The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-24
MATTERS IN VERMONT.
Dentists Meet.

> Dentists Meet.
The annual convention OF the Vermont State
q Dental association closed a largely attended and
= interesting series of meetings Friday. The cen
= vention was opened at st Adams Wednesday by
!. the president DR. Geo Cheney of st Johnsbury
? A banquet was served at the Weldon house. The
Bellows Falls; vice presidents. w H Wright Of
Brandon. o Blanchard of West Randolph
ser 81 GSogs
> Lyndonville, r T Mathers Of Chester; secretary
. Thomas Mound Rutland; treasurer, W II Mum
O Of the society IL to be at White River Junction
q the second Wednesday In March, 1894. speca
i, vote of thanks was passed unanimously express
j. g Lenox .Burh of New York. DR. W George
i Beers OF Montreal. DR. Dwight Clapp of Bos
ton, Or W blackstone OF Manchester, N II
visitors from outside the state and society, for
: their attendance and contributions to the sue.
cess Of the Meeting. DR. 6 Lepox Curtis was
r then made an honorable member of the society
/ Hung Himself.
Abijah Hall, living Just in the edge of East
| Montpelier, hanged himself at his home Monday
morning. Hall was always noted as eccentric
: similar resort, for treatment some years ago. He
. has, of late, been acting more peculiar than
usual, and has repeatedly threatened to take his
lite He owned small farm and was in com.
Portable circumstances He has one brother,
who is prominent resident of Chicago. No
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The force of the sugar testing Office and labor.
atory are now ready to begin work and consists
OF Col A Haynes revenue agent q Fletcher
revenue Inspector; s Virgins. deputy collect.
There are six chemists employed this season.
The first application for bounty this season was
made by d Nj ElIinwood OF Fletcher, who
brought "A pounds of sugar cakes to Weigher W
ID Wiley OF Cambridge, March IA The revenue
officials expect. with good season. nearly 15,-
coo pounds OF sugur for testing, which will yield
A Fatal Accident.
Fred Wheeler. long time conductor on the
Central Vermont railroad, having charge of the
way freight train between Northtield and White
ans he Of his
head on the rail- He was picked up in an un. |
conscious condition and died from the result of
his injuries at his late home In Bethel Monday |
afternoon. The funeral occurred Wednes day
afternoon at two O'Clock, and was attended by a |
number of his 81. Adams associates on the road |
among whom he was well liked and popular
| Worthy Gift.
| Wallingford is promised a public library
| building, the gilt OF former resident, who is
not named. William Mason appears as The
giver's agent. and has bought from Mrs Hannah
Y Rounds the lot on the corner Of Main and
Depot streets for the building. The lot IA in the
centre of the town. The deed was made Satur.
IS
the name of the giver will be announced and the
whole matter explained.
R Drake of Pittsford who was fined about
$1,000 short time ago for selling liquor, was
arrested Tuesday by Deputy United States
Marshal stearDs for selling liquor without a
United States revenue stamp. He was taken To
the court house here and arraigned before
Commissioner Geo e johnson Of Burlington.
Mr. Drake waived examination and was paced
under $3.50 bonds to appear before the United
S ssei :: In AAb
Frank Plumley of Northaeld WAS the prosecut.
Ing officer.
N Bixby's summer hotel on the east side OF
, Lake , homoseen, about four miles from Castle.
no one was living IN the house Il y thought that
the fire was incendiary. The building wac val.
uea $1,000 ana the contents ABOUT S1 nsese
the furniture. I
The Vermont worlds fair commission Mon. .
day forwarded from Montpelier about 30 eight
from the various qaarries In the state for the
stone sample exhibit Ia the mines department p
OF the exposition, and nave reserved space for
about 80 more, q part OF which should come 2
from the slate quarries, as they are entirely un
represented In the present shipment. The next
lot will be forwarded about the 10th OF April.
Murderer Henry Mcdowell, was taken from
Bennington jail to Windsor state prison by Sher-
ing that the Jail was not safe enough, petitioned
he court for an order to take him 10 Windsor, y
which was granted.
II Hicks of Sna'tsbury was taken quite Ill r
q
proper medicines and LETT NOR n
phine to be used in case 1t was required. In y
Willingly the latter was administered by the at. d
endanr, caus!I MIR Hicks death. He was 40 d
ears old. r.
There has been quite a grist OF patents granted
0 vermouters this week. One has been award D
lc or paper cutter; one to T q Harding. Bur. D.
ngton. for an implement for banding boxes II
nc 70 johnson. Rutland. for O. jack scew; to T,
,g-jack, and to } A Steward Of Eas, Clarendon
n soldering machine. W
The new entry docket in Rutland County w
ourt contains 1873 cases Of which % are for So
lvorce. The chancery docket contains g. cases. Pa
1t cost the town of Rutland for the Il months Ne
iding March II, 1893, for the support of its Nc
Dor and maintenance of Its poor farm $l1, $780,. ~
The average number OF inmates of the poor
rm during the time was 36 and II we're dis We
.arged. There were 10 burials of poor people,
mates of the poor farm and otherwise. which Ea
Q town had to provide for and pay the expense We
the same. 1t was ALEC necessary to have sew
insane persons taken to the asylum at Brattlc Me
no at the expense of the town. The amount Nc
orders drawn on the town treasury by the Mo
lectmen on the general fund, including the PEI
or account. amounts to s64 ,9c3.87. In addition PEI
this there was drawn on the highway fund pa
ders amounting to S29l9.52. making grand RAJ
tai of $67, s22,s9. Outstanding orders drawn Vel
6 amount of upwards of $50 900, are in exist lei
ce and will have to be cared for by the city
vernment. Ha
Charles Bufrlll, VINO 0leu az COnCOru, MasS,l TIA,
arch 90 was tine principal In the celebrated Ha,
rrill claim, which was pending before the Ha,
y government OF Boston for over % years Ha,
Burrill was a native of Vermont. and at the Ha,
ne of his death was 20 years old The Burrill Strs
i'm was one of the most remarkable which Strs
err came before the city government, and was
ally settled for $40 600, although the original ~,
i'm was for over threc-quarters of q million Shi
e claim grew out OF an cement made be- I'M
cen Mr. Burrili and Mayor FW LiHcon In 70"
", 1854, BY the terms Of which MIR Burrill was
BOstOQ'S
ncoIn m.de tho contract nm his own responsi. Bee
IT. and a. wac contended that Il was mot a Bee
~ Of h,rding nm inc city The eyact num. Bee
90 NAV fr rnfsbed hu M RurriIl wa. 625o Mt Bee
az 80 ,nan NJ rpr,,ll snont great deal of Rec
80 ovnr ,so non in trvipo IN gef his nancy Bee
employed as counsel at different times, such pc
n as Gen Butler, eX Gov Gaston. Henry w Ian
inc and others. When the settlement was ~.
ally made, out CT the $40.f 90 received only NUT
nut 50 900 came to Mr. Burrill. yea
lbert Woodward of Bennington, who was ar
ted Thursday upon complaint of L Atkin.
4 Co., for the alleged obtaining OF money
Ter false representations. and using the malls
1t. was arraigned beforc United tt
ties Commissioner G Johnson of Burlington the
he court house here Friday afternoon. he very
we'd examination and was held for grand jury XX
being fixed at $500, which he furnished. firm
tied States District Attorney PIumlev Of sma
.thfeld aud Postoflce Inspector Willis Of Micl
rner, n II, represented the government ing
tory