The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-29

by a score OF 5 to 3.
The bodies of Dana and Montgomery
Trip and Clayton Badger, who were
drowned in Willoughby lake last week,
were found several days after by the use
OF graphing irons.
A forest fire on land belonging to NJ.
J. Hapgood in Peru has engaged the Ell
forts of several men for the whole
week. It is reported the fire started
from a brush fire on land adjoining,
which started last May.
J. w. Redmond of Newport, for
mer chairman of the public service COM
mission, is not candidate for the po-
sition of chief justice to succeed Chief
Justice Rowell, as understood in some
directions, but for the POSITION of asso-
ciate justice.
Peter Pagan, who has been doing spe-
cial duty in Rutland, his work having
been mainly to look after violaters OF
! traffic laws, has been removed from duty
! because of unbeeoming conduct. In
temperance is one of the causes given
for his discharge.
| Brattleboros eighth annual baby
| meet was held on the common in that
town Saturday afternoon from to .
o'clock, and while not as large number
were present as last year, it was esti-
mated that the attendance of babies and
small children was about 200.
--
The Newport Express and Standard is
to have new home. work having al
ready been commenced on new build
ing. The printing and job work will be
done in the basement and the composing
rooms and Office will be on the first
floor. The second floor will be finished
for a tenement. The building will be
50x36 feet Mr. Hildreth will sell his
stationery business and devote all OF his
time to the paper.
A horse owned by Bert Barnett OF
! Middlesex was drowned in the Winooski
river at that place a few days ago Mr..
Barnett left the horse hitched by the
highway, attached to a lumber wagon,
and when he returned the animal had
become nnhitehed and in feeding close
to the bank OF the river, had pitched
forward, the wagon pinning it down, so
that it was drowned when discovered.
Stanley F. Garfield and Clayton Stone,
linemen employed by the Passumpsie
/ Telephone company, fell from the top OF
"a 35-foot telephone pole into rocky
brook last Friday and received serious
injuries. Mr.. Garfeld's left ankle was
crushed both bones in his right leg were
broken in two places below the knee, his
back was injured and he was badly
bruised. Mr. Stones left hip was in
iured and bones in his left foot were
broken. The men were resettng poles
and had reached the top when the wires
gave way.
This week will nearly wind up the
excursion business of the Champlain
Transportation company and the Chat
caugay will make her last regular trip
TO the beaches and Westport on Septem-
Der 5 and will 20 to Burlington from
there on the sixth. The last search
light excursion to the beaches will be
next Saturday night. About $50 local
excursions have been run during the
summer. and the attendance has been
much better than last year. This is
probably due to the more favorable
weather. The automobile business,
which was a very important item
through the season of 1912, has fallen
of greatly this year.
David Hill, c. + Gebeau and Harold
Morse gave themselves up to the officers
at Hanover, n H., Tuesday and were
taken to White River Junction on the
charge of having taken an automobile
from the Junction House garage there
Sunday night. The auto was found
stalled on a Grafton road Monday morn
ing. The men waived examination and
were bound over for county court in the
sum of $500 each. They were unable
to furnish bonds and were taken to
Woodstock. Morse was a former en-
ploye and had key TO the garage. Hill
i a junction man and Gebeau a strang-
er in those parts.