The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-15

A. 0. Putnam of Brandon, a jeweler,
las filed petition in bankruptcy His
| liabilities are 81 997g.45 and he has
assets OF $744.22, with $500 claimed ex-
empt.
Lightning April struck the build
ings of Clark Royce in Charleston, burn
| ing them to the ground. Most of the
household furnishings were gotten out
but some OF the stock was burned.
Principal T.. j. Rogers of the Enos-
burg Falls high and graded schools, has
resigned. to take effect at the close OF
tile school year. He has purchased his
! fathers interest in a mercantile bus
mess in Cabot and will go into business
| there.
An East AIiddlebury calf, belonging
! to Joseph Guyette, while being taken
i to a slaughter house, leaped from the
! wagon, darted into an alley between
two stores and went over the embank
ment into the waters of Otter creek.
The river was very high and the animal
could not be rescued.
The Burlington board OF liquor IL
celse commissioners has established fees
| for licenses as follows: First class, 5000;
second class. 5000; third class. $3.50;
| fifth class $50. These fees are the
same as year ago except for the
third class license which is $50 lower.
Mrs. Charles Adams, jr., while help
Ing in the house work at her home in
Wuooski Thursday, received a severe
injury to her side She was standing
on chair washing the wood work,
when she lost her balance and fell, the
extension of the round supporting the
chair back penetrating her side.
Ernest Gay, q years OF age, of West
Minister was sent to county Jail at New
fame for 90 days for stealing $50 pounds
Of new lead pipe and quantity OF brass
coupling from the Henry w. Howard
farm near Saxtons River. He has a pre-
vious record OF $50 days for stealing
shoes.
A vicious dog belonging to P. A. Camp
bell Of Ripton attacked Miss Catherine
Mills few days ago, tore her clothes
to quite an extent, and bit her severely
On the leg The wounds are healing
and the dog las been killed. II had
attacked several persons Mt different
times.
There have been no recent new cases
Of hog cholera in the vicinity of Rutland.
". +. Carter, who has been looking
after the Rutland county situation for
the state department Of agriculture, be-
lieves that the quarantine instituted sew
eTal weeks ago has been effective in
stamping out the disease.
The Rutland district nurse, from Feb
ruary to April !, visited 20 fam
lies, made POS calls, was on duty $50
hours, attended 25 medical cases, at
tended three obstetrical cases, one sur
gica case and has nine cases on hand
at the present time. The money col !
lected last month amounted to Sll.75 (
and this month to S2l
John Brennan of Pawtucket r. T..
employed As ali electrician at the Fort /
Drummer mills in Brattleboro, received |
severe burns on his face recently when |
his pliers came in contact with live |
wire carrying $50 volts lie was TAX |
en- to the Memorial hospital As the I
pliers touched the live wire, stream /
Of sparks shot into his face.
The condensed milk plant Of the Van /
Camp Packing company in st. Adams, |
which has been closed since last fall, /
will probably be opened again soon. The /
closing of the factory last fall was UNI
l.. Il. a.. H. F,x,- [
business reasons. but mostly because of
the shortage in the water supply. The
plant, it is understood. will open as
soon as sufficient coal can be obtained,
probably next Monday.
Superintendent Barss OF the state in
dustria school has found out the boys
in that institution are interested in pol
tics. Sunday evening before he gave an
address on Theodore Roosevelt, as a
character worthy of emulation, it oc-
CURED to him to see what they knew
of the political situation. His question
ing of them resulted in a vote OF ll6
for Roosevelt to four for Taft. The
boys have been discussing the political
issues in their debating club and have
formed decided opinions.
Mrs. Napoleon Collumbe of Vergennes
was nearly dead when physicians reached
hei last Monday, from what is thought
to have been an overdose of morphine
When her husband reached home he
was unable to get into the house with
out prying open window. He then
found his wife unconscious upon bed
To the doctors, Mrs. Collumb confided
she had taken some tablets which she
had in the house for medicine. but did
not tell what kind or how many she
took. She viii recover.
A gang of pickpockets attracted to
Montpelier by the Republican state con-
vention, piled their nefarious trade sue
on a train between Montpelier .
and Essex Junction. A Fair Haven ho-
tel keeper was robbed of his pocket
book. which is said to have contained !
about S75. Sheriff Smith Of Addison
picked up the empty pocket book later. J
Al, Addison man is also said to have
Jeen loser and a delegate from Bethel.
bound for Burlington, had to depend on ,
friends for the wherewithal to continue
his journey. a