The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-02

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A veteran of the Civil war; died Friday
Mt his home in Newfane. He served il
Company !, Eighth regiment, Vermont
volunteers.
The outward bullying of the east wal
OF tbs ruins OF the grange building al
Brattleboro, destroyed by fire last week
Sunday, became dangerous and por-
ton had to be taken down.
The appearance of counterfeit hall
dollars in stores at Burlington has caused
excitement and it may develop that an
organized attempt has been made to
hoou the city with spurious coin.
r. I. Pretlow of Rrattleboro has a
thoroughbred collie which recently gave
birth to 13 pups. In spite of this UNI
usual number at one litter they are all
alive and seemingly in good health.
Although the city election is but five
weeks off not candidate for any Office
has been heard from in Rutland. Five
aldermen and three members OF the
board of education are to be elected.
About $40 was realized from All en-
tertainment given by the Rutland WON
ans club TO help support an evening
school in the city. During the evening
it was announced that the Rutland Bust
ness Mems association had just voted the
sum of $25 to be added to the proceeds
OIL the entertainment.
Louis Aillo, aged 50, has a fractured
skull, caused by a rock falling onto his
head while he was working on street
lob in Brattleboro Thursday. 1t knocked
him over backwards and pinned him
down. Thirty-four stitches had TO be
taken in the back of his head, nine on
one cheek and l6 over the right eye.
!, While r. w Hulburd was building the
morning fire at his home in Hyde Park
recently, his overcoat caught fire from a
spark, unknown to him, and he did not
discover the fire until he had worn the
coat to his Office and hung it in closet.
Smelling smoke he investigated and
found his. coat ablaze. 1t was total
loss.
Five candidates have announced them
selves for the office of postmaster at
Lyndonville and the contest gives prom
Use of being an exciting one. The pres
ent incumbent, John Lebouryeau, will
endeavor to keep the office and four
Democrats, Phil S. Clark, w. S. Jeffers,
George w. Pierce, and L. l.. Wells, will
attempt to obtain it,
The firm of Swift & Co. is about TO
greatly increase the capacity and eff
cheney of its plant at st. Johnsbury to
keep pace with its increasing business.
Ice will no longer be used as means
or refrigeration, but will be displaced
by modern refrigerating machinery.
Swift & Co. have seven branch houses
in Vermont, and the st. Johnsbury
branch was the last one established in
the state. 1t was built in 1898 and
opened in October of that year.
One of the three men who were in |
the hut with Simon Baraznoic in Somer-
set on the night that he received burns
which caused his death in the North |
Adams. Mass, hospital few days ago, !
funds with which to pay for |
the burial of the man. He denied that |
Baraznoic was robbed before the hut !
was burned and claimed that the dead |
man had $50, which was burned up when
the hut burned. The money which the |
man had was collected among the work |
men with whom Baraznoic was employed |
and amounted to about s30.s0.
Although Burlington ice men are not
vet worrying over the seasons crop, it |
IS fast approaching the time when ice
should be thickening on the lake if
lair sized harvest is to be made. The
Usual time for beginning to cut ice is
the 18th and Goth of February
md the time consumed in getting in the
supply is usually about three weeks.
Fhe intention of most concerns this year
$ to get all that they can take care of,
or there are many other markets be-
tide Burlington. The supply in that city
It present is very low and it has to be
'arefully handled in order to make it
asst through. The creameries in the
southern part of the state used much
Burlington ice last year.