The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-27
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
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While saving wood in Burke, Alvin
Dodge was struck by flying stick
which knocked him down and cut
through his cheek cash over an inch
long.
Since 1890 the deaths of G. A. R. men
in Vermont have numbered LAB, and
in the past three years 1856 have died,
according to the roster of the depart
ment of Vermont I9l3-l4.
Frank Benjamin fell 20 feet from a
roof in Springfield, which he was shing-
ling, and was unconscious for some time.
1t was found, however, that he escaped
with only few bruises.
As Roy Batchelder's small son was
playing with his brothers air gun at his
home in Burke, he shot himself in the
hand and his father had to take him to
st. Johnsbury to have the shot ex-
tracted.
st. Johnsbury has eight cases of scar
let fever, three of them having developed
last week. In nearly every instance an
adult first has the disease in mild
form, in some cases is even able to work
and the existence of scarlet fever is not
suspected until a child takes it.
Rev. George r. Fortier has announced
that he will close his pastorate ut st,
Paul's Universalist church in Rutland
on June 81, at which time he will as
sumo the duties of superintendent OF
Universalist churches of Vermont and
the Province of Quebec. Mr.. Fortier has
not yet fully decided whether he will
maintain his headquarters at Rutland
Alden A. Steward, who was tried in
Rutland city court some time ago for
breach of the peace in striking Matthew
Hussey March meeting day, and was
fined, has decided to appeal to county
court. He has paid his fine of $50. Mr..
Steward struck Hussey in an alterca-
ton which arose when he wished to vote
after the ballot boxes had been closed.
Some one has recently passed forged
check for Sl5 on Gonte and company of
st. Johnsbury and for q similar amount
on the Berry Ball DrYgoods company
One of the regular checks of the Citizens
Savings Bank and Trust company was
used in each case, showing that some
customer of the bank has left his check
book where outsiders could get hold of
it. Each check was made to the order
of Margaret Perry and signed by NJ. ].
Callenbeck.
Fred Divoll of Putney, whose wife
and daughter We're held few days ago
for the April term OF the county court
on a charge OF breaking and entering
the house of the late L. w. Tarbell of
Dummerston, was arrested, following
the service of a second search warrant.
The sheriff found ON his first search of
the Divoll property goods that We're
claimed as the property of the Tarbell
estate. He made another search and
found harness. He then arrested |
Divoll. Diyoll was taken to Brattleboro |
and arraigned before Municipal Judge |
Frank Z. Barber, who held him under |
$50 bonds and accepted his personal |
recogniZance for his appearance. The |
two women are under bonds of $500 and |
5000, respectively, and Mr.. Diyoll is held |
responsible Tor their appearances.
Professor Charles Downer Hazen, son
of l.. ID. HaZen of st. ,Johnsbury, has |
resigned as head of the history depart |
ment of Smith college. He is a graduate
of Dartmouth in the class OF 1880, and !
received his PHI. D. at the Johns Hopkins |
university in 1893. From 1890 to 1892 |
he attended the universities Of Coffin
gen, Paris and Berlin; and since 1894 /
has been connected with the department |
of history at Smith. Professor Hazen |
has given courses at various other insti-
buttons and has received several calls /
elsewhere. He is widely known as the
author of Europe Since 1915" which is
used as textbook in many of the col
leges and universities of the United
States and Canada. Professor Hazen ex-
poets to remain in Northampton for the
next few months, but later plans to live
abroad, where he will devote his time to
historical research work.
Mrs. Eliza j. Ranney celebrated her
Goth birthday anniversary in st. Johns
bury, Saturday. Mrs. Ranpey was born
in Westminster West, March 81. 1918.
the eighth of a family of 10 children of
Anterior and Nancy Hall, and of which
she is the last survivor. She was mar
ried on Feb. Ia, 1899, to George Ran
ney of the same town and they lived
with his parents for two years. In Feb
ruary, ls4l, they moved by wagon to
the farm on which she now lives, the
present house being erected in 1858. OF
her six children one died in nancy, one
three years ago, the others were with
her Saturday. Mr.. Ranney died in 1890
at the age of So. She joined the Con-
gregational church at Westminster and
later transferred her membership to the
church at st. Johnsbury Center. She has
seven grandchildren and 10 great-grand-
children.