The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-18
MONTPELIER
Miss Hannah Lynch Died This Morning
at Heaton Hospital.

ing following an operation at Heaton
hospital Thursday, TO which institution
she was taken Thursday morning. She
was born in Rutland Oct 2, 1858, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Lynch, but
most of her life had been spent in Mont
/ pelier. She is survived by her sister,
Mrs. d, f. Ryle, with whom she had lived
five years, and two brothers, James of
st. Adams and John of Montpelier also
by several nieces and nephews, including
| Allen Lynch in France with the army.
The funeral will probably be held Mon
day morning
Special turkey dinner at Williamstown
| inn, Sunday, served from 1880 to q; 75c
| per plate.adv.
Henry A. Black this morning suspend
ed the license of Horace Fl. Morton of
! White River Junction and Charles j.
Brown of Montpelier the latter because
of an accident which took place last Sat
urday morning. Morton's license was
suspended because, according to the Sec
rotary of state, he gave an Inaccurate
story last night about the operation of
| the car he had in charge. 1t IL under
| 9tVpN bial SpluFODt tiht WAS IuhnliiE biS
car which Morton had charge of. An in
vestigation is being made and mere in
formation may be Forthcoming later.
The state treasurer has made his as
sessment of the state highway tax
against Barre City, which amounts to
| $3,267 60 on a total of Al miles of high
way, so that the city will receive $350.44
as five per cent money that may be used
on highways
X. d. Taisey has commenced work
again for Il. W. Bailey and Co. He was
employed BY the company before he went
to France in the army.
Mrs. w. j. McElroy of Middlesex Wis
tied to-day with Mrs. Charles Silloway.
Adjutant General H. T. johnson and
family are enjoying an outing at st.
Adams bay.
AT the meeting Of the Knights Of
Pythias last evening, Fred X. Felt was
elected master of exchequer in place of
L, H. Pollard, who declined to be in.
stalled in the office, and the following
delegates to the grand lodge were elect
| ed; B. A. Sumner, B. G. Brown, Frank
Wing and L. H. Pollard
The state has apportioned the five per
cent money which Montpelier will get
for highway purposes. 1t amounts to
! S47S.64. Montpelier has So miles of road
and the tax the city pays to the state
is S3,s64.l7 in the grand list of 1918,
The employees of the McCuen store, in
part, received quite surprise Wednes-
day evening when returning from Lake
| Woodbury., where they had passed the
evening. They were passing the mills at
North Montpelier when they were soused
| with water. There was little fire
burning in the roadway and the driver of
at least one automobile went TO one side
Of the road to avoid this. While he
was passing next to the mill, water was
thrown on the occupants of the ear, one
of whom was so wet from the ducking
| that she had to remove her coat for the
rest Of the way home. Mr.. and Mrs. Il,
w. Mitchell accompanied the party. 1t
was farewell party given to Mrs. Paul
Harrington, who leaves the employment
in the store Saturday evening. Mr..
Mitchell expects to make an investiga
tion of the matter.
G. Dalmaeo appeared in Montpelier
city court Thursday afternoon on the
| charge of intoxication, TO which he plead
ed guilty and was fined SIS and costs,
| which he paid. 1t was also alleged that
he followed couple of women on Barre
street Thursday evening. One of these
ran while the other had more nerve"
and, waiting for the man, told him to
leave the locality. which he did. They
were able to keep tab on him while they
notified the police which resulted in the
arrest.
Secretary of State Harry A. Black and
| S. Teachout, clerk OF the automobile de-
partment, were in Fairlee Thursday rela-
tive to complaints that persons in that
section are operating cars without au-
thority. Several persons paid operators
and registration fees. On their way
home, it is reported that they saw a
state official who did not have proper
| lights on his machine, but on explana-
ton, cleared up the matter.
/ City Grand Juror John Stone was
called TO the Gates place on upper Ter
race street Thursday on complaint that
a dead horse had been left exposed to the
climatic conditions. He investigated the
matter and found that dogs had removed
the dirt from the carcass. The man who
buried the horse agreed TO bury ii deeper.
The painters have commenced the
painting of the exterior of the county
courthouse They have been working
on the inside OF the building for some
days.
The will of Albert Johonnott, late of
Montpelier, was proven in probate court
court to-day. The requests are confined
to the members of the deceased's depend
ents w. s. Smith has settled his final
account as administrator of the estate