The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-06-18
STATE NEWS

/ Rev. Fred Mcneil has been formal
| ly installed pastor Of the Presbyterian
church at Graniteville.
The amount received by the city OF
Burlington this year for liquor IL
censes was sl7,400 This will be for
warded to the state treasurer.
The United States Senate has con
firmed the appointment of W. II.
Boardman as postmaster at Charlotte.
A mirrorgraph entertainment was
given in the Willard mill in Town
shend, recently, that being the only
place in town with electric lights,
which were necessary for the working
Of the machine.
One Of the large limbs, about 10
inches through, on one Of the shade
trees near the Battell house in Mid
dlebudy,was blown down Friday morn
ing and several pedestrians barely
escaped being hit.
When Hooker Winchester made
trip TO his potato field in Guilford the
other day to cover up several rows
that he had left uncovered, he found
that about 40 hills had been eaten
by deer. Their tracks were plenti-
full
Work is to be started within a few
weeks on the new 100000 hospital
at Barre, the money for which we re-
Gently raised in Today whirlwind
campaign. The building is to be near
the site of the present structure on
Washington street.
The power construction company
which built the big dam at Somerset
| is planning to build another big dam
in the Deerfeld valley and to that end
| is constructing an electric railroad
from Hoosac tunnel to transport ma
terials, threby saving largely from
what it would have to pay the steam
railroad in freight charges.
Mildred Pinney. an Andover girl,
was kicked over and under one eye
by young colt, which she was trying
to catch, and the gashes required sew
eral stitches.
Walter Monroe, employed in the
Winds machine shop, was caught in
the machinery and all Of his clothing
stripped off, owing to the high speed
of the machine. He was also badly
bruised, but no bones were broken.
Lawrence Blaisdell, lifelong resi-
dent of Cambridge, who has reached
the age of 70 years, committed suicide
June by shooting himself. He had
been depressed for some time and is
thought to have been mentally I'M
balanced.
0. W. Ingalls, and family had
close call in thunder shower recent
ly when the lightning struck few
feet from their house in Sutton, so
near that it Jared things from the
walls Of the house.
Mrs. Mary Sherlock of Sharon is
Just completing the second quilt she
has pieced in 1914, quite a task in
view of the fact that Mrs. Sherlock is
80 years old. The quality of her work
is nearly faultless.
A dead henhawk, witch measures
four feet seven inches from tip to tip
of its wings is the trophy of Miss Lulu
Howe of South Newfane, and she
killed the bird herself by wringing its
neck when she caught it trying to
make way with one of her hens. The
hawk put up stiff fight and the
young woman presented sorry spec
tacle after the battle was over, her
clothing being torn and her hands and
arms badly scratched.
The dwelling house and barn of Err
nest McAllister, located in Evarts,and
occupied by Augustus Hampson, were
destroyed by fire recently. The build
ings were insured, but not the house
hold goods, so Mr.. Hampson's loss was
complete, and besides he lost $40 IN
cash which was in the house.
Armand Tavernia of Montpelier,
aged Is years, fractured both bones
in his left arm between the wrist and
elbow, about 1880 o'clock Saturday
morning. He had gone to the Central
Vermont freight yards with Curtis
Brown, with a load of lumber. He
jumped from the car door to the
ground, fell and he put out his hand
to save himself, fracturing his arm.
Gardner j. Wallace, representa-
tive of the fourth generation of one
of the early Bethel families, died We'd
nesday morning last, following a
hemorrhage Of the lungs which he
suffered last Sunday. The Wallaces
are descended from the famous Scot
fish family Of that name and Gard
ner's great-grantfather was one Of the
earliest Bethel settlers. His father
was prominent man Of the last gen
Grafton, being at one time sheriff Of
Windsor county.
OF class of 81, which graduated