The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-25
VERMONT NEWS.


G.. H. Senior owner of the hotel in War
rem. was arrested in Montpelier Saturday
night on a charge OF lntoxlcatlon WhlIe
driving an automobile. He was lodged in
Jail.
Mrs. David r. Corbett and youngest
daughter. Aravilla, of st. JOhnsbury, and
an automobile are missing. Mr. Corbett
wants his automobile back, but not his
wife, he says.
As the outcome of the stealing of arti-
cles from automobiles by gang of boys
four lads of Rutland were sent to the
Vermont Industrial school at NergCnnes
nv Judge George NJ Goddard Their
ages were from 10 to II years.
Gov. p. w. Clement has designated
State Engineer II. NJ. Mcintosh and
prof. T. II. Dix of Burlington as delegates
from Vermont to attend a conference at
Hartford. Conn, Nov. 10 to IL. 1t is
meeting of testing engineers of highway
departments and held for the purpose OF
mapping out their plans.
Fire starting in the loft of a barn To-
Gated ut the rear of the home of Mrs.
Alice c. Sprague at Brandon did about
Sc. 600 damage Sunday morning. The
ground floor of the building is used as a
garage and contained four automobiles at
the time of the blaze. These were all Sc
verely damaged. The building was not
entirely destroyed.
DIR. Julius E. Dewey of the United
States Public Health service at BlltimOre,
n G. and Miss Jessie Il. Morgan of Barre
were married Saturday evening in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Rowland
at Montpelier. The bridegroom is an ex-
service man and was stationed at Brest
during the time the troops were being
| sent back to the United States.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
! Friday afternoon in Rutland county
| court in the lost love- case brought by
| Alexander {. Mason of Rutland, a promi-
nent insurance man at the time Of the
beginning of the suit, against Michael
Dugan, who is also well known in the COM
munity, in which the plaintiff sought to
recover damages of $4,000 The jury
dcliberated but a few minutes.
The treasury department at Washing
ton reports that the number of accounts
! in national banks has more than doubled
in the last 10 years. Vermont leads in
! the New England states, having the larg-
est number of accounts in proportion to
population. the ratio being 2J5 accounts
to each 1000 of population. That is
B
mont has an account in a national bank,
A few western states have even q better
record.
When an inspector from the state auto
mobile department Friday visited a house
in Nershire, where it had been reported
there was an automobile which was Oper
ated all summer without being registered
lie found car in the dooryard on the back
Of which was written in chalk these
words, Jesus is coming again. Are you
| ready o. The owner of the car was only
half ready; that is. for things material
The inspector collected 50 of the SlO.JC
due.
The first annual consignment sale o
Ayrshires by members of the Vernon
Ayrshire club will be held Tuesday, Oct
PC, on the fair grounds at Rutland
There will be about 30 animals sold a
auction. with George w. Baxter of FL
mira. y. Y. as aUctioneeT. These vii
be principally females and viii range frou
yearling heifers to mature cows. The sal
is to be held primarily to promote the IN
terestS of the Ayrshire COW and to dem
/ Onstrate the merits of Vermont Ayrshire
to breeders and all those interested in tn,
breed generally. Present reports indicate
a good attendance of Out-of-state breeder
as well as many Vermont dairymen.
&. Last NDNemDeF IsnacLL W OltkieWlCl
was before the Springfield municipa
court for selling intoxicating liquor, as
brand known as "Jakey." When he wa
raidcd it was found that he had S67 bot
| ties stored in various places. He wa
: fined 5000 and costs and given a year a
|. the House of Correction. Fine and cost
were paid, house of correction sentenc
was suspended, and Wojtkiewicz wa
placed in charge of State Probation Offie
Jeffrey. A few days ago information
reached Mr.. Jeffrey which led him to be
, leve that all was not well, so Saturda
he visited Springfield and learned that hi
terms of his probation and brought hin
before Judge Blanchard and had him sen
, to Windsor for year.
Mrs. Carminc Mario of Rutland wa
thrown from a Ford automobile. owne
and driven by her husband when
struck n Hudson car. belonging to res
( dent of ClaremOnt, \. H.. on Merchant
row early Saturday evening. Mrs. Mari
was badly laCcrated about the face b
T the broken glass in the windshield. an
l. it was necessary to take several stitchc
n in her face. According to witnesses. th
y Mario car was going ut a fast rate
s speed. The driver failed to stop his ms
| chine at the corner of West street Mt I'll
Il signal of Traffic Policeman Bert Murph,
y In the car with him besides his wife wei
r two call firemcn. They were going
+ the fire on Jackson avenue, the alarI
II from Box 3S having just blown and Mari
= | gives that as his reason for his speed.
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