The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-08
ABOUT THE STATE.

ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed by a. H. Shepard Of Alburg. He
has liabilities Of Sa77.25 and assets Of
$500, all OF which are claimed exempt.
Brattleboro Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, has sent tele-
gram to President Roosevelt congratulate
ing him and expressing gratitude for
the part he took in bringing about the
conclusion Of peace between Japan and
Russia.
II. G. Thomas of Stowe, secretary Of
the Vermont Fish and Game League,
requests that all mail intended for him
in his official capacity be sent to the
Van Ness house, Burlington, until after
the meeting of the league at Bluff Point,
n. y, Friday.
DR. Guy Il. Loudon Of Burlington has
lust received notice that his essay,
Making the Lame to Walk" was select
ed from forty essays for the $50 gold
medal first prize, offered by the 0steo-
pathic Publishing Go. Of Chicago, in its
prize essay contest for 1905,
There were only fifteen cases of con-
tagious diseases reported TO the Rut-
land city health officer during August
They included eleven Of measles, one
each Of lockiaw, erysipeIas, whooping
cough, and German measles. Ten
deaths occurred in the city during the
month.
+. r. Flanders Of Barton spent sew
eral days on his farm in Morgan last
week fitting up his sugar place. Mr..
Flanders has 5000 good sugar trees.
He has built new sugar house and
she'd, and has fitted up his works at an
expense Of 1000. He proposes to con-
tinue making first-elass sugar as long
as it commands present prices.
Mrs. Nancy Hanson, more familiarly
known as Grandmother Hanson the
oldest resident of Orleans county, died
ait her home on the lake road near
North Derby station Monday afternoon,
aged 101 years. Mrs. Hanson was born
at Stanstead, Que, December 4, 1904,
and moved to North Derby in 1914,
where she resided until her death. The
burial took place IN stanstead yester-
day.
There was some disturbance at the
/ hen coop at A. n Russell's in Alonkton
Ridge Saturday night and his son Pearl
went out with the gun to quell it, but
/ he stumbled in the darkness, which caus-
\ Ell an accidental discharge of the gun.
Later he discovered that he had shot
TIA mare and colt, 1t was thought to
/ be serious and help was summoned, but
4 afterward it was thought they would
recover.
james Gaifney, man about IS years
Of age, while working for T. +. Moore
clearing the brush on the military post
4 reservation, at Fort Ethan Allen, suffer
i ed a compound fracture Of the right lel
4 Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Gaffney was
! at work on a stump puller, when the
i chain broke, releasing the lever and al
/ lowing it 70 swing outward. Mr.. Calf
4 ney was struck III the lea above ths
4 knee with much force, knocking him
to the ground.
Ait the Elm cottage tennis tournament
1 at Randolph Tuesday Arthur Hernandez
defeated Fred Bass by taking three Out
Of four sets and giving the greatest
surprise to the spectators Of any match
since the tournament opened. Wednes-
day Fred Bass and Arthur Newton,
champions OF 1904, defended their title
/ against Lewis and Story, the only run-
ners-up BIZ taking three sets and only
allowing the latter one game out of
the . played
| The Windham County Veterans As
ISOLATION which Tuesday held one Of
the most successful meetings IN its his
tory, at Barber park, Bellows Falls,
voted To meet in BrattIeboro next year.
These officers were elected: President,
John Q. Spring Of Bellows Falls; vice
president, Hugh II. Hoibrook Of Towns
hends secretary and treasurer, G. VI.
Russell Of Wilmington; executive COM
mittee, Col. H. f. Taylor, Capt. II. G.
Streeter and Gen. Ct II. Bond 81 Brat
tleboro.
/ o. f. Chilson, grand master of the
Grand Lodge, l. @. @. r., left Burling.
ton for Boston, where lie went upon the
Invitation of Grand Master q. II. Full
Ter Of Massachusetts % attend the an
| nual meeting Of the Grand Lodge OF
Massachusetts, Wednesday. Mr.. Chill
son will he quartered at Youma's hotel
and bis invitation requests him to re-
fmain over Friday ii order that the
attractions Of Boston may be shown
him. H. e. Parker, grand secretary,
will accompany Mr.. Chilson.
/ A farewell reception was rendered the
Rev Edward NJ. Chapman BIZ tbs North
/ Congregational church ut st. Johnsbury
Tuesday evening. After a musical pro-
gramme Arthur #. Stone, on behalf Of
/ the church, presented Mr.. and Mrs.
Chapman with silver fruit dish and
gave Mr., Chapman gold headed cane.
| The retiring pastor feelinglv responded,