The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-15
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest From Diff
ferent Sections.

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Wilbur Putnam, who escaped from the
state industrial school at Vergennes sew
eral months ago and had since been
free, has been apprehended in Saratoga
and brought to the house of correc-
ton.
w. r. Douglas of Stowe, graduate Of
Syracuse and for six years principal of
Stowe high school, has been elected SUI
perintendent of Fergennes, Ferrisburg
and Addison schools in the newly formed
union district.
| During the thunder storm Wednesday
evening, July 10, lightning struck the
barns on the L. c. Fay farm, at Brandon
and burned them. The loss is esti-
mated at about 81 800, with an insurance
of 5000 on the buildings.
Lightning July 0 struck the house of
Charles Hill on the Notch road to Paid
mountain near Rutland, and Arthur. his
| l8-year. old son, and the hired man were
stunned. The bolt entered on the tele-
phone wire, tearing out the instrument,
juniper llOui tHtit W tHt hilCiftn SILK,
and followed the pipes into the ground.
Charles j. Ranberg of Rutland has
brought suit against the city asking 1900
damages for alleged negligence. He al
leges that drain that he maintained
through his land, emptying into East
creek. has been prevented from doing
its work by connections with it Of sew
eral city drains.
In severe electrical storm as Mid
debury Tuesday evening, July ., two
large barns on the farm of Charles Par
IRISH on the Bridport road were struck
and burned to the ground. A bolt
also struck the barn, but ii was saved by
the use of water, The loss on the Par
IRISH property will be about SO 900, |
partly covered by insurance.
The state Of Vermont, through Dis
trict Attorney Alexander Dunnett of st. |
Johnsbury, has brought suit against the |
Central Vermont Railroad company. the |
Highgate Manufacturing company. the |
White River Railroad company and the !
Waterbury Light & Power company TO |
recover penalties for not making proper |
report to the government under the cor
poration tax law.
At the annual meeting of the trustees /
of the Vermont Soldiers home, Wednes-
day, the following officers were elected |
President, Hugh Henry secretary, Z. J. /
Ormsbee; treasurer, John G. Stearns; |
superintendent, Thomas Harmon. The |
present enrolment OF the home is %, /
and the total to date. 1871. The treas.
urer's report showed the home farm
has made a net profit of 81 ,450 during
the past year.
Fred Fisher of Woodstock was over
come by the heat Monday, while paint
ing in the Vail house in that place.
and fell from stepladder to the floor.
His collar bone was broken and cash
cut in his forehead. An iron bedstead
stood near the stepladder and it is sup
posed his forehead was cut by striking
the bed. Mr.. Fisher is 80 years old /
and il is feared may not recover at
once from the shock and injuries.
Joseph Foss of North Hyde Park. the
owner of new auto, which he was
learning to run, drove to Morrisville
Monday and in making the turn from
one street to another, ran into an cleo
trio light pole. The machine was in
iured to quite an extent, the crank be-
ing driven into the pole from four TO K
six inches, and the pole, which is
large one, was broken off about IL feet
from the ground Several glass insulat-
ors were broken and wires were mis-
placed. Mr.. Foss was quite badly shak-
IN up.
Sam Tomaso, an Italian, employed as
1ne of the steam shovel gang at the
Rutland railroad gravel pit at Brandon,
was instantly killed by the cars in the
pits Wednesday, He was riding from {
he upper end of the pit, to the shovel
IN fiat car loaded with gravel and !
N attempting to jump from one car to (
mother. fell between them, and was |
'un over. His body was horribly man Z
lied, being nearly cut in two and one :
eg was severed from his body. He was
Ibout 30 years of age, unmarried and
lad been employed but a short time by
he company.
Arrangements have been made hy
which the town of Morristown can have
| lot for the new library on the corner
Il Main and High streets free of ex-
,ense. The lot has frontage of l07
eet on Main street and 100 feet on High
treet. In addition to this offer of a
OF. the new proposition includes the
rection of an annex TO the original
,uilding at the cost OF 81 900 and The
urther gift OF another 81 900 TO Fur
fish the annex with reference and other
-aluable books.
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