The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-11
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
BurIington's unpaid taxes amount t
$4,000,
Townshend has sent eight boxes to it
soldier boys.
Arthur Buttles, Brandon r. +, d. ear
rer handled $4,000 pieces OF mail il
July.
G. +. Putnam's barn in Nottingham
was burned during the heavy electrical
shower OF Tuesday.
The Rutland Railway, Light Is Power
Co. will repaint its carriers and install
new rattan seats in all its main line
trolley cars.
Louis Fortier. mechanic, has been ar.
rested in Rutland and taken to Yer
gennes to answer to the charge of failure
TO support his family.
Inc bIdlNltbufu IItt VIII it-
ceive the income on $4,000 through the
inheritance OF that amount by reason of
the recent death of Miss Susan j. Fox.
Mrs, Josephine Belknapl Hosmer, II,
and for 80 years night nurse at the
Brattleboro retreat, died Wednesday
evening after long period of i'll health.
Fred Butterfly. a telegraph messenger
in Rutland, was struck by an automobile
Wednesday and thrown from his bicycle.
For 10 feet he was pushed by the ma
chine.
The committee in charge of the laying
of the corner stone of the new Putnam
hospital in Bennington have given up
the idea of having an address and in
stead several local lights will speak.
While walking in his sleep, Joe Forkie
fell out of the fourth. story window of
an apartment he rents in Proctor on
Wednesday morning. Just how badly he
was injured has not yet been determined.
Tuesday more than 300 pounds of
books and magazines were shipped to
Co. A, V. n. g., at Eagle Pass. Tex by
the education and sociology committee OF
the Rutland Woman's club.
DR.. Page OF Wilmington has obtained |
a judgment against Mosher & Tucker |
for $3.50 and costs of Sll because a
Buick runabout which they delivered to
him in July, 1915, was not as represent
ed.
Edward johnson, at one time editor OF
the st. Johnsbury Republican, and for
nearly 20 years holding similar posi-
ton on the Burlington Evening News,
has severed his position with the latter
journal
The Howe Scale Co. OF Rutland has
awarded the contract for the construc-
ton of a new assembling and machinery
room 204 by 90 feet, and actual work on
the structure will be started within a
week by the Berlin Construction Co. 4
William Adams of Brattleboro effect
ually stopped a runaway horse Wednes-
day when he drove directly in the path
of the fleeing horse of D. f. Shea, which
was knocked fat No harm was done
with the exception of u broken harness.
An old family horse belonging to Miss
f. J.. Ware Of Brookline and driven by
Charles Jennison, became frightened at !
the rafting of an tin can and ran away, ;
falling dead at the end of his race. 1en- ;
nison was unframed though thrown out.
A visit to the surrounding farms will !
feature the joint field day of the Yer /
mont state grange and the Windham ,
County Agricultural association to be
held next Tuesday on the Valley fair ,
grounds in Brattleboro At noon bas- ;
ket picnic will be held in the pine grove. !
The Hebrew Free school at Burlington :
with its new board of directors has es- /,
broader policy and from now
on will admit students from any part of :
Vermont. Five have already entered and :
more are expected as it is the only school
of the sort in the state.
After discussing pro and con the col =
lection Of garbage by the city of Bur =
lington, the aldermen decided instead to u
hire it collected and bids were received .
from $1,000 to $3.50. The city health g
officials wanted the city itself to do the =
but the mayor estimated it y
would cost $4,000 to get equipment. u
Judge Frank L. Fish of Vergennes has :. =
granted an injunction to restrain Royal a a
R, MacRae of Castleton Corners, an APP =
Die grower. from preventing Henry J. ~
Stevens from using certain right of ~
way across Mr.. MacRae's land to reach y
lis camp at Indian Cove field, Lake Bonn y
,seen. ~
On the property of the Sycamore inn y, ~
IN North Main street in Rutland, Dame y
Nature has planted currant bush high ie
Up in the crotch of tree. The bush is -
bearing fruit and Mrs G. l.. Gilbert, who III
$ in charge of the inn, is going TO have al
he berries used as favoring for jams at
md jellies to be served on very special w
ccasions to guests. III
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As Rev. and Mrs. E. l. Nye and son of w. ~
seorgia were returning home after at. "