The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-05
VERMONT NEWS.

Daniel P Smith, who died at Washing
ton, this state, on Sunday, was veteran
of the Civil war, serving in Company /, /,
9th Vermont regiment.
Fifteen men of Co. E., V. Y. NJ, at st.
Adams have qualified as expert marks
men at target practice and 25 as marks
men. J. A. Chamberlin and Chester Foggl
have been selected to represent the com
pany at the state competition to be held
at Bellows Falls April % and So
The date of the concert by the Dart
mouth Musical club to be given under the
auspices of the Woman's club of Bellows
Fails for the benefit of a soldiers mem
orial fund is April -. The date first set
was March y but was postponed ON ac-
count of the influenza epidemic
Contrary to expectations, the United /
States employment Office at Bellows Falls
will remain open This Office was to have
been closed this week but Chief Examiner
j. Z. Bryne has offered his services free,
thus reducing expenses half, and it isl
thought the balance of the expense can be
met until congress convenes.
A broken leg resulted from an attempt
by Louis Trombley to run the electric
trucks at the Vermont Milk Chocolate
/; Co. at Burlington yesterday morning He
was removed to the Mary Fletcher hos
pital by the police ambulance. Employees
| of the factory have been constantly for
hidden to ride on the electric trucks for
the treason that they are unsafe.
| Joseph Palmer, about So years old, of
Brandon, was arrested Friday night on a
charge of criminal assault on his seven
year-oid stepdaughter He was trailed in
| the snow on the mountain by Deputy
Sheriff w H. Tarbell He will be taken
to Rutland tomorrow The man has a
wife and several children of his own and
his stepdaughter. He worked for clay
concern on an automobile truck.
Theodore c. Mayo, 10, son of Mr. and
Mrs Herbert Mayo of Stowe, has been
awarded medal by the city of Science
tady, n y. for work done during the
influenza epidemic at Crescent Dam, near
New York city. Mayo, who was serving
in the New York Life Guards at the time,
is now serving a four years apprentice
ship at the General Electric works at
Schenectady.
n John c. Stranahan, 70, died at St. AL
4 bans Thursday, from the effects of a
: stroke of appoplexy The deceased was
: employed in the treasurer's department
: DIT Washington throughout the Civil war
81 In St Adams he was connected with tn,
al Weldon National bank until six year,
i ago when i'll health compelled him to he
nj tire. He was a brother OF f. Stewar
. Stranahan. former lieutenant governor o
!. Vermont
sst The transport Mt Vernon, which an
i rived in Boston yesterday with the frs
Is troops of the Goth division, had on boar
j. 1850 men and G6 officers Among ther
ri were % Nermonters, including Byron /
III ShumWay of Bradford. Robert G. Haye
r of Bellows Falls, RAYMOND A. Booth {
r Cavendish, Gordon o. Derby of Roehe-
II ter, Murray A. Kenyon of Nergennes an
$. Donald NJ. Hitchcock of Rutland. Hitcl
r cock ii listed among the sick and w'oun,
II ed
o.I Congressman Frank L. Greene, who Ii;
rs been spending a few weeks at his ho,,
lie III st. Adams. expects TO sail for Euru,
ne on the Leviatlan next Monday from Ne
cd York with other members OF the hon
ms military committee. The members of Il
ne committee were invited by Secretary u
ie- ker to 90 to Europe to visit the Amer
er- can expeditionary forces and the arm
sil OF occupation for the purpose of studyii
DC military legislation for the coming SUI
las mer.
ac
ap Among suitable memorials to the i
- diers which have been mentioned in s
e; dohnsbufy is a set of cluster lights /
- court house square. 1t has been stIgge
a., a. ed that these lights could be monnr
-. on pedestals bearing bronze tablets,
- contain list of all soldiers and sale
y IRON st. Johnsbury who had been in /
a., service, while the lights themselves cor
-, be named in honor of those boys w
lm - 80 -
lildt n c.,.
eel a. ;,,..-;. 10 s1 ,e "iao ca
!. was more or less damaged Tuesday VII
saa the waterfront of his stove blew ,
- Wrecktng the stove, blowing out the "
81. dows in the kitchen and in the pant
- although the door between the two roo
reat cnb,.,.a - as..... "
: SCOT, ashes and water. A flying pi
49, OF iron from the range struck Mr. SIN
a'es on one leg A door in the kitchen
ntic ar IN the r,;,,as hea -, d i' ~.
and orcrr,nr M, M, 50, -. .Niios
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