The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-07-05
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items of Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.

Items OF Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.
/ Justice and Mrs. David J. Brewer, Of
Kansas, have arrived at Ihompson's
point, Charlotte, for the summer.
Col. J. Gray Estey, Of Brattleboro,
I has returned from Europe, where he has
been on business trip for month.
| A petition in bankruptcy was fled
Saturday by Grin G. Grace OF Fairfax
lie has liabilities of S1,256.22 and assets
OF Sl,315, of which $3.50 are claimed ex-
elnpt.
Dr. and Mrs. w Seward Webb in
vited large party Of men to lunch at
the Shelburne House Saturday after
noon to celebrate the 2lst birthday an
niyersary of Watson Webb, their son.
At a recent meeting OF the Benning-
ton school board it was voted to raise
the salary Of Principal "A. B. Willmarth
from $1,000 TO 81 100 a year 1t was
also decided to add to the faculty al
teacher Of music and drawing. The plan
has been under advisement for some
time.
Further efforts to discover the body
OF Lester Stafford, who mysteriously
disappeared from Guilford last fall, were
made this week by dragging the slate
iock pond with the thought that pos
sibly his body might have been weighed
at the bottom OF the same.
Arthur Prince, the colored driver EN-
ployed by G. G. Niles, who was arrested
last "Wednesday, charged with ourglariz
ing the store OF j. J. Kennedy IN Bur
lington and stealing Sl65, was released
from Jail Saturday, the case against him
having been nolle pressed by states At
toney sherman.
Saturday afternoon, while playing ball
near the Wheeler house, Franklin, son
Of Mi. and Mrs. i. /. Marsh, tripped and
Iell into an unused drain, striking his
kead upon a sharp stone, cutting an
ugly cash over his left eye that neces
STATED the taking OF several stitches to
close. The wound, though painful, is not
extremely dangerous, and the patient is
doing well.
at the sunday-school convention in
West Berkshire Friday the following
Resolution was adopted: Resolved, That
the experience OF the last two years has
only confirmed our belief that license,
RICH or low. is q poor substitute for a
prohibitorv law AS one OF our Yer
riont senators has said that the best Ii
cense law is q poor substitute for the
weakest prohibitory law on our statute
books"
Friday was the final day OF the con-
yenfion Vermont Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Association, held at Bellows
Falls. Only TIE morning session was
held. the afternoon session being omitted
because many We're compelled to leave
town at noon, The following officers
were electeI President, N. ]. Moran,
OF Brattleboro: vice presidents, f. n
Miller Of Brandon, ]. B. Carrigan Of
Poultney; secretary, A. Il. Hale, OF Brad
ford; treasurer, 1. 4. Cabot, Of Windsor.
a dead doe was found near the rail-
way track, on John Davidson's farm in
Essex Friday by bis grandsons, who were
berrying, The doe was apparently a
vearling There We're no marks on its
body To denote the manner IN which it
met its death, but it was probably
caused by exhaustion. County Came
/ Warden Frank Lord of South Burling-
ton was notified and visited the scene
land probably investigations win be made
las t. whether there are dogs in the vi
leinity which may have chased it 1t
may be that being frightened by a train
caused her to run.