The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-11
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items OF Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.

Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.
The Randolph probate district paid into
the State treasury last year over $4,000
revenues from the collateral inheritance
tax
Mr. and Mrs, George 81 Lewis, Of
Bethel, reached the fiftieth anniversary Of
their wedding day, July b A large party
Of their neighbors and friends gathered at
their home Oh Camp Brook and spent the
afternoon and evening.
Congressman d. ]. Foster Of Burlington
received a cablegram yesterday from lo-
seph Aud stating that the condition OF G.
r. Aud was improving The cablegram
said: Feeling decidedly better" Mr.
and Mrs. AuId sailed from New York last
Saturday and arrived 10 San Juan We'd
nesday.
The 10 cottages around Caspian Lake,
Greensboro, are now nearly al occupied.
Two grocery teams and one milk team call
daily Three meat carts call at different
times through the week, a bakers cart
twice and a laundry wagon once week,
SO the temporal needs OF the cottagers are
as well cared for as when in town.
Members Of the Vermont Fish and and
Game League, who have been investigat-
! ing the game situation relative to fall
shooting report that owing to the pro.
traeted wet weather ruffed grouse, wood
cock, and in fact, all game birds, will be
scarcer next season than since 1892. The
! investigators have found that many broods
Of grouse have died in the nest, and that
in several sections the eggs have failed to
hatch.
E. T. Carlo, young man OF Burlng.
ton, narrowly escaped a serious accident
Wednesday In attempting TO board troll
i ley ear at the Win0oski bridge The caI
was Just entering the bridge when Garlic
stepped on the walking board near the
rear his head striking against the iron
framework Of the bridge, cutting deer
cash and knocking him in an unconscious
condition from which he did not recover
for several hours.
There has been hung III the Kimba Il.
brary building the past week an Oil p0r.
trait Of Col Ri. kimball, donor Of the
building Last winter the library trus.
tees requested a portrait Of Col Kimbal
for the library. and w. Eugene Kimbal
very generously donated this one It rep
resents Col Klmball sitting ia 4 natura
posture In an arm chair, showing nearly
the whole figure. Il is very real and
makes an appropriate adornment for ii {
library The portrait Is eneased in riel
| gilt frame and rests Oh the mantel ovei
the fireplace facing the entrance,
Charles Mack, third selectman Of tht
town Of Mortified, while at work on Oar
MeCarty's new house on the Fourth, wa
assaulted BY several men, said to be tht
worse for liquor. The men insisted thai
Mr. Mack stop work, called him name.
and threatened to tear down the staging
Mack came down to the ground and BIZ
one Of the men over the head with ham
mer, The other men carried their wound
ed companion to DR.. Shaw's office, wherl
several stitches had to be taken to Gloss
the cash No arrests have been made al
the men virtually admit that they were II
The wrong
i A narrow escape from serious ans
probably fatal accident happened yester
day morning 1T the Barlow street crossing
In Winooski when one horse Of a double
team was Instantly killed, and the drive
and the other horse escaped injury
! When AdOlphus Meron, the driver
reached the bottom and was about to eros
the tracks, he heard the train approach
ing, and realizing he had not time t,
cross, he alighted and led the horses b,
the bits from the tracks, but only succeed
ed In moving one of them out Of danger
The other was struck and horribly man
gled, and died instantly The driver ant
other horse were uninjured, although th
wagon suffered a broken pole.