Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-25
new ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of YankeeIand

Mrs. Charles H. Daniels Of Boston
was elected president Of the Woman's
Board of Foreign Missions Of the Con-
gregational church. Providence, which
held it's National convention there.
DR.. j. 8. Norton of Shelburne, VT.
fined $500 in the Burlington court
for not reporting four births. He is
the first doctor in Vermont to be fined
under the law which provides that
the physician present at birth shall
report to the town clerk within 10
days.
Charged with masquerading in the
uniform of a naval officer and passing
worthless checks at Burlington, Mont
pelier and Wallingford, James Lewis
Hurley of Bennington was arrested at
Bridgeport, Ct. The arrest was made
by the department Of justice through
G. c. Reeve Of the Burlington Office.
Eugene Brosseau, the middleweight
champion OF Canada, who appeared in
a boxing match in Portland, Is suffer
ing from paralysis of the face and
right arm. which, physicians say, is
due to the condition Of his blood. A
consultation was held and 1t was an
nounced that with proper treatment,
Brosseau would recover.
The stockholders and directors Of
the Brockton Agricultural Society,
which conducts the Brockton fair,
met and reelected President Fred F.
Field and other present officers. Re
ports showed the gross receipts from
this years fair to be $173,610, Of which
$27,730 was profit. Next year the
fair will be held Oct. 5-6-7-S.
81 can't dust that picture Of Adm.
SIMS" said a domestic In the employ
of Capt. and Mrs. Rufus 2. Johnson.
Newport, R. I. The cook was
Immediately fired" 1t devel-
oped that the interests from Ire
land caused the outbreak The re-
fusal to dust the picture Is said to be
because Of the attitude of Adm. Sims
in his recent review Of the Irish situa-
ton.
Seeking to enjoin the seaectmen and
the janitor Of the Clinton, Mass, town
hall from renting the towns 100000
building for boxing bouts, the Rev.
DR.. w. w. Jordan, the Rev. R. l..
Clark, the Rev. James C. Duncan and
seven other citizens brought bill in
equity in the superior court. The Wa
chusett A. C. has for three months
held boxing exhibitions in the hall
every two weeks.
The will of George H. Rice Of Wor.
cester, leaves 500 in trust ito be used
in full or in part by the Sons and
Daughters Of the Revolution for a
suitable marker on the grave Of Phi
meas Flagg and other Revolutionary
soldiers buried on the Common. The
Worcester Historical Society Is be-
Queathed a number of historical relics
which Mr.. Rice collected. many Of
them dating from the revolutionary
period.
Tides and winds along the South
Boston Strandway have cleaned one
section of the beach Of A,000 cubic
yards Of fine sand placed there
year ago at an estimated cost OF
$26, 400. Engineers in the public
woorks department who have exam
ined the beach report that most OF
the sand has either been washed out
into the harbor or picked up by the
wind and deposited at other sections
of the beach.
Because all efforts to find q will
made by the late James Pritchard,
a retired groceryman Of Burlington,
VT. who died the other day,
have failed, the city of Burgling-
ton may get the property Of the &c.
centric bachelor. His property is be-
lieved to be considerable. II the city
gets the money, Pritchard leaving no
known relatives OF any kind, the for
tune will probably be used for school
purposes.
Warner R. Holt. who succeeded his
father as paymaster Of the Boston &
Albany railroad when the latter retired
after 43 years service, has resigned
The son served the road 80 years.
The Boston & Albany has had but
two paymasters, Albert Holt and
Warner R. Holt, father and son, in
1859, when the office was created and
Albert Holt appointed, the first
monthly payroll was $4,000. Now it
is more than $1,000,000.
A preliminary injunction against the
enforcement of wartime prohibition
was granted by Judge Arthur L.
Brown in the United States district
court, Providence. The action was
taken upon the petition Of the Nara
gansett Brewing Company, which
asked that U. S. Dist. t.-Atty. Harvey A.
Baker and Collector Of Internal Rev
enue George F. O'Shaunessy be re-
strained from interfering with the
manufacture and sale Of non-into3i-
cant malt beverages with not more
than-4 percent. alcohol content.
A letter received at the Boston Ma
Wy Yard from the bureau of supplies
and accounts Of the navy department
stipulated that grape juice In small
bottles was the only beverage which
could be purchased for ships stores
Violation of this order will be cause
for disciplinary action. The bureau OF
informs the navy yard that
magnetic compasses will soon be Is
sued containing certain percentage
of wood alcohol, and instructs COM
officers to warn men under
them of the danger involved in drink |
Ing this spirit