The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-22
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest From Diff
ferent Sections.

| Happenings of Interest From Diff
III ferent Sections.
4 Ten markers OF Barre granite hav.
been placed in Springfield by Genera
Lewis Morris chapter, ID. A. r., point.
ing out the historic old Grown Point
road
Twelve sheep belonging to George
Brown of Ripton were struck by light.
ming and killed during thunder show
err in that town August IA. The sheep
huddled together under a spruce tree
which was struck.
Fire was discovered about IL o'clock
Sunday night in the j. G. Donahue block
in Mortified. After a hard fight the
fire was confined to the middle section
of the building, which was insured for
81, 400. Mr.. Donahues furniture was UNI
insured and he suffered considerable
loss.
Miss Marion Newland swan from
Eagle point to Hawse's island in Lake
Memphremagog August IL, making the
distance of mile and a quarter in less
than thirty-five minutes. Miss New
land is a young girl, who has never tax
en- swimming lessons, but was not in
the least fatigued at the end of her
trip.
| M. G. Lowell caught his left hand in
the hamburg steak machine in his neat
lat al ttxv mi tl.a
end of one finger was cut off and sew
eral others were badly crushed. He was
alone in the market at the time and
managed to take the machine off the
bench, carry it to vice and extricatc
his hand. But had to have the tip OF
one finger amputated.
Saturday, August IL, while several
COWS were being driven through the vii.
lagc of Orleans, one OF them becdma
wild and ran to a nearby meadow, where
G. N. Leonard was at work. Mr.. Leon
ard was knocked down and his face
badly hurt by the cows hoofs 1t was
with difficulty that the animal was cap
tured. Mr.. Leonard was considerably
shaken up and badly bruised.
Charles McCaffrey, who was injured
by the breaking of an emery wheel while
employed in Winooski Monday, is in
very serious condition at the Mary
Fletcher hospital, where he was TAX
en-. The flying pieces of the wheel
struck him in the face and crushed in
the cheek bone below the left eye. II
ia feared that the force Of the concus-
sion has affected his brain, and that IA
where the danger lies.
Charles Delisle, a l4-year-old run.
away boy who escaped from reform
atory in Massachusetts, some time ago.
was arrested by the police in Burling
ton Tuesday. The boy was an inmate
of the Lyman Howe home for boys in
Westhoro, Mass, having been commit
ted there from his home in Holyoke.
He escaped from the institution during
the month of July. The boys parents
lately moved from Holyoke TO Burlng-
ton and the desire to see his mother was
given by the youth as his reason for
running away.
A toy pistol which shoots wooden
stick with rubber on the end of it
has probably ruined the sight of one
of the eyes Of the eight year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Moore, who
has come to Burlington from Champlain,
n. Y, to secure treatment by special
ist. The boy lost the stick which is
usually shot and substituted nail As
il was pointed toward him the trigger
was touched so that it went off and the
nail penetrated the left eye, II is not |
vet known whether the sight can be |
saved, but it is considered doubtful.
George Rawlns, a teamster employed |
in Rutland, was struck and killed Mon |
day night by trolley ear as he lay |
full length across the track. The body |
was rolled for several yards before the !
ear could be stopped. His left leg was
broken at the hip, his right arm broH-
EN-, the head bruised aud torn and the
trunk horribly mangled. 1t is alleged.
from the testimony of many who had
seen the man, that he was badly intoxi-
Gated that evening and it is supposed
he laid down upon the track when I'M
der the influence Of liquor. He was
about 90 years old.
James Shaw of Bridgeport VT. is at
Black brook, near Plattsburg, n. Y, Sc
riously injured in being thrown from
IN automobile when the machine turned
turtle at bend in the road near that
village Saturday afternoon. Shaw, who
lad had only a few weeks experience
n driving car, was hitting up live
v clip as he rounded sharp bend in
he road. The car skidded to the e.lqc
II the road and then turned turtle, go
ng completely over twice before it land.
"a, nearly go feet from where il left
he highway. Shaw was thrown ont
when the machine went over the first
ime. He was unconscious when picked
Up and carried to nearby house. II
vas found that he had two ribs brok-
m, was suffering from internal hem
'rrhage and was badly bruised about
he head and body. For time it was
cared that there was no hope for his
ecovery. but he is now so much i'm
'roved it is thought he may recover.
White River Junction officers are on
he lookout for clever swindler who
assed a worthless check on f. w. Olds
4 Norwich Friday. August 2. 1t was
70 xvu oy {ho E;rat National honlr of