The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-14
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Brney Moran fell dead In East Fair
Geld recently, while picking up stone.
Bernard Coti, aged l3 years, caugh
la perch in the north bay at Newport
May in five hours fishing
One OF the barns at the State HON,
for Feeble Minded at Brandon is TO b,
remodeled into boys dormitory.
The minstrel show put on in Buring
ton three times last week for the benefit
Of the Red Cross Melted $4,000 for that
organization.
All but three of the 25 men sent from
Norwich university to the third officers
training camp at Camp Devens, Aver,
Mass, received recommendations for com.
missions as officers.
Harvey f. Mooney committed suicide
Mt his home in Burlington Sunday by
slashng both of his wrists with razor
and then cutting his throat. He was un.
doubtedly insane.
Mrs. I. j. Currier of Newport has re-
ceived word from the war department
that her son, Harold Flint, has been bad
ly injured in France by a huge motor
truck pinning him against wall.
Noble Pratt of Newfane was badly in
jured Friday evening when the horse he
was driving became frightened by the
sharp lightning and threw him from the
wagon, after which the animal trampled
upon him.
Howard f. Hamlin, for the past year
assistant professor of biology, Burr foun-
dation, at Middlebury college, has re-
ceived an invitation to return to Sim
mons college, Boston, and has decided to
do so.
Reginald, son of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. W.
Fennell of Burlington, was quite badly
injured when he fell from a tree in
the yard at his home. He climbed out
on dead limb, which broke Several
ribs were fractured and the boys left
arm was broken above the wrist.
Frank A. Glynn, 20, unmarried and
living with his mother in Bellows Falls,
was struck by a train at Charlestown,
N. H., Sunday afternoon and instantly
killed. He was returning to his home,
riding bicycle, when struck by the train
and thrown so feet.
Clifton Hughes of Burlington pleaded |
guilty to entering cottages in the vicini- |
ty of Milton and has been sentenced to |
not more than three years in the house |
of correction at Rutland Hughes took |
many articles from the cottages which |
were found in his room.
Two veterans of the Civil war died at /
the Soldiers home in Bennington May Q,
Holman Damon, who was born in, Kir /
by, July 81, 1912 and Alfred Define,
who was born in Highgate in 1888. Mr..
Damon went to the Soldiers home from
the Odd Fellows home in Ludlow and
Mr.. Define entered from Fayston.
Aside from the building Of the plant
of the Vermont Milk Chocolate company, Il
to replace the one destroyed by fire, the
outlook in Burlington is for very little
building this summer The price of mate
rial and labor is so high that unless alb /
solutely necessary, persons are withhold K
ing their money from those operations.
Frank Fl. Dillingham;, for 30 years
prominent citizen in Woodstock, died |
suddenly Friday night, He was about |
So years old. Mr.. Dillingham; had been
troubled with Indigestion, but had been i
at the store as usual. He was secretary /
of the Woodstock Business Mems assoei- (
alton and e-president of the Windsor
county farm bureau.
Business is to be suspended at the O,
X. Steam laundry in Burlington simply
for the want of one man. The proprietor
has advertised everywhere without sue
cess, and because the job must have the
services of man to run the steam en- I
CINE and accompanying machines and
such one is not forthcoming, the plant \
will shut down.
Dr. William Henry Wright for AS /,
years dentist and much Of that time :,
apoplexy Saturday. He was stricken :.
while on the way from his farm in Sud
bury to Brandon. He represented Bran. :
don in the legislature of 1912 and the =
Senate of 1915. He was president of
the First National bank of Brandon and \
belonged to many orders s
1t is probable that the fownshend inn, =
burned May d, will be rebuilt, as the
citizens of that town are ready to assist G
Frank Mclean, the owner, to rebuild
It il estimated that new hotel would :,
,ost $4,000, and to that end one man a
,ffered to donate 5000 feet of lumber !,
others offered lumber and labor and If i
ash also is forthcoming the new hotel is
IN assured fact
Captain John ID. Murphy, graduate U
# Norwich university in 1915, who has
,een connected with the Ninth Massa-
husetts regiment since his graduation
md is now in active service in France, OF
las been promoted to the rank of ma s:
or. Major Murphy showed marked abil. ii
ty while in Norwich and his promotion m
here was rapid. He is the youngest r
Norwich man to hold the rank of major I
nd is one of the youngest majors in er
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