The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-27

Montpelier in 1907, died Wednesday at
the age of 81 years.
A. W. Peterson of st. Adams, who has
been connected with the electrical intA
ests of that city for many years, has been
appointed manager of both the Public
Electric Light company and the st. Al
bans Traction company.
.Supt A. w yarney of the Bennington
schools is to complete his duties in that
position on July /, after IL years service.
district, including a number of rural
schools. He went to Bennington 20 years
ago as principal of the high school.
{ Lieut. John p. Lynch, reserve military
aviator, who has just received his dis
charge from the United States army, and
who has prepared to take up exhibition
flying, has been engaged by the attrac-
tions committee of the Rutland fair to
give exhibition flights, Sept. 10.
Mrs. Samuel Spedero of Waterbury died
Wednesday morning as the result of tax
ing Paris green with suicidal intent She
of half-pollnd can The cause of the
4 o family troubles Mrs Spedero leaves
her husband and two boys, aged four and
six years
Running liquor across the line from
Canada into dry areas in Vermont is
said to have become a frequent practice
| lately, according to customs officials, who
started operations against smugglers by
larresting Wednesday night the engineer,
| fireman and forward brakeman of the St.
Johns, Que, and st. Adams way freight,
with quantity of liquor in their posses
sion
| Nicholas j. McCuen, a prominent citi-
zen of Nergennes, died Monday from the
effects of a cerebral hemorrhagc Mr. Nc
!, Cuen was for 30 years one of the leading
merchants of Nergennes He had been
mayer of the city and held many town
offices and was representative to the leg
| stature in 1888. After retiring from bnsi-
ness he was appointed assistant to the
sergeant-at-arms of the United States sen
ate for several years.
/ Malcolm Lamery, 10, of Montpelier. has
admitted to Chief Of Police Connolly OF
that city that he stole from the store OF
i Wheelock & Dawley several months ago
four boxes of cartridges His undeing
occurred Tuesday morning when he sold
two OF them to man who went into the
Wheelock & Dawley store to dispose oil
the cartridges. The shells were identi
: fed and the theft traced to young Lam
cry,
y railroad torpedo exploded and caused
: a severe wound in the right foot OF nine
J lyear-old Stanley Mcintyre, son of Mr.
and Mrs. d. w Mcintyre of Burlington
/, Tuesday. The boy, with some other chill
D tdren, secured several torpedoes and youn,
! Mcintyre threw one on the ground caus
]. ing it to explode The pin which enclose
+ the explosive was blown with such vic
5 lence that it tore hole through the lad
] shoe and afflicted severe flesh wound
;. No serious results are feared
el At special town meeting to decid
L what kind of licenses the town woul'
;. have, the citizens voted to grant license
|, Tor all kinds of liquor, by vote of 63
against 5ii, for licenses for malt liquo
d oaly Since the local option law wa
> adopted in 1902 this is the first iastane
). in the state where second meeting la
been held after the municipality had "
IS ted for license at March meeting Tn
l. vote at the March meeting in St Johns
is bury was 3s5 for license and $40 for n,
l. license
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