The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-07

The Hotel Allen, in Fair Haven has
been sold to Thomas Mahar, slate mag
nate by the owners, Charles r. Allen of
California and Frank T.. Allen of Fair
Haven. The property, which is said to
be worth $50, 600 was sold for $50. 1000
and is under lease to the present pro-
prietor, j. f. Andrews, until May of
next year.
B. C. Durett, of Moretown, paid a fine
Of 500 and costs of 1885 in Montpelier
city court before Judge T. l.. Laird
Thursday afternoon after pleading guilty
to operating an automobile while under
the influence 2feintoxieating liquor. He
car on Berlin street, where he had col
lapsed.
The following have been admitted to
the Vermont BAR Paul \. Chase of
Brattleboro, Deane c. Davis of Barre,
Mrs. Edna G.. Jennings of Barre, George
f. Jones of Rutland, Miss Dorothy i.
Leonard of Rutland, Gelsie AIonti of
Mortified. MARCEL Conway of Hyde
Park, William II. Edmunds of Burling
ton, Frank X. Foster of Ludlow and
John NJ. Gibson of Barton
Judge of Probate G. l.. Stow of Chel
sea was elected president of the State
Probate Judges association at the an
nual meeting held in Montpelier Wednes-
day. He succeeds Judge Frank ]. Mar
tin of Montpelier, who has been president
for many years and whose term of office
expires next February. Judge Martin
was made an honorable member. Judge
II. L. Clark of Castleton was elected
vice-president and Judge j. II. Macon
Der of Burlington secretary and treas
urer.
There will be Il hearing at Rutland
on October Is over the proposed aban-
donment by the Rutland Railroad Co,
of that part of its Leicester Junction
Fort Ticonderoga branch from the Yer
mont line of the road to Fort Ticonder-
oga, y. Y The railroad crosses Lake
Champlain from Vermont on a trestle
and a 333-foot drawboat, both con-
atructed about 1870. The boat, it Is al
legged is unsafe and train operations over
it have been discontinued for some time.
One hundred and twenty people at
tended the Vermont Hotel Mems associa-
tion meeting, with headuuarters at
Worthy Inn in Manchester Thursday.
The meeting closed with a banquet nj
the Worthy Inn in the evening. at which
John Barrett, of Washington. ID; G., a
native Fpunonter, and former director
general of the Pan-American Union, was
the chief speaker. Secretary Of State
Harry Black. Walter ii. Crockett. and
James T. Taylor were present and en-
tered into the general discussion.
According to the report just completed
by DR. G. F. Dalton. secretary Of the
state board of health,-the following dis
eases. We're rsnoFted to his Office during
September: Measles 20 cases. Of which
Il. were I'm Londonderry in Windham
county: influenza, one case in Rutland.
german measles one case in Chester:
poIicmyelitiS. one case in Dorset and
one i'm Norwich typhoid fever seven
cases. with II Of them in Mortified and
diphtheria. IS cases. of which nine were
i'm NcrgenneS. one in burlington, IL IN
Hinesburg and one in Milton: scarlet
fever. Il cases. of which - We're IN
Brandon. one in Essex chicken pox, 26
eases. with IL of then in Mortified and
three in Faystnn in Washington county.
and one in Wiroosld; whoaping cough,
40 cases. 10 in Burlington, one in Char
lottc. and five i'm WjnooSki in this county
and ten in Newport city and eight i'm
Waterbury: tuberculosis - eases re
ported. four in Burlington and three in
Barre.
The barometer rises higher. ut Irl-
utsk. Siberia, than anywhere else in
the world.