The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-04
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

During May the house OF correction
: at Rutland received ~ commitments
The Rutland county Jail had II com
pared with 81 the preceding month
Congressman Frank l.. Greene was one
OF the congressional delegation to attend
the funeral OF Congressman Forrest
Goodwin at Skowhegan, Me, Saturday.
Joseph Rice, who enlisted in the army
and gave Rutland as his birthplace, has
deserted at Fort Adams, r. l., and a re-.
ward of $50 has been offered for his
capture
Inmates at the house of correction at
Rutland struck" Saturday at the pros.
pcct of indoor work that afternoon,
and 20 of them were locked up and de-
priyed of certain privileges.
Joseph NJ Bushey of Rutland has
been with the Howe Scale company 40
years, being the oldest man in point Of
continuous service with the concern. He
has lost but little time on account of
illness or vacations.
The five year-od son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Nlaloney OF Richmond broke his
leg Sunday while trying to climb on a
wagon. He slipped and fell between the
spokes breaking both bones and iniur.
ing the other leg badly.
While repairing a chimney on the
/ a De- t1Tlxs.
j. Sanders, Daniel Cavanaugh fell to
the ground, the staging giving way un.
der him, and was badly hurt. The
house is two and half stories high.
1t is now believed that Tony
Sponthe, the section hand buried under
a mass of timber and earth at Poultney
Thursday, has chance for recovery, al. !
though he received a fractured skull,
broken arm, many bruises and internal
injuries.
Norwich university is on the list of |
those colleges and universities whose |
honor graduate will be appointed to a |
second litutenancy in the Uniied States |
a-my without examination other than
physical. Secretary of War Garrison
hes but recently signed the order.
Charles X. Jamason is again to as
sumo the publication and management
of White River functions weekly, The
Landmark. Last September Mr. jana
son leased the paper to r. +. Wells OF
Hatfield, Mass, who since then has pub.
lished and controlled il. The lease is
now dissolved by mutual consent.
Sheriff c. f. Mann of Windham conn L
ty arrived at Rutland the other day over
q month ahead of the release time of
Earl Putnam from the house OF correc-
ton, where he is serving sentence for
illegal liquor selling. Putnam is wanted
for breaking into the Winhal railroad
station and stealing mileage books.
Riley B. Hatch, graduate of Middle
bury college in the class OF 1857, died at
bic home at Peterboro,, n. H., Saturday
He was born at Williams !
own in 1892. He was a member of the
House Of Representatives for four years
in 1858. For 10 years he was
sdts AAh 8ltcs 'naiBfdh VI / =
Nest Derby were arraigned in municipal !
curt at Newport Friday, and Billiard, t
N charge OF cruelty to child, pleaded
lot guilty and was bound over to coun- !
y court. Mrs. Billiard was convicted of v
breach of the peace and sentenced TO \
Tot less than two nor more than IL
months in the county jail. a
Raymond, the lily ear old son of 4
oseph Stockwell, was badly injured at al
he schoolhonse grounds in Bennington r
lst week. The boys got hold Of what n
fas probably dynamite cap and ii ex-
loded, blowing off parts OF two fingers y
nd the thumb of the Stoekwell boys
IT hand. He was taken to the hospital
1 North Adams, Mass.
Ray Goodale's automobile ran back Y
ard across the sidewalk on Main street :,
ii at Brattleboro Saturday and into a q
Iachine shop. Mancini, the proprietor, a
Nv the automobile and started to get in
Ut OF the way. His ankle was caught W
atween the doorway and machinet but ~
1t seriously injured The brake on the il
automobile failed to hold when chains
ere being adjusted ~ ~
AT meeting of the student body of to
ermont academy, Saxtons River, May ~
J, Robert ID. Gibson, '13, of New York MI
as voted the Barrett medal. This
edal, given by the Hon. John Barrett,
rector of the Pan-American union, Ma
ashington, d. c., is awarded each year -
that member of the graduating class,
DO has the best record during his ST.
urse in athletics. scholarship, deport-
emit and popularity. tn
oil
John T. Robson completed so years of in
service for the st. Adams ~,
'undry & Implement company, Mon ios
y. 1t is said that Mr.. Robson's record est
continuous service as maehinist is me n,
I equalled in this state unless it is no,
the Fairbanks Scale company Of St. est