The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-12

Nv Hit NutufuhN, NHlle the ih"fh'' ~"
father were at work in Burlington
Their five children, who range In age
from two and u half 10 ten years, III
some way set the house ON fire. The
family is in poor circumstances imam
cially.
Bennington had $4,000 fire Monday
night in the Hawks block which burned
from 1880 o'clock TO 4 o'clock Tues
day morning. The lower floor OF the
building was occupied by drugstore
and a Chinese restaurant, and on the
upper floor were two tenements. Miss
Mary Martin, the occupant OF one tene'
ment, was nearly suifocated by smoke
when taken from her rooms. The loss
on the building is $1,000, on the drug
store 81 900 and ON the rest of the
contents, $500.
At a meeting of the North Benning-
ton village Improvement society Mon
day evening, DIR. j. i. Woodruff pre-
scented the opinion that for $4,000 the
village might be equipped with good
water system that would eliminate so
much typhoid fever as that village and
South SALISBURY have been subject to
in the last 20 years. DIR. Woodruff as
serted these epidemics bad cost
the towns affected at least $4,000, and
that tuberculosis had cost them SIM
liar sum.
w, II. Gay, alias George NJ. Raymond,
was arrested last week at Hartland -Four
Corners for passing worthless check,
drawn on the Woodstock National bank,
payable to George NJ. Raymond and
signed by Forest j. Whitcomb. This
check for $3l was rendered at Owen A.
Cobb's store ut Bridgewater Corners and
was cashed, Gay leaving the goods he
had purchased and taking the balance
for, $20.25. After il was learned that
the check was bogus. he was arrested
and at first asserted his innocence, but
later acknowledged his guilt Gay is
% years old, said he lived in Syracuse,
N Y, and had been working for the
Bridgewater Wooden company.
Norman NJ. Hoisington, next, to the
oldest man in Woodstock, died at the
Mary Hitchcock hospital in Hanover,
N. H., Nov. 90, aged SO years. Mr..
went 20 California at the
time OF the rush for gold in ls40. Most
of his life was spent at the tinsmiths
trade, except when he was serving in
the Civil war.
Luther b. Spaulding committed sui
eide in North Hartland last week by
taking laudanum. He had mourned
the death of his wife and after his
ieath writing was found in which he
made all arrangements for his funeral, |
which was to be TO an hour Just year
after that Of his wife. He selected |
his bearers, made all necessary arrange |
ments for the funeral and left money |
Tor his board bill.
Capt. Robert James White, veteran
steamboat man OF Lake Champion and !
for 10 years inspector Of hulls for the /
U. S. local inspectors of steamboats, I
lied Monday at the home of his son,
capt. Frank G. White, in Burlington.
saptain White was born in Shelburne /
n 1920. and was the son of Capt. Law
tier White. a master builder OF many I
if the largest steamers in the days OF
wooden hulls. He was educated in
he common schools OF Shelburne and
It the Bakersfield academy He was
llways greatly interested in ship
,uilding. his boyhood being passed in
he environment of Shelburne harbor.
Ie was captain of the steamer A. will
Jams and several other steamers of
he Champlain Transportation com
amy.