Oxford Democrat., 1921-07-26
NEW ENGLAND news
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Items Of Interest. From N
Sections Of Yankeaald

Items Of Interest. From M
Sections Of Yankeaand
George Riendeau of Central Falls,
Ia. /, was sentenced to 30 years IN
state prison for the murder OF his
two months old child, George, Jf.
Riendeau and his wife were tried On
charge Of poisoning the infnn1
The mother was acquitted.
After choking his bride Of 5 mnnths
TO death at their home In Roxb1fy.
Mass, John Henry. colored, long
shoreman, slept in bed beside the
body all night and sauntered over TO
the Roxbury court house and made
known the tragedy, according TO the
police.
Harold D. Wilson, displaced a. PRO
aibition director under the recent rs-
organization Of the enforcement office
N Massachusetts has decided to ae-
cent the post as assistant to Elmer @
Potter in charge OF the field servfca-
The salary for supervising deld depu-
lies is $450O.
John D. Camp. aged "a, with only
,ne leg, giving his address as "a oa.
lord St., Portland. Ne, was heao
In Richmond, Virginia, on saspt
,ion of having murdered John T.
Minson, aged night watchman, n q
,hanty on the banks OF the James
River the night Of Jan Last.
Trial OF the eviction cases orooSm
by the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Com
pany, Thompsonville. e. against
striking brussels weavers who live m
The company's houses was again post
ooned when attorney William ]. Auh-
ran, counsel for the weavers, entered
demand for trial Of the cases by tWy.
Stliman e. Woodman, nominated
by President Harding to be United
States Marshal for the Maine dtstrht,
was sheriff Of Washington county for
ten years, retiring last January. Hfs
home is In Machias. He will succeed
John s. P. II. Wilson. Of Auburn. a
Democrat, appointed seven years ago.
Worcester, Mass. union paper
hangers affiliated with Local ABB that
Includes practically all msn engaged
In the business In the city, nooned
their employers that they will take a
voluntary cut In wages Of 10 cents
an hour or 80 cents a day, making
the hourly wage 90 cents instead o.
81.
Bobby schleber, kidnapped BY
his father, Major Louis sehebfer, On
Feb. IA last. and more than two
months ago sent to the Massachu-
setts School for Feeble Minded at
Waveriey for observation, has been
adjudged normal. and turned over to
his mother. Mrs. Myrtle II. Seateees'
Of Winthrop, Mass.
Gerald and Donald Ksnnetts. boys
OF 13 and s years, respectively, VINO
had been held by the authorities since
the shooting Of their ten-year old SIS
tor Doris at Montgomery. vt. on 1utJ
4 have been committed to the state
industrial school at Vergennes. 1ha
older boy was sentenced for tnVoaan-
tary manslaughtsr and has brother ~
q delinquent
Property loss Of $t3,16z,es7 resnat-
Ing from gill fires In 1870 was ne
ported by State Fire Marshal Ceoree
lC Neal of Massachusetts. The bsa
was the third highest In any year IL
the history Of the state and represent
ed an increase Of $l17s, no over 1alS
FYfty-one of the fires were Of tneen
diary origin. They caused loss ea&
mated at SlS3,314.
An estate walaed at nearly one NH
lion dollars was left by Seth II. Afh
ken q New York financial leader ana
former Portland, Me-, business r1al
who died In New York, March, ls1a
at the age of "a years, according x
an Inventory nled ia the probate eoH'
by administrators and appraasszs
Rights and credits aggregate $S6ar1'
and real estate, $so,26&
The East Bridgewater. Aasa tow
officials estimate that the damas'
from the recent thunder storm wn
reach 100000, or even more. Il
some sections of the town the road
bed Is washed completely away
Grove street simply doesn't e1s'
Sections Of that street for severa
hundreds Of yards had been vashe'
away to q dspth Of from three to nv
feet.
A settlement Of the suit Of Rxiph 4
Foorbes OF Milton against Dan 4
Hanna of Stockbridge. Mass. over
dam at the lower end Of Lake Nah
keenac. on the shore Of which staD
the estates OF the late Andrew C1
negie and many other wealthy DeR
sons. was brought to light when tn
County Commissioners were cA0e
to consider the present state Of tn
lake. Mr.. Hanna destroyed hfs dar
and Lake Mahkeenac was thereo
lowered about II feet In the Superr
Court was filed an agreement b
$4,000 damages for the plaintiff. VIII
out costs.
| Curiosity as to the nature 1
crumpied piece Of paper which job
McLachlan Of Methuen, Aasa-. q
served on the sidewalk as, one
hundreds Of Saturday afternoon shos
pers. he traverssd Essex street. L&N
renee led him to pick up and examir
tie paper. which turned out to be
American Express check, certified q
s2eo0 and all ready for payment
the wife Of a prominent local ma
John knew where the payee reside
so he fastened to the residenc
turned over the check and was n
varded with a nice crisp 81 bl.
i Universal Reason.
She was old and gray and was hsl
inp In a little pond near her nous