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

The Rev. y. L. billiard, representative
elect from Cabot, announces himself as
candidate for the chaplaincy Of the
next house Of representatives.
The Republican state headquarters
were Wednesday closed IN Burlington
ana moved to MiddIebury. Chairman
Ihad NJ. Chapman returned to his home
in Middlebury that night.
After voting until about midnight
Tuesday evening the voters Of Norris
vile elected as town representative the
Democratic candidate, G. T.. Bates Re-
gardless Of the lateness Of the hour, en-
| tlusiastic citizens, headed by the Nor
risville baud, marched to Mr. Gates
home and received a gracious reception.
Cards have been received in Brattleboro
announcing the marriage. Monday Of f.
Il, Miller Of DummeFstou, and Miss Flor
ence Sears OF Boston. Mr.. Miller is well
known through the stats as a baritone
singer Of unusual ability, and also made
many friends while state senator from
Wndham county four years ago.
The eleventh annual picnic Of the Bit.
fal0 society of Nermonters was held at
Delaware Park III the city Of Buffalo,
N. VI, Saturday afternoon, September
3. From three to FIVE o'clock an infor-
NAL reception was held IN the grove ad
joining the boathouse, on the same spot
where the society has assembled annual
~ and exchanged greetings, the baskets
containing the good things TO eat were
carried 70 the private dining room I'll
the restaurant in the boat house The
tables were laid by the women, hot tea
and coffee were served by the caterer,
and the time was spent was spent in
listening to impromptu speeches and rec
itations until dark, when the members
dispersed to assemble next winter when
the annual banquet IS held
After one of the hottest elections held
in Randolph for number of years Dana
H. Morse was elected as town rep
resentatiye on the fourth ballot. There
were four candidates III the field and
All had their share Of staunch supporters
but the voting was carried on IN very
orderly manner. j. B. Wells, the other
leading candidate. led in the first bal
lot, having 24s; D. a. Morse, 22S; y.
b Adams, 100, and d. T.. Sargent Dem
ocrat, S.. After the first ballot Morse
gained steadily and Wells held his own
until the last ballot when Morse won
out by about rs majority. After the
election Mr.. Morse took the floor and
thanked his friends and supporters Gnd
extended to them an invitation to an
informal reception to be held at his home
on Thursday evening, September s.
Saturdays electric storm was one of
the worst ever known in Charlotte 4
COW was killed and barn was struck
on the w n. Newell farm A barn was
struck on what used to be known ais the
Timothy Stebbns farm John III Whal-
ley had three cattle killed in his pasture
near the depot There was insurance on
all the property injured or killed A
strange coincidence connected with the
striking Of Timothy Stebbins' farm barn
Is that this is the third barn on the adj
joining farms on the same street that
has been struck by lightning First was
the barn struck amid burned for r.. M.
Hnbbell, then on the Peter Stebbins'
farm, the next one south, and the Tim
othy Stebbins' barn, now owned by
Francis W Humphrey, by Saturdays
storm The III NJ Hnbbell barn was
burned OF 10 years ago. The Peter
Stebbins' barn two years ago.