The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-26
MONTPELIER

Frank Martin, Judge of probate, was
in Waterbury Tuesday, where he presid
ed at 10 hearings relative to the com
mitmeHt of persons to the state hospital,
in which eight orders were made and
two were left TO be disposed of later.
Seven of these were criminal cases, so
called, that is to say, they were persons
who had been transferred from other in
stitutions to the state hospital during
the time they were serving sentences in
the original institution. These terms
had expired and the supervisors of in
sane made petitions that the persons be
committed to the hospital because, in
their opinion, the condition of the per
sons was not such that they should be
released upon the public These cases
are: Francis Knapp of Bennington, Il. S.
Webster of Newbury, Albert Stone of
st. Johnsbury, Jack Closure of Hartland,
Hollis Lamphere of Rutland, Charles
Como of Franklin, Clarence Aldrich of
Lyndon. There was also one from this
county which was not of the criminal
nature 1t was A. G. Doyle of Water
bury, who, with the Others was ordered
committed at the states expense.
Harland W. Kemp, as trustee of the
fund created from the estate OF G. G..
Putnam, has appealed from the decision
of the commissioners in the state of
James w Brock of Montpelier and has
entered such appeal with the probate
court. Action is brought to recover 49,,
9ll.30 which is claimed to be the bond
filed by j. W. Brock, who was bondsman
in the trust fund matter. The commits
sioner disallowed the claim and Mr.
Kemp as trustee, recently appointed, has
taken an appeal from their decision.
More testimony is being presented in
the case of George l.. Haseltine ct al VS..
the Lane Manufacturing company. This
is over the water damage alleged to have
resulted from the Lane company's raising
its dam on the Worcester branch. u. c..
Mower Of Burlington is special master,
Evidence presented yesterday was by
the defense. II included the introduc-
ton of copies of some $50 deeds showing
the transfer of the property from about
1871 to the present owners; in fact, GO
ing back to the granting of land to the
settlers of Montpelier. The hearing was
in progress to-day.
The regular city council meeting takes
place this evening. 1t is the last meet
ing of the year and there probably will
be but little business to be done other
than closing up the years work.
The committee from the Board Of
Trade who went to Hartford, Conn. to
look over the Bryce manufacturing plant,
has returned. Some of the original com
mittee were in the party. James Can
ming, superintendent of the Lane Manu-
featuring company, went through the
plant and was much pleased with the
work being done there as well as the
supervision of the plant. The bringing
Of the industry to Montpelier will mean
many thousands Of dollars Of contracts
each year for the Lane company, 50 that
the bringing of the new concern to Mont
pelier is to be of more material help
than one would realize at first thought
The people from this city placed a prop
osition before the firm which will be un-
der consideration by their attorneys for
few days, after which, if approved, a
public accountant will 60 over the books.
The children of the Catholic school
gave an entertainment at the fair being
held in the armory Tuesday evening.
/ Their drills and other forms of amuse-
ment were appreciated by large crowd.
Following the entertainment dancing
was enjoyed until midnight.
hearing took place Tuesday morning
before Judge 2. S. Stanton relative to
alimony in the case of Magoon VS.. Ma
Coon, libel for divorce, in which the petit
toner asked the court to order that ali
mony be paid but it developed that there
il a case in Barre city court in which the
court ordered that Mr.. Magoon pay his
wife s. a week and the court directed
that Mr. Magoon continue to pay that
sum until the beginning of the March
term of court, at least.
Joseph Smith Of Waterbury was in
the city to-day.
Bert Nelson and wife of Cabot are Wis.
iting with Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Horn
brook on State street.