The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-29

building will be opened Oct. 8.
A course in economics is to be added
to the curriculum of the Brattleboro
high school this fall
The buildings of Ernest Dimick in
& Walden were struck by lightning Sun
day and burned to the ground.
Charles Wells and wife of Pomfret
are on an automobile trip to visit his
brother, John. Wells, in South Danbury,
n. H. Mr. Wells is 80 years old and his
wife is So
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Shaw observed their
50th wedding anniversary at their home
in Burlington Aug. 49, Both are in the
best of health at the ages Of 70 and 10,
. respectively.
West Burke has two women who have
reached remarkably old age, Mrs. Lou
Use Lucia, who observed her Doth ami
versary on Aug "a and Mrs. Nancy AL
drich, who will be 90 if she lives until
October
Rutland has another sugar famine,
with no graduated sugar in the city,
only few days supply of brown sugar
and very little loaf and powdered sugar.
Dealers there say there is no relief in
sight from the shortage.
Herbert Lakin of Lancaster, N H., in
municipal court in Bellows Falls Tuesday
evening was fined S. and costs by Judge
OBrien. He stopped his automobile on
street crossing near Hotel Windham
.sssand refused to move when ordered to do
II so by the police.
John B. Crimilisk, aged 26, Steven j.
King, aged 10, and Henry P, Moran,
aged IT. escaped from the state prison
camp in Rutland Tuesday night and the
police in all the surrounding towns and
cities have been notified to look for
them. The men were dressed in the pris-
on uniform
During an electrical storm about six
o'clock Monday afternoon lightning
struck the barn of Clyde Baslow in
Lincoln, and totally destroyed the same,
together with contents, which consisted
of five calves and about 20 tons of hay.
The loss is about $1,000, with an in
surance of $3.50.
Chittenden county court promises to
have an unusually large number of di-
vorce cases to attend to at the Sep
TENDER term as many cases have been
coming in during the last week Two
cases are unusual in that one couple has
been married "a years, while the other
couple was married in 1901
III During the severe thunder shower on
Sunday morning, lightning struck the big
farm barn belonging to Dennis Hines
of Lowell burning it and its contents.
The barn was filled with hay and some
grain. Lightning also killed a COW be-
longing to Eleanor Mitchell and two
yearlings belonging to B. w. Stannard,
during the shower
For the first time in seven years
County Clerk Frank D. Z. Stowe of
Windham has summoned grand Jurors to
attend county court Court will con-
vene in Newfane Tuesday, Sept 2, Judge
Stanley c. Wilson presiding The docket
contains an unusually large number of
cases, many of them involving several
thousand dollars
Henry j. Freeman died at the Sol
diers' home Tuesday afternoon He was
born in Monkton, March IA, ls4s, and
first enlisted from that town in Co l..
18th Vermont, July S, 1863 and was dis
charged for disability April rs, 1864
j next enlisted in Co. C. 9th Vermont
August 2, 1864 and was mustered out
June ID, 1865. A sister, Mrs. Amelia
Coleman, survives him.
Samuel Thomas, a l3-year.o Bur.
Ellington boy, was sentenced to the Yer.
mont industrial school at Vergennes for
the remainder of his minority by Judge
Jed P. Ladd in Burlington city court
Thomas went into the home of Edward
Summer and while the family was sleep
ing, stole an EllSin II ieweled gold watch
the property of Mr.. Summer and sold il
TO chum for II cents The watch was
recovered. Thomas will remain in the
school until Nov. 10, 1927.
Albert J. Boynton, manager of the Ho.
tel Berwick in Rutland, has purchased
the hotel, including the furniture, the
Rutland annex and lease on the Center
street building for a number of wears
For 30 years Mr.. Boynton has been con.
| nected with the hotel The hotel was
organized into company on, Jan.
#l9l6, as the Berwick Hotel, Inc. and
proceeded as a stock company. At the
time Of the purchase by Mr.. Boynton
George Valiquette of Rutland was pres.
1dent OF the company Mr.. Valiauette
VIII continue his residence in Rutland.
Numerous breaks have been taking
place at various cottages at Caspian
lake, Greensboro, from time to time. but
this week clue was found which led
TO the home of VIII Fitch in Morris.
VILE His mother owns three cottage,
at the lake. Some of the articles al.
legged to have been stolen were found
at the Fitch home and when the mar
was brought into court he pleaded pIil.
ty to taking things from several Of tbt
cottages. On the person of Fitch wer,
found about go keys, some of them
skeleton keys that would unlock The
doors OF several cottages. The cas-,
against him was continued for sentence
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