Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-08-17
VERMONT NOTES

The Peerless Knitting Mills Co. has
moved it's general administrative Of
flee from Boston to Barre. This means
that the business is now located al
most wholly in this city. The COM
pany now employees about 60 women
and will probably double this number.
DR.. j. M. Allen of ST. Johnsbury
has bought 100 milligrams of radium
for use in his practice. This is a
large enough amount for the success
full treatment of the scores of condi-
lions in which this element is used
The delivery will be made this week
to DR.. Allen and represents in money
$4,000 and in bulk is about the SIZE
of the quarter of an ordinary match.
Elizabeth, the eight-year-o daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George 0. Boyies
of Montpelier died Friday night as a
result of injuries received when The
weight which holds up the fire es-
cape stairs on the back side of the
Hazen block fell on her. She received
a glancing blow on the head, fractur-
ing her skull.
The condition of Mrs. Lewis Cheese.
man of Vergennes who was attacked
and brutally beaten about the head
and face by Albert Batchelder, 18
inmate of the Industrial school, is
said to be slightly improved and to
have chance of recovery from her
terrible injuries. Batchelder, mean
while, is still in Che Addison county
come of his victims injuries.
Chief of Police Russell of BurIing-
ton received information Saturday
that Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Demosci
had been arrested in Geneva, N. Y.
in response to a telegram sent by
him. Mrs. Demosci. who was Miss
Irene Root, left her home Saturday
night to go to local motion picture
theatre. She did not return home. II
was learned that she and Demosci
only 15 years old and Demosci is %.
w. G. Hastings, State forester, was
in Lanesboro Friday relative to the
surveying work being done there in
the forestry department. Some co.
900 trees were planted this spring and
it is planned to plant 10000 this fall
that a toatl of 100000 will be placed
this pear. Very likely that number
will be set on the State property in
that section for some years to come,
It was formerly owned by Michel
Goslant.
A herd of cattle disputed the road
with Gov. Hartness of Springfield
while he was on his way by auto from
his home to the Shriners' outing at
Lake Dunmore last week. After fol
lowing the cattle at small pace for
some minutes during which they never
left the wheel track, he stopped his
machine. Then the boy in charge of
the animals faced about and drove
the cows toward the auto. They
stampeded and some Of the animals
charged the car, striking it violently
Both headlights were smashed.
Wellington hey of East Montpelier
was arrested Thursday night by In
spector Ara Griggs of the automobile
department and Deputy Sheriff II. c.
Lawson on the charge of operating
an automobile when intoxicated. It
is alleged that he ran into the mach
inc Of Frank Calcagni and that then
he beat up Calcagni, after which he
went to his home. He went to sleep
however, in his garage, where the Of
ficers found him and did not wake up
Washington county Jail.
Judge Stanley C. Wilson has given
Receiver H. J. Volholm of the trolley
road and the municipal officers OF
Montpelier, Barre and Berlin until
SEPTEMBER 10 to come to an agree.
ment on franchise changes, and il
none is in sight then will order the
road sold. The Montpelier City Coun
Gil has decided not to call specia
meeting of the voters until after thi:
hno In &c
posed to half hour service in the plac,
! of the 45-minute schedule which tn,
municipalities make contingent OF
fare increases of seven or eight cents
Mystery enshrouds the death O:
Robert Williams, So, prominent bust
ness man of Poultney and half owner
of the Williams machine shop, who's,
dead body was found Sunday morning
at 6 o'clock lying in the road about
quarter Of mile this side of tn,
| Hampton, N. Y, town line. Whethe1
! Mr.. Williams was the victim Of fou
| play, whether he fell from vehicl,
and sustained fatal internal injuries
or whether his death resulted from
organic causes are questions yet to b
determined.
Dana Root Of Bridgewater is in tn,
hospital at Hanover, N. H.. sufferin,
with all the indications Of arseni
poisoning, thought by officials to hav
been administered by some person
and his wife, Minnie Root, who i
now serving sentence in Woodstocl
| Jail for statutory offence, is to b.
questioned. The Bridgewater affair
officials think, arose out of relation
which had developed between Mrs
Root, SO, and Charles Fisher, 81. ais
| of the same place, who has been give,
a sentence of from one and one-hai
to three years in states prison.
| A farewell reception was given Rev
p. J. Long Friday night at Mont
| pelier. Father Long goes to Fai
Haven, where he will be rector of tn
Catholic church. The farewell wa
attended by many persons outside tn
parish. During the latter part O
the evening, Father Long paid com
| pliment to Father Crosby, his sue
cessor. as the brightest priest in Yer
mont, who spoke in reply to reques
Of Father Long earlier in the evening
Charles .McKenna on behalf of tn
/ parish presented Father Long with
check for $1,000, which has been con
tributed by the parish members sine
Tuesday morning.
Maple Business Declines