The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-02-20
NEW england News
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found nest on The southerly side o
the parsonage. and In that meet thre'
robins eggs. by which token the ma
tives vow Spring has surely arrived.
Luther Y. Hanson. formerly assis.'
ant treasurer OF the Market Trust
company in the Brighton district, who
pleaded guilty to the larceny Of Sill
900 OF the banks funds, was sentenced
70 state prison for term OF from nine
to ten years.
i Guilty OF murder In the second degree
was the verdict returned by jury In
| New Haven superior court in the case
| OF Mrs. Annie =. Monahan, charged
with the murder OF her third husband
| John p Monahan by administering
| poison. Judge Webb Immediately sen :
fenced her to life Imprisonment
Liquor dealers Of the Blackstone
Valley are worried because OF YER
dict given against John Burns, deal
er OF Millville, who will have to pay
| Mrs. Jennie Malhoitt of Uxbridge
| 5000 because he sold her minor son
intoxicants. She alleged that she
warned the dealer. but no heed was
paid 10 the warning.
A movement in favor Of making the
freight steamers plying between Port
land and English ports mail carriers
has started and will be decided In
Washington In the near future. II
is believed this would expedite the
mail service between the two coun-
tries, as fewer steamers are sailing
across the Atlantic than formerly.
A navy dirigible, missing from the
Chatham base several weeks, was
brought to port by the schooner Ma
talie Hammond, Capt. Colson. and
turned over to naval authorities. The
airship was sighted in South channel,
about 20 miles from Chatham by the
Hammond's dorymen, who found the
envelope to be in fair condition. The
car was missing.
DR.. George A. Boucher Of Brockton
claims the record of being the most
faithful and consistent assistant OF the
tabled stOrk in Southeastern Massa-
chusetts his record for births last year
being 1886. He has welcomed that
many chubby boys and girls during
the year. Aside from his local recep-
tons he has welcomed nearly $50 ba-
bies in the surrounding towns so that
his record for the district is nearly
500.
John A. Perry Of Upham street.
Maiden, has placed In his home q
bronze memorial to MS three daugh-
ters, who with their mother, were
found dead Aug. IL OF last year in the
bathroom from Illuminating gas. taken
with suicidal intent The memorial.
2 feet long and IL feet high, was
executed by Carl +. SkoOg, Cambridge [
The striking feature about
It Is the absolute lack OF any refer
ence to Mrs. Perry.
United States Attorney Harvey Ba-
ker at Providence has been directed
BY Secretary OF the Navy Daniels 10
)ay to the Narragansett Bay Realty
Company Of Newport 100000, the +,
Ium the Navy Department had agreed
% pay for a portion Of the property ,
IN Coddington Point and which the .
.avy has been in possession Of for the !
,ast eighteen months. Newport con
ributed in addition 1000 toward the /.
purchase Of the land.
Col. Stanley Plummer, connected Il
nth the United States civil service n
I Washington from 1874 until 1857, 3,
nd postmaster OF the United States d
,enate for four years beginning In 81
$50, died at hospital at Atlantic o
lily, where he had been spending the q
inter. He was 70 years old. Col. c,
hummer served for four years on the
Military staff OF the late Gov. Edwin
/. Burleigh and several terms In both ,
ranches OF the Maine Legislature. u
II
Remarkably mild and pleasant a,
Gather has enabled the lumbermen u
I Maine TO carry on their work with n,
carcely any interruption since the q,
I'D OF November, and more has been h,
thus far than had been NJ
spected for the entire season. The ia
Dor shortage and the influenza were ar
,verely felt In Maine numbering. r,
he Maine pulp and paper men have as
ade pretty nearly their usual cut or ,e
lough. with surplus. to make their IN
iual supply. but few logs will come IN
the saw mills. in,
Edward S. wilkinson OF North TO
Jams, Mass, has been named by the as
M. &. A war work council TO go u
aly and take charge Of all Red Tri- :.
gle work in that country. He er- ~
cts to sail about March Is. lie has %
rived as a member OF the war WORK 49,.
uncils in Washington and Philadel- a,l
ia at different times and as secre- 49,
~ OF the Pennsylvania stale board. -.
, recently completed a two months m,
Ir OF the country In the interests Of -,
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