The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-06-28
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.


Joseph Lorraine, of New Haven, wa.
recently fined $40 fir not reporting
case of scarlet fever and all wing his
grandson to run at large.
Sheriff Horton and Deputy Sheriff
Broddie searched the premises of Frank
Parrot of Burlington Saturday and seiz-
cd a full barrel and half barrel OF
beer.
1 ~ the annual commencement ever
cises Of Brown Univers ty Providence,
R l., the honorary degree of E. u. was
conferred on the Rev. Gibbs Bfaislin,
80, pastor Of The Baptist church at
Rutland.
Burlington's municipal electric light
fplant will soon be formally turned over
to the city. Tests of every kind have
been conducted to determine whether
the flant was satisfactory and nothing.
has been found to be lacking.
John HurtIe, while on his way from
Broad brook to South RoyaIton last
Tuesday morning, was interrupted IN
his driving by meeting bear and two
large sized cubs in the road The horse
snorted with fright while the hears went
up through the pasture
| The Colburn house ut Manchester
Center has changed hands, the new man.
ager being Frank Bond. William Caul-
stone, the former proprietor, recently
forfeited $1,000 bail, neglecting to APP
pear before Judge John w. Rowell on
charge of selling intoxicated liquors IL
legally. Judge EowclI imposed fine of
| $500, Caulstone to stand committed
until this was paid.
A ecw belonging to C. C. Bell Of Man
chester was curioasly eleetTocuted here
Saturday. During recent Storm a
telephone wire was blown down and lay
across a street light wire 1t then came
in contact with a wire fence beneath.
The fence wire became heasily charged.
During the day the COW put her nose
against the wire and was instantly
killed.
Walter S. Miner, Of Bellows Falls,
las inst completed collection Of 212
species OF moths and As species Of
butterflies, several flies, waterbues, and
beetles, almost all found IL tie vicinity
Of Fellows Falls during 1904. Mr.. Min
er has recently gone 10 Cuba, where he
expects to be absent year or more,
and has placed this collection, ali
mounted in handsome case, in the
Rockingham free library, to remain
there during his absence.
The cheap appearance of the old
Fletcher library building, with its walls
and windows plastered with all kinds
0f circus advertisements, says the Bur
ington Free Press, is bringing out Inlch
Innfayorable criticism from citizens gem
orally, especially since the disfigured
structure stands in such unsightly
prominence in the background OF City
Hall Park, now otherwise looking its
lest. Municipal graft is said to be re-
| sponsible for the outrage which sacrifices
beauty for such cheap mess of pottage.
! In Addison county court Saturday a
verdict OF guilty in the case of the State
VS.. Grant Allen charged with an assault
upon Henry Spaulding at West Addison.
The respondent did not appear when the
case of State VS.. Emma Waterman,
charged with having committed adultery
some four years ago with nr. Don A.
Bisbee of Middlebury, WHO is now sery-
ing sentence at Windsor for the same
crime, was called and the bondsman
Cyrus Harding Of TOWNSEND, was then
called upon according to rule, but he
also did not appear. The bonds We're
then declared forfeited, the amount OF
which was $3.50.
Fred Hays is at the Mary Fletcher
hospital at Burlington, suffering from
an ugly wound in his right thigh, caused
| by splinter of wood, which was hurled
through the air from a saving machine
| az NTor0an Proc mill Have xvas not