The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-10

after his canvass in few days.
Miss Linda Crane, telephone operator
at the State House, and Miss Florence
Titchout of the telephone office left this
morning for the week. lend in st. Johns
bury. Miss Florence Normandin is taking
Miss Cranes place while she is away.
The case Of II. L. Sparrow as admins
traitor and others against the Vermont
Savings bank was completed to-day. This
case has been on trial in chancery before
Judge l.. P. Slack since Tuesday The
case involves S76,9l5, which the plaintiff
claims the defendant held as a trustee
G. v. Poulin, states attorney in Rut-
land county, was In this city yesterday
in connection with the work Of the dis.
trict board. He Is waging war against
liquor sales in his county and Is said
to have found a combination which is
being largely used there, kind of wine
with less than Is per cent alcohol, which,
when mixed with Jamaica ginger, is thor
oughly intoxicating. Mr.. Poulin is serv-
ing notice on all sellers of that kind of
wine and Of Jamaica ginger. Several in
toxications have been reported from the
combination in Rutland county.
Mareelino Malo, who mas been en-
ployed at the Green Mountain Granite
Co.'S plant will leave Monday evening for
Camp Devens, as delinquent. Ma o
was registered in Westerly, r. /, and
the original notice sent MIN April 8
failed to reach him because 1T was ad.
dressed to mayo"
John Stone, city grand il, VI, has re-
signed because of his entry into service,
and there will be a special city council
meeting this afternoon at : o'clock to
see what action will be taken on it.
The condition of the persons injured in
the automobile accident at West Berlin
two weeks ago next Tuesday evening is
all that can be expected of them, and
they are making progress towards recov.
cry. William Douglass, the son Of Mrs,
Daisy Douglass, has gone to his home
with his mother. Mrs. Percy Brown is
recovering nicely. She will not lose the
sight OF one eye, as was told about the
city, and the cuts on her face are healing
in nice shape. Mrs. Peter Goethe is able
to 60 about the hospital, but she is still
having trouble from pains in her back.
Carroll, the little son of Mrs. Goethe, is
gaining nicely
Miss Beatrice Holton is spending a
few days in Burlington.
1t is expected that during the day the
petitions of Frank E. Howe, candidate
for governor in the Republican party,
win be filed with the secretary of state
The law requires 500 names, but Mr.
Howe has great many more than that
number.
Major Harvey f. Goodell Friday re.
ceived card from Roger Aiken, who is
now in the marines and stationed in
South Carolina. Mr. Aiken was execu-
tive messenger during the last session
of Legislature.
The members of Company | of the
Vermont volunteer militia, with Capt
Raymond Paine commanding, will leave
here tonight for White River Junction
to attend the annual muster of the regi-
ment, which will take place on the state
fair grounds. Most of the companies are
going by automobile, but the Montpelier
company will 60 by train. A special
car will be set on the local siding dur
ing the afternoon, and the members of
the company will gather at their armory
at II o'clock, going from there to the
car which viii be taken to the Junction
and attached to the night express. 0w-
ing to the fact that the men are to be
housed in the buildings on the fair
grounds, they are not carrying as much
equipment as the old First Vermont had
to carry. Cooks Elmer Pierce and L. L
Blanchard left Yesterday for the camp.