The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-12-26

Mo paA ~ aach Invaluable aid To
Robert Peary. the explorer Is dead
According 10 a letter received from
Pittsburgh. \ Il Meme died ;herc I'M
logging camp Of pneumonia on oct.
2s Meme was found Ia aah. smith
sound In the far North by Com
inander peafy On account OF tho
keen Intelligence OF the little Eskimo.
the explorer brought him. his parents
and brothers 10 this country ON tho
polar ship Roosevelt In 1900 WI
liam Wallace soon after adopted Meme
naming him Meme peary Wallace, with
whom he lived for several years Fol
lowing the death OF his parents and
brothers Meme got homesick for the
North. and wanted to 30 back |, was
said Al thar time be was heart broken.
and ii kept here Mould die.
Charles Woodbury. Gray. proprietor
OF the Preble House, Portland Me-,
and OF Gray's Inn. Jackson. n H..
died at his home in the latter town
last week He WIS born May IL.
| lS,9. in Jackson, the son of Samuel
II. and Eliza (Nute) Gray He re
ceived his education in the schools in
Jackson and AT Lancaster N H.,
Academy He began his business ca
reer in the lumber trade, working on.
a salary until he had saved enough to
& In aAH he.
also manufactured wagons and car
riages especially for the use OF noun
tain hotels He built Gray's Inn in
1884 II was burned in 1902 and was,
rebuilt the following year. More re-
Gently 1t again was burned and then.
rebuilt. He served for two years in,
the New Hampshire Legislature
President Hermon Carey Bumpus
Of Tufts College, Medford. Mass, has
resigned his position which he has
filled since 1914. and the fact was
made public as result OF a meeting
OF the trustees of the college, at which
the resignation, which has been pend
ing for some time, was finally accept
ed. The news created "A great stir in
college circles at Medford, and in con
nection with the action Of the trus
tees 1t was announced that while the
resignation would not take effect at
once, II would be not later than June.
1919, as DR. Bumpus is DESTROYS of,
having "A successor take control al
least with the opening of the next
academic year His plans TO retire
were formed before the change of
academic program incident to the de-
mobilization OF the s A. T. c. became
certain
The towns OF Great Darlington.
Sheffield and Egrcmont, Mass. have
taken advantage OF the legislative act
of 1918 which permits municipalities
to give aid from their MEASURES to
street railway companies, and have
made appropriations Tor the assistance
OF the Berkshire Street Railway Com
pany. Their action was unprecedent-
ed in Massachusetts. BY paying the
street railway company $4,000, the
three towns will make ii possible for
1t to continue the operation Of its
lines running 10 those communities.
Great Darlington will contributes
5000, Sheffield $ll00 and Egremont
5000. The company had petitioned
the public. service commission for
permission TO discontinue the service
10 the three towns and at hearing
last month represented that II was
unable to obtain enough revenue to
pay for their operation.
Three Deer Hunters Cheshire County
Toll.
The death toll in Cheshire county
during the hunting season for deer is
three, Harry b. Drake and his son.
Hollis Drake of Antrim were drowned
in Stoddaid. Island Pond while trying :
10 cross the ice The other Is New
ell Porter OF Gisum, who was killed
Dec 10 by the accidental discharge of
his own gun