The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-02

| wife OF Paymaster Livingston hunt,
U S. N. and Miss Esther Hunt.
survive him.
| The Reformer will give nice large cut Of Mr.
| Hunt next week. One promised by long
! distance telephone yesterday from our engrav-
crs at Springfield, and the photograph sent by
| special delivery 'ony 1t lay in the Springfield
most Office or hours, In Hat violation of law so
a. to prevent its being done In season, 1--WE have
started row about it, bnt that don't help out
for this week
Killed I'm IA Runaway.
Royal r. Miller, native of DUN.
merston, who also lived in the west
was killed at his Millbury. Mass.
had just returned home from Worcester
with two horse team. when the ami
mails took fright and dashed through
the town and some heavy bars outside,
throwing him out and crushing his
skull by the heavy wheels of the wagon
passing over him. Years ago the same
team ran away with Mr.. Miller and
both legs were broken at that time in
the pasture where he met his death.
One of the legs had to he amputated.
Mr.. Miller was born in Dummerston
in 1880. went 10 Worcester when %
years old, and after living there and in
West Royalston, bought p years ago, the
farm which he occupied at the time
of his death. He ran milk cart in
Worcester 80 years. The Worcester
Spy speaks of him in high terms. He
leaves wife and two sons and two
brothers and two sisters. The broth
ers are Seneca Miller of Townshend.
and Cyrus Miller of Illinois; the sisters,
Mrs. Sarah Boynton and Mrs. Eliza
beth Winlsow. both of Bratteboro.
Col. A. +. Walker, now of Chicago.
has been elected commander of the IL
linois Commandery of the Loyal lie
gion, one of the largest and best com
manderies of the order. having a mem
bership of SO, comprising some of the
most distinguished veteran officers in
the United States. and handsome
permanent fund in its treasury. Col.
Walker has been an active and valuable
member of the commandery since he
took up his abode in Chicago and an
exceedingly interesting paper on the
odd Vermont Brigade was read by
him d one of the meetings last year,
which is printed in the volume of such
papers, recently published by the com
mandery.
Hosea A. Jones of West Deerfield,
Mass, formerly of Brattlcboro where
the was for p years in the employ of
tn Estey Organ Co., was prosecuted at
Greenfield last week and fined so for
selling adulterated milk. The com
plant was made by the state board of
health's inspector of drugs and foods
who reported an analysis of the board g
chemist showing that the milk, which
Jones sold to the Boston Dairy CO.,
only to per cent. of sol
ids and 81 to %, per cent. of fats,
while the standard is l3 per cent. of
solids and 1 per cent of fats. Mr..
Jones denied that there was any water
ing of the milk and the theory of the
defense is that the dilution is the re-
suit of feeding. He appealed the case
to the superior court and his brother, |
0. NJ. Jones of Greenfield became |
bondsmau for him in the sum of $500. |
The fine imposed was the lowest the |
law allowed. Mr.. Jones had only two
cows on a small farm which he bought |
At West Deerfield about year and a |
half ago. Later The case against him
mas been dropped |
H. o. Aldrich. the well-known Bos
ton grocer, and Guilford boy, pulls
he ribbons over a mare that has thown