The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-03

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Rutland Monday was the closing of the
manufacturing places, stores, banks, the
library and the postofiice. II is the first
time in many years that the labor UNI
ions have not had some kind of demon
| stration.
A large hen hawk swooped down into
hen yard at Hydeville Saturday and
grabbed up hen which weighed six and
half pounds. The hawk carried its
prey about eight rods and finding it too
heavy, dropped the hen unframed in a
clump of bushes and sailed away into
the hills.
| George Desaw of Burlington, aged %
years, broke through the rotten stairs at
Battery park in that city, while on his
way to his work at the J. r. Booth lun-
Der plant, and fell head first. One side
was badly injured and he had to be
helped home. Desaw had used the stairs
every day, as short cut to his work,
Arrangements have been completed
with Roland d. Reid of North Tonawan-
da, n. Y, to become the director of
the physical department of the Benning
ton Y. M. G. A., to commence his work
Sept. 8. He has been a worker in his
home association at Bennington for sew
eral years and was student at Silver
Bay institute this year.
One of the italian workmen engaged
on the Vermont street operations at
Brattleboro uncovered with his shovel
Ca ell ay1fr. h.a ~,
of 1915 and a coat of arms. IL is about
the size of silver dollar and is now in
the possession of Louis l.. Clapp, an en-
gineer of the Boston & Maine railroad.
He bought il OF the finder, 1t is sup
posed to be an ancient Spanish coin.
Employees of the Burlington street de-
partment, their friends and the families
of few, had a picnic at Ethan Allen
park Monday. Mayor Burke spoke brief
", touching upon local conditions and
giving the employees some advice as
to working in harmony with the effort
to straighten out things in the street
department. Aldermen Crane and Walk
er also made few remarks and Acting
Superintendent Brigham spoke.
Mrs. Ayers of Worcester met with
serious accident Saturday evening while
trying to help her little boy into the
wagon, after he had gone to meet her.
She pulled on the horse enough so it
began to back and took them over
bank, with drop of Is feet or more.
The boys arm was broken, the woman's
foot was badly twisted and she was
q sgfnx.
ably injured and the wagon was smashed,
Announcement is made by the war
department OF amounts allotted to the
various state militia organizations un-
der appropriations of S2,000000 each,
one for promotion Of rife practice and
arms, equipments and camp purposes,
the other for supplies and ammunition.
The money is appropriated according to
enlisted strength, New York heading the
list with $4,000 men and being allotted
$4,000. Pennsylvania is second, with
an allotment of $4,000. Vermont will
receive $4,000.
The dedication and blessing of the
new organ placed in st. pauls church,
Burlington, by Mrs. Henry Wells as a
memorial to her husband, occurred Sat
urday evening. Rt. Rev. William f.
Weeks, d. d., of Rutland, bishop coad
tutor Of Vermont, an intimate friend of
the late Mr.. Wells, oiTiciated, and the
rector, Rev. George Y. Bliss, and Rev.
A. C. Clarke were present. The seating
capacity of the church was exhausted
before the service began. A large NUM-
Der stood in the rear of the church, and
there were many on the steps and side
walks. The choir room, after the choir
and clergy had entered the church, was
utilized
Rutland is now entirely free from con-
tagious ana infectious diseases, with the
exception of two cases of typhoid fever.
As these two cases of typhoid were i'm
ported, ono coming from Shoreham and
one from Proctor, where they were con-
tracted, the city has a clean bill of
health. This is very unusual condi
ton, and in view of the coming of the
fair and carnival and the commencing
of the fall terms of school, it is an espe-
cially desirable one, During the month
three cases of whooping cough, and one
of scarlet fever The record for the
month is the best in very long time.
Miss Ardelle Glasheen of Hoboken, |
n. j., is thought to have frustrated the
plans of white SLAYER when she left
the train at Rutland few nights ago, |
leaving her abduetor to continue his
journey northward The story is that |
Miss Glasheen had been annoyed on the |
streets Of Hoboken, n. j., by two men,
and that later one of them forced her, |
at the point of a revolver, to accom-
pany him. He secured two berths on
a train to Vermont, but while he slept |
Miss Glasheen told her story to the |
porter and was transferred TO car
which was set off at Rutland. An aunt,
Miss Eliza Fleming lives in West Rut-
land, and to her Miss Glesheen went. |
On her return to HOboken, two New
York detectives accompanied her. When
she first disappeared, her mother sup
posed she was visiting a school friend.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union will have a rest tent and an emer-