Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-07-19

experienced. F. D. Pierce.
STATE NEWS.
Tho State Tennis Oh amp onship.
The eleventh annual open tennis
tournament for the championship Of
Vermont will be held on the grounds
of the Old Pine Golf club at ST.
Johnsbury, beginning Tuesday, Au-
gust Sand continuing through August
IL. The events will be championship
singles. championship doubles and
consolation singles. This date has
been assigned by the United States
National Lawn Tennis associa tion
First and runner-up prizes will be
awarded in singles and doubles and a
consolation prize in singles.
Not Guilty Because of Insanity.
The jury in the case of John Frank
of South SALISBURY, charged with
shooting Robert Mallory in a quarrel
at the shops of the Eagle Square COM
pany in South SALISBURY on April %,
came in at Manchester, and Foreman
Herbert Johnson of Peru reported
verdict of not guilty because of insan-
ity. It was the decision of the court
that the respondent should be confined
for an indefinite term at the state
prison in Windsor in order that he
might be actively employed at physi-
cal labor as would not be the case
were the man committed to an asy-
lum.
$4,000 Fire in BURLINGTON.
Loss of upwards to $4,000 was
sustained Wednesday evening Of last
week when fire destroyed the H. C..
Smith livery stable in Mechanics
lane, scorched the Hayw ard block
and the Brownell & Hawley blocks on
Main street, damaged the news room
Of the Burlington Daily News, charred
the rears of the Craven and Hender-
son blocks on Church street and
partially destroyed small barn in
the rear of the Smith stable. For a
time it looked as if the entire square.
bounded by North Winooski avenue,
College Church and Main streets,
would be burned over.
Sent to Waterbury to Be Observed.
Although Chittenden county court
was crowded last week by people who
wished to see Arthur Bosworth,
charged with numbering May Evelyn
La Belle in Essex Junction on June 7,
they were disappointed, for Bos-
worth did not appear. Not until the
fall term of court will Bosworth s
case be taken up, and in the mean
time he will be in the state hospital
for the insane at Waterbury, where
observation will be made as to his
sanity. The order for Bos worth s
commitment there was made yester-
day by Judge E. L. Waterman of
Brattleboro, who is presiding at the
present special term Of court.
Big Forest Fire in Dummerston.
Nearly 300 acres Of timberland has
been burned over in the vicinity Of
Dumnerston on Black Mountain and
a valuable lot Of spruce owned by
Holden & Martin Of Brattleboro, has
been damaged to the amount of $500
or $1,000. The authorities of the town
Of Dummerston have called for every
able-bodied man to fight the flames,
which have been in progress since
Saturday. Wednesday night 20 men
in automobiles left Brattleboro for
the fire scene which is dangerously
near the Bert Blood and George Fish
er farms, two we'll equipped establish
ments. Those who went to the scene
as spectators said it was impossible
to get within 800 feet of the fire.
Another Alleged Vermont Crime.
George B. Niles, a farmer OF
SALISBURY, is under arrest charged
with the murder of his father-in-law
Charles Barton. 1t is alleged that
Niles and his wife had words anc
that when Barton took his daughters
part, Niles struck him. Barton dice
a few minutes later. Niles attacked
his wife, knocked her to the floor anc
seized the tea kettle from the stove
and began pouring water upon the
PROSTATE woman. Barton, who was
73 years old and a veteran of the Civ
il War, attempted to take the part O.
his daughter, but was struck down BY
a blow from Niles fist. The age,
man managed to rise and staggered
through the door, but died in les!
than two minutes.
Bad Fire inst. Adams.
One of the worst fires which st
Adams has experienced in some tim,
broke out Thursday. The fire broke
out in the large ice house of the Cen
trail Vermont railway on the east sid,
of the tracks north of the rount
/ house, and burned to the ground
This started blaze in the cold stor
age of the Franklin County Creamery
association, leased by D. Whiting {
Son, which is but a short distanc,
away. Both are an entire loss
The estimate of the loss to the COLI
storage company has been placed al
about $4,000 while that of the rail
way company will also be large
Many houses throughout the section
of the city toward the east wer,
threatened and caught fire but wer,
saved by the efforts of volunteer fire
men.