The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-01
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

". p. Wheeler Of the White River
junction house Ia preparing the ground
or IS acres Of field beans.
Free mail delivery from the White
liver Junction postotiice begins June l5.
There will be two carriers.
-Four girls escaped from the Vermont
Industrial school at Vergennes Tuesday
morning, but ware soon found.
The Red Cross calf, which T. A. Baker
4 Greensboro contributed for the benefit
4 the branch in that place, sold for $500.
DR.. b. d. Adams of Burlington lie one
II the first in the state to respond to the
all for SO physicians to supply the army
md navy.
A final push is being made to raise
10000, the sum remaining unproyided
or of the 100000 endowment fund
shich Middlebury college is seeking.
A bear that weighed $50 pounds and
measured seven feet was killed near
Vest Wardsboro by Albert Robinson,
ehich had killed five sheep the day be.
ore
Elsie May Cox, daughter Of Mrs. Annis
\. Williams of Rutland, on the authority
II the probate court, has changed her
,ame to Althea Armelious Annis Will
Jams.
Newell Stokes has lost three cows from
poisoning at his farm in Starksboro and
leveral others are sick. An investigation
being made to learn the source of the
poisoning.
Miss Elsie E. Shippey, a member of
he Rutland high school graduating class,
las accepted position as organist and
hoir director at Trinity church, Clare.
mont, n. Fl.
The Lake Dunmore house at Lake Dun
more was opened yesterday under the
management of Hugh J. McKinnon. |
hotel man all his life and for many years
connected with the Parker house and the
Adams house in Boston. The steward |
ind Office manager are also well versed in
he hotel business.
Mrs. Sherman Stickney had both bones
If her lower right arm broken at her
home in Stowe recently when horse
which her husband was leading broke
way from him and knocked him down,
,lso kicking Mrs. Stickney as she stepped
rom henhouse door into its path. Mr..
Stickney was somewhat bruised.
The prize debate Of the senior and jun.
or classes of Holy Cross college in
Worcester, Mass. was won Tuesday
night by the senior team, composed OF
two Massachusetts, men and one Yer.
nonter, M. Ward Whalen of Brandon.
The question debated was, Resolved
that the United States government
Ihould assume complete ownership of the
after the war"
Louis F. Oriol, ST. had narrow escape
from death in Burlington May 20 when,
after going to the station to see his wife
off, he took short cut to College street
but was struck by a train as he was
crossing the tracks. An examination
showed that he was badly bruised and
some ribs were fractured, injuries which
will lay him up for some time. Mrs
Driol's train had not left and she was no
ifed and gave up her trip.
Octave Lord of st. Johnsbury has been
,otifed by the war department that his
ION, Sergeant Henry Lord, known in the
'rmy as Sergeant Long, was killed in
lction May 7. He was 35 years old and
lad been in the regular army nine years.
lie was member Of Company g, 10th
infantry. He was with the troops in
1uba, saw five years service in the Phil
ppines and was among the first Amer
cans to land in France. His father is a
,eteran of the Civil war and was in
ervice three years with Maine regi-
nent. Sergeant Long formerly lived in !
>unenburg