The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-05

recently slaughtered two hogs, one OF
which dressed sos pounds, and the other
ais pounds,
Leo T. Miner OF Alburg has filed pc
tition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are
$769.S0 and he has assets Of $3.50, all OF
which is claimed exempt.
spatters of paint, which struck Jesse
White of Westminster in the eye re.
Gently, win probably cost him his eye
sight in that optic The other eye is
already somewhat deficient is sight.
The entertaining of New York City
children for few weeks in the summer
has become an annual affair in Rutland.
This year they are due to arrive Aug.
81. Contributions of $50 in money have
been received so far.
Elmer Guyette of St Adams Bay,
about Is years old, rescued Arthur Love.
ly of st. Adams, an ll.year-old boy,
from drowning last Sunday. The Lovely
boy, who was learning to swim, went
under the water twice before he was
rescued.
AT meeting of the Twin State base
ball league, held in Bellows Falls Sun
day, it was found t5at $3.50 would be
necessary for continuing through the
reason. By vote of so to 10, Sunday
baseball was favored, and it is probable
that game will be played at Bellows
Falls next Sunday.
The Fairbanks Scale company has
completed the largest scale ever made
in st. Johnsbury and what is believed
to be the largest ever made anywhere
for railroad purposes. 1t is designed for
the New York Central railroad and will
be set up in West Albany, N. Y. The
scale is 100 feet in length and has
capacity of 1884, pounds.
Quotations on hay in -. Adams at
present are SIS to $l6 ton, which is
higher than usual, and the price is like
ly to go higher than that, the crop in
all sections of New England except
northern Vermont being unusually light.
In Franklin county the crop was from
Is to 20 per cent better than last year,
according to County Farm Agent Guy Z.
Tiffany, and on some farms the yield
was 80 per cent better, some farmers
reporting the heaviest cut in years.
The president of the Western Electric
company, whose employees figured in the
Eastland drowning accident, is Harry B.
Thayer, N. U. II, of Mortified, who
started his business life in savings
bank in Northfeld 32 years ago. Two
wears later he entered the electrical field
and has become an important figure
along that line. Besides being president
OF the electric company, he is vice pres
ident OF the Western Union Telegraph
company and a director of many other
concerns.
w. A. Shaw, n. U. 'ss, of the United
States weather bureau department, To-
Gated at Northwieh, has been promoted
from forecaster to meteorologist. The
station at Mortified has the distinc-
ton of being the first one in the state
TO be raised to the rank of meteorological.
Mr.. Shaw graduated from Norwich uni. |
versity in the class of 'ss and immediate
ly entered the weather bureau service. |
He has been stationed at Boston, Port
land, Me-, New York City, Pierre, S. ID.
and Sioux City Iowa. He received the
appointment to Mortified in 1896, and
has been there since that date.
The body of Daniel Rich was found
Monday evening in potatohouse on the
farm of NJ. II. Wyman, in the edge of
Warren next to Granville, life being ex-
tinct, and a rifle being beside him.
Whether death was accidental or not is |
not known. Mrs. Rich, when her hus.
band did not arrive home at the expect
ed time. set out TO find him and came
upon his dead body. Discouragement |
over illness in the family may have
caused Mr.. Rich to take his own life. |
Three weeks ago he met with an acct.
dent in which three fingers were cut of |
one hand. Besides his wife, Mr.. Rich, /
who was about As years of age, left sew
en- children and father, the latter liv- /
Sng in the Soldiers home in Bennington
Forecaster w. A. Shaw Of the United
States weather bureau at Mortified. re.
ports a mean temperature for July OF
646 degrees, which is two degrees be.
dow the normal July temperature. The
highest was SO degrees on the 3lst, and
che lowest was As degrees on the 9TH.
The greatest daily range was 80 degrees
on the 18th and the least daily range
was degrees on the sth. The precipi-
tation amounted 10 spa inches. which il
over an inch above the normal for the
month. The prevailing wind was from
the south, the total movement was 1898
miles, the average hourly velocity 81
miles, snd the maximum velocity q
miles per hour, from the south on the
18th. The month was made mp 81 two
clear, Is partly cloudy and "a cloudy
days. Precipitation in quantities sun
Gent a. measure occurred on ~ days
Solar hslos were noted on the 4th end
18th. Thunder occurred on the 4th. eth,
pth. l3th. isth. 18th. 22a, 25th. and Goth.
Muoh Stern Damage Near Benninfton.
The storm which began Monday night
has caused q large amount 81 damage
-. U~sasss.rasr.e y "a r.as.rE 80 a.