The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-04
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

Snow was on Camels Hump the first
OF last week 90 the depth OF Is inches
There were five new cases OF diphthe
ria in Brattleboro last week, and iifteer
i'll with the disease were released from
quarantine.
Mrs. Frank l.. Howe of Bennington
wife of the lieutenant governor, under
went an operation in a hospital in Al
bany, N. ", Saturday.
A deer with broken leg swan from
the Vermont shore across the Connect
cut river last week to Hinsdale, aud
there became entangled In a wire fence
The animal was shot.
Half an inch of the head OF needle
was removed from the knee of Frederick
Knight, little son of Mr.. and Mrs. +. 5.
Knight OF Brattlcboro, last week. Tie
child got the needle into its leg while
playing on the floor
Up to last Friday, 800 shares had been
operative Savings and Loan association,
and it is hoped TO get at least 200 more
in order to insure the success Of the in
stitution at the start.
Bennington has plans well under way
for winter sports and viii ask the trus-
tees of the village to have a skating rink
flooded Lights viii be furnished by the
Twin State Gas & Electric company.
The rink will be free during the day,
and charge Of five cents will be made
evenings to help cover the cost Ct super
vision.
Again last week the water was drawn
down several feet in the Connecticut
river at Brattleboro TO permit diver to
search again for the body of Richard
Whalen. who was drowned several weeks
ago. The diver is satisfied the body j.
not there, and if it ever should be re-
covered il will probably be at some point
considerably down the river.
While walking TO West Danville from
st. Johnsbury Monday on the st. Johns
bury & Lake Champlain tracks, George
Davenport, aged 80 years, suddenly fell
on the track unconscious. O. X. Nc
Cusco, who was with him, dragged him
from the track and summoned help, but
life was extinct. Death was due to
hemorrhage of the brain. Mr.. Davenport
was farmer and lived in East Cabot.
He leaves wife and four children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Richardson, sr.,
of Concord this statel observed their
golden wedding anniversary Monday
evening in the town hall of that village.
Their married life has all been spent on
the farm to which they went as bride
and groom. Mrs. Richardson is go years
old and Mr. Richardson ~. He has held
all the town offices of Con-
cord and is at present overseer of the
poor Mr. and Mrs. Richardson were pre-
scented purse Of gold
The thunder shower in Nottingham,
Sunday evening, November "a, had
effect on many Of the resi-
dents. One bolt Of lightning struck and
tore down pair OF bars and then run
along on barbed wire fence until it
nearly reached the hay barn of Frank
Allen. A second bolt entered the house
Of Elliott Davis and the ball of fire
rolled through the sitting room anil
down cellar At Fl. A. Wheeler's, the
Jar broke out a large pane OF glass in
one window and knocked plants from
the windows onto the floor. At Other
places it ratified the stoves and dishes.
The boarding house of the Woodbury.
Granite company, conducted by Tyler
Thompson, was entirely destroyed by
fire about o'clock yesterday morning.
The fire was probably caused by over
heated stoves in the smoking room OF
the basement, where the fire started. |
There were about 20 boarders at the
house. who left for the quarries at
$3.50. The quarries are about an eighth
If mile from the house. The fire was
discovered by the workmen at the quar-
ries about I o'clock, who saw smoke |
from the basement windows /
Before they could do much to check the
ire, the entire house was ablaze. 1t
was a frame structure and in short
lime was pile of smoulderng ruins. /
rhe barn short distance away was /
iaved.