The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-01
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

Bennington's 4th of July celebration
promises to be the largest ever attempt
ed there,
Mrs Jane Drury died at her home in
Weston June o. A person of unusually
good health, she died of blood poisoning,
the result of an ingrowing toe nail.
Barns belonging to Michael Rosen and
j. Trepanier of West Rutland were de-
stroyed by fire Sunday afternoon and
the Rosen house was also considerably
damaged by the flames. Most of the
furniture was saved,
Irene Graham, the l2-year.ol daughter
of Mrs. Eugene Graham of Bennington,
sustained an injury to her spine in fall
from small tree one day last week.
The injury resulted in paralysis of her
legs. An operation was performed to re-
lieve the pressure on the spinal cord.
Louis Lefebvre, an employee in the
wooden mills at Winooski, was badly in.
jured while working at washer when
his right arm was caught between two
rollers that weighed 600 pounds each.
The arm was drawn in up to the elbow
and the wrist and two fingers were
broken.
William Robinson, aged u, of Brattle-
boro has a badly burned hand as a result
of picking up one end of an electric wire
which had broken in two and dropped
to the side of the road A passerby
knocked the wire from his hand with
stick and Robinson was able to go to his
home.
Harlow Folsom, aged 20, Marshfield
farmer, has sued his wife for divorce
on the grounds of intolerable severity
and that she obtained the marriage by
fraud in order to get possession of his
property. They were married Feb. |.
His wife is A. This is her fourth matri-
monial venture.
Rev. S. w. Anthony, pastor OF the
First Congregational church OF st. Al
bans, read his resignation at the morn
ing service Sunday He has not an
nounced his plans for the future Mr.. An
thony returned to this country a few
weeks ago after several months work
with the Y. M. C. A. in France.
Stephen Esterbrook, who had been stay
ing at Spofford lake, Chesterfield, n. H.,
and who claimed to be a returned sol
der, left unceremoniously Friday night,
leaving an unpaid board bill, and at the
same time the Dodge car belonging TO
Mrs. Ethel May of Brattleboro disap
peared from the garage at their cottage
at the lake Esterbrook had consider
able knowledge of cars and had assisted
Mrs May on hers at different times. The
car number is 1882.
Claiming an increase in cost of opera
ton of from 800 per cent to 400 per cent,
with no increase in income, the Military
Post Railway company of Burlington
put in a case before the Vermont public
service commission, in which it was
claimed that unless the company was al
lowed to advance its price five cents for
the trip between Burlington aud Essex
Junction it would be impossible for the
railway line to continue in operation for
any length of time.
A curious accident occurred Saturday
night in Burlington, when a city carriers
team was struck by a racing touring car
bearing a New York license number and
hurled into the air and landed on the top
of Hup touring car owned by w. 0.
Lane, school committeeman, which was
parked along the roadside. The carriers
team was driving along slowly at the
time and was badly wrecked, as was the
top of the auto. The shafts cracked and
were severed by the impact, but the
horse did not attempt to run away. Not
trace could be learned as to who owned
the machine responsible for the accident.
Six Grafton boys were fined last week
for disfguring the house of John Dan.
iels " that place last spring. The win
dows were painted green, different words
were painted on the buildings by means
of stencils and the act caused much
excitement in Grafton at the time it oc-
CURED. 1t is supposed that the mischief
was done because Of the activities Of
Miss L. J. C. Daniels and Miss Sue Dan
iels in the suffrage movement. Arthur
Wright, Gordon Lockerby, Edwin Law
renee, William Wilson, Howard Eddy and
Fred Perkins were arrested and pleaded
not guilty. Wright, Lockerby, Lawrence
and Wilson were fined $40 and costs,
amounting to $3.50 each and were SEN
fenced to from so to 70 days in the coun.
ty Jail, but the jail sentence was sus.
pended and the respondents were placed
on probation for year on payment Of
the fines and costs. Eddy and Perkins
were fined $40 and costs each, which they
paid, but there were no Jail sentences
in their cases as they did not participate
in the painting, although they were
present The town offered reward of
$50 and one of the Misses Daniels offered
reward of 500. One of the respond
ents is employed by one of the select
men. It is expected that the rewards
will go to Deputy Sheriff Alexander.