The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-19

graduating exercises u hutiduu uigl
school Friday.
Brattleboro war chest contributors
pledges, 1924 being unpaid at the end
of the time limit.
John Spargo, who was injured in the
wreck at Royalton about two weeks ago,
Bethel, was able to return to his home
in Bennington this week.
The baseball fair in Rutland, an an
nual event for the past II years, which
: was held two nights last week, was a
: big success, almost twice as much mon
ey being taken in this year as last.
Deputy Sheriff John f. Smith, who has
had charge of the gardens at the house
of correction in Rutland for many years,
has bought the produce that is growing
on the grounds Of the dismantled prison
and will market it.
Frank Cromack, who died at his home
in Bennington June Is at the age of n
wears, was a selectman and president of
The board of health for 10 years, giving
up the former Office last spring because
of Ill health.
The l7-year locusts, due to arrive in
Vermont about this time, have been
found in southern Addison county, a
considerable number having been seen in
adjoining parts Of Shoreham and Or
well.
Frank f. Pelkey of West Rutland, who
served With the 26th division in France
and received his discharge in April, 1919,
died June IL after short illness He
was born in Fair Haven % years ago,
but had lived in West Rutland for seven
years
Mrs. Felix Mcqueen of Concord is re-
covering from serious facial wounds re-
ceiyed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs,
Latham Cross in Kirby from q stove
hook thrown by the explosion of dyna.
mite in stick Of wood in the kitchen
range.
An automobile accident in Rutland
on Tuesday night, alleged to have been
brought about by the presence of intox-
icating liql,pr, resulted in wrecked
Overland roadster owned by Charles A..
Hoar Of Manchester. The car crashed
into telephone pole and was badly
smashed. With Hoar was another man
who was said to be badly intoxicated.
Fishing in the Connecticut and West
rivers at Brattleboro has never been 50
good as this year, black bass being es-
,sIo xf ,Yutt5,fnt IL
have also been caught there, one man
getting one that weighed 80 pounds.
Whether these are horned pout or chan
mel catfish is question which is as yet
undetermined by fishermen, as one or
two paintings Of the latter fish were
made in the Connecticut river a few
years ago. Trout fishing, too, is excep.
tionally good.
The Bennington county court jury in
the case of State VS.. Edwin Thompson,
charged with pointing loaded revolver
at Paul Corey with fatal results, brought
in verdict of not guilty Three Ben.
nington boys were tramping in the
woods late in the winter, when the acct
dent happened, all having firearms, and
il Is alleged that they were initiating
wild west movies when a bullet from
Thompson's revolver struck Corey in the
abdomen and he died two days later in
a hospital.
Breaking trolley wires caused consid-
cradle excitement and inconvenience in
Rutland Tuesday afternoon. When the
first one broke, Mrs. Arthur Granger, a
passenger in the electric car which broke
the wire, in alighting, was thrown to
the ground and hit by wire, severely
iniuring one arm, as we'll as being cut
and bruised. About two hours after
the first break, the new wire put up
broke in the same place as the old one,
becoming tangled in the telephone wire
connected with an apartment house near
by, making so brilliant an illumination
that the fire department was called out,
although their services were not needed.