Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24
STATE NEWS

OC0oA' VI DOWO dhl
until about ~ years ago a resident of
Montpelier, where the burial took place
Tuesday.
The Macdonough Memorial appropria-
ton of 1925 900 to the State of New
York and also a $3.50 appropriation to
Vermont State for a monument at Yer
gennes !passed by the Senate Monday
and by the House Tuesday.
Jules G. Sanctuary, the youngest son
of William Sanctuary, of Hinesburg,
who was Injured in an accident June %,
died at Kings Park hospital, Long
Island, Sunday. The body will be
brought to Hlnesburgh for burial. Mr..
Sanctuary is survived by his wife, three
brothers, a sister, and his father.
Grin Cross, son of Mrs. Alexander
Laraway, was drowned at johnson We'd
nesday noon, July 10, while bathing.
With his wife and two children he was
visiting his wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Clark, and in August was going
to Montana to harvest the grain crop.
The burial took place at Jacksonville.
Carol E. Kinsman, "a years old, treas
urer for several years of the West Rut.
land Tvust Co., committed suicide Tues
day morning by shooting himself with a
revolver in the garage of his home in
Rutland. He is survived by his mother,
who is dying from other causes, and a
brother, F. E.. Kinsman, a cripple. Fam.
lily sickness and financial trouble are be-
lieved to have been the cause of the act.
Donald Poirier, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Poirier, while riding a valuable
saddle horse belonging to H. B. Wiley
of Essex Junction, was run into by an
automobile Saturday afternoon near the
junction. The horse the Poirier boy was
riding was struck and fell, throwing the
rider over his head. The boys ankle hit
the mud guard and was fractured. The
horse suffered several bruises. The au-
tomobile party did not stop and the boys
were unable to get their number.
Alfred Canales of Montpelier has re-
ceived a letter from Spain informing him
that, like his brother, Joseph, he has
been included in the will of Mrs. w. A.
Rivers, his aunt, and hat the amount
of $4,000 is left him and also a share in
the estate. Joseph says that he may
leave for Spain this fall, but is not yet
certain. Alfred is soon to be married,
and will not leave this country, unless to
take a honeymoon trip.
a serious fire was narrowly averted
when {. Y. Poulin eXtinguished a blaze
II a waste bdShtl III the OlllCE u D. H.
Stickney in Rutland. Mr.. Stickney had
not been in the office since early morn
ing. On the window he had a great
number of matches taken from boxes
and placed in a glass tobacco retainer.
The sun shining through the window
and the glass of the jar ignited the
matches and he heat broke the Jar and
the fire thus spread into the papers.
The secretary of the Washington
County Veterans association has an
nouuced the death of 25 members since
last meeting, and that only is names
have been added to the roll, which con-
sisted of three veterans, IL sons and two
women. OF the original ~ members that
entered the association when it was or
gained in 1898, only % remain. New
names have been continually added, but
since the veterans could not be replaced
these members were mostly made up of
sons. This year 81 veterans have died
at the average age of rs years.
Passengers on the Boston & Maine
railroad had an odd experience several
miles north of White River Junction,
which, however, caused no damage.
While the train was running at a good
speed, the cars pitched to one side so
much that the train crew thought they
were off the iron and the signal to stop
was pulled. The whole train passed
over the place but an inspection was
made and it was found that the track
was 12 inches tout of line" because Of
the effects of the heat upon the rails.
One of the largest monumental jobs
completed in Montpelier in recent years
has been loaded on two flat cars and ia
ready for immediate shipment. The
National Granite Co. is the firm which
cut the pedestal for the bronze monu
ment Of General Wardsworth to be
placed in the cemetery at Gettysburg,
Pa. There are 10 pieces of the monu
ment, there being -four bases, three on
top of the bottom base, the dye and the
cap. The bottom base is divided into
four different pieces and the second
base is made of w pieces. The fourth
base is circular in shape. Work, which
was begun May 25, was completed the
first of this week.
When train No. 1852, the Montreal,
New York sleeper, reached Alburg Mon.
day evening at $50 o'clock the body Of
John Mccormick of North Adams,
Mass, was taken in charge by DR.. S. h,
Martin, a Rutland railroad physician,
and later he turned it over to Health
officer II. j. Darby. The man died sud
denly on the train between Iberville and
Clarenceville, Que, about 9 o'clock while
on his way home from an excursion to
st. Anne de Beaupre. DR.. B. H. Stone
of the State laboratory Of hygiene, Bur-
lington, was in Alburg Tuesday to per-
form an autopsy. There is no suspicion
that death was not due to natural
causes. Friends telephoned from North
Adams and asked to have the body sent
as soon as possible.
There are now 1870 boys at Camp
Abnaki, North Hero, and many registra.
tions for August. No more boys can be
received before July 90, as the camp is
crowded to its fullest capacity. The
base ball league has been organized and
there are -four teams, representing Add
son, Chittenden and Washington coun.
ties, as we'll as a team of leaders. The
captains elected are Merritt Wood OF
DiptoH Han,iItop MoC,,ap 90 p,,rl;c.to,