The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-07

ABDUL he - ~ u
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
There were % deaths in Rutland ant
ll6 cases OF communicable diseases dur
ing May.
George Kidder OF East Roxbury cut
one big toe of a few days ago whi'
ehopping wood,
The st. ,Tohnsbury alumni OF Tufts
college held their annual picnic at WI
loughby lake June 4.
Jerry Donahue of Mortified will b,
crippled for time as the result OF being
run over by an auto, which passed over
one foot.
Three sons OF Rev. and Mrs. c. j. sta
pies of Burlington are already in the
service, and a fourth son registered on
Wednesday.
A service flag with l0S stars has been
presented ST. Johnsbury academy, Ar.
thur G.. Sprague presenting it in behalf
Of the Alumni association.
George C. Ross, for 10 years employed
in the drugstore Of Timothy Neville in
Vergennes, has accepted position in the
Alexander drugstore in ST. Adams.
Herbert W. Bevins, st. Adams grocer
has filed a petition in bankruptcy, hav.
ing liabilities of $4.376,7l and assets OF
$500, Of which sl050 is claimed ex-
empt.
Miss Mildred A. Snow, teacher of
French and English in the Bellows Falls
high school, is i'll with a mild case of
smallpox. All the pupils will be vac
cinated,
An American flag has been placed on
the top of the Bennington monument by
the steepleiack, H. b. Hammond, who
has been making repairs to the masonry
of the monument.
Rev. II. B. Rankin, pastor of the New.
port Baptist church. read his resigna-
ton last Sunday asking that he might
be released at the end of two months to
do war work with the Y. NJ c. A. In
France.
The little daughter Of George Churchill
of Hardwick got hold of box containing
some poison and had eaten considerable
of il when discovered, but an antidote
was quickly administered and the child
emerged unhurt.
Harold Doris. a trainman, aged %, |
who was trapped on the third floor of the
Y NJ c. A. building at Island Pond when
that structure was destroyed by fire last
week Thursday, is dead of his injuries,
being the second victim of the blaze.
The class day exercises of St Johns
bury academy were held at Joe's pond
Monday. Sports were enjoyed dnring
the forenoon, during the afternoon the
essays were given and supper was served
before the class and attendants left ford
home
A three month old baby boy was left
on the doorstep of the home of c. II.
jackson in Milton last week. The child
is supposed to have been left by persons
in passing automobile. The selectmen
were notified and they made arrange
ments for the care of the infant. :
S, w. Searle manager of the Ameri
can Express company at st. Johrsbury,
has been transferred to the position of
loss and damage inspector and L. A.
Rolfe is acting manager. MIR. Searles'
headquarters will be at Bellows Falls.
A spare hand on the way freight, while @
setting a brake at Roxbury early in the a
week, lost his balance and fell, striking !
a rail and cutting deep cash in his !
forehead over one eye. He was hurried /
to the Greene sanatorium in Bethel in !
a van attached to an engine which was
in the yard
Jones Ferris, a former resident Of East \
Roxbury died at the Elliott City hos
pital in Keene, n, H., May "a. He was a
50 years old and had lived in Vermont
nearly all his life. He was Civil war
veteran, member of Co. X, Sd brigade,
Vermont Volunteers.
The iewelry store of w. Fl. and W. S. a
Bristol, in Vergennes, was broken into d
a few nights ago and number of mil b
tary and Ingersoll watches, knives, fash Il
lights and revolver were taken Sus- s.
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