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Charles E. Bell made a trip to 
Kingston, N. H., on a bicycle last 
Sunday. Mr. Bell declares this was 
a less tedious task than the all-day 
walk which he and his brother took 
to-Kingston- several weeks ago. 
A launch owned by Samuel Jones 
of Beverly went ashore at the beach 
last Sunday. The launch was making 
Gloucester harbor, but the rudder 
broke, which left her to the mercy ot 
the wind. The boat was not serious- 
ly damaged, except a couple of brok- 
en ribs in the side of the boat. The 
engine was taken out today by the 
owner. 
Many of the hghts about town 
were not lighted last night and in 
justice to the man who has this in 
charge, we would say that his horse 
was held up by the inspector of ani- 
mals yesterday and ordered placed 
under quarantine, it being affected 
with a case of glanders. The lights 
will be attended to as usual today 
and in the future. 
The. Essex County association, 8. 
of V., will hold an outing and busi- 
ness meeting at Tuck’s Point, June 
22, to which all eligible S. of V. and 
wives and families are invited. <A 
chowder will form the principal part 
of the meal, which will be served at 
6 o’clock. The committee of the out- 
ing are J. Perly Fowle and William 
E. Choate, jr., of Camp 6, Beverly, 
Joseph Devine of Camp 104, Saugus, 
and Edward W. Baker of Camp 149, 
Manchester. 
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