Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-22

Fire Of mysterious origin destroyed
the Methodist church at Scituate,
Mass. Two dwellings and a busi-
ness building In the vicinity ignited
from flying sparks. The loss II
$4,000.
DR.. Alfredo B. Wilmington Of Pitts
field, Mass, who has been interested
In Red Cross work for several years,
will leave for France to engage In ac-
tive war service.
David NJ. G. Russell and James
Rafferty, were killed by a train at
Lowell, Mass, while transferring q
load of lumber from one freight car
to another.
There were sixteen passengers rid
ing a jitney bus at Lynn, Mass
when q trolley car crashed into 1t,
demolished the rear end and injured
eight passengers.
Wilbur Fremont, 4, while coasting
at Winchester, Mass, lost control OF
his sled and coasted into the Aber-
iona river and was drowned.
Andrew ]. May, blacksmith, was
found frozen to death in a room IN
the rear Of the shop at Rutland,
Mass, where he lived alone.
The s. R. Avis & Sons company,
manufacturing gun barrels, closed Its
plant at West Haven Conn.,, and laid
off 500 hands.
The difficulty in obtaining not only
teachers, but girls to train for teach
ers, was shown by report filed IN
the legislature by the Massachusetts,
state board of education against the
construction of q new normal school.
Civil service prohibitions block the
plan for a municipal policewoman in
Fitchburg, Mass, according to MEM
bers Of the woman's league, who have
virtually abandoned the campaign.
To drop a distance of 100 feet over
:: cliff in an automobile and escape
with merely broken leg was the e1-
perence Of George W. Hatch, Is, a
Cambridge, Mass. business man.
Frank T. Cassidy, Is, died at Bos-
ton following injuries received while
coasting.
The annual report Of the Maine
state board Of assessors notes a large
increase in the number of sheep In
TIE state.
Daniel Pavalonis was killed by an
electric shock in the cellar Of his
home at Norwood, Mass, by coming
in contact with live wire.
Col. Thomas L. Livermore, "a,
Civil war veteran and one Of the
leading miring financiers in this coun-
try, died at Boston.
Thomas Doolan, painter, was
found frozen to death at Gardner,
Mass.
Joseph Smith was killed at Salem,
Mass, while unloading coal from q
rchconer.-
The bodies of Martin Dunn Of Troy,
N. H., a railroad section foreman,
and William McGill, trackman. were
found on the railroad tracks at Athol,
Mass.
Rev. Henry Blanchard, "a, one Of
the best known Universalist ministers
in New England, died at Portland,
Me.
Two elderly sisters, Miss Belle Sum-
ner and Miss Lucy 8. Sumner, were
founded dead in bed at their home
at Somerville, Mass. All the windows
and doors In the room were stuffed
with papers and clothes and the gas
Jets were turned on full.
Zenas Crane, late of Dalton, Mass,
left an estate of $5,OOO,OOO, according
to bonds filed by his brother, former
Senator Crane, in probate court.
Safe breakers blew the door off the
safe in the postoffice at East Green
witch, R. l., and secured approximate
ly $1,000 In stamps and money.
Annie Ames, 10, was killed at NAL
den, Mass, when the sled upon which
she was coasting down hill crashed
into pole.
Miss Nellie Donovan, 80, domestic,
fell down an elevator shaft at Bos-
ton and was killed.
Mrs. Lucy Atwood, 60, while going
to a theatre at Brockton, Mass, fell
on the ice and received injuries from
which she died.