Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-09-26
VERMONT NOTES

IDENTIFY having shot his wife and then
himself. Mrs. Prentiss died at her
home and her husband at the st. AL
bans hospital less than an hour later
Josephine E. Bailey of Barre ap-
peared in Washington county court
asking for divorce. 1t appears that
she had been married to Bailey only
six weeks and married him on three
weeks acquaintance. She had $500
in the bank and other property and
said she married Bailey because she
needed someone around the place.
The people in Vermont in common
with the residents of other New En-
gland states, are requested by Food
Commissioner Hardness, to refrain, in
the greatest possible degree, from
the use of white bread on Wednesdays
and Thursdays OF each week, until
further notice. The food administra-
tors of New England decided upon
this step at a conference held recent
ly in Boston, when the pressing neces-
sity of conserving the wheat supply
of the nation, was made plain by
representatives of Herbert Hoover,
United States food administrator.
Afra Ryder of Brattleboro was
awarded verdict of $10,503.53
against the Vermont Last Block COM
pany Of the same town in Windhanl
county court last week for IL juries re-
ceived at the factory Feb. 4, 1914. At
that time last block thrown from
chute struck Ryder on the head. Con-
tributory negligence was alleged, but
the county court last year awarded
the man a verdict of nearly $1,000.
The case went to the supreme court,
which held that liability was estab-
lished, but that error was made in the
judges charge and sent the case back
to be tried on the question Of damag
es alone.
Mrs. John W. Rhodes Of Brattle-
borO was run over by a car owned and
driven by AnseH Pierce, a public
chauffeur, Thursday. Persons who
saw the accident say that Mrs.
Rhodes started to cross the road and
did not at first see Pierce approach
ing. The latter planned to go behind
the woman and when she did finally
see the car she stepped back and was
knocked down. F. W. Fitzgerald Of
Norwich, who reached the car first,
said the front wheel was on Mrs.
Rhodes head and that he pulled it off.
The victim was placed in the car and
taken to the Memorial hospital. She
was unconscious upon her arrival and
died in about twenty minutes.
The figures showing the amount of
money each town will pay this year
on the military loan notes as provided
by the Legislature when it appropriate
ed $1,0OO,0O0 for military purposes,
have been compiled in the state treas
urer's office. One-half of the loan
will be paid this year. This amount
is obtained by taking 20 per cent of
the grand list. The total to be paid
by counties is: Addison, $3O,834.74;
Bennington, $29,5O763; Caledonia,
$37,19O.41; Chittenden, $66,220.O6;
Essex, s10,455;47; Franklin, ss5,162.-
So; Grand Isle, $4o12:35; Lamoille,
leans, $3O,622.18; Rutland, $67,77O.77;
Washington, $55 ,469.84; Windham,
$45,013.59; Windsor, $55,244.24.
Grand total, $5O6,177.59.
The Vermont Baptist state conven-
ton held in Richford with the Rev.
DR.. w. A. Dawson as secretary and
superintendent and Howard Crane as
treasurer, has just closed one of the
best years in it's history. There have
been GA additions to the churches by
baptism, which is the largest number
received in any one year since 1876,
Or in Al years, and the church mem
bership is now 1914, which is the
largest since 1914, or in 73 years.
The convention has expended in edu-
cational, eVangelistic and missionary
work in the state during the year
just closed $26,833.73 and closed its
books on the 18th with balance on
q hn
there has been added to the perma-
nent and trust funds $19,722.46, so
that the convention now has fund of
$281,719.6O, the income of which is
used for benevolent and missionary
work in Vermont.
The trial of Private Robert Warm
of the United States cavalry at Fort
Ethan Allen, charged with the muir
der of Jennie Hemingway on Aug. II,
was held in Franklin county court last
week. Henry Hemingway, the girls
father, testified he had known Warm
about month prior to the crime. He
saw Warm and the girl going up the
road from the house the evening of
the murder at about z o'clock. He
never saw his daughter alive again.
He said his daughter was IA, we'll de-
NclOpeu, lively anu IuiI VI Iuil. liz
thought she and Warm very affection
ate. When he got home Saturday
night before the crime he said there
were three soldiers in front of the
house, who saidWarm was to be mar
ried. He told them he thought not.
They became impudent and fight
ensued. The police were called and
one of them was arrested. Many wit
nesses were examined and the jury
returned verdict of "guilty of man
The officer of the bank commission
er of Vermont has issued list OF the
names and last known residence of
persons who made deposits in the saw
ings banks and trust companies of
Vermont who are unknown to the Of
fcers of the banks holding the depos-
it's, and whose deposits have been un-
claimed for more than 20 years. De-
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