The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-13
ABOUT THE STATE!
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

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Justin i. Brush, who Tied recently at
the home of his son, j. s. Brush, in
Manchester, was 90 years old.
Miss Ruth Thompson of Springfield
stumbled over a milk bottle and fell
down flight of stairs, cutting her face
in several places.
Jay Darrow of Lunenburg was fined
800 and costs of Sl2.9s for killing a
deer out of season. The case was heard
in municipal court.
Ralph Pelletier, a young Brattleboro
autoist, was assessed $2s.0a for alleged
reckless driving in Keene, N. H., Mon
day. The arrest was made in Chester
field last Friday.
H. Parker Kinsman, who died in Rut-
land Sunday afternoon, was born in
| Clarendon in 1886. He was a veteran OF
the Civil war and belonged to various
military organizations.
| In Rutland city court, Clyde Reed
pleaded guilty to charge of rape and
was fined $40 and costs. He is seventeen
years old, and the other principal in
the case, Julia Mario, is fourteen years
old.
The New England section of the Ma
tional Electric Light ASSOCIATION will
hold its annual meeting at the hotel Yer
! -, IL vr,4S ,tzn-
10. 1t will be the fifth annual meet
ing.
Louis H. Barney, who died Sunday in
Swanton at the age of rs years, was
AZ years in the employ of the Central
Vermont railroad, a good portion of the
time as conductor or baggage master be-
tween st. Adams and Boston.
When the Bennington public play
ground closes for the season, August %,
business men of the place will partici-
pate in an athletic tournament. Young
people of the village will also take a
prominent part in the program.
The principal Catholic churches of Rut.
land county will celebrate Sunday, Sep
TENDER 7, as Holy Name day. There
viii be special services in each church
and in Rutland City there will be
parade of the Holy Name societies.
First Lieutenant William d. Fraser of
the coast artillery corps, has been en-
gagged TO coach the 1918 football team at
Norwich university this year. He for
merly played on the Michigan Agricul-
tural college team, one OF the fastest in
the middle West.
A. f. Wakefield, who died in Hyde
Park last Friday at the age of SO years,
was a native of Hardwick. where he
lived all his life, until he went to Hyde
Park seven years ago. For three years
he was a deputy sheriff, and since the
erection of the new jail he had been
the jailer.
Mason s. Stone, state superintendent
of education, and Mrs. Stone have re-
turned from Salt Lake City, where the
former attended the annual meeting of
the National Educational association. |
They also Travelled extensively in sew
eral western states dusng their absence
from Montpelier.
When two automobile parties became
tangled in Wilmington Monday, both
were spilled over a shallow precipice onto
the rocks below, along the Deerfeld river,
and James T. Gregg Of Pawtucket, r. l.,
who was driving one of the cars, sus-
tanned deep cut on his left leg, caused
by broken wind shield.
Sam Franklin, formerly proprietor of
a resort near Fort Ethan Allen, who was
arrested in Virginia recently on white
slave count, is trying to get bail of
10000 for his release, Franklin is al
eged TO have followed the Tenth cav
airy, colored, on it's trip through the
South. 1t is not thought that lie can
procure bail.