The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-20

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washed away by the storm Sunday nigh
and in Andover, one farmer. Mr.. Pflu
ger, had crops and land damaged to thu
extent of $1,000.
Norwich university at Northfeld il
| in possession of one of the two shoyel'
with which ground was broken for thu
| Vermont Central railway at Mortified
January rs. 1896 II was used by Gov
ernor Charles Paine, president OF the
company, and was given by him to Is
| p. Cheney, Boston friend, at the time
Gov. Paine went to Texas in 1858, will
the request that it be kept by the
railroad corporation. For fifty years
the company kept it, until it was turned
over to the university for safe keeping
One hundred members of the New
York State Historical association were
in Bennington Wednesday, coming from
zation is holding its l4th annual meet
ing Many OF the members assembled
the Bennington battle monument and
exercises were held in the Congregational
church in their honor.
The st. Adams night school starts
off with fifteen pupils. The courses
are chosen by the scholars.
Miss Mary Annie Mayo Of Stowe and
John De Wolfe Northrop OF Washington
D. c., were married at the home of the
bride Wednesday. Mrs. Northrop has
taught school in Mortified and Mr..
Northrop has position in the geolog-
cal survey, government department.
AT a special village meeing held in
Morrisyille Tuesday evening, the town
voted to build dam across the west
branch OF lake Lamoille for the pur-
pose of furthering fishing and other
sports, and also voted to prohibit the
lettering OF children under l6 years of
age, on the street after 1880 in the
evening between September ! and June
/, and after o'clock from June / to
September |.
The trial calendar for the October
term Of the Vermont supreme court is
out with 33 cases for hearing Wash
ington county has seven cases and Chit
tenden has five. The Turley murder
case will be the most important from
this county and among the important
cases from other counties are: George
Corruth, Windham, deer killing; Her
bert Grace, Windham. statutory oifense;
Duanee G Pierce. Windsor, neglect to
report contagious disease; j. II. Their
ault, Windsor, murder; l.. y. Neiburg
statutory oifense; Joseph Ploof, assault
with intent to kill Sidney Snyder, statu-
tory; Arthur Blyth, having burglar tools
in his possession Hattie Cushing, statu-
tory offense, all from Chittenden county.
Supreme court convenes Tuesday, 0cto-
Der l.
The Troy u. " Times says that
shot in Sam Franklin's dance hall in
Winooski last week, lives in Albany,
y. ", is nearly 100 years old and was
a slave of General Wade Hampton dur
ing the Civil war.
Peru suffered heavily from Sunday
nights storm, which was the most Sc
we're in many years. Much damage was
done to the highways, several bridges
are entirely gone and in several parts
Of the town the roads are completely
destroyed for a number Of rods. Sew
nral of the bridges which went out
were newly built last year of stone and
At quite an expense to the town, Ii
has been estimated that $1,000 will be
required TO restore the highways and
bridges to as good condition as they
were before the storm, which seemed
20 be cloudburst.
The Norwich football team this year
5 somewhat hampered by the loss OF
/ number of old men The team is al.
10 quite light, averaging but l6s pounds
% the man.
The hotel Vermont at Burlington re-
'orts banner month for August. Dur
ng the month the hotel served 1871 !
meals and provided rooms for 5025
'uests and August 81 a new house
cunt record was established of 2T5.
'eacham recently that was three feet 1
ong and weighed 23A pounds.
Frank 4. Morgan, a Pownal farmer |
ropped dead in his field Tuesday, while
n the way to the house In the sum
ner of 1911 he was overcome by the |
eat and had never fully recovered from
he shock He is survived by mother
yer 90 years old, a widowed sister and
er children.
The annual field day, to have been
ED in Orwell Wednesday, has been
indefinitely and the school has
cen closed to prevent an outbreak of
mallpox with which child of Mr. and
Irs. Amos Blood is affected Mr.. Blood
as been at work in Ticonderoga, \.
:, where there are number OF cases,
nd it is believed he brought the in
ection in his clothes.
While employed in shoyelling sand at
pit near the plant of the Green Noun
lin Marble company in Rutland, We'd
esday, John sullivan of Rockville,
onn, was caught in cave-in and suf-
red considerable injury from the
eavy weight on his body before he
,uld be rescued. lie was taken TO
lie Rutland hospital, where an exam
iation disclosed that no ribs We're brok-