turned over to me, as treasurer,
Howard p Conserve & Co, OF Dos
! ton have brought suit for SlUO,0o0 IN
the suffolk Superior Cour. against
the Plymouth & Sandwich 81 Ry CO.,
1 in which II seeks 10 recover SSs,-
! 797. 2s as the alleged balance, due on
contract work Of constructing line
of railway from Fresh Pond in Ply
4 mouth TO The town OF Sandwich.
The Seeadler. notorious as a Ger
!. man raider and formerly the boston
7 shin Pass of Balmaha Is to be raised
1 from reef in the South Sea ISLANDS
by wrecking expedition which re-
|: Gently left San Francisco for the
I scene The Pass OF Balmaha for
|. many years was in the lumber lrade
I between this port and South America
|: Mrs. Louise Sprague Eaton of Wor-
! cester received telegram from the
3 War Department informing her OF
I the death in action Of her husband
Z Captain starr Sedgwick Eaton q
I Madison, Wis He was a University
!: OF Wisconsin graduate and one OF inc
I American officers o have been deco
! rated with ire War Cross for as
!. tnguished service
!: The Bangor custom house is sur
I rounded daily by deputy sherifs +
/: see that no SEQ ch whiskey escape.
I in bad company This siege Of l'nclt
!: SANS big granite house resulted IRON
Z the discovery recently made p
! Sheriff Thayer that scheme No I,
I. for beating prohibition has been IN
:. troduced in Bangor, and that II hai
Z been working like charm.
. Mayor Holmes Of Worcester vii
I have the power to veto an orde
!. passed unanimously by the Git,
{ Council by which the salary Of tn
]. Mayor Of Worcester will be raised
I from $4,000 TO $500 per year 10 be
!. gin January s. Or he will have tn
7 power to approve of the action AM
!: thus add another $1,000 TO his per
Z sonal income next year as he viii b.
:: candidate for reelection and Wi
{ probably be reelected
/ Announcement is made of the for
7 nation of the National Operating
! Corporation, which is to superced
Z the pTesen: management OF IN
/ Smith & Wesson Company, Sprint
{ field, Mass and operate the plan
i for the United States government
( The officers of the new corporation
4 are: President, W. C. Bryant 0
/ Bridgeport, Ct; vice president an
4 general manager, e. r. Russell OF thl
! city: secretary and treasurer H. I
7 Heiden OF Springfield
Z Sentence of Is years imprisonmen
+ in the Massachusetts reformatory 10
Z omen was imposed by Judge n.
4 s.rown OF Springfield, Mass, on Mr.
Z Maria Cammerota found guilty
Z manslaughter after join; trial VII
x Antonio Teregno, for the murder
4 the womans husband, Raffaele Cam
Z merota. Sentence Of Teregno, WIN
4 was found guilty OF murder In IN
= FIRST degree, was deferred pendin
y the outcome OF an appeal TO suprem
x court and motion for a new trial
= Harry Wichert alias Harry Hu'
y cherry. arrested in Palmer, Mass
& Sept. q at the instance OF officers
~ the department OF justice. wa
- brought before a police court
- Springfield and the charge OF passin
worthless check, for which be wa
r. sought by the local police, was ME
al Ia a