The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-09
MONTPELIER

| ne secretary OF ttdLe mas received
corrected returns of6the license vote il
Stowe, showing theSvote on general Ii
cense to be: Yes IA, no "a; on drug
gist license, yes l47, no %. He has
received report that the Landgrov'
election was postponed two weeks be
cause of the "flu.H
w. +. Poole, who has been assistant
TO the state purchasing agent for five
years, has resigned and will be con
nected with the Capital City Press, in
a capacity to be announced later. Mr.
Poole was connected with the Mont
pelier Journal for some time prior tc
! the suspension OF that paper.
In addition to the speakers an.
nounced for the American Legion meet.
ing here March IL, Gov. Allen of Kan
sas will be present and give an address
George A. Reed of the state engi-
neer's department is i'll.
| II. NJ Mcintosh, state engineer has
gone to his home in Burlington. He
| wanted to go Saturday but did not
| leave until Sunday evening
Linus Leavens was called to his
home in Cambridge Monday morning
by the illness of his wife.
Gov. P. w. Clement, who wanted to
leave Saturday night for New York,
could not get out of the city Sunday
and only got as far as Burlington that
night, spending portion of Monday
in Burlington.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Carpenter have
gone to their home in Hartford after
being marooned in Montpelier because
of the failure of the noon train Sun
day to run below Montpelier.
j. NJ. Avery, tax commissioner, has
gone to Newport to commence his list
ers' meetings
II. C. ShurtIeff was in Waterbury
Monday on law suit.
Two delivery teams eollided Tues
day morning near the corner of School
and Main streets. They were Charles
Stewards and Stone Brothers. Quite
little damage was done to one of the
sleighs.
L. J. Tindal Of Rutland, district dep
uty OF the Elks, arrived last night and
tonight will make his official visit to
the LEGAL lodge. Degree work viii take
place.
D. H. Skinner went to his home in
Waitsfeld this morning, He came here
Saturday and could not get back home
because of the storm.
John Mobus, who brought two pris
oners here Friday from Warren, went
home to-day He could not get through
the snow before to-day.
The water condition is not expected
to be improved before tonight or to-
as little was done until to-
day to remedy the causes for the short
age OF flow at Berlin pond.
The following clipping from the Corn
ing Observer. Corning, Cal, will be OF |
interest TO many in this vicinity. Z.
Lee Williams, OF whose death and fu- |
neral it tells, married Miss Sara {. |
Munro. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dom
aid Monro of Montpelier. Mrs. Will
liams has been very i'll with the flu
at hospital in Corning and Mr.. Nun
70, her father, is now in Corning with |
her. The California paper says: The
funeral of the late Francis Lee Will
Iiams. who died at his home in the
Ramer apartments in this city at 1925 !
IN the morning of Feb. Is, will be held
1t the Baptist church Sunday at 2
o'clock in the afternoon, Rev. Vernon
H. Cowsert Of that church officiating,
md interment will be made in Sunset
hill Deceased was a native of Big
Stone City, S. d., whore he was born
20 years ago in March. He came to
corning five years ago and bought
'anch near the river, which he man
lged until August of last year, when
lie took the road as superintendent of
he sales department of the Woodward
Way Manufacturing Co, of North Sac.
holding that position until
lis death. Mr.. Williams was a mem.
,er Of the Fraternal Brotherhood and
hat body, augmented by the greater
art Of the sales force of the Wood
yard Way company, will attend the
uneral tomorrow. The deceased Is {
urvived by his widow and one daugh-
er, Gertrude, of this city; his father
nd mother. Mr. and Mrs. c. A. VIII
ams of Livingston, Mont; two broth
re-. Clyde w. Williams. Livingston,
don't, and w. I. Williams of this !
ity. all of whom, with the exception
( Clyde w, are n Corning. Mr. vii. q
ANS enjoyed the confidence of nu-
lerous friends throughout the valley.
rho win learn of his untimely passing !
nth deep regret.