The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-19

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Charles Bingham of Mortified, died
yesterday at Heaton hospital, Montpel-
Ter, where She had been taken for treat
ment She was 50 years of age.
Orson C. Turner, Duxbury's Oldest
resident and a veteran of the Civil |
war, died Monday in his seth year. He
served in the war in Company B, 18th
Vermont, and returned home corporal. I
Prof. Raymond Mcfarland of Mid
dlebury college has produced a very ex-
cellent book to which he has given the
name Skipper John of the Nimbus. =
1t is story of life with the fishing
fleet that sails out of Gloucester and
the Maine ports.
Roa Eaton, native of Bristol, whose |
selection as prima donna for the Met |
ropolitan Opera company had been an
nounced, was prevented from making
her debut hy an attack of pleuro- pneu.
monia, from which her life hung in the
balance for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Windsor Perry of Pitts.
field, Mass, formerly of Plainfeld, Vt,
have reason to believe that their son,
Private Walter c. Perry, is living after
having been officially reported dead Ii
has been learned through Congressman
Treadway of Massachusetts that he
was discharged from a hospital Jan
10. Private Perry was born in Plain
field and enlisted from Vermont
Word has been received of The elec-
ton of DR.. Harold D. Hazeltine as
Downing professor of the laws of Eng
land in the university of Cambridge
This professorship and the Reguis pro
censorship at Oxford are the two high
est positions in the teaching branch of
the legal profession in England. DR..
Hazeltine S wife was formerly Miss
Hope Graves of Bennington.
Figures used in a Boston paper Sun
day showing that Vermont had but g..
1913 men in the army in the present
war do not agree with those in the
adjutant general s office which shows
that at the time the armistice was
signed the state had 1000 in service
and it is expected that whens the fig
lures are complete they will show Yer
mont had nearly $4,000 men in all
branches of the service.
A conference of the Woman 5 Chris
| tian Temperance union is being held in
| Rutland. There are representatives pres
ent from Windham, Windsor, Benning
tor and Rutland counties The con
ference is for the purpose of making
plans for the Jubilee campaign through
Al
lion dollar fund to carry on after war
work, child welfare and reconstruc-
| tion activities.
| Kenneth Lewis, five-year-old son of
| Mr. and Mrs Thomas Lewis, came near
losing his life Sunday by drowning. He
was discovered Sunday afternoon by
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND Smith, who were
about TO cross the Riverside bridge near
the mill, floating on the water. The
boy was rescued and taken tosfiis home
where, after several hours. he was re
stored TO consciousness. The child is
lin critical condition owing to expos
+, ure.
Hartwell Ward, accompanied by a
man named Edwards, both of Shore
ham, drive to Middlebury Friday eve.
4 ming in an automobile and while they
were attending a dance the ear, left
standing on the campus, was stolen
Saturday morning Deputy Sheriff \. J
Stanford was notified and found the
machine ditched in Porter field with 3
broken Windshield and the cap TO th'
radiator missing.
Because the thief who entered Red
field Proctor's home at Proctor has no
vet been found reward of 500 ha
, been offered to any person who vii
give information that will lead to hi
arrest and conviction. The robber i
i man about 40 years old, five feet sew
en- inches in height and weighs abou
: lbs pounds. He has black hair and
round face. Firearms, silver spoon
and forks, raccoon coat and caps, ant
4 two sole leather suit eases are anon
' the missing articles.
a Marshal Clapp, who once resided i
e Bennington. was the victim of a burg
!, larry Friday when his jewelrv store j
isl New York city was entered by tw
t, men. one of whom held up Mr.. Clapp
k partner, Mr.. Graham, at the point of
IS revolver, while the other man seized
II platinum. and diamond necklace and
lie diamond bracelet, the two valued :
Is $4,000, and ran away. The one wi
It flourished the revolver was caught, b,
II the one with the jewels escaped.
he Bennington girl, Miss Fannie Loomi
re was employed in the store until recen
ID ~
ty Addison county was treated to
a. sight last Wednesday forenoon which
ut said to occur but rarely This was Il
appearance of three "sun dogs"
bright spots near the sun. Prof. Bryan
who teaches astronomy in Middlebul
college, says that the appearance
three "mock suns at the same time
very unusual. They were due to mass
of ice crystals hanging in vertical pc,