The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-20
MONTPELIER
B. Cueto Gets Eye Injury Compensa-
ton as He Goes to Jail.

B. Cueto Gets Eye Injury Compensa'
tion as He Goes to Jail.
Eugene Whitcomb, who challenged
Joseph Chaplin for a long distance rtir
July 4, was arrested Sunday night by
the police upon the charge Of breach o.
peace, it being claimed that ne made
considerable disturbance in the neigh
borhood in which he resides. He was
brought into city court Monday after
noon. EugeneS admitted that he dis
turbed the. public peace and was will.
ing, after consultation with A. G. Their
iault, his attorney, to pay So and costs
for his recreation, having at first de
MED that he broke the public peace in
any way. B. Cieto, whose house on
Berlin street was raided one week ago
appeared in city court Monday after
noon and was given a sentence in the
county jail Of not to exceed six months
nor less than three months and to pay
| the costs of search and seizure, as well
as prosecution, which amounted 70
about 500. When Gieto was ready to
go to Jail an insurance agent was wait.
ing to arrange to pay him some mon
ey. 1t appears that some weeks ago
| Cueto injured one eye, several stitches
having been taken TO close the wound
! but he is to draw compensation Tor
several weeks, a total Of some $24O,
and eight weeks of that sum is due, so
| that the agent wanted to arrange to
meet that claim, which he did after
| Cueto reached the county jail. Eddie
Ewing, who said he got his booze in
| Barre neal the railroad station, plead
! ed guilty to a fourth offense in one
| year and was sentenced for intoxica
ton to the house of correction for not
less than six nor more than IL months,
Eddie wanted probation but the judge
could not see it. His head was band
aged as a result Of contact with The
| sidewalk some time Sunday evening
The Cummings Construction COM
| pany has commenced work OF remodel
ing the Cross and Son block under con
tract, over which Walker and Walker
have supervision and which will when
completed, place the store of the com :
pany in the best condition OF any in
this section for the line of business
which G. I. Edison and w. l.. Mckee,
owners of the store, conduct. The
front wall will be set toward the street
Is inches. On the second floor will be
general and private Offices and suit
able other rooms for Office management
at one side. while there will be a well
equipped apartment on the other side
Of the building. On the third floor
there will be two apartments as mod
ern as any in Montpelier. The arrange
ments for the store are to be beauti-
fed materially and will add greatly to
the conveniences of those employed
therein. There has been a lack Of ar
rangement for the increasing business
which the firm has been handling for
some time.
Chief OF Police p. j.. Connolly j.
taking a vacation from his duties and
officer L. d. Sloan Is taking his place
this week. Special officers are taking
the night work which Officer Sloan
usually does.
Mary Morse Of Boston has been APP
pointed trustee Of a fund created from
the last viii and testament OF Norman
McLeay, late of Barre Town. +. l..
Small Of Barre has been appointed ad
ministrator OF the estate of Margaret
Humphrey, late OF Barre Town. and
j. B. Morse Of the estate Of Susan
Morse, late OF Montpelier.
Clinton Downing Of California mas
sold to Richard Blackall a house on
Downing street in Montpelier.
Mrs. John Murdoch has gone to
North Hatley, P. O., for a vacation.
William Whelan Of New York is
visiting with George Whelan, his
brother, and other relatives in the city.
Mr.. Wheian is president of the New
York Association of the Alumni OF the
University of Vermont, and Is n OF
the members of the Alumni council OF
the institution. He has been attend
ing the commencement at Burlington,
and came here Monday evening.
Judge Sherman Moulton of Burling-
ton was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Walker of Cab
OF were local visitors Monday.
Mayor d. X. Lille will sign this
afternoon the forty 81 900 permanent
street bonds issued by the city by yir-
tue Of the charter and the resolutions
passed at the annual meeting March
Z. and by a resolution passed by the
CITY council May 9. The bonds are
numbered from 90 TO 1875, inclusive
and are payable June |, 1910. Inter-
est is payable at the Capital Savings
Bank & Trust Co. The bonds will be
sent 10 c. L. Denison q Co. of Boston
who were awarded the Issue on their
bid of sl0277l.
Most Of the service missionaries
TO be filed out by the more than 400
'ex.serviee men in Montpelier we're sent
out yesterday by Michael J. Conan,
adiutant Of Montpelier post, No. 3,
American Legion. The rest of the
blanks were sent out to-day.
Leslie blackwell OF Montpelier has
A black eye resulting from turning
around to shut the rear door Of his
car. which had opened. The machine
ran into a ditch.