The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-06
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

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Brattleboro had 20 diphthera eases
during the month OF December.
Bratteboro has been little affected by
the coal shortage this winter, and has
a afr supply on hand, with the price
only 80 ton.
The largest sale OF postag ,'itamps
in the Ludlow postofiice durI.! the
Christmas rush was when in one day
$3.50 worth of one-cent stamps were
sold.
Thieves entered the fruit store Of M.
D. Frances in Island Pond, Tuesday
night, taking 81 in pennies, S4 in nick
els and few torn bills. There identi-
ty is unknown.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Allbe OF Bellows
Falls observed the 9th anniversary of
| their marriage December 80 Mr.. Allbe
| is 81 and Mrs. Albe 81. Both are in
excellent health.
| A brakeman, named Maker, was
killed near Lennoxville, Que, Thursday
night by being struck by an overhead
bridge. He was on the run from Island
Pond to that place.
The Brattleboro Baseball association
closed the year 1912 with deficit of
$3.50, after exhausting the surplus of
81 400 left over from the previous year.
Ia slnt
the debt.
Bennington did good business in
sending packages by parcel post on the
opening day, Jan. |. Although the Ben
nington postofiice observed holiday hours,
twenty-eight parcel post packages were
sent from there.
Springfield, Jan. G--Mrs. O. G.. Wine |
stock Of Perkinsville, north OF Spring |
field, died Saturday, aged nearly 40. |
She is survived by her husband. former |
Baptist clergyman a son and daugh- |
ter. The funeral will take place Mon
day.
Mrs. Ethel NJ Peck, wife Of Edward |
Peck of Windsor, died suddenly as she /
was about to leave the Brattleboro
Memorial hospital Dec. rs. for her home.
Mrs. Peck had been at the hospital for
treatment, but was considered sufficient
ly well TO leave for her home. While
to take the train, the fatal at
tack OF heart trouble seized her,
More lumber was shipped into Bur-
Iington By water last year than for
some time. Eightyseven barges with
sargoes amounting to about 100000
feet were unloaded at the wharyes,
whereas a year ago only 81 boats ar
lived in port and part Of these were
oaded with hay. In the past few :
fears the amount of lumber to arrive
" water has rarely been more than
COCO 600 The car shortage was /.
esponsble for a large part of the
,ush this season. s
Two colored girls. sisters, Hattie 7
loung, %, and Alice Minniefeld, 10, /
we're in Burlington city court Friday
N charge OF petit larceny, alleged
0 consist Of the theft Of bed spread, n
wo pillow shams and a jewel box from (
Irs. Bertha Roethal, who was vaeating y
ho0SG iaiN1 haAAAh tHI AoApi6n fanny I U
fas moving in. Mrs. Young did not r
eny the theft and said she had been i
rinking. She was fined Sl2 and costs, E,
18th an alternate of so days in jail, $
'hich she will probably serve. The
Dung girl. Alice Minniefeld was al Al
WED to 20 after being reprimanded. !,
Local Forecaster w. A. Shaw of the a,
orthfield weather bureau reports = =
mean temperature for December of Ii
degrees, which is six degrees above z
he normal December temperature, but =
NO degrees below that for December W
1911 The highest was 81 degrees,
4 the 9Th, and the lowest was zero "a Z,
! the ninth. The greatest daily range to
as SO degrees on the End, and the
asst daily range was 10 degrees on -
le 10th. The precipitation train and m
cited snow amounted to 100 inches, nc
hich includes 6.3 inches of unmelted "a
low. The normal precipitation for
e month il I'll inches. The pre- ia
fling wind was from the south, the
tai movement 6,429 miles, the aver ST
,e hourly velocity SO miles, and the
aximum velocity 32 miles per hour, AZ
ON the southwest on the 9th. The Ell
onth was made up of nine clear, four in
rtly cloudy and Is cloudy days. O..
eciptstion in quantity sufficient to ali
aasure occurred on 10 days. A solar est
10 was noted on the 18th. s sr'