The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-02

Happenings Of Interert from
= Different Sections
Mrs. Alvana Walker Of Brattleboro,
aged rs years, died suddenly Tuesday
Of neuralgia of the heart.
Miss Dorothy Kennedy of ST. Albans
broke bone in her ankle while skiing
Sunday She fell on a rock.
Less lumber has been imported by
water into Burlington this year than
in any year in the last hall century,
only about one-thrd the average
amount
Dr.. w. s. Webb Of Shelburne recent
ly gave to the library Of that place iO0
books Of fiction, Mrs. w. 8. Webb gave
20 books and pastime puzzles and Mrs.
>. WILSON Webb gave 100 childrens
books.
Henry Griffin Of Newport, aged n
years, was badly hurt a few days ago
when he fell from the haymow down
fight OF stairs. He slipped as ne was
about to descend the stairs, breaking
three ribs and badly bruising himself.
Mrs. Bessie Brown, I'll, a waitress at
the Sheridan house in Wolfeboro, N. H.,
Who committed suicide Wednesday, has
a father and sister living in Jamaica
and her body was brought there fcf in
torment She had recently obtained
divorce from her husband and was de-
spondent.
The l4-year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Senesac of Elmore was seriously
injured while helping her father in the
woods Wednesday. A tree f,ll, strik-
ing the child, breaking one leg in two
places and also cutting deep cash ON
one shoulder. She was taken to the
Fanny Allen hospital.
Emmett Armstrong of Middlebury
was arrested Monday evening on a
charge of intoxication and the next
sday in municipal court was fined w
and costs, amounting 70 sl5, which ne
paid Armstrong got drunk on alcohol
which he procured on prescription
for his mother, who is i'll.
C. A. Kelley, proprietor of the YD
lunch in ST. Adams, was severely
burned about the face and hands early
in the week while cleaning out sink.
He put I've ~ the sink, then poured hot
water onto it and used plunger in
order to clear out the catch basin. The |
water and I've flew back, striking him
in the face and hands, but his eyes
were not burned.
The Vermont Marble company will
close it's general store at West Rutland |
Jan. |. For 20 years this store has been /
maintained by the company, with |
Others at P,oetui and Center Rutland.
to supply its thousands of employees /
with commodities at the lowest pos
sible figure. As other stores nearby have I
multiplied it has been decided to close
fshe West Rutland one. The Center
Hu.land store was sold some years
ago to Elmer Slade The Proctor store
will continue and is said to do large
business.
An attempt was made to burglarize
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Tracy
in Jacksonville Saturday. While they
were away from home, a man entered
the house through the pantry window,
secreted himself somewhere until they +
arrived and after they retired appeared
suddenly in their bedroom. He was
frightened away by Mr.. Tracy. The
latter had recently been entrusted with
the safekeeping of several hundred dol
lars and it is supposed the would be
robber was an amateur who had
learned of that fact.
Thanksgiving night the house of
Moses Fournier in North Troy was de-
stroyed by fire. Mr.. and Mrs. Fournier
we're at neighbor's, leaving four
snail children at home. The oldest, a
boy of IL years of age, succeeded in
getting his sisters into barn, where,
being in their night clothing, they SUI
fered much from the cold. The boy
then rode horse to where his parents
were. 1t was about midnight when the
fire was discovered and the house, con-
tents and an adjoining barn were to-
tally destroyed. The insurance of So,
200 will not nearly cover the loss.
While the rest of New England was
suffering in one way or another
from the storm of Sunday and Monday,
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