The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-20

Miss Grace E. Kingsland, who has been
the past six years assistant secretary of
the Vermont free public library commits
sion, has resigned to accept the secretary.
ship of the New Hampshire Library COM
mission, with offices in Concord, n. H.
John Jones, colored, a chauffeur. of
New York, was injured when the seven.
passenger touring car which he was driv.
ing with six young men from Camp Eel
enko at Lake Dunmore, as passengers, left
the road, went down an embankment
into stone heap, and overturned. pin.
ming him between the car top and the
door. The passengers were not injured.
After an intermission of two years with
no fair at Middlebury owing to war con-
ditions and the prevalence of influenza
and other diseases, the Addison county
fair will again be held this year. making
the 73d exhibition under the auspices of
the Addison County Agricultural society.
The dates will be Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Aug. 26, 81, % and
20.
Maurice O'Donnell of Bellows Falls. a
soldier boy only two weeks home from
France, was cutting brush along the line
of the New England Telephone company
Aug. s, when he tripped and fell on the
scythe he was using Nineteen stitches
were taken to close long, deep cash in
the back of his left leg above the knee
He has since been under care at the
Springfield hospital.
Robert t. Brown, ll-year-old son o.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Brown of Gays.
vile, while learning to ride a bicycle Tues
day was thrown by striking stone and
landed directly in front of the automo.
bile owned and driven by Daniel s. Jack
son OF Barnard, the machine passing over
the boy and causing injuries which re-
suited in death an hour later One hip
and one leg were broken and internal in
juries were inflicted
Thomas A. Diven, jr., OF New Haven.
Conn, which he claimed to be his home
is wanted by the police of st. Adams for
cashing worthless checks. The police o.
the city did not know of the crimes until
the checks which he gave began to come
in to the Weldon bank which az present
total $l75. The delay in cashing the
checks gave him a coed chance to leave
that vicinity before being discovered
which he took full advantage of
Mrs. John B. Miner of Bethel and her
daughters, Josephine and Celia. are in
Woonsocket, R. l.. having been called
there by the serious injury sustained by
their son and brother, Arthur j. Miner.
in a grade crossing accident at iLincoln
II. l., Sunday. The young man sustained
fracture of the skull and internal injur
les in his chest when an automobile in
which he and three other men of Worces
ter. Mass, were riding, was struck nv a
trolley car. two of the men being killed
and the third being seriously injured.
The annual convention of the Vermont
Sunday School association will be held at
Bellows Falls Oct Is, Is and II. Some
OF the strongest Sunday school men in
the country have been secured for this
convention. Marion Lawrence, general
secretary of the international Sunday
School -associatiou, will be one of, the
speakers. f. w. Halpenny, education
promotion secretary, and A. NJ. Locker
organization secretary of the Information.
al Sunday school association, are to be
among the speakers and conference lead
ers
Stephen j. Brown Of Troy, n Y, has
been in Burlington the past few days to
secure data and assistance in his effort
to effect the pardon of Private John A.
Luce, who is at present servino tn'--,r