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Secretary George Aitken of Wood
stock announces that the annual meet
ing Of the Vermont state Dairymen's
association will be held in Burlington,
jan 5, and 7.
Edgar Cross, 40, shot and killed him
self with a rife short distance from
his home in Goshen, last week We'd
nesday. He was probably temporarily
insane. He leaves wife and three
children.
Mrs Louisa Smith Spooner, "a, who
boarded with Mr. and Mrs Burnett
Goodsell, Isle LaMotte committed suic-
ide last week Monday by drowning in
the lake. The body was recovered and
sent to Phillipston, Mass, for bur-
ial
Patrick Mcclure of Burlington is in
Jail charged with fourth offence of in
toxication. He will probably be held
on the charge of assault with intent to
kill, Mcclure attacted two officers,
who we're arresting him, with huge
logging chain and threatened their
lives if they went near him.
Alonzo H CLOWN, &c. died suddenly
Sunday from heart disease at his home
in Rutland. He had run dry goods
store in Rutland since 1889 and five
years ago, he began the manufacture
of women's wrappers, the business
growing until now it employs l2jhands
and is known as the Rutland wrapper
and skirt company.
John H Dillingham;, 81, yardman,
attempted to board an engine in the
railroad yard at ST Adams Saturday
night, but fell under the wheels His
left leg was cut on above the knee and
the right leg was mangled below the
knee. He was taken to the hospital
where he died early Sunday morning.
He was formerly telephone llneman
and came to ST Adams two years ago
from Valley Falls, r. l.
J. NJ. Marshall was brought to Bur-
lington, Saturday from New York
charged with fraud in securing goods
to the value of $500 from o. L. Kinds
company, manufactu rers of shirts,
overalls, etc. under false pretences.
He was employed by the concern as
salesman anditis alleged be mad goods
shipped to bogus firms at St Louis
and that he also claimed to be sick,
thereby securing an advance Of cash
from the firm. Marshall will contest
the case.
Herbert Davis, Is, of Mortified,
was brought to Montpelier Friday,
charged with entering theexpress office
at Mortified in December of last year
and stealing rife. The recent burg
larry of the Colburn Clothing company
store at Mortified and the search of
Davis led to the discovery of the rifle.
Judge Woodward bound Davis over
to the county court, fixing bail at 5000
which the respondent was unable to
furnish and he was committed to jail
TO appear before the grand jury next
September.
l. Holmes Francisco of Rutland has
been granted a full patent on a block
signal system for the use of railroads
on which he has been working for a
long time. The patent took effect Nov.
10. The application was filed May 20,
1902. Mr.. Francisco's system over
comes the disadvantages of the many
systems now in use and It is designed
especially for tunnel use. II has,
moreover, an additional feature and
not only gives an engineer warning OF
trouble ahead by lights along the
track but it lights a danger signal in
his own cab.
Harry E Collins, of Newport, "a is
at the city hospital in Boston with a
scalp wound and indications of tract
ure of the skull. How Collins received
his injuries is a mystery He says
he was assaulted and robbed in his
room at the Falmouth House Saturday
night, but the authorities take little
stock in his story. At the hotel be-
cause of his report that he had been
robbed of $40 or Sl2 and had been
left practically penniless, he finally
admitted he belonged in Newport and
got the clerk to write to friends in
that town for mileage book. At the
hotel the impression prevails that
Collins fell and cut himself.