Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-04-14
VERMONT NEWS

About $4,000 is to be expended
this summer In charging Hotel WIND
ham at Bellows Falls.
The grist and saw mill of E NJ
Bailey & Co. of East Montpener
burned April Sth with a loss OF Sl0,-
900. The building was one OF the
landmarks of the village.
Pending wage settlement IN the
Granite trade no contract has been
SIGNED by the Woodbury. Granite COM
pauy involving Bethel granite 1t Is
expected that the large Western
Union building job will go TO Bethel
this summer.
The Boston-Vermont association
held its annual sugaring-oH party In
Mechanics building, Boston, last
week, with 600 former residents OF
this state attending. Snow was
shipped from Vermont and was served
in pans to the guests, together with
pitchers of syrup
BENJAMIN Lagro of Richford IN
Franklin county court last week was
found guilty of larceny and sentenced
to Jail Lagro was charged with
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charged with uttering the same two
checks passing them on two mer-
chants in Richford last December.
| The state forester is completing
ARRANGEMENTS for the clearing of the
underbrush and small trees each side
4 on the right of way along the Mont
pelier and Wells River railroad near
! Lanesboro. The state owns the land
I on each side of the railroad for about
three miles IN this locality After II
+ is cleared II Is planned TO set out
about 800, 900 trees IN reforestatlon.
| St. Adams is the first Vermont COM
munity TO be officially reported by the
census bureau, the population being
| for 1920, 1882. The 1910 population
was 63S1, the percentage of growth
being 1S.S. The growth Of the
Railroad city is somewhat surprising
to many people of Vermont although
It was known that the railroad bust
quarters of the Central Vermont Rail
way Company.
Matthew Henessey, who was at
tempting TO swindle the people OF
Burlington under the guise OF being
a solicitor for funds in the inter
church world movement drive, was
larrested last week and sentenced N
the city court TO serve not less than
five nor more than SIX months IN
Estates prison 4 woman companion
larrested with him, Evelyn Duval, OF
St Adams, was also sentenced on
another charge for not less than foul
or more than five months
George o. Hale, representative
from Middlesex, was found not guilty
lof murder by the jury IN Washington
lcounty court last week and upon mo-
ltion OF counsel for the respondent
he was discharged Mr. Hale was
arrested February l on the charge OF
numbering Lester Morse of Middle
sex, his neighbor- In the trial of the
case ne claimed self-defense- Mr.
Morse was shot and died instantly
from the effects of the bullet which
blew of the top of his heart
The Brattleboro high school track
team of 1919 has been presented g
silver loving cup by the University OF
vermont, the team being the inter
scholastic champion track team OF
the state Prof. James Donahue OF
the Z. V. NJ. made the presentation
Thursday morning, the cup being re-
teeived by Capt Daniel Manning OF
| the high school team, IN behalf OF
Capt Allan Davis OF the 1919 team
now away at college Capt Manning
then presented It to Prin. Warren fol
the school The cup is inscribed and
stands on a mahogany base
Rutland Is the place of the Demo
cratic state convention and the dat,
! viii be June 2. The city and town
eaucuses for the purpose of electinG
I delegates viii be held May p. v A
Billiard VIII act as temporary chair
man and Prof G. R Stackpole O
WinoosE, secretary The first as
sIstant secretary viii be Fred
1 Martin of Bennington, and the seconi
: assistant secretary, George F. Roo
of Newport The committee on res
; olutions viii be made up of Harr,
Shurtlef OF Montpelier, VI. g. Lear,
D of Burlington and Thomas H Brown
of Rutland
N W Hawkes., general freigh
agent for the Central Vermont rail
: way at ST. Adams has been appointe
chairman Of the New England an
! Passenger association and. with hi
staff, VIII be located IN the Sout
station, Boston The association i
composed of the eight New EngIan
railroads Following this announce
ment, the Central Vermont raiIwa
announces the consolidation of tn
freight and passenger department
: which viii be placed under the juris
: idiction OF ]. W Hanley as genera
: freight and passenger agent, with .
: L Dempsey assistant general freigh
: agent
t As the result of hearing whic
+ j. G. Brown, insurance commissions
d has held, the Grand Trunk RaiIwa
y Insurance & Provident Co. viii be III
Il able to do business IN Vermont unit
o Z changes its methods of conductin
o the business, which viii include
: different system IN connection wit
s the treasury Of the department tn
) hearing was conducted in the com
% fmlssioler's Office The COMPANY Wa
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