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New Member to the Board of 
Selectmen Must Be Elected. 
Following the death of Selectman 
Wm. E. Kitfield of Manchester, the 
question arises as to filling the va- 
cancy on the board. The law on the 
matter states that in case of a va- 
cancy, by death or otherwise, the 
vacancy shall be filled by a regular 
election, after nomination papers 
have been filed in due course, and a 
special election called for as required 
by law. In all probability this will 
not come till after the middle of 
May. 
Fire at McMillan Estate. 
The Manchester fire department 
was called out about 10.40 Wednes- 
day morning, by an alarm from 
box 61, on Sea street, for a fire at 
“Eaglehead,” the summer estate of 
the McMillans. Fire started at the 
hennery, probably from the ex- 
plosion of a lamp in one of the in- 
cubators. Three of the houses were 
burned, and some 100 or more 
chickens were either burned to 
death, or suffocated. Five brooders 
were lost. The chickens were for 
the most part valuable white wyan- 
dottes and white Plymouth Rocks. 
It was a sight to see the hundreds 
of chickens that had escaped the 
fire running freely about the 
grounds, and two mountain goats, 
with long, streaming white beards, 
that had been kept in one of the 
small houses, added to the pictur- 
esqueness of the sight. The fire, of 
course, was not near enough the 
large house to cause any alarm, and 
the quick appearance of the fire de- 
partment on the scene soon brought 
Buy the STORK Company’s 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
an end to the ravages of the flames. 
The loss is estimated at about $500. 
Annual Meeting. 
The annual business meeting of 
the Story High School Alumni asso- 
ciation will be held next Monday 
evening, April 23, at the home of 
Mrs. Blaisdell, Union street. The 
officers for the year will be elected 
and other important matters of busi- 
ness will come up. The meeting 
will be held at 8 o'clock. 
Society Notes 
Edward S. Grew’s house at “Glass 
Head” is being opened and_ the 
family will move down from Bos- 
ton next week, probably. 
The Henry S. Grews will not ar- 
Mveowat) oulhe, )oimacks, = Man- 
chester, till May 4. 
Dr. Tenney’s cottage at Man- 
chester Cove is open for a week or 
ten days, though the family will not 
move down till late next month. 
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Monks 
are spending a fortnight at their 
cottage on University Lane, Man- 
chester Cove. The house will be 
occupied May 1 by the E. B. Hills 
of Boston. 
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Walker will 
sail for Europe next Tuesday for a 
two months’ stay, when they will 
eturn to Manchester for the bal- 
ance of the summer. 
Samuel Carr intended to leave 
this week for a stay of a month or 
six weeks in California. The Carrs 
will open their house at West Man- 
chester June I. 
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It’s ever been in our 
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