The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-04

and the police, who have no criminal
charge against her, are at loss as TO
what 10 do.
Nlrs. f. A. Skeels of Hoyt street, st.
Adams, has received a letter from her
son, DIR. A. A. Skeels, formerly of that
city, saying that he has been promoted
from the rank OF lieutenant TO that OF
captain in the royal army medical corps.
DR.. Skeels is stationed az Salontki with
the British troops and last month signed
up for Il year more Of service.
The second class liquor license of Mi
chael Driscoll OF 81, Adams has been de-
clared void by the license commissioners
of that place because of the death OF the
licensee. The board will receive appliea-
tions for another license OF that class
and the unearned part Of the license fee
paid by Mr. Driseoll will be returned to
the estate.
Joseph Aver of Brattleboro, and now
with Company ID, first Connecticut intan-
try, stationed at Nogales, Airz., lost all
of the flesh and part of the bone of his
left hand when gun exploded in his
hand while on the rifle range on July 81,
The gun flew into many pieces and one
OF them slightly wounded sergeant.
Ayers thumb will have TO be amputated.
William A. Hutchinson and wife OF
Oak Park. ILL.,, and Mrs Charles Hutch
inson of Phoenix, Ariz., who have not
been east for 80 years, came this summer
on a motor trip and are visiting in the
vicinity of St Johnsbury, where Mr..
Hutchinson worked before his departure.
He has been postmaster at Oak Park for
Is years said to be the longest term on i
record for any frst-class office in the |
United States. He was born in Sutton.
Matt /. Divol of Rockingham, who |
made an excellent record as senator from
Windham county in the general assem-
bly, of 1915, announced Thursday that he |
would be a candidate to succeed himself |
and would seek the nomination in the
primaries to be held in September. John
A. Ware of Townshend, a veteran of
both branches, is also candidate from
the northern district of the county. In
the southern district the candidates. of
Herman f. Eddy, lawyer, of Brattleboro,
and Frank A. Dewitt, banker, OF New
fame, are announced.
Richard Avery, the eight year old boy
who was found asleep on the Boston &
Maine tracks near Brattleboro last week
and was taken into custody by the police,
mas been turned over to representative
Of the Massachusetts, society in whose
are he had been placed. The two lads,
slightly older who had taken Avery's |
money and left him on the tracks, gave
themselves up in Charlestown, y. H.,
after finding that it was not Charles !
own, Mass. as they had hoped They
we're also taken back to Massachusetts,
~ a representative.
Meteorologist w. A. Shaw of the
lorthfield station of the United States
yea ther bureau reports a mean tempera
ure for July of 90 degrees. which is two
egrees above the normal July tempera {
ure in Mortified The highest was 90 :
egrees, on the 18th, and the lowest was {
4 degrees, on the 9th. The greatest
ally range was SO degrees. on the 9th,
nd the least daily range was three de- &
rees, on the 4th. The precipitation
mounted to 4.O2 inches, the normal for =
he month being $40 inches. The pre- )
ailing wind was from the south, the =
otal movement 4,233 miles, the average
curly velocity 81 miles, and the maxi I
lum velocity 27 miles per hour from the
orth on the 3lst. The month was made
p of five clear. 10 partly cloudy and Is
oudy days Precipitation in quantity =
Efficient to measure occurred on II days.
og was noted on the 9th, % and 25th.
nd thunder storms occurred on the I'd,
tn. 18th, 18th, 18th, 2lst, 22d, oath and
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