The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-21
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items OF Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges


Burlineton's new opera house viii be
opened October Is with an attraction
not yet selected
There have been built this summer aud
now in process OF building in Richmond
village, ten dwelling houses, a church,
George Green's store and John McGarg
han hotel, the last two greatly enlarged
from what they We're before they were
burned, and many other improvements.
1t is stated that the Anti-Saloon
League win carry OH a vigorous cam
paign il Bennington county the last ten
DAYS in October. The Rev. George w.
Morrow, Rev. John NJ. Barker of Boston,
Rev. H. n. Pringle Of Maine, and Clar-
ence j. Ferguson of Burlington win be-
the principal speakers. The Neal Dow
Quartette win also assist with singing.
The dock, which was rented by Bur
lington from w. j. Van Patten pend
| ing the purchase OF a municipal wharf,
has not vet been utilized. The repairs
that are necessary before the dock can
be used have not been made, owing TO
the fact that the expense wonld be so
large that it would not be profitable to
spend the amount for SO short time
as the dock will be used.
The potato crop in this section is large
this year, but in many places is affected
BY rot. The crop, however, viii not be
as large as last year, which was some
thing phenomenal The apple crop
throughout Vermont was never so large
as this year The trees are breaking
down with the fruit and farmers cannot
give the apples away. They are now be-
ing fed to the stock
About 100000 cans Of corn have
been put up at the Essex junction can
ming factory up to the present time,
$4,000 a day being the average amount.
There is force of some 40 or Is at
work. Twelve cookers are in opera.
ton. Work at the eorn.e canning fac
tory in Brattleboro will be brought TO
close this week probably. Most Of
the husking this year has been done
by a gang OF Italians from Boston. part
Of whom are still at work This years
output is estimated at about 100000
pounds.
The largest block Of Ascutney green
granite ever quarried was drawn to the
station at Windsor last week to be
shipped to Rochester, N. Y, to be set up
in a new building in process Of erection
by the Norcross corporation for au insr-
ance company The stone was taken
from the Norcross quarry and measured
fifteen feet in length and was between
three and four feet square. It's weight
was between Is and 20 tons, and it was
drawn from the quarry by team Of ten
horses. Another stone like it is soon to
follow for the same destination and pur-
pose.
While the troops Of the 18th cavalry
were coming from Manassas, VA. to
Fort Ethan Allen in the first section of
the three trains, three general prisoners
escaped. At Baltimore, Md. Private Gil
bert German, who was under guard for
larceny, and Private Harry G. Wilson,
who was serving sentence Of two
months confinement for losing his pis-
tol, made their way to liberty. while
the train was going through the long
tunnel few miles from Baltimore. The
same train reached Wilkesbare, Pa,
late Wednesday evening, and made a
stop in the eity's freight yards, when
Private Joseph II. Vanyan, prisoner,
also escaped. Nanyan at Manassas,
Va, was carrying a loaded revolver and
when ordered by the officer of the day
of the provost guard IN the town, an Of
ficer Of the 10th United States infant
~, to turn the pistol over to him,
struck this officer and also resisted ar
rest