The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-25
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

Richard Demars WAS sentenced to the
state prison at Windsor from Burling
ton Tuesday for the larceny of a watch
from Henry Pigeon.
Arthur r. Hogan of Burlington was
badly injured Monday when he fell from
the roof of his home, where he went to
remove the snow. In his fall he injured
his back badly, but broke no bones.
The employees of the Richford Manu-
featuring company last Saturday night
were handed a notice that their pay was
to be raised beginning Monday, the in
crease averaging over ten per cent.
Peter Jeffrey, aged "a, and Albert Nor.
rington, 30, Putney woodchoppers, were
sentenced to serve not less than four
nor more than six months at the house
of correction for participation in stab
bling ARRAY. -.
S. j. Cray defeated James f. Byrne
Monday at the village meeting, Bellows
Falls, in a contest for a place on the
board of village trustees, the vote stand
elected to the board, he being unopposed.
He received 264 votes.
Because of the demand for old paper,
employees of the Rutland express office
are sorting their old files and packing
ledgers and other old books for shipment.
These books contain an unbroken rec
ord of the express company business in
Rutland for 70 years.
While playing on the ice on Lake
Memphremagog in Newport, where the
current is very swift, Ralph Macdonald
broke through and would have drowned
except for boys who were with him, who
made human chain and drew him from
the water
John Richie, treasurer of the Citi-
zens Savings Bank & Trust company OF
st. Johnsbury, celebrated his 18th birth
day anniversary Saturday. Among many
other remembranees he received, Is roses
from the employees of the bank, Mr..
Richie has been treasurer of the insti- |
tuition ever since its organization 30
years ago next month.
There is said to be a big demand for
pulp wood this winter and Mendon and |
Shrewsbury contractors are shipping big |
quantities. About 1000 cords have al |
ready been shipped from that locality |
and hundreds of cords more are piled in
storage yards waiting for transportation.
Most of this is consigned to the Union
Bag and Paper company of Hudson Falls,
n. Y.
Bellows Falls ia said to have on its
hands more poverty than for many
years. This is attributed principally to
the fact that many men who, until Jan.
were making good wages, lost their posi-
tons when Bellows Falls concern which
had been making munitions finished work
On large shell contract Some of these
men have not sufficient means to move
their families out of town.
iona than G. Eddy, former praetie-
ng attorney in Brattleboro, but who
lad lived in Sioux Falls, S. D., for the
,ast rs years, died there Jan, 81. Mr.
Eddy, after being admitted to the Yer
mont bar, practiced law in Wardsboro
or time and once represented that
own in the state legislature. From
Tune, 1875, to January, 1882, he was in
with Charles N. Davenport /,
n Brattleboro and later with Judge |
Iames L. Martin. l.
Tracy Wilson, aged IL, was arrested ,
in Poultney, where he was al I
eyed to have broken into the Hudson
ALLEY Creamery company's building. He
waived examination and was held for {
he March term of Rutland county court.
,ail having been furnished by his ia
her. 1t is claimed that he was caught q
While lying under a large cream vat from !
which he was taking brass and other
METAL parts of the engine, which he in
ended to sell for old metal
All the buildings of the town farm in
'haron, except the barn, were burned
fonday. When the fire was discovered
arly in the morning there was just time
o get the family from the house and, :
eighbors being far distant, practically =
II the furnishings of the house was de-
troyed The family experienced many
ardships in reaching a neighbor's, as I
hey were reused from bed by the fire. J
here were no inmates at the farm, but
larry Bragg, the father of Mrs, Guy
forse, whose husband carried on the c
arm, was ill, having only recently re-
lrned from hospital
When the seven-year-oh daughter of
Ir. and Mrs G. Garcia of Mortified
as awakened early the morning of Jan.
by the smell of smoke, she aroused
sr parents and they found that all the
,use except the two north rooms, where
he family were sleeping, were already
by fire. An outside door which
unused in winter formed their only
ace of egress and through there the
,rents threw their six children and lit
e nephew, picking them up later. The
miiy hurried to a neighbours in their
ghtelothes and barefooted, being badly
It about the legs by breaking through