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

Harry Bumsn of Burlington, peddlcr
has filed a petition in bankruptcy, sta
ing that his liabilities are $2,Il0 and his
assets $3.50.
Mrs. Esther Foster Of Winooski was
overcome by he heat last Saturday aft
ernoon on the street and had to be car.
ried home in taxicab.
Miss Nellie Carney, Winooski nurse,
will soon leave New York for France
with 1000 other nurses, who have vol
unteered their services for work abroad.
Fred Howard OF Rochester recently
paid fine of 500 and costs of Sl3.s5 for
having in his possession 10 short trout.
Carl BOYD OF Granville, for the same Of
tense, paid $50 and costs of $l.S5.
The sowing of wheat in Bennington
this spring will exceed 100 acres. An
effort will he made to start in operation
again the Touring mill which once did
considerable business in that town.
The Brattleboro Board of Trade has
made up its program for the year and
appointed committees which are expected
TO turn off a large amount OF work along
many lines, large number OF them me-"
L. A. Butterfield of Brattleboro has IN
his possession Bible (illustrated)
which was the property OF his great
grandfather Ezra Butterteld, on the
title page of which is printed, John
Holbrooks Stereotype Copy, Brattleboro,
VT, 1871
Row La Grave of Chateaugay, N. Y,
Is held at the village Jail in Bellows
Falls as a deserter from the army. He
is said to have left Camp Upton, N. T.,
April 27 on SO hours furlough and for
four weeks has been with his sister in
Bellows Falls.
Arthur L. Trip of Brattleboro, who
went to Bellows Falls recently to be su
perintendent of water and streets, cut
the cord and arteries in his left wrist
Monday with broken stone as he was
attempting to pound another stone into
place, and had to be taken to the hos !
pital for treatment.
Girl graduates from Rutland high |
school will appear without the usual
frills at the commencement exercises this
month, having decided to wear simple |
MILDLY dresses. The invitations, also, are
to be printed, and not engraved, and tt
young people will use the money saved |
for tn purchas of thrift stamps.
The marriage of Morris Graves Ham |
mond, son of DR.. and Mrs. s. W. Ham
mond of Rutland, to Miss Dorothy Fran
ces Henry of Columbia, S. c., vii taxi
place in the latter city June IL. Mr..
Hammond is stationed with the quartz
department at Camp Jackson,
Columbia, having enlisted soon after war
was declared.
Lieut.. Edward Dawson, son Of Mr. and
Mrs J. D. Dawson of Rutland, has been
promoted to head instructor of TIE school
Of firing at Somme, after passing sew
sral months in the trenches. Lieut.. Daw.
son has younger brother, who led his
lass in Norwich university and now in
tends to prepare for a commission at the
plattsburg training camp.
Walter Foley of Burlington was On
he steamship Moldavia when she was
orpedoed and sunk in the English chan
lei week ago, but his name was not
lmong the missing, so it is expected he
cached land safely. Mr.. Foley is the
ion of Mrs. Margaret Francis of Burling-
on, and had been employed at the Ho-
el Burlington for some time before GO
ng to Camp Greene last February.
A raccoon in tree in Burlington Sun
lay night and Monday caused some ex-
itemen.. Permission was finally giva, 4
" the police department to shoot the
nimal and shortly after man from
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