The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
MONTPELIER
Youths Pleaded Guilty to Stealing Gin
ton Slack's Horse.

ton Slack's Horse
| Wilfred and Joseph Laville, aged 20
and Is years, respectively, charged with
stealing horse and, wagon belonging
to Clinton Slack of Berlin from the
church shed at West Berlin, Dec. 20,
pleaded guilty in city court yesterday
before Judge L. M. Harvey. Sentence
was deferred, but is expected the young
men will be sent to the state industrial
school at Vergennes, as they expressed
their willingness to go to some such
place. According to their story, they
are orphans and were walking from
Canada to Concord, N. H., where their
parents once lived, and the Older youth
said he stole the team on his brothers
account, for he was weary from the
long journey. The lads were placed in
New Hampshire convent after the
death of their parents. The Leville
brothers were arrested in White River
Junction the next day after Deputy
Sheriff Lawson secured the team at
Hartford, where it had been left.
The board OF directors of the Mont
pelier National bank met yesterday to
discuss the question of joining the new
federal banking system, provided for
by the currency measure which recently
became a law, but no action was taken
except to refer the matter to the meet
ing of the stockholders, which occurs
next month. The directors voted to pay
the regular dividend of four and two
per cent.
Fire on Elm street. in house occu-
II ln1 ..aft
of the firemen last night, but before
they arrived the blaze had been ext:n-
guished
In fast basketball game last even
ing, the Montpelier high school defeated
the alumni by score of 25 to Is.
Mrs. Olivia w. Huse, widow of
Hiram Huse, died at Ii o'clock yester-
day forenoon, following a shock which
she sustained Sunday. Mrs. Huse was
born in Randolph, August 49, 1874, the
daughter of Melzar and Eunice Harriet
Smith Woodbury.. She was married to
Mr.. Huse in her native town Jan. 30,
1872 In 1873, they came to Montpelier,
where Mr. Huse was for ten years edito-
rial writer on the Green Mountain Free
man. He was a member of the Yer
mont bar, a state librarian for many
years and a law partner with Senator
w. p Dillingham; until his death, Sept,
"a 1902. After his death, the legisla-
ture provided for a memorial to him
and bronze bust Of Mr.. Huse was
placed IN the state library. Mrs. Euse
had made her home with her daughter,
Mrs Carlos G. Bancroft. and also
leaves son. RAY w TIuse of this city,
a., G ,,f
San Diego, Cal. The funeral will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
O'Clock from the residence of Mrs. Ban
croft, Rev. II. 4. Flint officiating.
The local branch OF the American Ex
press company has reduced its force and
hereafter will send out only two teams,
instead of three Ernest Fisher, one of
the drivers. has completed work and
Mr. Tierney a driver for the company
in Barre. has also finished, as the force
there has also been cut. In the Mont
pelier office one delivery will be dropped
and the work doubled up. 1t is said
this change is for two or three months
only and is not due to the effect of the
parcels post.
The total cost of state road work
within the city limits this year amoant-
ed to S6.0237s. of which sum the state
will refund s3.587s7 On new construc.
ton, S3,547.3S was expended. while for
maintenance. resurfacing. etc, the city
spent Sl,4lS15. One half of this sum
is refunded by the state from the au
tomobile fund. This work consisted of
repairs on SIP rods Of road, exclusive of
the Middlesex job, which covered lag
rods Tho cost of oiliup selected roads
was 81 600, of which the state refund.
ed 5000.
Suit has been entered in county court
bt the Quarry Savings Bank & Trust
company of Barre against Frank and
Mertie Place of Burlington, an action
of general assumpsit,
George Campbell, administrator of
the estate of the late Henry Campbell,
sold Yesterday to George NJ. Stewart,
two small houses on Cummings street
for 81 ,6l0.