The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-07-18
new ENGLAND news
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of Yankeeland

sued by the Boston News Bureau
The Dustin knitting Company ut
Kittcry. Me. has been incorporated
with a capital stock OF $4,000. Woo!'
en- and worsted goods and fabrics viii
be made,
Fares on the Boston Elevated rail-
way may be raised from to cents
and possibly to cents, according to
statement issued by the public trust
ees OF the property,
The Newport, r. l.. Daily News, an
afternoon newspaper was sold by l.
T. Pitman, who had controlled the
property for more than 90 years, TO
Edward A. Sherman, a banker OF
that city.
The manufacturing property at
Westerly, X, l.. recently owned Dy
the Pequot Shirt Company of Boston.
has been sold to Charles h. Sherman
and Arthur l.. Perry The estimated
selling price is $4,000.
The Manhattan Market company OF
Cambridge, Mass, has been sued for
5000 by Ellen Sullivan of Cambridge
She alleges that she purchased some
vinegar from the defendant which was
not At to use and as a result was
made Ill.
Orders forbdding the use of coal
for heating purposes in homes or Of
fee buildings for an indefinite period
that may extend to Dec. l, were is
sued by the Boston fuel committee.
Those who wish heat are advised to
burn wood.
e. X. Watson Of Warren, X. l.,
who purchased the Upton Manufac-
turing Companw property has sold
the same to A. Leviton, n. Y. city.
1t is understood that the new owner
will install cards and operate the
plant as shoddy mill
Wishing to do his bit in promotion
of war work, DR.. Arthur g. Lea
cock, professor of Greek at Phillips
Exeter academy, went to Belfast,
Me-, to work in shipyard for the
summer. Though his specially Is
dead language, he is a skilled and
deft worker with tools.
Preparing for an unprecedented de-
mand for firewood. caused by the or
der frobidding the use OF coal Tor
heating before Dec. l, Boston coal ana
wood dealers are securing the state
forests, as well as those OF southern
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont,
to purchase all available cordwood.
At Augusta, Me, the public utilities
commission rendered decision au-
thorizing the Portland Gas Company
to publish and file on or before July
30, 1918, effective August l, 1918. and
continuing one year, an emergency
schedule OF gas rates which shall not
exceed $3.50 per thousand cubic feet.
An innocent looking fan electro
cuted William J. Bogues, 3S. ma
chinist, wlen he attempted to turn
the fan on in the workshop Of the ].
T. Slocum company at Narragansett
Pier, r. l. Bogues screamed when
the 250 voltage Of the fan went
through his body. He was dead be-
fore the ambulance arrived,
Parts of human body, bearing evi.
dence that an attempt had been made
to destroy all means OF Identification
were found on the west shore OF the
Taunton river, Near Fall River, Mass
Bones had been ut inc two as If by
sharp surgical instrument. and tire
hair had been shaved from the head.
II is believed that the body had been
In the water several weeks.
A voluntary increase Of 10 per cent
In wages has been given several thou
sand workers employed in seven OF
the largest shoe factories in Hayer-
hill, Mass, according to an announce
ment made by Daniel Healey, agent
OF the Boot and Shoe Workers Union
Wages Of cutters on mems shoes have
been advanced 20 per cent and those
working on women's shoes, 30 per
cent
Rhode Island cotton manufactur-
Skefington, federal mediator, and !
John Golden, president OF the United
Textile Workers OF America, refused |
the demands OF the loomfxers for an
advance OF Is per cent on wages pre- |
vailing on June IL The manufactur-
ers say they are paying on an average
1908 weekly which. they claim. In
more than is paid in other cotton cen
ters In New England.
Boyden Bearce, live stock sanitary
commissioner OF Maine, has an
nounced the discovery OF two new
diseases among the cattle OF Maine.
parasitic pneumonia and black leg
The latter is only slightly less vir-
ulent than anthrax and is one Of the
most contagious OF animal diseases.
Parasitic pneumonia is also very
contagious and is spread by snsez-
ing and coughing