The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-04
MONTPELIER
Some Reduction in the City Check List
This Year.

Charles Def. Bancroft, sr., has com
pleted the making of the 10th annua
checklist of the city of Montpelier; tina
is TO say, for 40 years he has made III
checklist which has been used In Mont
, pelier both while town and since it be
came city. On two occasions he has en-
| joyed help in the work. once by Georg
w. Wing and then some years later b,
g. H. Heaton; but on other occasions h
: has made the checklist himself O
course in the last few years the board %
civil authority has approved the check
list, but there have been years gone by
when the civil authority board did not
act upon il at all, and Mr.. Bancroft, with
the eertifcation of the city clerk, has
completed the list and posted it in the
many places about the city. In making
the list this year he has dropped from the
list the names of 81 persons who have
died. also of 2l4 persons who have left
the city in the last year, while he has
transferred from one ward to the Others
2l7 names. Last year there were $500
names on the list. This year there will
be somewhat less, because of the remov-
ais. The number of deaths has been
about normal compared with other years.
| This year the list is constructed differ
emily than it has been before. This
change is due to the fact that the women
are allowed TO vote. They have been as
! signed a column at the right side of
each ward. Instead of there being two
! wards on each sheet, single. ward is
| placed on a sheet, names of the women
voters being transferred from the bot
tom to the right side, as before stated
The warnings To state fuel admin.Stra-
tors that they must cease exceeding their
authority in issuing, without instructions
from Washington, general orders re-
stricting the use of coal, sent out Satur-
day night by the national fuel admins.
tration, do not appear to affect Vermont
and Sunday night nothing of these had
been received here The reason they do
not affect Vermont is that H. j. NJ. Jones,
state fuel administrator, had the OK
by Mr.. Garfield on his rulings before he
has given such rulings TO the local fuel
committees or the public. The result has
been that his rulings have been coinci-
dent with those at Washington, and it
has not been necessary to reverse any
made by Mr.. Jones, unless the conditions
CilhHHtu III odHiilHGtUH. WI DpHtS itIt
Saturday night for Washington to attend |
a meeting of the fuel administrators on
Tuesday, having been called there for a |
conference ON fuel conditions in the east
ern states.
Supreme court conyenes on Tuesday |
and, because of the change in
train service, most of the attorneys will
have to come here tonight. A petition
has been filed with the clerk, l.. G.
Moody, by Rena NJ. Brittell, asking for a
new trial in the case of state against
herself, in which she was found guilty, in
Windsor county court, of adultery.
Commissioner of Education NJ. b. Hill
egas left last night for Boston, where
today he attended conference of the
of the New England
states.
Two new cases have been entered in
county court connected with the settle I
nent of the affairs relative to the Cotton
Manufacturing company. Thy are Capt.
al Savings Bank & Trust company VS..
". G. Cotton and others, and Charles
adams and others VS.. w. c. Cotton and I
thers.
Rev F. Barnby Leach left this morn |
NO for Rutland to attend an Episcopal a
invention.
Engine 50, which for some years has e
een run on the branch passenger train, &
rived Saturday from the repair shop a
nd is again in service. 1t has been i
thoroughly overhauled One of the i'm b
rovements is the placing of an electric b
eadlght on it. Engine SO. which has v
cen doing the work, has gone back to
he shop.
Gov. H. L. Graham has appointed t
harles j Leach of Poultney as a jus il
ice of the peace, taking the place OF b
w, Winchester. who has resigned. Il
Mayor F. w. Mitchell LETT this after "
DON for Boston, in the interests OF his u
ore.
In city court this morning judgment NJ
as given DR.. William Lindsay in theI Il
se brought by him against A. Walker in
ancroft for Sl0353 and costs. The de- nj
ndant appeared and, according to the ly
,cket entry. confessed judgment. G.
The funeral of C. Ayers. who died last I'll
ght OF pneumonia, will be held on n,
lednesday afternoon at l o'clock. Mr.. 10
yers had been feeling poorly for some
Tvs, but it was not till Friday that Jc
developed. He was born in w,
iddlesex in 1884 and spent his early life tn
ere, later going to Berlin and to Mont til
ler % years ago. He was engaged as tn
farmer at first, later as carpenter,
d for ten years he was employed by wi
mes Bros in Barre, giving up the lat La
r employment three years ago. His rie
fe died two and half years ago. and wi
leaves one brother, Linden Ayers OF
Rim, and son, C. L, Ayers of Mont
lier. Mr. Ayers belonged to the car to-
nters' union.
Miss Celia Mansfield returned Satur-
v after a weeks visit with her uncle 90
d aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Hamel, sh,
Plainfield. by