The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-08

the roosts of Napoleon LaPsn in Mid
dlebury Friday night.
jeremiah Grady of Castleton received
two breaks in his left leg below thu
knee while playing ball at walpole, N
H., recently.
Charles II. Gleason, aged So years, dice
at his home in Clarendon Monday. HI
was one of the oldest members of the
Rutland County Agricultural society,
Joseph Willett of ST. Adams has just
left Boston on his 209th trip TO Los
Angeles, Cal, and return. He is EN-,
ployed by the Chicago, Burlington 4
Quincy railroad.
On Aug. 25 Secretary of State Guy w
Bailey will move his office to Montpelier
Temporary quarters will be supplied as
the new building will not be ready be-
fore cold weather.
Orrin c. Dickinson of Ross, Wyo., is
making his first visit in IA years TO his
home town of Middlebury. He served
six years in the regular army and is
about TO enlist again.
During the electric storm of last
Thursday, a bolt went down through the
tale mine at johnson, knocking down
five men. George Marchy was uncon-
scious for some time and his face and
head were burned, but not seriously.
At porch party at Lake Bomoseen a
few nights ago, prize offered for the
one who did the most knitting for the
Red Cross in one hour was won by Miss
Hannah Pfster of New York. Twelve
guests were in the party.
An autopsy on the body of Mitchell
Lucia, who died Sunday after falling
from seat in City Hall park in Burling
ton, and whose death was thought to
have been caused by poisoning showed
that he died of chronic nephritis.
Rev. Horace B. Haskell, pastor of
Trinity Methodist church, Montpelier,
has been elected president of the Beaver
college for women and will accept the
position if he is released by the bishop
of the district and the superintendent.
DR.. Harry w. Burns, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Burns of Middlebury, has re-
ceived commission as first lieutenant in
the dental department of the army Off
GERS reserve corps. He graduated from
the medical school of the University of
Maryland in the class of 1915.
A large collection of orchids was shown
at the museum in st. Johnsbury last
week. Of the so species and varieties |
accredited to Vermont, 20 were shown |
at once, having been collected within the |
local range, except the white fringed or
child, which was sent from Berkshire.
Miss Hester Barnes of Buffalo, n. Y,
who has resided at different times in Or |
2s to DIR. r. s. Crawford They will
live in China, where DIR. Crawford is at
the head of the medical department of
the Yale mission, branch of Yale uni
versity. Mrs. Crawford is a graduate
nurse.
George Fl. Watson, prominent citi-
zen of White River Junction, died at the
Mary Hitchcock hospital Hanover, N.
H., Sunday after an operation for APP
pendicitis. He was treasurer of the Hart
ford Savings Bank and Trust company,
treasurer of the town of Hartford for 81
years, Mason and an influential citizen.
He was AZ years old.
Joseph Valentine was badly shaken up
and bruised in runaway accident in
Ludlow a few days ago when the tire on
a passing motor cycle burst just as the
machine passed his horse, frightening the
animal so that it ran away. Mr. Valen-
tine was thrown from the wagon, but his
clothing caught on the brake and he was
dragged until his clothes were torn off
and he dropped into the road No bones
were broken.
DR.. Albert L. Bingham, well known
physician and legislator of Vermont,
died Monday at his home in Williston
after long illness, at the age of 81.
He was born in Binghamvile, Franklin :
county. He represented the town of .
in the legislature of 1888 and
was a senator in l90S-09. He was also \
! prominent Mason. He graduated from
he University of Vermont in 1875 and
hen took post graduate course in the
medical department of the University of
New York. For a long time he prac-
iced his profession in Williston and
lad been health officer there.