Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-08
NEWS CONDENSED
FOR BUSY READERS
Brief Items From Various Sec.
tons of New England

on Boston waterfront by the state of
Massachusetts to the federal govern
ment became assured when Gov.
Mccall and the executive council APP
proved the sale.
John Eadie, 60, fell down stairs at
Cambridge, Mass, breaking his
neck. Death was instantaneous.
Hog cholera cost the city of Boston
$4,000. Excessive cold caused pneu-
monia in the piggery at Deer island,
developing into such weakness that
237 swine have already persisted.
The fishing schooner Acushla ar
rived at Boston with 60, 900 pounds
of fresh fish, out only four days, for
which she received $1,000. Each of
the crew was given $3.50 as his
share.
John Looney, 7, was drowned at
Arlington, Mass, when he fell into
a brook.
After twice rejecting bids to sup
ny Nv w ihC ppolpl WY IloSIJlldl
because the price was deemed too
high, Mayor Peters appeals to the
city ice dealers to have a heart"
Repeal of the one-day-off-in-three
ordinance for Boston firemen will be
asked of the city council by Mayor
Peters if he decides that the expense
of the arrangement would be too much
to bear.
In the past four weeks upward of
0,000, goo pounds of sugar have been
received by Boston r%eineries.
Clubs and similar organizations
throughout Rhode Island must close
their doors not later than II o'clock,
according to what is termed a mod
flied order" by Fuel Administrator
Holmes.
Roger F. Sturgis, Sc, prominent Bos-
ton lawyer and clubman, was found
dead in his office, a bullet hole through
his head and a 3S-calibre revolver by
his side.
Dependency, due to i'll health, was
the cause assigned for the suicide at
Maiden, Mass, of Miss jeanette B
Mckenzie. IS, by inhaling gas.
A decision of the Massachusetts
supreme court compels drivers of
United States mail vehicles to obey To-
cal traffic laws.
Public spirited women of Salem,
Mass, have arranged to sell soup of
nourishing quality daily at ~ cents a
quart.
Every school superintendent, teacher
and pupil in Maine will take part in
the food observation campaign to be
coducted in the state next week.
Judge John A. Morrill, of Auburn
was nominated as an associate JUS
tice of the Maine supreme court to
succeed the late Justice Haley.
All public schools at Lynn, Mass,
opened after a suspension of five
weeks. The local fuel committee has
ordered special allotments of coal
for the public schools.
AS the result of an argument at
Bridgewater, Mass, state farm, G
H. Wood is dead, and his alleged
assailant, Alexander Thompson, is
held pending a report by the medical
examiner. Both men were in the in
%stitution for alcoholism.
The death OF Patrick C. Ambro,
90, of Gloucester, Mass, brought tc
light the fact that he has fifteen
children, of whom eleven are still
6!ive, eighty grandchildren and forty
greatgrandchildren.
Patrolman Benjamin Scully, 81, OF
Cambridge, Mass, shot himself.
Death was instantaneous. He had
been in i'll health.
An American steamship arriving
Mt Boston brought seventeen mem
bers of the crew of the wrecked
Danish steamship T%ranquebar, who
were picked up at sea.
Thacher Taylor, so, while driving
from the woods at Yarmouth, Mass,
on a load of wood, fell to the ground
and was dead when picked up.
The Delaware and Hudson railroad
car sheds at Rutland, Vt, were de-
stroyed by fire. A number of cars
were destroyed, and the loss is
heavy.
Edward f. Dillingham;, who was
said to be the oldest stationer in the
United States, died at Bangor, Me.
He was born in 1882 AMI was the old
est Masonic official in point of con-
tinuous service in the country, hav-
ing recently begun his ffty-siXth term
as treasurer Of st. Andrews lodge.
Rev. DR.. b. NJ. Kent, 50, super
intendent of the Burlington district Of
the Methodist church, died at Rut-
land, Vt.
Grief over the death of her hus-
band is believed by the Salem police
to have led Mrs. Fannie Harris, rs,
to take her own life by inhaling gas.
Arthur Upton, 81, of Greenfield,
Mass, was killed at West Hartford,
tIonn whom an automobile SEi11nd