Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
State Items

"The Rose" Grip given at Spring
field netted the hospital $3.50,
The present term of Windsor Coun-
ty Court is hearing "a civil cases.
The Vermont Wheel club of Brattle-
boro has just observed its 35th ami
versary.
Pelaggi & Co. of Barre have nearly
completed 440-foot stone shed to re-
place the one destroyed by fire.
The night shift at the freight house
in Rutland has been discontinued be-
cause of the drop in business the past
few days.
Capt. F. H. Everett, Castleton ply
stefan for II years, has quit regular
army service in which he has been for
two years.
Plans for expenditures by the Rut-
Land Congregational Church for 1921
will be about $4,000, an increase of
II IL per cent over last year.
Four days after her husband, to
whom she had been married Sc years,
died. Mrs. Ora Pratt of Barre sue
cumbed, grief Fastening her end.
Harrison /. Norton of Bennington
has been awarded solid gold deoora-
ton by the Continental Fire Insurance
company of New York, for which he
has been agent % years.
William !. O'Neil, IS, and Whtefeld
Farbes, 81, were fined $50 and S25 when
they pleaded guilty to larceny of var
ious articles from the Fields home at
PeaCham.
Morrill, c. Mason of Woodstock
has been awarded a navy cross for dis
tinguished service being one of II vol
unteers to attempt to save the tor
Dedoed coal laden steamer Wellington,
September l6, 1918.
Given One Day in Jail
]. A. Lecuyer of Montreal was fined
$50 and given one day in jail for v4o-
lating the immigration laws by trying
to get man into this country.
Woman Kills Herself
Mrs Edward Garrow of Franklin
shot herself twice with an automatic
revolver, dying at the second shot. Des-
pondency and i'll health were given as
the cause of her act.
Killed by Tree
Ira L. Fisher, 60. of East Concord
was killed while at work at the Charles
Morse farm at Danvillc. A tree which
he TAI cut fcl' AID a branch struck
him on the head, crushing his skull.
To Prison for Skunk Theft
Lawrence Cox pleaded guilty in La
noble county court recently to steal
ing Is skunk skins from Irwin Foster
of Hyde Park and was sentenced to a
term OF from four to six months at
the House of Correction at Windsor.
70 But Takes Third Bride
Although he is 70 years old, Harri-
son H. Lee of Rutland has taken his
third bride in the person of Mrs Ma
rion Ormsbee of Orwell She is 7S
and this is her second matrimonial
experience,
Stole Coat, Gets Five Months
William Siley, charged with the lar
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st. Adams, was given five to six months
at the State prison If the fine of
$645 is not paid before his jail term
is up he must serve an nal As
DAYS.
Hospital Colored Porter on Probation
James Hinson, coIored. arrested for
larceny of foodstufis from the Mary
Fletcher hospital, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to four months in the
House of Correction. Sentence was
suspended during his good behavior
Runaways Leap on Team
A pair OF runaway horses gave ali eX-
hibition Of homemade film stunts the
other day in Barre, when without any
provocation they ran away and finding
a heavy low two-horse sled of farm
er in their path jumped upon it, scat
tering barrels and the driver.
Dies of Grief
Shock and grief over the death of
his sister, Miss Sophia Barely of Bur
lington, is believed to have been the
cause of the death of her brother,
Edward Barely who was found dead