The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-31
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John Larno suffered fracture OF boti
legs while carting coal in Rutland Jan
uary 20.
The schools in Orwell are closed FOL
week because of several cases OF scar
let fever in town.
Between Chester postoiiiee and Reed
vile, distance of three miles, there are
2T6 large cradle holes"
Samuel Myers of West Rutland, a
Junk dealer, pleaded guilty Jan. 20 to
receiving stolen goods, and paid fine
of $50 and costs. Lead, brass and other
material stolen from manufacturing
plants were sold to Myers.
Miss Maude Weatherbee of Lyndon
has been engaged as home demonstration
agent for Rutland county and begins her
work there Feb. a. Miss Weatherbee is
a graduate of the domestic science de.
partment of Laselle seminary, Auburn
dale, Mass
Harry Beebe recently cut hard maple
shade tree in Hydeville that measured
three feet on the stump and when cut
up produced three cords of wood. In
saving II down he cut off spike and
Is feet from the ground he found two
strands Of barbed wire imbedded in the
wood
Snow shoveled off the track of the
West River railroad out of Brattleboro
keeps drifting back in and on Monday
six locomotives were on the 36-mile
length of rails, four having become
stalled in the snow and two more going
from Brattleboro to help them out. 1t
is doubtful if the regular train schedule
can be resumed much before spring.
The mill of f. Crosby & Co., in Brat
tleboro. one of the few in New England
which is equipped to grind bolted corn
meal and rye meal, has been receiving
orders from all parts of New England
since the order which compels anyone
purchasing wheat -four to buy also a
like quantity of some other kind. One
large grocery concern tried to contract |
the Crosby mill. From now on the mill |
will be operated night and day in an eff
fort to meet the demand for its product
Hugh Henry of Chester has in his pos
session postal card from Thomas Ho-
land of Box Springs, Ga. stating that
Mr.. Holland had found in field cop
per badge the size of a silver half dollar
with an inscrption on one side War OF
1861. United States Of America, and ON
the other side, "A G. Noyce. Co. G. 9th
Reet. Chester, VT" Mr.. Noyce enlist
ed in that company to the credit of Ches
ter and was killed in action April l6,
1862 Possibly some relative may desire
to communicate with Mr.. Holland. Mr.. /,
Noyce's first name was "Annis,
John p. Crosby, a veteran OF the Civil
war, died at his home in Rutland Jan.
IS at the age of Is years. Mr.. Cros- T,
by had been troubled with rheumatism i
for several years and on Jan. 10 fell (
and broke his right hip, since which time {
he had failed steadily. Mr. and Mrs. 5
Crosby observed their golden wedding |
anniversary last year on Jan II. He Il
ost his right arm at Spottsyivania and {
was wounded on two other oeca sions, the ,
scars of which he carried with him all 7
he rest of his life. He received his ,
discharge for wounds on Dec. 90 1854, ,
after serving three years I
Frank Christina of Pawlet, farmer
With a wife and three children, who was a
n the Rutland hospital for treatment of e
flood poisoning on one hand, which de- Y
'eloped from an injury caused by blow j
rom a hammer, went insane during i
Tuesday night, and did much damage be- ?
ore he was bound and taken to the po- L
ice station and from there was taken to
he Brattleboro retreat. Christina es-
aped from the hospital in his nightshirt
bout midnight and said he feared the 7
urgeons were contemplating the ampu
alton of the infected hand. He fought
eturning to the hospital, but finally
ielded and after visit from Rev. Jo- a
eph Lipka of West Rutland seemed to
e more quiet. Toward morning, he =
allied for cup of water and when a 81
urse brought it he threw the water into
er face and the cup into the face of Of a.
Ger P. Fl. Mangan, who had been called a,
he officers face and hand were cut, the
ne on his face extending from his eye y
D his mouth. While they were recover re
lg from their surprise Christina escaped
own the street and before he was placed al
nder subsection smashed out glass in
he windows of the mems ward in the g,
ospital, cut the assistant fire chief, John
eedy, on the hand, bit Stanley Orch, 81
ospital fireman, on the arm, bruised I'll
nd cut Albert Wasik, hospital house a,
ian, and bit Officer p. H. Conlin ON the o,
rist. There was great fight before he
as bound. is