The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-06
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.

Items of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.
Bristol will have two bali teams in
the field the coming season, the Inde-
pendents having organized Monday eve
ming. Roy Jacobs was chosen chairman
and Harold Bosworth manager.
4 petition in bankruptcy was fled
Wednesday by John r. Nash Of Monk
ton, manufacturer of lumber and shin
giles. He has liabilities of $f,2175s and
assets Of S2,1s4,5o, Of which Ss7s.50
are claimed exempt.
A negligence suit for $4,000 damages
has been brought against the Rutland
Railroad company by William Branch
of Leicester Junction. The plaintiff
claims that the wagon in which he was
riding was struck by a Rutland railroad
train at a crossing ON August II, 1908,
and that he was thrown out and serious
" injured The suit Is returnable to
the March term Of the Rutland county
court.
Mrs. Asa LOOMS Of Bennington was
found on the floor in her Kitchen Tues
day morning in an unconscious condi-
ton, with blood flowing freely from her
nose. and cuts on her face. Appearances
would Indicate that she had suffered an
attack Of heart trouble, with which she
had been troubled for some time. 1t
was q couple Of hours before she gave
4
Loomis is a feshy woman but the at
tending physician thinks no serious re-
suits will follow.
The largest load of wood drawn into
Enosburg Falls so far this season was
drawn from John Collins farm Monday
| BY H. H. Farreil's team, the team being
driven by Earl G. Moffatt. II was load
Of green block wood and measured four
land one.half cords. The load could not
be weighed on the scales here, not
withstanding the fact that they weigh
between $500 and 5000 pounds. There
are several hills on this road, the long
est and hardest being that on North
Main street BY the building Of the DIR.
b. J. Kendall Co.
Through the persistent efforts of
Mayor +. G. Phelps, Il. w McCueu, w.
r. Warner and w. j. Strong, backed by
essary amount Of $4,000 has been
raised to induce the Richf0rd School
Furniture company to move its plant
there and the coming is now an assured
fact. A stock company will be formed
/ with a capital Of $4,000, two. thirds Of
which has been raised among the BUSH
ness men there. The building known as
the Kendall shop has been secured for
I the new enterprise and will BE ready as
soon as possible.
That leap year was failure Id St
bloomsbury is clearly proven by an in
spection Of the town clerk files. The
llanglishing maiden all farlorn who saw
in the close Of 1904 her last chance,
liuay take renewed hope, for according to
figures, and figures do not lie, leap year
made fewer benedicts than the year pre-.
vious. The town clerk iii 1908 issued
s3 marriage licenses. IT'S true two of
these were slips 'twixt the cup and the
Hip but 81 were bona fide marriages.
IN 1901, leap year, only 60 were issued,
showing twelve, an average Of one
month il favor Of the common year.
Horace IN. Thompson al Bellows Falls,
member OF the firm Of Moore & Thomp-
son, paper manufacturers, died at his
home on the south terrace yesterday
morning after d sickness 81 two years
or more He was well known paper
manufacturer and a prominent citizen.
| lie represented the town OF Westmin-
/ ster III the legislature If 1900. Mr..
Thompson was born ID Springfield, Vt,
about Is years ago He was at one
/ time a merchant III that village and Ia
| ter manufacturer of seythe snaths ii
company with the late Franklin n
| Ball. He came To Bellows Falls in 1875,
and was for u time associated III bust
ness with Albert Derby Of that place.
Afr. Thompson became a member Of the
firm of Moore 3 Thompson IN 1882.
| 4 meeting Of all the labor unions of
Bellows Falls was held at the headquar-
tiers Of the central labor union Sunday
Afternoon, AND it was decided to take
hand il village politics and endeavor
l 70 elect at least two OF the officers to
be chosen at the annual village meet
ing on the 30th. II was voted 70 sup
port ]. }. 0Connor, paper ula~Ser I'M
the employ Of the Robertson paper COM
pany and popular Irish American eiti-
zen for the office oil second hailiH The
present second baiiiIf Is A. e. Field Of
1 the firm Of Field & Lawrence, hardware
dealers, II was voted to support
/ Charles AIeEvoy, also member OF the
paper makers union, for the Office of
street commissioner The present street
commissioner is e. s. Moore, and he an
nounces that lie IL candidate for re-
election. This il the first time that the
/ labor unions have taken 4 united part
in the local politics, and the indications
are that there will be lively times be-
tween now and the 30th