The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-14

ABDUL he d ~ u
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT ELECTIONS
A new monument In Middlebury mark
the spot where Samuel Miller was bori
In l70s.
Burlington and Montpelier music Low
ers are to hear Fritz Kreisler, the ia
nous yiollnst.
Capt Ledyard Cogswell of Albany, n
y, is TO succeed Major Leonhaeuser n,
qusrtermaster at Fort Ethan Allen.
Frank Stafford, aged 49, Civil wal
veteran and for many years a schoo
janitor, died in Brandon Tuesday
Mount Mansfield was white with snow
for the first time Monday, which is taken
20 mean that winter is six weeks away
Slipping from a chair at her home in
isle La Motto, Mrs Mary Hearst struck
the floor in such a manner as TO frac.
lure her hip.
A former principal of st. Johnsbury
academy, DR.. NJ. G. Benedict, has ac-
cepted position in the Ward law school,
Plainfield, N j.
The Brattleboro golf club has youth.
full champion this year in the person of
Dennison Cowles, jr., 1917 graduate
of the high school.
Albert Picard, prior to his enlistment
in a French Canadian battalion a res
ident of Burlington, is reported TO be
seriously i'll overseas.
With a one-pound tomato to his credit,
George Sherman of White River June
tion is listed as one of the towns most
successful war gardeners.
Two years a superintendent of schools
in Bellows Falls, B. L. Merriman has
bAen given leave of absence to do Y.
NJ c. A. work in France.
Lieut.. Clyde A. Selleck, formerly of
Rutland, has received a commission as
captain in the 9th field artillery, sta
toned in Honolulu, Hawaii
Because Of so much automobile traffic,
travel on the trolley line between Wat
erbury and Stowe has been cut down 80
per cent during the summer.
Circumstances leading up to the death
of Frank Woznak, killed by an auto
near Rutland recently, are being inyes-
tigated by the states attorney.
When three truck drivers were held
for failure to secure licenses, the meat
supply for many soldiers at Fort Ethan
Allen was temporarily held up.
Edward Lansing Cowles, formerly on
the Rutland Herald staff, has written
a movie story, THE Rise and Fall Of the |
Confederacy," which was recently filmed |
in South Carolina.
Although careful search of pastures
has been made, farmers of Stowe nave
failed to find the poisonous plant believed |
to be responsible for the death of sew
eral young cattle.
From an assistants position in the Bill
lings library at the University of Yer
mont, Miss Ruth Catlyin goes this week
to Washington, d. G., to be employed in
the library of Congress.
One of the first prosecutions in Yer
mont for running an automobile past a
stationary street car was accorded in
Burlington City court Wednesday, when
NJ. A Bundy paid fine.
Rev. 7. w. Hayward, a veteran of the
Spanish American war, and laterly pas
tor of Congregational churches in White
Creek, n. ", and Bennington, died re-
Gently in Troy, N. y. hospital.
OF the 100 women chosen by the Red
Cross to take charge of rest stations
along the route to be followed by Amer
lean soldiers in reaching the battlefields
of France, three are Vermonters.
P D. Chamberlain of the forestry de-
partment has broken camp on Cancels
Hump, but the mountain climbers camp
remains open and some of the best wealth
.r for mountain climbing is yet to come.
Judge Frank 4. Fish, Rev. L. A. We {
Gina, prominent Catholic clergyman,
and President John M. Thomas of Mid !
dlebury college spoke at banquet for I
81 Addison county drafted men Tues
day.
Motoring near Middlebury recently, DIR. d
Samuel Sheldon was struck in the eve.
Stopping the car he found dead spar q
row which had been killed by the inn Z
pact of flying against the physicians
face The latter's eye was slightly
injured
is FIXING DAMAGES.
In SANDER Suit Between Two Rutland
County Women.