Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-13
|rA11ERS IN VERMONT.
:, ,vvs OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD

corners Bank Sued-Struck by an lei
Three Murder Cases State Smuggling.
snr-fyc leported Cinnamon left
Nh ln ,ant for the celestial Kingdom this
BAL s.,oral stephen Thomas celebrated
' oa birthday at his home in Mont
n kIter saturday,
8s ,.,,tor Dillingham; of Vermont holds
'snnortant position in congress on
lid. D-ommittee on territories.
III rbaa At work in a quarry, $50 feet
' an" tbe surface, at West Rutland re-
a WV William Pattin was struck in
sSas .I isre by heavy icicle which tore
4 I /, i i" horribly and produced concus-
n IN Of the brain.
u,r Charles H. Darling was ten
~. aG1 farewell banquet at Benning-
nj Spfore his departure for Washing
s |. Monday. The affair was very Sc
~ :, and one Of the most elaborate ever
1 I.rn in that place.
,rtbony Haswell Paddock, long a
.m;nent resident of Bennington
"nty. died in North Pownal last
He was born IN Bennington in
y M and was descended from one of the
sS.iipst families that settled there.
Mason S. Stone, ex-superintendent
irstruction for Vermont, has just
N ..sn made superintendent of the
ySools of Manila. Since he was as
B srned to the Philippines he has been
4 charge of the schools in Negros.
~ slack" Powers, the Montpelier Ii
mol DEALER pleaded guilty in Wash
\ .gop county court Monday to charges
l.sljinc and keeping a nuisance and
I,s sentenced to from 10 to ID months
\ -1risonment and fined 800 and costs.
W United States Consul Fletcher of
.sroa, Italy, who had served his
sTrntry at that post continuously since
%9 died last week. He was a native
i Iamoille county, and served in the
y Trd Vermont volunteers in the civil
Id;
n Niddlebury will celebrate the 2S1st
anniversary of the landing of the Pill
Il rins December 20, according to her
r,-om for IS years. The address will
lin given by Rev. Charles S. Murk-
Ind, D. D., president of the New
8anpshire college of Agriculture and
Rsl4hanics Arts.
Carlton Guptil of Ripton died very
\ saidenly Monday under somewhat
u;terious circumstances which at
.N pointed to poisoning, either by
himself or others. 1t was later found
kHat he. with others, had drunk a
me quantity of "beef, iron and
#r1e"at dance few weeks before and
HAT the others were all seriously i'll.
& 4 general alarm has been sent out by
8tp Barre police for Miss Grace Hut
r II wears old and student at God
Hard seminary, who went shopping
#7ih her mother last week Thursday
x Ind has not been seen since. The girl
has found Monday in the apartments
#tF. Bowman in Barre. She gave nc
Exclamation of her conduct but said
She was kept against her will.
4 The sale of the Burlington, Winoosk
hid Colchester Mills to big corpora
Him upon condition of the towns ex-
N.npting the plant from taxes for ten
Mrears, is probable. The three mills
Host 81, 900, 600 when constructed. Ihey
i made woollen and worsted cloth ano
aYtton yarn. Since last March they
3 lave been in the hands of receiver
! md have been idle. If the sale is car
Snsd through the mills will give EN-
n ployment to 1000 hands.
The report of the state inspector o.
finance for the year ending with las,
June shows gain of nearly 81, 600, 0o'
HI the aggregate Savings bank de
wsits over those of the preceding. year
md gain of 4,797 in the number o
iepositors. % savings banks have done
business in the state 20 of which pale
interest at the rate of 31a per cent, an'
Fat 8 per per cent; 10 trust companies
Z Of which three paid 4 per cent, one 81
7 per cent and ten 3 per cent.
c. NJ. Steele. formerly of Barre, an'
Acton, Mass, returned from thre,
years stay in the Klondike last weei
and found his wife married to anothe
man. Steele had lost money and wen
70 Alaska to retrieve his fortunes. III
wife only heard from him once am
then heard that he was dead. II
never received any of the letters sh
wrote him. They have a child Dor
Eight months after he left her
Eighteen months ago she married
man in Barre, by whom she has on
child. Steele. having made fortune
hunted up his wife, thinking to tax
her back to Capt. Nome; but she, are
much hesitation, chose to remain VII
Der second husband, and Steele, great
y disappointed. started back to Alask
Friday. He will not contest his VIE
suit for divorce
About $40. 900 worth of furs have re
Gently been confiscated by the govern
nent which were sold to Americans
Canadian prices by Montreal hrll
he understanding being that customer
should have the goods free OF duIy
Much Of the smuggling was done .
Vermont border-line railroad employe
hiding packages under train seatS
about the cars and expressing thel
nom this side of the border: one
he smuggling brakemen has been cor COZ
7icted. The customers therefore nav
made poor bargain, the firm havln
The money. the government the Iu'
and they nothing. They have agree
bunch their claims for compehsatlu
and bring suit against the Montrei
i'm Some of the seized furs nav
been sold at auction, bringing goo
aguTe- Several cases of alleged sIhu ~
cling will be heard at the tebruai
term Of court at Burlington.
E. T. Goshen. % years old, palhi,'
iormerly Of Bradford, was shot IN u