The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-29

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this season
In Bellows Falls the price OF attend,
ing movies has been increased from ~
cents to Is cents.
An historic landmark in Felchvilie'
"Downcr's hotel was destroyed by hfe
Sunday morning. II was built in 1881.
For about "a hours last week Yer
uennes was without city water, anchor
ice clogging the intake,
An autopsv on the body of Louis Ben
son. who was found dead in his bed AZ
West Salisbury Dec. 10, showed that
death was caused by suifocation'
Hartwell Sumner aged 80, who lost
his wav in Readsboro during last Friday
nights storm, died Tuesday as the re-
suit of the exposure. Burial was IN
Stamford.
Mrs. Clinton Mason of Whiting, who
died at the Mary Fletcher hospital III
Burlington recently after an operation
had been librarian ever since the Whiting
town library was started
Frank A. Railway, II years old, was
found dead in his barn Christmas morn
ing. death being due to heart failure. Mr.,
Railway was born in Putney, but had
lived practically all his life in Newfane.
News was received at Brattleboro
Christmas day of the death somewhere
in France" of Private Harry Croll OF
Canadian regiment. He was nephew OF
George Crol and cousin OF David Croil
Of Brattleboro.
Gov. elect Horace r. Graham has APP
pointed John n. Harvey OF Barre as ex.
ecutive clerk, Harvey Il. Goodwell OF
Nottingham as secretary OF civil ana
military affairs, Miss Julia Holland OF
MONTPELIER as stenographer and Roger A.
Aiken of Putney as mes enger'
All on one day recently, in Middlebury,
Mrs. L. NJ. Morrison fell on fight OF
steps and dislocated her left shoulder
Mrs. ID. d. Hope slipped on the sidewalk
and broke her right wrist and Mrs. Johh
Cbamplain fell while descending some
steps and broke bone in one ankle.
John Feria. superintendent of the as
bestos mines, near Hyde Park, has Sc
cured caterpillar" a machine IN use
in winter in drawing heavy stuff. 1t
nlows the road and draws load OF six
tons. 1t is to be used between HYDE
Park and the mines, distance OF 10
miles
r. E. Simpson of Glover recently
shipped nine head of milking Shorthorns
to Minnesota and Dakota. These cattle
were purchased by an agent OF rthe
Northern Pacific railroad for the farmers
along their route in Minnesota and Da-
kota Since August, Mr.. Simpson has
sold IA head for an aggregate price OF
, $1,000.
T. C. Young was badly injured
Christmas day while playing with his lit
tie grandchild in Rutland. He slipped
on the floor, tried to recover his balance
and in so doing, fell over the child, strlk-
ING his nose on the arm of rocking
chair in such a way as to break the
member. Besides this Disagreement, Mr..
Young also received two black eyes and
badly swollen face by the fall
Miss MYRTLE Aldrich, blind since birth,
who is in charge of the West Burke tel
ephone exchange, was presented on
Christmas day by the telephone subscrlb'
ers a handsome gold watch, which IS
especially arranged for the use of the
blind. and also with large rug. Miss
Aldrich is said to be a very efficient OPP
orator and is very popular with the sub
scribers. She cares for her widowed
mother.
John Marley of Brattleboro has In
vented a motor vehicle which glides in
an IDEAL wav over ice or well-packed
snow roads, but on orders from an offi-
Ger he was obliged to cease operating the
invention until some arrangement had
been made with the secretary OF state,
The vehicle is like bob sled, except
that it is propelled by motor power and
has a propeller blade similar in design
to one on an airplane. Manley has ap-
piled to the secretary of state Tor IL
cense, as Brattleboro officers were con-
WINGED that, as it was motor propelled, a
license was necessary.
Gen. Edwin A. Merritt, former col
lector of the port of New York and one
time consulgeneral in London, died at
his home in Potsdam. n. Y, Dec rs. Gen,
Merritt was born in Sudbury, Feb. 70,
1928. When a young man he removed
TO New York state and became active in
politics. At the breaking out of the war
he enlisted and served as quartermaster
of the 60th New York regiment, and dur
ing Sherman's campaign was commissary
ofssubsistence. AT the close of the war
he was made quartermaster general OF
the state of New York. He was appoint
ed surveyor of the port by President
Grant and in 1878 was made collector OF
the port.
MARSHFIELD.