The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22

ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
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Little Loretta Lontague of Glen Derby
slid into truck team Monday and broke
leg.
J. Russo, who hourished a revolver in
a Rutland saloon few days ago, was
fined So and costs.
Rutland aldermen tabled the PROPOSE
ton to expend 81 800 for playground
for the Dana school.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Wood of West
Bratteboro observed their 56th wedding
anniversary Feb. Is.
The new armory at St Johnsbury was
opened the evening of Feb. 20 with
ball, attended by 500 people.
A pack of five wolves have been seen
of Sherman hollow in Hinesburg.
Miss Hattie Bickford fell from step
ladder in the home of w. NJ. Farr in
Bristol recently and broke her hip.
l.. w. Jillson, Nottingham. sues Fred
d. Ward, Wilmington. for $685. claiming
an auto taken in trade would not run.
Through the kindness of Mrs. Fred
erick B. Jennings the free library OF North
Bennington has received 300 new vol
umes.
In one school in South Wheeock so
many children have been ill that one
week only four out of "a were able to
attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hunter observed
their golden wedding anniversary Feb. |
IL at their home in Lyndon. They re-
ceived $50 in gold
Mrs. William Dunn of Stamford drank |
cup of washing soda through mistake
few days ago, severely burning her
throat and mouth.
A hen which belongs to George B. f. |
Hoyt of Danville, laid an egg Monday |
which measured seven inches by eight |
and half inches.
Sixty-ive homes in Bellows Falls are
quarantined, most of the cases being
of measles and chicken-pox, with few
of mumps and whooping cough.
Capt. L. r. Rockwell, the veteran cap
tain of the steamer Vermont, celebrated
the Ssth anniversary of his birthday
Sunday. Captain Rockwell has been on
the lake for the past 70 years
Harry Giddings shot a bob cat in
Proctorsville recently, which measured
"A inches long, but was rather poor. The
night before he got it, it made its way
into his henhouse and killed eight hens
The postoffice in Brattleboro viii be
moved into the new federal building on
March 4 While the rest of the build {
ing win not be completed by that time, [
work will be rushed on the lower floor
to make it ready for postoffice purposes.
William Sadd of Marlboro met with a
working in his woodshed. The roof, which
was old and rotten, fell in, striking Mr.. )
Sadd on the head, cutting him badly
about the face and nose and making {
q long cash on top of his head,
Allen Burton OF Hardwick committed ]
suicide by hanging in the barn at the
farm of his sister, Mrs. A. b. Cuthbert- a
son, in Greensboro Monday. Mr.. But
toms health was poor and he had been
spending few weeks with his sister, \
hoping that rest would benefit him. He 4
leaves family in Hardwick and a a
father. mother and four sisters in I
Greensboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Clogston cele- {
orated their 50th wedding anniversary a
Feb. 20 at their home in Boston. Mr..
Jlogston was born in Oxford, n. H., near O
v IA years ago. He came to Vermont n
'arly in life and in September, 1861, en- a
isted in the fourth Vermont regiment, "
erving four years. On Feb. 90, 1867, he
married Ella G. Rice, who is three years o
lis junior. They have lived at Lyndon +
lille and at Sutton, but for the past SO 3
ears have been residents of Barton.
c. r. Roberts, a railway mail clerk, a
$ confined to his home in Rutland as the Z
esult of a blow on the head which he u
eceived while working on his route. An )
ngine backed into his train, throwing
lin violently against the side of the s.
ar, his head striking against the let n
er case. He did not realize at the time "
hat he was badly hurt and continued n
o work for two days. His head contin- Il
led TO pain him so badly, however, that :
e was finally obliged to give UP the
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