The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-12
VERMONT NEWS.

Rev. \. S. Hill, pastor of the Univer- |
salIst church at Concord died Mondayl
after a short illness from pneumonia. |
Edison Durham. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j.. NJ. Durham of MorrisviIle. suffered a |
compound fracture of one leg Saturday. |
when sliding.
The general store of Frank H. Frost
at Gageville was burglarized sometime
Tuesday night to the extent of S2G0I
worth OF merchandise.
Property in Washington. d. c.. owned
by ,Redheld Proctor. of Proctor, re
Gently sold for $3.50 a square foot. theI
whole tract bringing 100000.
Thirty cords Of stove wood were
swept from the .doOTyard of p. n Negus
when an ice Jam formed in the river
back OF his home at Cuttingsville.
Mrs. Nellie Ravfn has resigned as al
teacher in the school on Crossett Hill in
DuXbury, having completed SO terms OF
continuous service ia The same school.
This Is part of "a years that she has
been teaching school.
Granite dealers of the state are said
TO have been hit by the large auantitvI
the country at less expense to the re-
taller than the firms in this section cam
produce the same material.
Donald Smith Of Barre. president Of
l.. l.. Smith 4 Co, one of the biggest
granite firms in that section, suffered a
shock yesterday afternoon and died
shortly after dinner. He was probably
one OF the best posted men in granite
products in Vermont. He leaves a wife
and two sons.
Harold Howes of Montpelier who was
found guilty of breaking globes of street
| lights by shooting at them has been
sentenced TO the county Jail for three
months. lie has been committed His
statement TO a reporter on the Argus,
| OF threatening nature, is said TO have
prevented probation.
Burlington will have about 1900 fewer
sons of Ice than usual. The ice fer do
nestle purposes Is up to normal. it hav-
/ ing been cut at Alburg. The entire har-
vest of this did not take more than two
weeks. In the entire harvest about 81
men were employed for a period of five
weeks.
| Orville Pine. restauranteur of Mont
| pelier died Yesterday afternoon at the
| local hospital following an operation
/ three days ago for appendicitis. He
was taken i'll less than a week ago. Mr..
/ Pine was born in Clintonyille, \. Y,
| 80 years ago and for more than % years
was employed at Miller's Inn. He
leaves his wife and four children.
Over $50 school superintendent,
teachers. principals and department
| heads OF high and preparatory schools
from all parts of the state, attended
| the 10th conference of the schools of
| Vermont with the University of Yer
mont at Burlington yesterday The
main subject of the conference is "How
Better job" The conference will last
for two days.
| Paul Gauthier of st. Adams town, be
fore judge Nathan n. Post in St Al
bans city court, pleaded guilty yester-
sell He was fined 5000 and costs,
amounting to S62514 Under the seizure
proceedings the 80 BOTTLES of whiskey
and three bottles of brandy seized by the
officers when his residence was searched
were adjudged forfeited by the court
and ordered to be destroyed.
The ice break in the White river We'd
nesdav caused the worst flood and ice
Jam in the history of Sharon. The
highways on both sides of the river
4 above the village are blocked with ice as
1t is also below the village ON the left
| bank. Three families were driven from
their homes by the flood BY noon
1 Thursday there had been a fall in the
river 1t will take some days to clear
the ice from the highways.
The Tauber, Upton & Co, shirt fac
tory at Barre commenced operations
III "Wednesday Business was suspended
last November, when Manager j. b
IlThiaville was forced to turn off his help
l. Z
Il ders. In place of the night robe manu-
facture, which the factory was engaged
in last November, the company has
started new venture, and mems dress
shirts, exclusively, will be made in the
future.
TT. T. johnson, adjutant general has
paid to the state treasurer SOB 600
which was a check that he received
from the federal government for the re-
endorsement OF the, state OF Vermont
for the equipment which the state furn-
lished the First Vermont regiment when
it went into the World wax The claim
was approved some months ago but
lowing to the appropriations in the war
department being exhausted it could not
be paid until this week.
/ The Rutland hospital cared for 1,124
| natiqnts during 1920 During the wear 1T
i cleaned up the deficit of 1919, and faces
| the current year with snug balance on
hand. Tn the year. 70S operations were
performed. of which I'D were for appen-
| dieitis. Of the total number of deaths,
which was 50. 81 occurred within "a
hours after the patients admission.
Since the hospital was first opened the
number of cases treated reaches 1880.
IThe receipts of the year were S6S, 1850,
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Willard of Burlington
was horribly burned Yesterday morning
Lind didd soon after noonI<~IFhe~ IRE
! abnaratus, responding to a telephone