Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-30
Vermont News
Brief Items of Interest From
Ar0und The State

minors out of Rutland pool rooms, the
Chief-of-police giving his officers SPECIAL
orders to that effect,
While chopping in Florence one day
last week a splinter from tree frank
Willis was chopping pierced one eye
and destroyed the sight.
More than 100000 pieces of mail
were handled in outgoing and incoming
mail at the Rutland postoilice during
the six week days of last week.
Alden L. Bailey, rs, one OF St. Johns
bury's veteran merchants and imam
Ciers, died at his home there Sunday
night after an illness of two weeks.
In a fire which started about j.l5
Tuesday afternoon, the lumber shed of
Ellerv Davis in Wells River was total
" destroyed with an approximate loss
OF $4,000
Never in the history OF the Brattle-
boro pos,ofhce was there 50 much
Christmas mail handled as this year.
In six days there were POO pouches
dispatched and 2009 received.
The proposition to bond the city of
Burlington for the purpose OF erecting
memorial hall was defeated at the
city meeting held Friday by vote OF
1884 to 249 Little interest was taken
in the meeting The women voters APP
peared only to the number of g.
DR.. James w. Courtney has been
appointed health officer for the city
OF Burlington and will assume his du
ties January /, 1922, He succeeds DR..
C. A. Ravey, who recently resigned to
take position in the State Labora-
tory of Hygiene
Damage aggregating $1,000 or more
was caused by a fire which started
about ): 10 o'clock Sunday afternoon in
the Princess apartments, Brattleboro, |
in the building owned by Charles Mi |
ner and containing the Princess NOV
ing pictures theatre and GO rooms and
y apartments.
One of the women inmates OF River ,
side Reformatory for Women in Rut- |
land was pardoned by Gov James
Hardness a week ahead Of the time
that her sentence would have expired. |
Sad circumstances in the family OF
the woman was the reason for the
Christmas gift bestowed upon the
woman by the state executive.
Fear Foul Play
An autopsy was performed by Dr. c.
+ Whitney of Burlington on the body
OF Sam Wah, a Chiense laundryman,
whose body was found on the floor of
his basement laundry in the Scott
block on Railroad street, ST Johns |
bury. There are strong suspicious OF
foul play inasmuCh as there were blood |
stains on the head and hands, as well
as on stove poker lying near the body |
and also on the-1loor OF the laundry.
Hotel Man Fined
The case of y. p. Wheeler, manager /
OF the Junction House, White River,
was called at session OF the Hartford |
municipal court, Judge A H Whitman
presiding, and the defendant was re-
presented by Attorney r a m or d
Trainor. The defendant pleaded guilty .
to the charge of having in storage a
machine, which was in violation of the
law, for gambling purposes and he was !
fined the legal requirement OF $50 and
costs Of Sl03j, total OF S6O3j.
McCuen Makes Appointment
Allen Johnston of Barre, who at
tended the University OF Vermont in
1918 and 1919 and was recently sworn
in as deputy collector of internal reve
nue., is the first member of the revenue
service to be appointed by Robert w |
McCuen OF Burlington, the new state
collector. Mr. Johnston succeeds john
Corcoran, who resigned the position to
take up the work OF an income tax spe
cialist. The revenue Office is located in
the Federal building in Montpelier,
and the new collector is busy at the
present time in verifying old income
tax reports before the first of the year.
Aged Couple Perish In Fire
The farmhouse of Payson Clay at
North Thetiord was burned Monday
morning and Mr. Clay and wife perish
ed in the flames. Mr. Clays son, Fred,
and his wife, with two small children
barely escaped with their lives. The
senior Clay was so years old and bed
ridden with rheumatism, and his wife
aged Is years, made heroic effort toll
save him, rushing to the apartment OF
the younger Mr.. Clay and telling him
to come and put out the fre, then
going back to the bedside OF her hus-
band despite the efforts OF the young
man to prevent her The young man
tried to rescue the couple but was
driven back by the flames, after which
he and his wife seized their small chill
dren and ran half a mile to the home
Of neighbor who gave the alarm over
the telephone.
Robert Clement Dies
Robert Clement, "a years Of age
only son OF Ex-Governor Percival W
Clement of Rutland, who was elected
president of the Clement National
bank on June %, last, died in the
Woodstock hotel in New York city
shortly after II o'clock Sunday night.
following about two weeks illness. His
preparatory education was received
in St Paul's school, Concord, ~ II
He was a graduate of Yale university
in the class of 1918. For several years
following his graduation he was con
nected with a financial concern, with
branches in Boston, New York and
Philadelphia He leaves wife and