Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-02-08

lIulh COuldlnluS lZu quart DOl-
ties of whiskey, the destination of
which was Houlton, Me-. was seized
at the North station. Boston, by
deputy United States marshal.
George Palmetto was sentenced at
Stamford, Conn, to ten days in Jail
for making an insulting reference to
President Wilson.
August Anderson, 40. was killed in
his barber shop at Quincy, Mass. by
Illuminating gas. 1t was the opinion
of medical examiner that it was
case of suicide.
Nothing is likely to be done about
state ownership of Rhode Island street
railways until the special commission
appointed by the last general assem-
bly, reports.
Solons of Methuen, Mass. have
begun II campaign to enlist the sup
port of city fathers Of Massachusetts
cities and towns of proposed bill in
the legislature for state ownership of
all street railways in the state.
operating with the state board
of education, the Fitchburg, Mass,
Clerks association is arranging. to
open Il free state university extension
course in craftsmanship and store
management.
Memorial exercises for the late A.
z. Gardner were held in the Hum
ilton, Mass, town hall.
The Boston police found $4377 4S in
the pockets of Dominic Bernardo, "a,
y carpenter, when they placed him
under arrest. Bernardo said he got
the mony by looking at theatres and
barrooms from the outside"
campaign to pledge Massachu
sets retail grOcers to give their GUS
toners the benefit of rock-bottom
prices has resulted in 1875 MasSachu-
SettS retailers signing such Il pledge.
Six Worcester, Mass. persons will
share in the estate of Jeremiah Moyni-
han, who died at st. Louis, leaving
an estate of more than 100000, which
he had acquired in the junk business.
A million bushels of onions are in
danger of spelling in Massachusetts
unless better freight facilities are pro-
vided at once, according to Secretary
Wheeler of the state board of agricul-
ture.
Rachel YOungStein, =, was drowned
at W0Onsocket, II. L., by falling into
Il wash boiler.
The Gilmore Hotel company of
Springfield, Mass. filed petition in
bankruptcy The petition states that
the liabilities are $50, 1873
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the car barns of the Concord, May
nard and Hudson Street Railway
company at Maynard, Mass, and all
the rolling stock owned by the COM
pany, with the exception of two cars.
The loss is $50, 600.
The Massa chusetts house ways and
means committee reported a prelim-
mary state budget bill, calling for
the appropriation of $2S, 1873, 1G4.
Five stores in the business section
of Fairhaven, Vt, were destroyed by
a $4,000 fire
The ice being harvested on the
Charles river at Waltham, Mass.
averages twenty-five inches in thick
ness.
Lincoln Mckinley Grant, the con-
fessed boy slayer of Miles Hewitt,
was taken from Pittsfeld, Mass, TO
state hospital for observation as to
HIS sanity.
The first shark of the season to ar
rive in Boston weighed 300 pounds and
was sold to a fish dealer for the rec
ord-breaking price of 20 cents pound
wholesale.
Gritiiths' Inn, q motion picture the
atre, and some stores and houses
were destroyed by a $40 900 fire at
pascoag, Il, |.
Mackerel, whiting, anchovies,
sprats, and other fish are now being
canned in quantities and sent to the
battlefrOnts of France for food, ac-
wi ulhS W lut DOSlOu rlSn
Penobscot Bay, Me-, is frozen over
to such an extent that the service of
the Eastern Steamship corporation
boats will be discontinued until fur
ther notice.
Frank A Bump, member Of the
Massachusetts state board of concil-
iatiOn and arbitration, submitted his
resignation to Gov. Mccall.
Lysander N. Paine, So, president
of the Seamen's Savings bank, Prov
incetown, Mass, died after an ILL
ness of five months. He had been
connected with the bank for forty
nine years.
Miss Carita G. Rutherford, who set
fires at the Frances e. Willard Set
Element House, Boston, was commit
ted to psycopathic hospital for thir-
ty days, under special statute. She
admitted setting the fires.
A loss of nearly 500, 900 was
caused when the sales stables of G..
II. Hanson q Co., Lowell, Mass,
were burned. Twelve automobiles,