Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-08-13
VERMONT NEWS

mortal to Col Roosevelt, VINO dleo
last winter.
Mrs. Mary E. Ilsley, widow or the
/ late Col. s. A. Ilsley, has announced
gift of $4,000 to be added TO the
! bequest in the will of the colonel OF
the same amount for the purpose OF
building a public library IN Middle
bury.
Reports of IS Vermont State banks
on June 30th, as given by the oank
commissioner, show substantial IN
crease IN various resources over the
report of April 18th. Increase IN de-
posits in the month and one-haH are
s4.4s9,s19.5s.
The New England Table Manufac-
turing company with capital stock
of SIS, 900 has filed articles OF assocl-
ton with the secretary Of state. The
new factory TO be built in Rutland
promises TO be one OF the largest fur
niture factories in this section.
Practically the entire crew of mo-
tormen and conductors composing the
night operating force Of the Burning
ton Traction company ran their cars
TO the switch on Pearl street IN front
of the Howard relief building, Friday
night, dropped of their positions and
refused to run the cars another inch.
Traffic on every line was held up.
jeremiah C. Durich of Fairhaven,
has been appointed supervisor of CEN
sus for the First Supervisors Dis
trict of the state of Vermont The
appointment for the second district
will be announced later. The first
district includes the following seven
counties with a population in 1910 Of
lis, 1S6: Addison, Bennington, Frank
lin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Rutland and
Chittenden.
Charles W. Scott has resigned as
deputy commissioner of weights and
measures, effective September l, and
viii enter the employment of the
Mutual Life Insurance company of
New York, with headquarters in Rut-
land Mr.. Scott IS at the top in the
work he has been doing unless he
be elected state treasurer who is the
commissioner for Vermont, and he
believes the insurance field offers him
better chance for advancement.
The Vermont Sunday School asso-
citation viii hold its annual conven-
ton at Bellows Falls on Oct. 10, Is
and IL. Among the prominent speak
ers engaged will be Marion Lawrence,
general secretary Of the International
Sunday School association, E. W. Hal
penny, supervisor Of education, and
A NJ Locke, organizing superinten-
dent. Other speakers will be an
nounced later by W. B. Glynn of Sax
tons River, president Of the state as
ISOLATION.
The butter tub factory of the Mel
son & Hall company at Montgomery
Center was totally DESTROYED by a
FIRE of unknown origin Wednesday
night of last week. About so men
were employed in this factory, which
was located on the Hazen's Notch
road Inasmuch as the Nelson & Hall
company have a large veneer mill and
lumber operation in the same town,
there will be no unemployment as a
result Of the fire The loss is esti-
mated at $50 900, partially covered by
insurance.
4 murder followed by a suicide &C.
CURED Friday IN Barre, when Antonio
Daparto, a merchant, shot and in
stantly killed Edmond Rioux, his
clerk, IN the formers store. There
was no one in the store at the time
ana as near as the authorities can
gather Daparto walked ND back of
Rloux, who was decorating a window.
shooting him in the back of the head
and then walking a few feet away in
the store Daparto shot himself
the heart in such a manner
As TO produce hemorrhage through
MS mouth.
Vermont viii have a mineral show
az the Eastern States Exposition
% De held at Springfield, Mass.
september Is to 20. Specimens of (
marble, granite and slate quarried in +
me state viii be displayed in the Yer
mont concession IN Machinery hall. |
IOgeIner with literature and photo /
s1raphs showing their use and proving /
mem 20 De the best materials of the I
zind produced in the United States
l mere VIII also be large tale exhibit 4
showing the numerous commerciaI /
1ses OF this unique product. The ex-
1lolt IS being arranged by the state /
department Of agriculture.
DR.. Guy Potter Benton. whose res
gnatlon as president of the Uniyersi-
y OF vermont was accepted in June.
nc VINO recently returned from edu-
-aIlonaI work with the Army of Oc- I
,upation IN Germany, will be associ-
Yea with Leroy Sargent & Co.. deal
rs IN investment securities. III |
broadway, New York City, as vice
resident A story published in Met
topohIan papers a few days ago to
ne effect that DIR. Benton was to be-
ONE vice president of the New York
u = insurance Company is unbound
IRE causing $4,000 loss, partial
covered by insurance, burned three
ulloings IN Ferrisburg Center Sur
~, starting IN the store of Mrs n
" HoWlIss In block owned bv "