Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-07-27
new ENGLAND news
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of. Interest From Al
Sections Of YankeeIand

Sections Of YankeeIand
Liquor valued at $4,000 was stolen
from the cellar of the residence OF
Dennis M. Reardon at South Hadley
Center, Mass.
There seems to be plenty Of beef,
declares Boston representative OF
a well-known packer. He predicts
prices will drop still further.
Sir Auckland Geddes, the British
Ambassador to the United States, has
decided to spend August at Dark
Harbor, where he has leased cot
ttage for the month.
Henry Campbell, aged 80; his son,
Rodney, aged u, and the latter's
playmate. Clark Burns, aged II. were
drowned in a swimming pool in
Browns river, Vermont.
The crew Of the 5:35 p. m. train
from Boston to Brintree owing to
Ipoor coal was forced to burn spart
railroad ties lying beside the tracks
in order to make steam to get the
train to its destination.
Boston as a community is short by
from 5000 to 5000 dwellings-this is
the finding of major interest in a
report to the City Planning Board
which for six weeks has been sur
veying the housing shortage.
One man Is dead, three are>ill and
q fifth Is under arrest in connection
with little party" in Lincoln Park,
Portland, at which refreshments con-
sisted OF oil of wintergreen straight" "
and the same mixed with ginger ale.
John A. Burke, who Is to be given
o new trial in September on the charge
of the murder Of Nelson w. BARLEY
of Jackman, Me-, has suffered a
breakdown and Is under the care OF
a physician in county jail in Skow-
hegan.
James Ray, of Boston president Of
the Ulster League of North America,
telegraphed to President Wilson, de-
manding that Eamonn de Valera,
"President" of the Irish republic, be
arrested and deported from the Uni
ted States.
One hundred and fifty Bignboards
have been recently donated by lum-
Der company to the Chamber Of Com
merce in Augusta, Me-, and have been
placed at all Of the cross roads and
blind turns within a radius Of 40 miles
Of that city.
When Louis c. Berrish Of Somer-
Vile, Mass, appeared In overalls and
shirt for arrangement in Police Court,
Judge L. Roger Wentworth informed
him he was not dressed properly and
requested him to retire and obtain
the proper clothes.
Failure of the human agencies to
perform duty was the cause Of the
wreck of the Boston Express over the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad, in the Hartford yards June
"a, according to report filed with
the public utilities commission.
Policeman Eli Mills of South At
tleboro shot dog near the Washing
ton School. The animal had bitten
Eve children and jumped at the Off
Ger from a clump Of bushes. Officer
Mills was on the watch and shot
three times, each bullet taking effect
Victor Boucher. 13, Of Lancaster,
Mass, received II bullet wounds, his
brother Polydore four and Mrs. Will
liam Ahern one, when an old army
shell, excavated by boys in combat
field in Lancaster exploded, sending
a shower of shots, 16 of which lodged
in an automobile.
| A tract of 100000 acres Of timber
land on the upper st. John waters
will pass to the Allegash Land Com
pany, a corporation which was or
ganized in Bangor to take over an
on the holdings Of e. B. Draper, who
is heavily interested in timberlands
in Maine and in New Brunswick.
The will Of Mrs. Eleanor H. Por-
ter, the novelist, who died May 81.
has been filed in the probate court
at East Cambridge, Mass. Her wild
over, John Lyman Porter, appointed
as executor, filed bond Of $4,000.
She left an estate valued at $244.000,
OF which $25,000 was IN real estate.
Mrs. Douglas, wife Of the second
assistant lighthouse keeper at Little
Gull island, died of heart failure after
she and her husband and H-year-old
son were rescued from an overturned
power boat in Long Island Sound.
The man and boy were exhausted and
in a critical condition when brought
ashore.
In an attempt to reduce the cost Of
living, Brig. Gen. John H. Sherburne,
chairman o. the Mas sachusetts Com
mission on the Necessaries Of Life,
sent a letter to the mayors and
chairnen of the boards Of selectmen
of all cities and towns IN the State.
requesting them to assist in exposing
profteers.
The two-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen Lynch Millinocket.
Me-, was almost instantly killed while
| In bed with her mother, by Ernest
Cloves aged eight. SON Of Mr.. and
Mrs, Cecil Cloves The boy took a
loaded rifle from downstairs room
and went to the bedroom 1t is be-
lieved with the intention Of frighten-
ing the little girl. The shot infict-
[ ed a fatal wound in the head. death
ensuing speedily.