Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-15

ton. preached q sermon com"e
n : half csntury's psstorate.
postmaster Trout Of New Haven 70
.e,ved word that payment on all .no
stocks and coupon bonds, amounting
- sAoo mo. which were in q pouch
stolen from the postomce' nss 0
enectually stopped.
The John Bradley house. famous -
an old.time Landmark at Can.on
Mass. burned to the GROUND WIN
loss estimated at $4,000 :.
The members Of the newly cressss
Maine commission on sea ano sno.
asheries organised with the choice OF
Horatio D. erie Of Cast1ne a. cna
man.
w,,mah A. Barker. 81, well Known
IN New England courts. died at ne.
we're Mass. For twenty-three year.
he was law agent for the Boston anu
Maine railroad.
Mira. Ellen A. Turner. IT, wa
hnrned to death at Springfield, Mass
when her clothes caught IRE while
che was trying to light Q IRE by the
use Of kerosene.
Thoma, johnson, IS, and bis WIFE
"A were found dead from gas In their
room in a Boston lodging house. ana
the police say they died In SUICIDE
pact.
Further cuts In service have been
announced by the New Haven rah'
road, and the Boston and Maine has
removed practically all parlor cars
from Its lines.
Charles Lambert and Thomas Fish.
er. accused Of stealing automobiles ana
disposing Of them, were sentenced az
Providence to four years each y
prison.
The Darby block and adjoining
buildings at Augusta, Ne. were de-
stroyed by fire with loss estimat'
ed at $4,000.
Mrs. Florence q. Singleton Of Woon-
socket. r. l., was awarded alimony OF
$1,000 with her divorce from ]. y.
Singleton, manager Of the Providence
mills.
As q step towards reducing con-
sumption of coal and electric power
for lighting. virtually all the Hartford
| saloon keepers have agreed to curtail
their business day by five hours.
The Worcester, Mass, school com
mittee voted to postpone the opening
| of schools until Feb. 4, on account
| of the shortage Of coal.
Mayor Curley of Boston nominated
former Congressman O'Connell to be
corporation counsel. The salary u
$1,000.
The Emerson block, North Attic
boro, Mass, which included the Emer'
son House, the Wamsutta theatre and
five large business Offices, was burned
to the ground. The damage Is abou,
100000. Overheated pipes In a laun
dry are thought to have caused ths
fire.
Both branches of the Massachusetts
legislature rushed through under sus
pension Of the rules bill appropriate
ing $25O,OOO for the next payment Of
the $40 a month state pay to Massa
chusetts soldiers and sailors who
volunteered.
James Boscane Of Boston fell from
a wagon and was killed when 1t wal
struck by q motor truck.
The Providence police charge tina
constable Thomas 81. Hughes, who Il
held In $4,000 on ten indictments
was the leader Of gang Of automo
bile thieves which sold scores Of sto
len automobiles In Boston and vicinity.
Charles @. McClaughrey, warden o.
the reformatory at Anamosa, Ia, hal
been elected az successor to Warder
Garner Of the Connecticut state pris
on.
Dennis Mccarthy, AZ, died at Boston
from the effects Of mysterious poi
son.
Mrs. Annie 8. Hawks, famous writ
err Of hymns and author Of 81 Neet
Thee Every Hour" died at her HON,
at Bennington. Vt. at the age Of SO.
Bangor was selected as the place
for holding the next Republican STATE
convention by the members Of thu
Maine state committee.
Nineteen cows and two horses per
ished when the big barn Of Fred A
Cheney Of West Bridgewater, Mass.
burned. The loss Is $1,000.
| Massachusetts Is now confronted
with a shortage Of public schOo
teachers.
About ten bucks In the business
center Of Darien, Conn.,, were burnet
and twenty families were rendered
homeless.
The creation of the Office of director
of physical education Is recommended
by the Massachusetts state board O
education Its report submitted b
the legislature.
Mrs. Levi Senior, So, employed in ,
Newburyport, Mass. shoe factory. wa
crushed to death by an elevator.
Melvin p. Frank, who had the dis
tinction of being the first Democrat,
speaker Of the Maine state house o.
representatives and who was tn,
Democratic candidate for governor d
1898, died at Portland.
Captain Charles T. Dickson, Unite
State coast artillery corps, stationed
at Fort Mckinley, Portland harbor
has been sued for divorce. His wife
Mrs. Dickson, names a woman as co
respondent and also alleges non-sup
port and other contributory causes.
A cargo Of Egyptian cotton valuet
at more than 100000 reached Bos
ton on board ship that on its wa,
from Alexandria traversed two sub
marine zones.
An explosion Of gasoline resultet
J! in fire that destroyed forty-twe
motor cars In the Packard servic,
station. at Providence. The loss Il
$4,000.
| Mrs. Katherine A. O'Mahoney, Cath
Ollie writer, dropped dead at her home
ct Lawrence. Mass.
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