The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-24
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Thirty fruit trees belonging to Dana
II. Stafford in Rrattleboro have beer
partially destroyed by deer and Mr.
i Stafford has shot two, which lie caught
nibbling off the tops OF the trees.
| Miss Jane Law, one Of the oldest resi-
dents of Manchester Center. died Sun.
day after long illness with diseases
incident to old age. She was in her Goth
year. Miss Law was born in Belfasc
| Ireland, and had lived in Manchester
Center for the last 20 years. She leaves
no near relatives.
Rosario Rizzo, about 20 years old, was
drowned in the Connecticut river OPP
posite Brattleboro Sunday morning while
in bathing. Rizzo was diving from the
bank and drove his head and shoulders
| into the mud and could not extricate
himself. He was one OF the Boston s
Maine bridge construction gang.
John Bunney will lose the sight of
one eve and possibly of 10th as The re-
suit Of an accident at the mill OF the
| Vermont Unfading Green Slate company
in Fair Haven. While he was at work
at planer, a piece Of steel iiew from
the knife entering one OF his eyes. He
was hurried to an Albany, N. u, hos
pital and from there 10 & hospital in
New York City.
Two large hay barns and carriage
shed owned by Jessie Durham and sit
uated about mile out of North Ben
nington were destroyed by fire Friday
morning. Owing to the firemen being
unable to secure water, the ire engine
could not be used, so they wee compelled
to work with buckets and succeeded in
saving the nearby buildings 1t is be.
lieved that the fire originated from
spontaneous combustion in tho hay loft
Sunday according to w. 3. Hooper,
forecaster of the Burlington Weather
bureau station, was the rst red rainy
day since the latter part of May, al
though the rainfall up to 7:i5 o'clock
in the evening amounting to 90 o. an
inch, was only about one half that dur.
ing the thunderstorm which broke up
the recent hot spell, and which measured
l.20 inch. In other words Sunday was
the first day of steady rain in about two
months. No hot wave is at pres1n in
sight.
James Hackett aged ~, was drowned
in the Connecticut river at Bellows Falls
Thursday afternoon. MIR. Haskell left
home after dinner and when he had not
returned in the evening, search was made
for him and log driver found bundle
Of clothes on the river bank, which wa-
recognized by his daughter. Mrs. Anna
NJ. Boland. as belonging to Mr.. Haekett.
The body was found Friday Mr.. Hack
EFT was an iron molder, but had not
worked for a number of years.
There is trouble in Rutland over the
sending of samples OF the water TO Bar
iington for analysis and as a result the
city health officer, DIR. G. II Ball has sued
the city for services alleged to have been
rendered in sending the samples, and the
city is fighting the case on the ground
that that the board Of health cannot
make the city pay its bills. Hereafter
the samples will be sent BY an assistant
in the water department, who is under
salary and viii do this in addition to
his other duties, although Or. Ball as
serts he. too, will continue 20 send sam.
pies.
A COW was found missing from tho
pasture of A. w. Newton Of Cla~eidoE
and officers were notified, who proceeded
to search the premises Of Bert Trip in
where the COW was located.
In the search a quantity of deer meat
was discovered. hidden in an old well,
and they found the dead COW, with its
throat cut. The forward and hind quar-
tiers were missing. ! warrant was is
sued for Trip but when The Oil .srs Gp-
preached, Tripo iorarted oct OF back
door Of the house and has not since
been seen.
Clarida Belaveau, who ran away from |
her home in Sherbrooke. F. O.. last week, !
has been found in st. Johnsbury, where |
she is engaged as pianist IN thetter |
in that town. At the time when she
left Sherbrooke a young man was also !
missing and it was thought that the two |
decided to see the world together with !
out the consent of the girls father This
was proven to be true. for when she |
was apprehended by the police of st.
Johnsbury. the young man by the name |
IF Willette was with her. Her father
was notified OF her whereabouts and he
went to st. JohnsbnrY and /
persuaded the girl to 90 home.
Col. Joseph F. Scott, who is state SUI
of prisons in New York is
| Vermonter, having been born in Crafts
bury in 1880 and completed his education
1t the school at st. Johnsbury. He was
ieputy superintendent OF the Concord,
Mass, reformatory from 1885 till 1891
md superintendent from 1891 to 1908.
Nine years ago he became superintendent
# the New York reformatory at Elnira.
lnder Governor Dix, and has done much
oward making the inmates of the in
worthy citizens when they go