The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-16
ABOUT THE STATE.

Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.
Daniel Preston. who resides near Bolton
Falls, celebrated his Goth birthday anni-
versary Monday.
A crusade has been instituted against
Burlington store keepers who keep their
places Of business open Sundays,
Woodstock has voted $4,000 III addi-
ton to the $4,000 previously voted for a
new school house, and will erect as fine a
building as there Is in the State.
The board Of police examiners Of Bur
llngton has organized and win hear charg-
es against officer e. r. Coon this evening,
and later will hear the sameagainst Chief
of-Police Brownell at public hearings.
A nineteen.year. old boy named Murray
was drowned in the Connecticut river at
Bellows Falls, Sunday while bathing.
Murray was riding on log and was car
ried down stream beyond his depth
Edward Iongeway Of ST. Johnspury was
placed under arrest Saturday for threat
ening the life and safety Of his wife and
other members Of the family, Monday be
was adjudged insane and will be taken t.
the Waterbury asylum as soon as the
necessary papers can be made out.
The Rev. and Mrs, Alexander Cront
| left Newport Monday night for Boston
and sailed Tuesday for England, their ma
tive country. Mr. Crone has been rector
of st. Marks mission, Newport, for sever
wears. The Rev. S. s. Mureh Of Salmon
! pal1a n II ,rf1f or, aoaod Mr. Ernua al
rector Of 1t Marks church.
! William Al. Patrick, one Of the bes
known and oldest residents Of RUTLAND
was found yesterday morning in the celia
of his house, unconscious. He had faliel
down the cellar stairs and fractured hi
skull. There is little chance Of his re
covery. How the accident happened i
not known, but he probably had an at
tack Of dizziness.
An accident occurred Tuesday, July Z
at the portable saw mill owned by Coun
ter Bros, East Charleston. The clothing
/ OF Fred Counter caught on pulley whicl
drew him around, breaking both legs AM
| arms and tearing his clothingand injurini
him severely, from the effects Of which h
died In few hours. "A wife and littl
son survive him. Mr.. Counter had reside'
III East Charleston only a few months
The burial was at Burke, his forme
home,
Gen. o. o. Howard OF Burlington, VIII
has been absent for the past three weeks
has returned home. During his absenc
he attended the annual reunion Of the So
ciety Of the Army of the Potomac in Bos
ton, and the unwilling Of the monumen
which was erected to the memory Of Gen
/ Joseph Hooker. He also attended th
40th anniversary OF the battle Of Getsys
burg and gave one Of the leading address
es, From there he went to Port Arther
| Tex.
| A number of Rutland capitalists are in
terested In corporation called the Inter
national Fuel Co. which Il being formedt
take over the patents covering the fuel re
Gently invented by Capt. Henry E. Dorr
the well known writer, of Rutland TIL
patents win embrace the United States
Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Hunga
Try, France Belgium, Russia Spain an
Japan, which are the chief coal produein
countries Of the world BY this process
bituminous coal is converted into a smoke
less fuel as hard as anthracite coal. Thi
discovery Is of special Importance, TO
there are vast bituminous coal fields bot
in the United States and In Europe whicl
are remote from anthracite deposits, ant
there is no true anthracite In Europe.