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MONTPELIER.
A Tour of the State.

ATour of the State.
Proctor and Prouty, candidates fol
governor and lieutenant governor OF
the republican state ticket, are tour
ing the state and holding conferences
meetings with the town committees
Reports from these meetings are very
favorable and no heavy opposition
has yet been encountered.
Child Drank Washing Fluid.
The three-year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dslmar Brown of Middle.
bury, while playing about the house
Monday morning, got hold of dish
containing washing fuid and drark q
considerable qauntiIy before the
mother discovered it. 1t is thought
that the child will recover.
Commission on Memorials.
Governor Bell has appointed Mrs.
Samuel E. Pingree of Hartford. Mrs.
Edward Q. Smith CT St. Adams and
Representative M. j. Hapgood of
Peru as commission to investigate
and report to the next general assem-
bly, upon the subject of suitable me-
MORALS to Col. Seth Warner and Cap
tain Remember Baker.
Chelsea Man Badly Hurt.
Fred II. b ohonan of Chelsea. a
young farmer, narrowly escaped
death Tuesday. Accompanied by a
little boy he went to a barn some dis
lance from any house, and while a.
work loose boards from scaffold fell
striking him in the face and inficting
four ugly woulds, one cheek being cut
open. Mr.. Bohonan was unconscious
for some time.
Narrow Escape.
Charles A. Page, employed by the.
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph company in Barre, nearly lost
his life Wednesday. He was climb
ing telephone pole with a.. coil of
wire when the coil came III contact
with the power wires of the traction
company and be received the full
force of the high voltage for a second.
He was knocked TO the ground.
distance of about twenty tee, but it
is thought he will recover.
Officer Shot.
William McGinnis, division officer
in the Vermont Industrial School At
Vergennes, was shot Wednesday af-
ternoon by Frank Ladri, committed
from st. Johnsbury. The bullet en-
tered the upper posterior left thigh
and lodged above the left knee. The
wound is considered dancerous al
though McGinnis was resting comfort
ably at last reports. Mr.. McGinnis
and an assistant were in pursuit of
Ladri and two other boys who had
escaped from custody.
Caught in Mowine Machine.
Victor Brinn, while at work at the
James Allbee farm in Bellows Falls.
was badly injured by a moving ma
chine Wednesday. The knives be-
came clogged with grass and stepping
from his seat Brinn began TO remove
the accumulation. His team, a pair of
young horses, started and the moving
machine caught him about both legs.
His right leg was gashed to the bone.
the wound being 10 inches long. and
the left leg was severely cut.
Double Drowning.
There was a double drowning at
Granville. N. Y, just ever the state
boundary line, Tuesday night when
Mrs. John Jones and her eldest son,
Richard, of. that town lost their lives
On the Metlowee river, and an entire
family of six people narrowly es-
capped death. A picnic was being
held and one little girl was in bath
ing, using an improvised loaf. Mrs.
Jones discovered that the child was
sinking and sent Richard to rescue
her. Becoming excited she ran into
the water and the three went down
together. Another child ran for aid
and the father arrived in time tn /
rescue the little girl, but Mrs. Jones