The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-03

Rutland has l5l. occupants, II OIL whom
are women.
The new buildings at the state indus
trial school In Vergennes are to be dedi'
Gated next Friday.
In Rutland 365 veterans graves were
decorated on Memorial day, nine mem
bers of the G.. A. r.. having been deceased
during the past year.
Rev. Elliot G. Foster of Columbia,
Conn, has received call from the Ton
gregational church at Essex Junction to
become its pastor.
A small hole which was discovered near
the car track in Burlington Friday was
found to be the opening to cave 10 feet
deep and four feet in diameter, caused by
sewer rats.
James Henry Hyde, 65 years old, for
40 years an employee of the Estey Organ
Co. in Brattleboro, where for much OF
that time he had been foreman OF the
pipe organ department, died Sunday.
Harry Langdon, resident OF Rutland,
employed on the Rutland railroad, re-
ceived three broken ribs and badly
bruised shoulder and hip in Chatham, N
Y, Sunday, when he was caught between
freight car and shed.
Weldon III. Prime was injured in run
away accident Sunday, when both bones
of his right leg were broken, SO that they
protruded through the skin. Some part
of the harness broke while coming down
hill, frightening the horse.
Jack Higgins, connected with Ringling
Bros. circus, which has been showing at
HoIyoke, Mass. died in hospital in
Stamford, Conn.,, last week and, since he !
gave his residence as Rutland, VT, the
authorities there were notified of his
death.
Rev. A.. N. Blackboard of Machas, Me-.
has accepted call to the Universalist
church at Rochester and began bis work
June |. Mr.. Blackford is a graduate of
Tufts, 1896. and has held pastorates at
North Orange, Mass, Wilmington, in
this state, and Machias, Me.
Miss Clara j. Churchill. who has been
connected with the Mary Fletcher hospi
tai in Burlington for % years, during 10
of which she has been superintendent,
has completed her duties there and leaves
next week for California, where she will
make an extended stay.
Mrs. A. F. Beane of Rutland is suffer
ing from fall down the cellar stairs,
having made misstep Saturday morning
and fallen headlong. A dish which she
was carrying broke and a cord and artery
in her right hand were cut, which will
doubtless result in stiff hand. ,
Robert Ross, aged 55 years, an employee
in the Rutland city water department, at
tempted to commit suicide in that city
Saturday, slashing his throat twice with
a razor. Dependency, caused by the
death of his wife, is given as the cause of
his act He is at the hospital and his
condition rs very serious.
Carelessness on the part of someone
passing on the highway, who dropped a
cigar or cigarette butt, caused fire FRI
day on the wood lot of r. j. White in
Colchester, situated near Maletts bay.
The lot contains about $50 acres, and 20
acres mostly covered with swamp brush
were burned over.
About Is of the senior engineers of the r
Of Vermont left Burlington
for Schenectady. N. Y. Monday on
four -day engineering trip, stopping at Al
The ri.
which is an annual affair, win be com
pulsory after this year.
The Missisquoi Light & Power Co.
turned on the electricity Thursday at q
Highgate Springs, and the camps, hotels,
rtc., were all illuminated. Most of the
hummer cottages viii have electric lights
Installed. making this the first lake camp q
In that town TO be lighted with electric
ty. Both day and night service is fur
1ished and some cottages viii put in cleo
tric ranges.
VI. L. Wright and Frank Pye received
minor injuries Sunday morning while at ~
york repairing the boiler at the Arbuckle !. :,
andy plant. Burlington. Both haa VI
rswled into the hrebox when a gasoline
amp with which they were working ex-
,loded. The opening into the box was
srge enough for but one man TO crawl
through at time. Both received burns -
bout the face and hands.
Z. W. Ravlin of Winooski has in his "
possession a petrifed potato which fell
ut Of bag in a fresh state last fall
10 the time he had bag Of potatoes in n
Is garage and this one fell out and r.
NAMED about on the floor all winter Z
ONE time this spring he kicked Il and
ound Il was soft but the other dav he "a
bought II peculiar that u did not sprout "
nd when be picked Il up Il had formed q
ITO a stone. -
futile company has in IL employ at so
utiand four men whose combined terms oN
service total 100 vears. and this docs OF
u include Y. G. Tuttle. the president :,
n treasurer n the company who has
sen connected With the business for q an
ears. The men and their terms u serv- on
. are ss follows Prank x. Dawson p an
ears. ]. :. Hatch - wears. w. J. Ne ~
cough 30 wears. A. ". Cobb IS vesrs. II
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