The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-20

cut and carried away timber from their
land.
Aubrey G. Grove was brought from
Montreal Monday night by Sheriff Kent
of Chelsea. Grove is charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses at
bank at Wells River.
Owen Marion, the holder of first.
class liquor license In st. Adams, has
been given two weeks in which to pay
for wholesalers license as IL was
charged by the state, through Sere-
tary of State Bailey that he was sell
ing liquor not licensed by the state.
As the afternoon express was GO
ing from Barnet to McIndoe last
Wednesday the trainmen saw what they
thought was someone in the Connecti-
cut river in trouble. When they
reached Woodsville, their next~s stopping
place, they telegraphed back about it.
Investigation showed it to be a buck
that had been hunted in Monroe and
had been in the river all day with both
legs broken. The animal was killed
and sold TO Mr.. Van Dyke of MeIn-
doe.
A. r. White, proprietor of the b. l..
Kent company in Burlington, has bought
the entire stock of goods owned by Fred
s. Pease at the Daylight corner in that
city, involving thousands of dollars.
These goods will be sold off as rapidly
as possible and Mr.. White will open
restaurant, confectionery store and ice
cream parlor in what has been tke Pease
store. having taken long lease of the
building
The last Of the first order of postal
scales for the use OF postoffiees in ear.
rying out the new parcels post law have
been sent out by the Fairbanks scale
works Of st. Johnsbury They were
sent to all parts of the United States
as well as to Porto Rico, Alaska, Hon.
olulu. Panama and the U, S. postal
station at Shanghai.
Escaping coal gas from furnace
nearly caused the deaths Of Mrs. w. Il. |
Kennedy and two daughters at their |
home in Rutland Wednesday morning |
Three other members of the family suf-
fered more or less from the effects OF |
the gas. The furnace was left as usual |
when the family retired, and the reason
for the escaping gas is not known.
Caleb p Buffum. former alderman
Of Rutland, was thrown from his wagon
in that city Wednesday and received in
iuries that necessitsted taking him to
the hospital Mr.. Buffum was driving
4 pair of mules and as they turned
corner, the wagon wheels jolted and
some barrels in the lumber wagon slid
forward, pushing Mr.. Buffum off his
feet. He went headlong to the ground, h
his head struck the side OF building
md he was made unconscious.
The freedom Of the dome at tile
state capitol, Montpelier. win be re-
'tricted in future to personally con
lucted parties, owing to damage done
o the Goddess Ceres by visitors who
lave relieved the statue of many per-
cnal adornments including electric 4
ights. The absence of the incandescent
amps was not discovered until the leg /
slative reunion OF 1910 last week, when {
he chief electrician OF the building, UNI
er orders from Sergeant-at- Arms +. T,
'arsons, attempted to illuminate the
tatue The next day an expert was
emit for to locate the trouble and found
hat all the lamps had been taken or ex-
loded by the misereants. Boys have
lso written their names upon the statue
nd a decisive step is found necessary c
0 put an end OF the trouble. /
Ray Collins Of Burlington has received :
rom the Boston American baseball I
Tub handsome diamond watch fob. J
he design shows baseball diamond Q
18th bases and crossed bats, the center .
eng set with diamonds The date,
Dl2, occupies the space between the :
-ossed bats and about the edge of the
Hens Lay in Cold Weather
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