The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
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A severe earthquake shock Is said To
have been felt In hlillwest Friday night.
The fve.year.old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Albion Post OF Proctor, sliding on Beaver
pond Wednesday, slid into an air hole.
He was rescued by Antoine Losa, who
heard his cries.
Wallace Fields, member of Troop
ID at Fort Ethan Allen, died Tuesday
from the effects of drinking some car
bolio acid last November. Although he
had recovered 10 some extent he died
from the effects OF drinking the acid.
He Is survived by his wife. The body
was taken to San Antonio, Tex.
| DIR. w. G. klotz, formerly head of the
sanatorium at Pittsford, but who has
recently been on the stan of physicians
maintained by large copper mining
company at Douglas, Ariz., is TO leave
Arizona soon for Los Angeles, Cal, where
he will again take up sanatorium work.
William Carr of South Woodbury.,
while working at his barn. suffered
SIlOke VI uNoptA1 anu ltii int
horse. the animal kicking and tramp
ing upon him, inflicting serious injur-
les. lie was found by his wife. He |
was able to speak a few words, then !
sank into unconsciousness and died the |
following day.
DIR. Albert c. Aldrich, who practiced |
medicine in st. Johnsbury in 1884, died |
suddenly while attending a patient in
Winchester, Mass, Wednesday. He had /
been practicing in Somerville, Mass, for
Is years. While living in st. Johnsbury,
he became acquainted with Julia, daugh-
ter of Jonathan and Eliza Ross whom he
married in 1888. She survives him.
A. II. Bickmore & Co. of New York
have bought the stockholders interests
in the st. Johnsbury Electric company,
the sale being consummated Wednesday.
ID is probable that no change will be
made at present in the local organiza
ton. The New York firm owns the
Brattleboro plant and recently added
the Berlin and Dover, n. H., plants to
their chain of municipal electrical prop.
critics.
Mrs. Julia Laurie of Jonesville, who
died Sunday as the result of falling ,
downstairs two weeks before was So
years old and had the distinction of be-
ing the boarding mistress Of John Brown
of Osawatomie, when he lived at North
Elba, N. ", about the year 1852, and i
frequently related incidents concerning 1
him. She was remarkably well pre- I
served until her fall disabled her. ,
After two weeks' cessation of singing
at the morning exercises at the Rutland .
high school, the strike has been called
Of. The pupils sympathized with the :
pianist, who resigned because the prin-
eipal requested him to repeat certain !
piece. and when time came TO sing next /,
morning the principal found himself Civ /
ng solo, not pupil nor teacher utter !
ng sound.
While coming down hill in Middle )
lex on Monday, a wagon load of lum-
Der hitched to team driven by Will
,ur Chandler, accompanied by his wife
md three small children. slowed and 4
truck the guard, which held the load.
me horse was knocked down and un
Ter the guard. where there is bank I
# 50 feet Help was secured from the ?
Granville mill and the horse, unhar- !
Iessed, rolled down the so feet, crashing u
hrough the ice on the brook. An axe
ad to be used to free the horse, which y
vas unhurt. =
Green Brimmer of Pownal, aged is !,
ears, pleaded guilty in municipal court i
I Bennington Tuesday afternoon to :
illing deer during the closed season and i
fas fined 500. The deer killed by I,
trimmer was shot Sunday, November
7, while running by the young mans !,
ONE in the village OF South Pownal Il
he statute provides that the open sea !,
On for deer shall not include Sundays \,
nd Brimmer was prosecuted under that !,
lature of the law. ii
President w. II. Taft on Wednesday 81
last week sent TO the Senate the 81
omination of Arthur +. Stone, the pres g
ut incumbent, as postmaster of st. sa
for term of four years. m
be Senate has taken no action on the TO
omination as yet. 1t has before it so
bout 900 nominations for postmasters on
nee Congress opened but it has con- In
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