The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-25

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Moses Ford, aged 68 years, well-known
resident of Rutland, died Saturday morn
ing at his home, after being in falling
health for some time. Mr.. Ford was one
OF the pioneer marble men in that sec
ton For the past 80 years he had been
employed as superintendent at the Tenn
pie Brothers plant.
Wilbur Sears, Is, was arrested at his
home in Ferrisburg one day last week,
charged with raising check from 1898
to Sl99S. Sears, when brought into court,
did not deny his wrong-doing and was
bound over to the June term of the Ad-
Olson county court under $1,000 bonds,
which he could not furnish and SO was re-
manded to Jail.
An abandoned infant about two weeks
| Of age was found Sunday in the Union
Station hotel at Burlington. The child
| had been left there by young woman
about 20 years of age who took the II
o'clock train out over the Central Yer
mont Saturday night The authorities
are on the trail Of couple of young wom-
en- one Of whom left the child
| A man beicved to be Charles Eley of
Vermont died suddenly at the home of
Mrs Exilda Jolly, 6S Blossom street, Fitch
burg Mass, Saturday The man came to
the Jolly lodging house Friday night and
engaged a room for the night While talk
! ing to Mrs Jolly he was seized with
| .ainting spell and died Immediately. Eley
was about 80 years of age. The police are
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| The Universalists of Vermont celebrat-
ed Sunday by holding services in every
one of the IS churches and chapels of the
state Some of the churches have been
closed for years except for a funeral or
occasional services. Where no preacher
could be secured the services were con-
Quoted by laymen and where the congre-
cation failed to gather the services were
held just the same.
Persons who claimed to have been in
the Goth division have been canvassing
| or the sale of magazine in Montpelier
and were warned Friday by Chief Con
molly against further continuation of their
work 1t did not appear they had author
| ty from the government to carry out this
work and Is along the line that the gov
eminent had sent out notice it did not
want practiced, In the party was WON
an, and man in sailors uniform
Supt George A. Chedel OF the Cham
plain Realty Co. says decision has been
made to have no log or pulp wood drive
down the White river this year. 1t viii
be the first year since 1912 that there
Vas been no drive down the White river
The postponement of the drive is because
large supplies are already at the mills
Ihnd yards. The amount cut this year
in the White river territory is 10000
cords, the equivalent Of 100000 feet.
Last years drive was 100000 feet, the
largest ever down the White river.
Desiez Total, a sergeant in the United
States marines, arrived at his home in
Montpelier Saturday night, having been
Pin the service 70 months and having been
promoted to sergeantcy during the time
he was in France. He was wounded twice,
the first time a bullet going into the left
side of his face, knocking out a dozen
teeth He removed the bullet from his
throat himself The other wound was In
one leg, which was not serious. The
wound in his face was so well treated
~ the surgeons that but little appear
ance of the injury viii be seen. He was