The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-02
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interest from DIFF.
ferent Sections.


When film in the moving picture
house in johnson caught fire recently
there was small panic but no one was
injured.
Little William Batchelder, who was
seriously burned at his home in Spring
field recently by pouring kerosene on the
furnace fire, viii recover
Ferdinand Gosselin, who had carried
on market and grocery store in Rut-
land for 80 years retired from active
business life Saturday night.
Windsor has one case of smallpox and
as a result all public gatherings and
places OF amusement have been closed
for two weeks at least. The patient is
closely quarantined.
Mrs. Jack Drown tripped on rug in
her home at Sheffield recently and fell
with lamp in her hand The lamp set
fire but she managed TO throw it out of
the window and saved the house from
burning, but she broke several ribs and
Is badly injured.
The Barney Marble company of Swan
ton distributed Wednesday to their
workmen about 100 turkeys, two barrels
Of cranberries and four barrels of sweet
potatoes. This is the annual custom OF
the company which has been praeticed
for a number of years.
Springfield had so hard thunder
shower Sunday, November "a, that many
telephones were put out of commission
through the burning out Of fuses bolt
Of lightning went over the wire to the
fire station and caused an alarm to
sound, while thunder was so heavy the
ground shook as in an earthquake.
Miss Ellen 4. Mangan and brother,
James S. Mangin, of Rutland were al
most fatally poisoned Tuesday evening
BY eating cheese, IL is supposed. There
were four people partaking OF supper at
the home and of them the two above
named partook of the cheese while the
others did not, and soon after they be- !
gan to show unmistakable signs OF
ptomaine poisoning. II was thought
for some time that Mr.. Mangan would
not survive.
Henry McGrath, who has raced horses |
at the fairs in the southern part of the
state and is well known owner of |
trotting horses, has been sued by Louis |
4. Fletcher, well known trainer, for
S25 600 IN superior court at Fitchburg, |
Mass, the allegation being SANDER. Mr., |
Mctrath denies that he ever said any
thing that was slanderous and is to con-
test the action. Fletcher had been driy-
ing Banner Wilkes, owned by Mr.. Me-
era hand the horse was taken away
rom him because of the owners dissat-
sfaction over the way the animal was
handled.
Dr. Frederick II. Gebhardt of Rutland
las been appointed health officer of that
'ity, to succeed DIR. Clarence II Ball, who
esigned in September but who, accord
ng to the law, continued in Office until
lis successor was appointed. The new
appointment was effective December ].
)r. Gebhardt has practiced medicine in
Rutland two years. He is graduate Of
he medical department of the university
1 Vermont, having spent three years az
hips surgeon in the National Mer-
hants' Marine after leaving college. Be-
ore coming to Rutland he was for two
ears house physician at Monroe county
ospital in Rochester, n. Y.
Rev. DIR. George A. Gates, native of
'opsham, died in Winter Park, Fla,
november 81. DR.. Gates was 63 years
I age. He graduated from st. Johns
ury academy and Dartmouth college
nd has been principal of three different
olleges, Grinnell, in Iowa, Pomona coli
,ge in Claremont, Cal, and Fiske uni
ersity at Nashville, Tenn. He was
sverely injured in railroad wreck on
ne Pennsylvania road last spring,
ON which he never recovered. He had
gently resigned as president of Fiske
University and was planning to spend
le winter in Florida. Dr. Gates was
Congregationalist and a fire.
lent speaker at the national gatherings {
this deDouinat ion