The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-02-28
NEWS CONDENSED
FOR BUSY READERS
Brief Items From Various Sec.
lions Of New England

was nominated rs an associate ~
lice ot the Maine srrrEc oi6t I" |
succeed Tie hate Justice Haley
Al public schools a, Lynn Nas'
orarad after su~nnsiWt "t bNe |
weeks Tho local ucl rowm.t're has
ora.red special allotment ~ e"'
for The public schools
As the result Of az ar@u"c 1 .
BrideeWntcr. Mass state ordH
IL Wood is dead and hts ~ g G.
nSsailani. Alexander tt"Hl'>1
held pending report by iAe n'ee' =
eyamluer. Both men wee ~ l#e I'D
sfItutiou for alcoholism
The death q Patrick c hp'or'
~ of Gloucester Mass br"ush' 70
ueEt lie fact ta' he bias ihteea
children, of whom eleven re S'l.
awe eighty grandchildren and forty
greutgrandchildrtn'
palroman Denlaun ScaliN d. OF
Cambridge, Mas shot nlRSrH
Death Was instantaneous lie ha'
heen in ~ health,
Np American steamship array loE
NJ Boston brought seventeen MIN
hers Of The crew Of ihe wrecked
Danish steamship TrmWehar, VINO
were picked up at sea,
Thatcher Taylor 10 while driving
from the woods at Yarmouth VI IS
OIL a load of wood. fell 70 lhc ground
| and was dead when picked mp.
The Delaware aud Hudson railroad
or sheds at Rutaud, Vt. were de-
stroyed by FIRE \ number Of cars
we're destroyed, and the loss Is
| heavy,
Edward +. Dillingham;, who was
said TO he the oldest stotioucr ~ th'
United States, died at Bangor NE
He was born in lS12 an was the old
| est Masonic official in point oi con
tIurous service in the country, nav
ing recently begun his tifty-slNth tern
nc treasurer Of St Andrews loIse
nov. DR.. y. NJ Kent, 81. super
iutendent of the Burlington district o
the Methodist church, died NJ Rut
land, VT
Grief over tie death of her nus
band is believed by the Salem pollt
10 have led Mrs. Fannie Harris I"
) TO take her own life by inhalitlg gas
Arthur Upton, 81, Of Greeniiel'
Mass. was killed nj West Hartford
Conn. when an automobile sh'aaf
AMI overturned.
An official test OF new style el'
nhont. shaped army balloon was mad
nj Everett, Mass. with apl'lei
success. Two ascents to height
1900 feet were made.
John v spada, junior AT u
Hrockton Mass high school
again champion farmer among u
bovs ana girls Of the state
Paul Grinley, 2. died Al Newton
Mass. from inhaling illumlha'iI
4 gas.
Gov. Mccall ordered the dishAhdli
q of Co /. state Guard. OF NoburI
i Mass. The order is based on 7
= unfavorable report of the company
: inspection from the inspector aei
erals office.
O ctenbanie Gcdrots, 4, died
- Brighton, Mass, froD burns she r
. ceiyed when she came in contact ~
~ q stove.
! The Boston Shoe Trades dub v
organized mt a meeting OF III" -
England shoe and Leather assarl
ton
J. The city Of Springfield Mass
re was made defendant in suits ass'
at gating $500 600 damages for the "a
\ Ing OF land in connection Win
lie Dwight street widening,
n Mrs Iioratio n Slater Of Bost
re has been appointed vice chairman
y tho executive committee " the y
te iiosal department OF recreation q
tn comforts Of the woman's naval q
vice
Alfred Bowdltch. 63, treasurer
the Boston Athcnaeum and d'rer'
ca ana trustee Of financial and phii'
9 lhropic Institutions died at Ho3ol
!. John Ford, 50, was Killed ~ ~
l. ton by gas escaping FROM a orael
= on Tho wall N his room.
! II Peavey, a Manufacturer =
inventor Of the Peavey cant doa &
At Bangor. Me, on his 79'h hirit3
~ lie was formerly champion irap II
o. OF Maine
-oa Mayor Peter has held up thc 6
ar struction work Of 100000 On p1.
buildings in Boston n cases VIZ
the work ig deemed 81 immeaI
necessity the mayor will permit
no building projects 70 BE- compla'"
The question Of changing % &
* form Of government viii be
~, squarely up to the voters q wa
a field. Mass. at the town meetihe
Lawrence Ritche. died az y
lei ton. from burns received when
nightgown caught hre from k.ici
BY stove
ST. The order Increasing Quincy MA