The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-07-24
ABOUT THE STATE.

ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed in Burlington Friday by Henry
r. Ryder Of Rockingham. lie has liabili-
ties Of S31O.s6 and assets Of Slss, Of
which 500 is claimed exempt.
Mrs. Frank Raiston OF Richyille at
tempted suicide July 10 by taking Paris
green. Medical attendance was at once
summoned and by the prompt aid Of
proper antidotes she was relieved Of in
tense suffering.
Mrs. Fred Vim, of Danville, died July
s as the result Of poisoning by Paris
green. She had been in frail health for
a long time and had become very de-
spondent She was 80 years old, and is
survived by her husband and two chill
dren.
Lolie Haynes Won wager last week
| by walking from Guildford Center to
Greenfield, Mass, and back after his
work was done at night. He got home
about 5 o'clock next morning and was
ready for his days work at o'clock.
The distance covered was about forty
miles.
H. S. Lind, of Cranky, shot a hand
some SPECIMEN of a black bear one day
last week. Bruin was enjoying feast
of strawberries when Mr. Lund's first
shot startled but did not hit him. He
then started in haste for the hunter
whose second shot brought him to the
ground. He weighed between four hun
bred and five hundred pounds.
During severe electrical storm in
Poultney Wednesday lightning struck
the Ruggles machine shop, rendering
Ernest Lamb UNCONSCIOUS and shocking
several other persons. At the Ripley
mill It ran down the wires, causing con
siderable excitement, misplacing every
thing movable, and shocking several
of the workmen.
+. s. Morrison, State Y. NJ. 9. "a.
secretary says that between $4,000 and
$4,000 Of the 100000 needed to erect
an association building at Bennington
has been pledged and the structure Will
be built as soon as the remainingamount
is raised. Of the fs associations in Yer
mont, five have buildings Of their own,
Island Pond Proctor, Brattleboro, Mont
pelier, st. Johnsbury and Burlington.
Il. n .ts ( NJ
Frank Gilmore, Of North Pownal, was
badly sealdcd July II, while the mother
was getting supper She placed tea
kettle full OF boiling water on a shelf
on one side Of the stove. The shelf gave
way and the water went all over the
child from the body down. The attend
ling physician thinks that the life Of
the child viii be saved.
Mrs III. b. Dodge OF Chicago who
| has been stopping with her sister, Mrs.
W. B. Hurlburt in Burlington, died very
suddenly Friday morning from a shock
The funeral was held at the home OF
| Col. W. B. Hmlburt this morning at
seven o'clock with interment at Wey-
| bridge Hill The deceased is survived
| by a husband. II. B. Dodge of Chicago
and one son, Arthur H. Dodge Of Pitts
burg, Pa.
Joseph l.aIflaHirne and r. d. Preston 81
Manchester, N HI, passed through Yer
gennes ON their way to Burlington Fri,
day. These young men are on a tive
months vacation trip, travelling in q
Iprivate schooner in which they live
lesmping ont wherever night overtakes
them. From Burlington they 60 through
the north part of this state and northern
New Hampshire, going around the
Green mountains.
A 1arge number of the men who had
been in the employ Of the circus which
recently passed through Burlington
have been around Fort Ethan Alien
lately. About 20 of these men have
made application or win do so to en-
list in the 18th cavalry. Several small
| detaehments Of recruits have been ar
irving at the post pately and the ar
tillery and cavalry organizations art
Igradually creeping UP to their authorized
strength.
A Tight mixed gray summer ccat
which was found at the circus ground:
IN Burlington is in the hands of the
| police The coat is a practically new
garment. In the pockets were found
a collar with the laundry marks X d. X
a tie, bunch Of keys with an identity
number 42272, bottle of salt and q
ticket on the Rutland railroad from
Burlington to Vergennes. The coat was
found by one Of the officers on duty az
the grounds
| Family Up to Roosevelt Standard.
Mrs. Henry Bell, of East Lyndon, ha,
recently given birth to her eleventh
iehild. the mother being only about
thirty years old. Mr.. Bell is an indus
trions and hardwerking man, who works
in the coal shute by day, and also ear
RES on about ninety acres of land
which he has purchased himself littl'
at time. He has built house wher,
his family live in comparative comfort
i The children are healthy and we'll train
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