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# NEW ENGLAND NEWS IN TABLOID FORM
News of General Interest From the Six States
Boston was the third city in the United States to show the largest increase in July postal receipts, according to the postoffice department.
The Maine State Fuel administration announced last week there is no anthracite available for distribution and that its arrangements are made exclusively for bituminous coal.
The 10th annual convention of the Massachusetts Permanent Fireman's Association was held at Fall River. There were approximately 500 delegates present representing practically every city in the state.
Eight cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in Boston since the first of the year, according to figures given out at City Hall. Four of the eight cases resulted fatally. One case has been reported so far this month.
It is reported that the potato crop in the vicinity of York Beach, Me., has been nearly ruined by the terrific downpours experienced since last May. In the low lands the potato crop has suffered the greatest, on account of the lack of drainage.
The first case of osteomyelitis, a rare disease diagnosed as inflammation of the gray matter of the spine, has been reported at Providence. A child, three years old, is the victim. She is at the Rhode Island State Hospital.
More than a million ballots will be printed for the Maine biennial state election which will be held on the second Monday of September. This is double the usual amount, the extra ballots being for a referendum to settle the question of a full-time state highway commission.
The trial of Max Mitchell, president of the closed Cosmopolitan Trust Company, Boston has been assigned to start in the superior criminal court Oct. 2. Mitchell is charged with larceny and conversion of funds in 51 counts. His trial will follow that of Charles Ponzi, whose trial is set for Sept. 18.
Living models wearing funeral gowns were a feature of the session of the convention of the Maine Undertakers' Association at Augusta, Me. The object of this exhibition was to show the funeral directors as well as the general public the most modern tendencies in this important part of the funeral.
A Boston & Maine passenger train from Boston bound west, was stoned at night about a mile west of the Greenfield, Mass., Station by unidentified men. Most of the windows in one coach were smashed. Several passengers were cut by flying glass and two were struck by stones. They were given first aid on the train, which was not halted.
The Vermont State fair this fall to be held at White River Junction Sept. 12, 13, 14 and 15, will be remarkable as a cattle exhibition. Not only will the display of high grade cattle include exhibits that will come from other states, but herds from Vermont will be conspicuous both in numbers and high breeding.
A big cargo of coal was received at Boston last week—13,00 tons, approximately destined for industrial and municipal consumption in Boston and other New England cities. Trucks began hauling some of it away for use by the city of Boston almost as soon as the electrically operated scoops had begun digging into the black mass in the holds of the vessel.
Wasil Wsaxeik, a cobbler of R. I., 28 Cross street, Central Falls, has lost the savings of a lifetime, amounting to $6,500. Two youths inveigled him to place the money in a strong box, supposedly with $1,200 of their own. They gave him a key. When he visited the box all he found was a $5 bill and a note reading: "Buy your self a feed, you'll need it."
The population of Boston on July 1, 1922, was 832,678, according to the estimate of the city government made public by Mayor Curley. The finding will be published in "Boston Statistics, 1922" about to be issued. The estimate, which is checked up as correct, gives the city 68,661 more inhabitants than credited by the United States census figure of 764,017.
Judge Hildreth is kept busy at York Beach, Me., by the number of speeders who are arrested daily by the state police. Ocean avenue at Short Sands proves to be a great temptation to the tourists and has been closely patroled or watched by the motor cycle cops. As a result quite a number have found themselves before court After the usual fine of $10 and costs they are allowed to continue on their way.
Sixty dealers who ordinarily handle 348,858 tons of anthracite and 139,478 tons of soft coal now have on hand
