The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-25
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Dill
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In towns to the east of Rutland three
inches Of snow fell Friday morning.
The influenza quarantine in Enosburg
Falls was lifted Saturday for the second
lime.
George Tebo, IA, of Montpelier and
Percy Roberts, 10, of Bradford escaped
from the industrial school in Vergennes
last week.
Mr., and Mrs. Rodney Parker of Bur-
Hngton have received word that their
ION, Clyde Sidney, with the l0lst ann
nunition train, has been killed in action
Miss Hazel Briggs, an employee in the
Holden, Leonard mill in Bennington, had
he forefnger of her left hand 80 badly
Torn recently that it had to be ampu
lated
Two deaths from pneumonia occurred
1T Camp Devens Friday one of the men
who died being Walter Mould of Ben
nington Of the 9th company, depot bri.
sade.
Carl DoIbech, Lynodnville baker, was
quite badly injured Friday when load
I'd elevator fell on him, the machinery
breaking. II is feared he was injured in
lernally.
A year ago tomorrow Lake Cham
plain froze over and the q ice boats
made their first appearance at st. Al
bans bay. Sleighing had been good for
about week then.
Corp. Edward X Garfield of Hoosick
Falls, N, II, who was killed in action on
Sept. n, was a baseball pitcher with the
Bennington professional team the latter
Fears of the Berkshire league.
The Council of State Societies of Chi
.ago has just opened an old folks can
teen, and all Vermont boys who pass
through Chicago viii be welcomed there
Ut the Chicago city hall, entrance on
Randolph street
Howard Austin, son of Mr. and Mrs
William Austin OF Weybridge, was killed
IN action Oct. 20, according to word re-
eeived by them from the war depart
ment. The young man had been in
France over a year.
The industrial bodies of Bennington
held big parade Friday night, prac-
tically everybody in the town being in
the line Of march. Two bands and
drum corps furnished music and all the
participants We're on foot.
Probably the smallest Victory parade
of school children in the state was that
of the only school in the town Of Som
erset, which has four pupils. The pa
rade led by their teacher, was as en-.
thusiastic as many Of the larger ones
An outbreak of Spanish influenza
among the women students at the Uni,
rersity of Vermont has caused strict
quarantine to be placed on buildings
where they are quartered. More cases
are being reported to the Burlington
health officer each day.
Gary G. Emerson, 70, who died on
Wednesday of last week at his home in
Florence, Mass, was a native of Pitts.
field. He served in the Borden sharp
shooters when only Is years OF age Aft
er the battle of Gettysburg he was
transferred to the 4th Vermont regi-
ment. He had been employed for 25
years by the Nonotuek Silk Co.
In federal court in Burlington last
week, Anna s. Steiner, alias Anna s.
Jones, Of Springfield. pleaded guilty to
perjury and was sentenced to 30 DAYS in
the Washington county jail at Mont.
pelier. She had already been in jail for
some time. She made false oath in
signing the QUESTIONABLE OF drafted
man, claiming to be his wife when she
was not married to him.
Richard G. Ferguson of Louisiana, who
gave his age as 81 years, but looks much
younger, was arrested in Bennington last
week on the charge of burglarizing the
rash register at the Gardner garage in
that place at two different times Twen.
ty.one dollars disappeared at the occasion
Of his first visit and Sll in cash, check
for $34 and another for SIS at the last
call. He is in Bennington county jail
awaiting trial.
Ttha Shepard suffered the loss of his
left foot in corn cracker at the A. B.
Kitbourn grist mill at Bristol Nov. 81.
just how the accident happened is I'M
known, but Mr. Shepard's foot became
caught in the machine and was nearly
ground off before the machine could be
stopped An employee standing nearby
caught hold of Mr. Shepard and prob
ably saved the mans life.
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