The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-15

Burlington police are looking for I
strange Individual who stole two rain
coats from a store and then made off
leaving his belongings and valuables il
a room at hotel.
Harry r. Thomas of Burlington ha!
presented DIR. /. B. Morrison of the Mary
| Fletcher hospital a handsome blue heron
which the latter is having mounted. The
bird met its death in peculiar manner
when Mr.. Thomas was driving along
side road in South Burlington Sunday
The bird, becoming startled, suddenly
arose from small brook which ran be
side the road and few directly onto a
heavily charged electric wire and was
| electrocuted.
H. II. Dickinson has resigned as prin.
cipal of the Bennington high school, a
position which he has held for three
years.
The Perry Gowa) Daily Chief tells oil
the death of David j. Pattee, which
occurred in Perry July 10. Mr.. Pattee
was born in Chittenden county and was
educated in the schools OF Georgia. He
served for time in the Ninth Vermont
infantry in the Civil war.
| A large fish in the water at Winooski
attracted the attention of crowd Fri
day. Some called the fish mullet, ami
| it must have weighed six or seven
pounds.
Richard II. Royce Of Rutland, a Yale
university student, probably won the rec
ord for long distance swimming at Lake
Bomoseen Monday, when he covered a
distance of five miles in three hours.
Irving ketehum of Dummerston in a
suit to restrain the Vermont Brick Co.
of Putney from diverting the water of
brook that flowed through Ketehum's
farm, alleges that his farm and pasture
have been deprecated in value.
Fire in the Bridgewater wooden mill
the other night did damage estimated
at 5000, the flames starting from spon-
taneous combustion in the basement,
where was stored woolens valued at sew
eral thousand dollars.
The Austine institute at Brattleboro.
which is to be opened soon. is to give
instruction to deaf, dumb or blind chill
dren, but is not in any sense to be an
asylum for the maintenance Of incapable
or helpless children.
O. d. 0vitt Of st. Rocks met with u
peculiar accident the other dav, when
one of his cows fell through the barn
floor, causing the owner to fall and in.
hicting two fractured ribs.
Bert y. Taylor, U. s. n, son OF Ira NJ
Taylor of Middlebury, has been commits
stoned to command the United States gun
beat Pampaga of the Asiatie station The
commission carries with it the title OF
senior officer in Zulu seas. Lieutenant
Taylor has left Manila, l.. l., to assume
] is new duties.
The fourth annual summa~ meeting os
Vermont bankers Will be ncld at White
River Junction Bennington hattie day
The program includes IN automobile trip.
starting from Wnlta River tavern, a
meeting Of the executive council a bust
ness meeting with a Paper by prof. w.
A. Scott, director ef the school of CEN
merce, university of Wisconsin, and
banquet. The visiting bankers will he
the guests of White River bankers.
copper powder tank relic Of the
battleship Maine, has been secured by
Fl. Fl. Smith post. G. A. r., OF Stowe,
and placed in stone case in the sol
d4ers' memorial hall. The tank is
cylinder. six inches in diameter, and
three feet high II was secured by Com
mander j. b. Ayers through Henry G..
Thomas and Senator Dillingham;.
Fred Tilton. alias Chip Wood ward, who
was sentenced in Caledonia county court !
to not less than two nor more than FIVE
years at Windsor for larceny. was taken
TO the state insane hospital at /
on an order from Governor |
Mead Titon was committed to tho
prison in July and shortly afterwards |
showed signs OF insanity. He is 80 years
old.
Not even a hint of opposition revealed |
itself at Rutland the other night, when t
Marble city Republicans nominated Har-
vey r. Kingsley as candidate for city |
Mr. Kingsley is Gov. /
Nead's secretary of civil and military
affairs.
Rutland county farmers say the hay
crop equals any cut in six years. The
Weld is said to be particularly good on
newly seeded soil and on the uplands.
Mrs Maria l.. Hinekley, who died in
Royalton recently at the age of SO. was
a woman who had Travelled extensively,
possessed a keen mind and had a very
,ctive life. Her conversation was full
Vt interesting memories OF the history
IF Vermont Her father, Henry Cham.
,erlain. served in the war of 1912 from
Montpelier, and was on a sloop of war
IN the battle of Lake Champlain. Mrs.
was the honorary life regent
# Col. Luther Dixon chapter, Daughters
IF 1912, at Montpelier.
Automobile for hire, by the day or
hour; fine, new Buick car, can carry
i've passengers; will go anywhere. Jones
& Nye's livery stable Depot square.