The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

Commissioner of Industries r. w ST.
monds left last evening for Swanton in
connection with his work.
Miss Rebecca Wright left last evening
| for Chicago, where on Saturday evening
she attends the marriage of her brother,
| Prof Chester Wright, to Miss Baron.
| Mrs. Stanley Eaton, her sister, and baby,
who have been visiting here for some
weeks, accompanied Miss Wright. After
the wedding they will go to their home
in Sioux City, ~ D.
Senator W. r. Dillingham;, who has
been stopping at his home here for few
days, left last evening for Washington,
ID. c., to resume his duties.
Sergeant at Arms Dwight Dwinell has
moved the cannons which have adorned
the approach to the Capitol back to the
portico of the building where they will
be under cover for the winter These
are the cannons taken from the Germans
at the Battle of Bennington. The rest
of the stacks for the library in the new
state building arrived this week and have
been removed from the car to the build
ing Workmen from Boston and New
York are installing the woodwork in the
building.
w. b. Clark of Waterbury has been
appointed executor of the last will and
testament of Joseph o. Freeman, late of
Waterbury.
The southbound night express on the
Central Vermont railway was over an
hour late last night owing to a derail- !
ment which took place near st. Alesan
dria, p. O.. so that the night train was
sent by the way of Alburg to make the
connections at St Albans. The branch
passenger train was sent to Montpelier
Junction at the usual leaving time and
the passengers We're forced TO wait at the
junction instead of here, where eondi
tions were more comfortable.
Before the adjournment of county
court took place decision was made in
the divorce case of Angelina Fontana
Battistini VS.. Giacomo Battistini, in
which the petitioner was granted di-
voree upon the grounds of neglect and re.
fusal to support and with leave to re-
sume her former name of Fontana and
alimonv of SIS week as per stipulation.
Sheriff i, II. Tracy took to the house
Of correction this morning Henry Wag-
ner, George Long and Carman Huigera
Tor sentences which have been imposed
upon them. Wagner gets from Is months ,
o two years for escaping from an Off
'er, Long from year to two years for
orgery and Huigera from four to 10
months.
Gov. II. F. Graham has received notice I
hat DIR. John Brooks Wheeler, profes- 7
or of surgery at the University of Yer ,
mont, has been appointed bv the federal
government as medical aide to assist in :
he organizing of the medical advisory :
'oards which will play a prominent part i,
n the new draft regulations. DR.. Wheel r
T is one of the medical men of the state
7ho attended conference recently, dur a
ng which Gov. Graham made his recon- .
to the president relative to I
he appointments of the advisory boards. m
his appointment makes DIR. Wheeler i,
lember of the governors staff in war A
latters. He was in Washington last 7
-eek. =
II. j. NJ. Jones, state fuel administra- v
r left this afternoon for Boston to at X
end a meeting of the New England n
oard, of which he is a member. He n
nds that in many places in the state "
goodly interest is being shown in the In,
reduction of wood to supply the demand r
,r fuel and that the coal dealers are r.
into that part of the business h,
ore than ever for the purpose of re- d,
leing the demand for coal as much as
,ssible. This morning he appointed as C
tel committee for Jericho, F. T. Pease, NJ
II. p. Hall and j. T. Varney in
Gov. Fl. F. Graham, Benjamin Gates
:. +. Scott, j. +. Weeks and William
avis OF the board of control, and Ma
7 Harvey Goodell, secretary to the gov =.
nor, went to Windsor this morning. ~
here the regular meeting of the board
control takes place to-day and Friday.
mong matters they will consider is the m
of the barn which recently n,
Irned. There are other matters in CON al
ction with the state prison which viii mn
under consideration cil
Leon Shontell has escaped from the in de
strial school at Nergennes and the au- NJ,
critics have been advised Of the fact. M
,ung Shontell is the boy who some I'm
,eks since slid down the veranda post
the house connected with Washington =
unity Jail, in which he was stopping SCI
lile waiting TO be taken to the school col
! had been caught in New Hampshire. wa
was ordered committed to the school pli
I'm Northfield after being adjudged as
ins
John Heaphy has returned from a visit SUI
Brattleboro. ed
NJ. G. IOlstrup from the federal gov Tn
lment, who was recently assigned To arr
-icultural work in Vermont. is visiting for
. different inspectors and other men in tho
. state agricultural department This de.
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