Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-08-11
STATE NEWS.
$4,000 Shriners' Temple.


$4,000 Shriners' Temple.
The plans drawn by F. l.. Austin,
the Burlington architect, have been
accepted for the new $50, 900 temple of
the Cairo Temple, Mystic Shriners, to
be built in Rutland. The work of cen
struction will be begun October /.
His Body Cut in Two
F. Gomez, a Spaniard, was instantly
killed about 2 o'clock Thursday after
noon at No. 3 shed at the Woodbury.
Granite Co. quarry. A large stone fell
on the man cutting the body in two
The man is survived by a wife and four
children, who live in Spain.
! Water Famine Threatened.
The water in the reservoirs at Rich
ford is low and is falling at the rate of
six, inches day. There is but little
more water on hand than at a corre-
spending time last year, and unless there
! are cOplOuS showers or curtailment
| on the part of the users of water the
| condition may become as serious in
September as it did last year.
Drank Paris Green with Fatal Effects.
Margaret McKinlay, of Ryegate,
died Monday from the effects of drink
ing paris green. She lived alone a
greater part of the time and was found
IN critical condition Sunday night by
her niece, Mrs. Jesse Alger, of New
| bury. 1t was soon learned that she had
drunk large quantity of the poison
| and although medical assistance was
at once secured she never rallied. Miss
McKinlay had been in i'll health for a
| long time and the indications point to
| suicide.
Two People Saved from Fire Death.
The house and barn and most of the
household goods of G. j. Sykes, who
lives about two miles north of Windsor
village were destroyed by fire Wedpes
day afternoon the loss is about So, 900,
with 81, 900 Insurance. The fire caught
from chimney in the back kitchen and
burned SO quickly that Mrs. Sykes had
hard work to save her little boy and Mr..
Sykes father, 81 years old, who were
asleep in the house. The neighbors
turned out and saved some of the
personal effects.
To Use $1,000 for Good Roads.
State Highway Commissioner C. w
Gates was in Barre August and with
County Supervisor Currier went tt
Mortified to inspect some work. Mr.
| Gates said it was planned to construct
a permanent highway from Barre tt
Waterbury, which he considered one Of
the most important sections of road il
the state. He expects to expend about
$1,000 in that work the present year
From the automobile fund of So, 5O(
collected in this county by taxation
about 5000 will be put into the work
Blast Cost Mans Life.
Going back with the purpose of re-
lighting a fuse which failed, temper
arily, to explode blast in the Rising
q Nelson slate quarry, South Poultney
a Polish workman, was fatally injured
Friday. The man had lighted the fuse
and gone some distance away to wait fol
the explosion. When the blast failee
to blow up he walked back and just az
he arrived the dynamite blew up
throwing him down. The man was
picked up by fellow workmen, but was
found to be so badly injured that he
died within a few minutes before
medical assistance could be summoned
Aftermath of Wedding.
1t appeared at the hearing of the
Wiski brothers of White River Junction
who were concerned in the Italian
wedding festivities at Wilder, that
Rob Gibbons had his coat cut by g
knife in half dozen places and that one
thrust reached his body. He received
heavy blow on his head and took tc
his heels. Alex Wiski, who did the
shooting: waived examination and was
bound over in the sum of So, 200. His
brothers, Fred and Tony, were held in
the sum of $500 each and failing to give
bail were committed to jail. Alphonse
Tisi, the man shot, is reported com
Portable.
Building Big Reservoir.
Work was begun by Crosby & Parker
upon the 8O,00O,O00 gallon reservoir
which will be constructed for the
Brattleboro Water Works company il
the locality known as Pleasant VALLEY
about mile above West Brattleboro.
This project has been in view for sew
eral years and when completed it will
give Brattleboro one of the most eff
cient water systems of any town in the
state. Over 100 men arrived in Brattle
boro last week and it is expected tina
the contract will keep them busy unit
late in the fall. Twenty acres O.
land will be stripped of the surface
soil and dam 100 feet long and from
three to 25 in height will be built. The
dam will be of concrete and earth or
each side and will be laid on foundation
of solid rock.
State Foresters Meet.
The summer meeting of the Forestry
Association Of Vermont was held a
Woodstock Friday. Between 30 and d
men, accompanied by two teams filled
with women. were carried over the
Billings estate to investigate the matte,
of retaining forest lands by the plant
ing of white pine, Scotch pine ant
larch. Maple trees set out IS years
ago were shown which few years ag,