Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-04
new ENGLAND news
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of YankeeIand

lOOu, Cambridge oI., WOTCcSIci, NoSS.,
thieves stole 30 gallons Of whiskey
valued at $500, which has been stored
in the basement since July 1.
Guides and hunters Of the Nipisi-
quit River country over the Canadian
border have organized a club whose
membership is open only to those
who have ridden ON the back Of a
wild moose. 1t can be done, they say
Mrs. Hattie Tracy, wife Of Sheriff
Frank H. Tracy of Washington coun.
try, VT, is a deputy. She goes un-
armed and scorns handcuffs, but has
taken men to states prison and never
has lost a prisoner. Sheriff Tracy
runs his Jail on the honor plan.
Harold T. Andrews, the first Port
land man to die in the world war has
been honored by the American Legion
post of that city, which will bear the
name of the dead hero. This was de-
cided at a recent meeting Of the Post
in the City Hall, which avs attended
by large numbers of ex-service men
Three thousand adult trout, re-
ceived from the Mass. State hatchery
have been distributed in the brooks oi
Middlesex county by Napoleon j. Har-
dy of Arlington, chairman OF the com
mittee on the distribution Of fish fol
the Middlesex Sportsmen's Assn. The
sections visited by Hardy are KEEP,
secret.
Conviction on a charge Of bias
phemy in what was said to be the
first case of its kind in Maine in
modern times was obtained in the
supreme court against Michael K
Mosckus of Chicago. Mosckus was
accused Of uttering blasphemou:
words in three lectures at Rumfort
last month.
During a family row Mrs. Harry Ro'
senburg of New London, Conn, threw
acid in her husbands face and then
attempted suicide with the same
poison. Both were taken to Backus
Hospital. She will recover, but his
eyesight has been destroyed. She
came from Troy, N. Y, and was Ro'
senburg's second wife :.
The Adams Manufacturing Com
pany, Shelton, Conn, has presented
$50 Liberty Bond to each Of ninety
nine of its employees. At the time
of the Fourth Liberty Loan, the com
pany pledged itself to give $50 bono
to each employee who subscribed fol
and paid for a similar bond. The
presentation is in keeping with ths
terms of the agreement.
Alexander Jefferson Katz, newsboJ
orator, and perhaps the best known
as Little Jeff," has returned to Bos
ton, after serving 19 months with the
British army in Palestine. "Give mt
good old Boston every time" he said
"Of course, If they ever have anothe
war III fight for Uncle Sam. even
it's up at the North pole, and dom
know but what l might go back Il
Egypt if they'd forget to censor those
skooti-hooties.'
John H. Fahey of Boston has beer
appointed chairman to direct TIT
Massachusetts state campaign OF tn
national budget committee to secure
the adoption of national bulge
system. R. Fulton Cutting, a banker
| was made chairman Of the New Yorl
state committee. With the appoint
ment of chairmen for New York ant
Massachusetts, the committee an
nounced that its campaign orsaniza
| ton has extended into 10 states.
Fire destroyed the mansion OF Mrs
Marguerite deWolfe Nudge for three
querters of century one OF the mos
beautiful landmarks on the shores o
Narragansett bay. The loss Is esti
mated at $115,000. The house, IN II
exterior a reproduction in wood o
the Temple of Minerva at Athens, wa
built for Mrs. Mudge's grandfather
Mark Anthony deWolfe, IN lS4'
Among the valuable interior fitting
which were ruined was an 1talia
mantel in marble, fanked by statues
in the drawing room. The cause Q
the fire has not been determined.
Found guilty by the jury IN Tn
Rutland, VT, county court, OF maj
treating his wife's 2-year-old baby Il
a fit of rage, John Peryer has bee
sentenced by Judge Chase to serv
not less than % months at hard labol
in the Vermont state prison at Win
sor and to pay a fine of $3.50 an
costs. Peryer as iwndicted for as
sault with intent to kill. but the 1ur
found him guilty Of assault. 1t wa
said that he pounded the baby s
hard that he broke both Of its arms
its legs, several ribs and both coila
bones. The little one was found D
charity workers in clothes oaske
in the Peryer home. and complain
vas made by the state board OF cnar1
v to State Attorney P. P. N. Pheip'
Charles E. Lockwood and Annie I
oldham were married in North Adam
,fter q romantic separation OF lou
ears. 1t was the second ceremon
performed. The couple were mr.
married. four years ago. Soon afte
this ceremony Lockwood diseovere
hat his first wife, who he believe
vas dead, was still alive Lockwoo
separated from the woman ne ma
lust married and went with tn
doughboys to France. After w
wears absence in that country ne re
:urned to find that during the inter
val his first wife had died.
The 5-year-old son Of Mrs. Ameii
Lord, Exeter, died from the effects 9
ptomaine poisoning. Both the Chill
and his sister partook of food wmc
made them Ill. The boy died and nj
sister was taken to the hospital.
Mrs. Ella A. Gleason Of Winchester
Mass. was reelected president OF tn
Mass state branch w. C. T. w. at tn
annual election Of officers at the an
nual convention In Springfield. Mis
Caroline M. Caswell, vice-president a
large, resigned her position and MT
Alice G. Ropes was elected to nll I'd
| ..anau Tho state treasurer, Mrl