The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-09

n r. Metcalf of Essex Junction, Tor
2a years employed on the run OF the
81 Adams and Boston railway post
.,s,;ce has been appointed transfer
clerk at Burlington, handing regis,
tered mail between Burlington anu
Essex Junction.
The Rutland County Agricultural
society has cash assets OF ~ ,iso.s1,
after paying the expenses OF the M ~,
fair and other current expenses ns
annual meeting of the society was heiu
n Rutland last week. There was
cash balance Of s9,94s-33 left over
from 1920.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Catozzi OF
Rutland observed their 50th wedding
Anniversary Jan. O. Mr.. Catozzi y ~
and his wife is 50. Mr.. Catozzi IS
nrominent musician, having played IN
MANY bands and orchestras In New
England and being composer OF mu-
sic himself.
Although more than 1000 people at
landed the Brattleburo caucus Thurs
dav evening. there was no friction and
the meeting was over in 20 minutes.
result Of the decision Of the so-called
claw and order faction not to Partiei-
nate IN any discussion. They filed a
t;cket with the clerk. The opposing
forces, styling themselves the good
government club were made UP o. m
ternational Paper company strikers
and those favorable to them.
DIR. c. G.. Dalton, secretary Of the
state board Of health. reports for De-
cember that there has been no unusual
outbreak of communicable diseases OF
any kind. Scarlet fever was well scat
tered over the state with l0l eases re-
ported. Five smallpox cases were ret
ported in Rutland county. Statistics
for nine months just completed show
fewer deaths from typhoid fever, diph
liberia. pneumonia and tuberculosis in
the state than in the same period IN
1920.
There is some reason to believe that
Sam Wah, the Chinese laundryman,
who was found dead in his little shop at
ST. Johnsbury Dec. ~, with his head
battered in, was Gee Wong; but the
authorities are in the dark as to who
Gee Wong was. 1t il known that let
tiers came addressed to Gee Wong and
were delivered to Sam Wah That pos
sible dual personality, or name, has
crept in to add an element OF mystery
to the crime committed a few weeks
ago.
The farmhouse occupied by Andrew
Kennett about two miles from Bakers
field on the Belvidere road was totally
DESTROYED by fire which started about
& o'clock Friday evening; cause given
as a defective stove in one of the rooms
upstairs. Nothing was saved; all OF
the furniture and clothing belonging
to the Kenneth family were totally de-
stroyed The property is covered by
insurance There was no insurance on
the furniture or clothing of the Ken
nett family.
A review of building operations in
Brattleboro during 1921 shows a pre-
dominance Of residential structures, IL
such buildings being erected at a cost
of $4,000 while only four other new
structures were built in their entirety
and three which were started in 1920
we're completed the past year, all at
cost of $4,000 This makes total ex-
penditure of $4,000 for new construc-
ton work. Alterations to business and
residential property during the some
period totaled about $4,000, making a
building record of slS0,000.
Miss Cecile Jackson, manager Of the
Bennington high school girls basket
bali team. is confined to her home as
a result of a peculiar accident. As the
team was practising in Library hall on
a recent evening, Miss jackson discoy-
cred a quantity of powder in box un-
der the stage and playfully gathered a
handful and threw it into the air. The
powder was evidently alum and sand
mixed and particles were carried back
ward into Miss Jacksons eyes, causing
an injury that will keep her housed for