The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-04-22
new ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections OF YankeeIand

Mrs. Mary Butler, who had reached
the advanced age of los years, died
recently at her home in So. Boston.
Three Lowell, Mass, policemen
have reported to the police depart
ment that total of $3.50 had been
stolen from their pockets in Merrimac
SO.
Spring activities got a setback in
Jonesport, Me-, last week by fall of
nearly three inches of snow, some
what interfering with baseball prac-
tice and early gardening.
Harry ]. Orr, %, charged with
the murder of his wife on March
81, 1920, in New Haven, Conn.,,
was sentence to state prison for life.
He was captured in San Francisco a
month after his wife was found shot
to death.
F. e. Putnam of Lowell, Mass, had
a concrete sidewalk laid in 1919 and,
so doing, inadvertently covered a
peony bulb. He sails that the plant
is now In the sunlight again, having
forced it's way through layer of
tarred cobbles and more than an inch
of solid concrete.
Lowell liquor officers in arrang-
ing to send seized liquor to State
| headquarters found that the greater
portion of the contents of cans was
water, the center of the cans was
fitted with small sized funnel, while
the rest was filled with water The
seizure was made March 5.
Mrs Irene Nikituk, aged 81, Spring
field. Mass, was instantly killed by
leaping from fourth story window in
a block, where she had gone, sup
posedly to visit friends. She was
committed to an insane hospital last
June and was recently released on the
request Of her husband to assist in the
care of their two young children.
Peter Longe, who was found guilty
of second degree murder for the kill
ing of Owen Hayes at Fairhaven, VT,
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
in the State Prison by Judge Sher-
man R. Moulton. Before imposing sem
tence the court overruled a motion
of the defense that the verdict be set
aside as against the evidence.
Pres. r. ]. Alley of the University of
Maine announces that the College of
Law would not be reopened for the
present. This action by the trustees
was made necessary, he said, by the
failure of the Legislature to provide
an appropriation to cover the neces
sary expenses. The trustees asked
the Legislature for an appropriation
of $4,000 for this purpose. but the
request was not granted.
By the terms of the will of the late
Cyrus C. Mayberry, Boston attorney,
fled in the Suffolk Probate Office,
$4,000 is left to the town of Casco,
Me-, The will provides that one-half
the income of this sum shall be ex
pended for schools, while the other
half shall be for the care and mainte-
nance of the highway leading from
the Otisfield line to the Raymond line.
The first blood test to determine the
paternity of a child to be made in
Massachusetts, will be made in
Springfield, Mass. The child in ques-
ton is that of Doris Foisy, Thomas |
Grover is alleged to be the father,
while he declares that the father is
George Webb, soldier at Fort Hamil-
ton, New York The latter denies it. !
Grover is defendant in the District
Court
THE General Court must have pub
lie opinion behind it in order to re-
peal or modify any of the revenue
eating provisions of existing law"
said Tax Commissioner Henry F. Long |
in speaking before the Massachusetts |
Tax Collectors Association. He said |
there is a duty upon chambers of |
commerce and other business or
CARNATIONS to reduce the demands |
upon state, city and town treasures. |
By a rollcall vote of II to IA. the /
Massachusetts State Senate refused to /
order to a third reading the House
bill to reduce the period of waiting |
under the workmen's compensation
law. The measure provides that in
cases where disability continues more /
than four weeks the compensation
shall date from the day of injury. in
stead of having the present waiting
period of 10 days. }
The police in a raid on a house on
Lincoln street, Worcester, Mass. fol-
lowing complaints about actions in
the place. discovered that the hot wa
ter compartment of the Kitchen stove
had been turned into a cache for NOR
phine. Instead of using the space
for heating water. the police report ii
had been disconnected from the hot
water tank. and they found in il a
tin box containing 25 one-quarter
grains OF the drug. - empty tin boxes.
a hypodermic syringe and a spoon.
The Boston and Maine railroad
shops. Concord, closed for a week.
starting Monday II IA understood