Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
new ENGLAND news
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of YankeeIand

ssSO
Sections Of yankeeIand
The net estate Of the late Morton r.
Plant who died Nov. 4. 1918, Is val
ued at approximately $17.000,000 in
stead Of $33,000,00O as originally in
ventorfed, It was disclosed at hear
ing in the Probate Count in Groton,
Conn.
The Rev. Harper P. Mitchell, former
pastor Of the MARYLAND Avenue Baptist
church, Brockton, Mass. appearing be-
fore the church's prudential commit
tee, produced evidence by which he
was completely exonerated Of charges
OF misbehavior.
The will of Jeannie Latin Couch Of
Dalton, Mass, creates trust fund for
$4,000 for the Berkshire Animal Res
cue League and IN addition gives the
home and land now occupied by the
league in Dalton. in trust, for the pur-
poses of the league.
Axel Peterson, Worcester, Mass.
with a record Of 35 arrests in IL years,
and John F. Hayes Of Worcester, with
a record Of 33 arrests in II years,
pleaded guilty to charges Of drunken
ness before Judge Webster Thayer In
Superior Criminal Court.
BY the will of Hon. Charles 8. Lilley
of Lowell $4,000 is bequeathed to
Lowell Cemetery, Of which associa
ton he was president. In one clause
mention is made Of his dog, Rex, and
the request was made that he should
always be well cared for.
Edwin L. Hawes, blind political
boss Of Scituate. R L, former deputy
town clerk, at one time Representa-
tive to the General Assembly on the
Democratic ticket from Burillville,
and prominent In political circles In
the State, died at his home in Scitu-
ate, after a long illness. he was in
his 82d year.
At the 33d annual session Of the
supreme lodge, New England Order
OF Protection, the first net gain IN
several years was reported for the
last term when 81 were added. The
present membership is 1888 divided
as follows: Maine, 36S3; New Hamp-
shire, 1878; Vermont, T777; Massachu-
sets, 14,062; Rhode Island, 1909;
Connecticut, $3.50. There are S35
lodges.
Reports of damage to growing crops
by heavy frost, temperatures OF rom
IL to freezing and formation OF Ice In
small ponds and brooks were received
from many districts Of Massachusetts
last week West Springfield truck and
market gardeners set their losses at
$4,000. The mercury dropped 10 de-
gres or more below the freezing
point in parts of the Cape Cod cram
berry district
Jordan 8. orler, John D. Boyer. Of ]
s. Orler & Co., brokers, and Mrs. Jane
Butland, engaged In the business OF
character analysis were arrested on
Indictment warrants charging them
with larceny in IL counts Of securities
from Mrs. Walter K. Martin, widow OF
Edmund Clarke Of the firm OF Dan
forth Clarke co. Boston. The amount
of the larceny charge In the indict'
ment is $115,99z.
Byron Bearce and Wilson Lowell Of
Pittsfeld, Me-, have just finished
hike which is attracting attention
They walked from Ruxord to Pitts
field. 81 miles, in SO hours elapsed
tme The actual was "a hours
they averaged 2h miles per hour AS
thew made no deductions for brie'
halts to eat lunch or ask directions
the actual hourly average was mucn
better than that.
There are three nurses living II
the Lowell, Mass, section who served
In the Civil War. They are Sister Mar.
tina of st. Johns Hospital stan anc
Mrs. Mary e. Smith OF Lowell, and
Mrs. Hannah P. Buxton Of the Blan'
chard Hospital, Dracut. Sister Martina
Is 80 years old and has been cn1el
nurse at night in St Johns Hospita
for 80 years. She is.qufck in,recogniz
| ing former patients-
w. A. Lincoln, Marlboro, Mass,
veteran of the Civil War. who ma!
lust celebrated his 18th. birthday. ha'
received a letter from United States
Senator David I. Walsh, In which HI
says he Is giving his attention TO
claim of Mr.. Lincoln against the GOV
ernment. Mr.. Lincoln claims tw'
months ration pay, due Sc years ago
which, with accrued interest. woui'
now amount to $700.
Declaring there is nosposstble oD1ec
tion to the proposed Investigation D!
the Allied Printing Trades Council int
the solvency Of companies carry1nl
workingmen's compensation, suggest
ed in a recent speech made BY Sena
tor Warren F Tarbell In the Legisla
ture. Clarence w. Hobbs commission
er of insurance stated hewiu be glal
to place at the councils disposal al
information in his department. L
Probably the oldest Fairbanks seal
In Vermont has recently been pre-
sented to the Fairbanks Museum o
the Vermont Scale Repair Company 9
st. Johnsbury. It was made IN lSfs
a counter scale, with q 12-pound ca
pacity, and was used by'J. G. Bingham
In his drugstore on Main st. and late
| by his son, C. c. Bingham, In Tn
same business. This scale is mad
| of cast iron and has iron pivot intea
l of the steel ones now used and a
| lthovoh IN first-claSS condition Tor