Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-08
,RIoTg VERMONT MATTERS
,ur NEWS OF THE STATE
IL" BRIEFLY TOLD.

'.n,,on Nt White River az White River
Junction
rueIye cases of typhoid fever have
developed in Barre.
Tho Episcopal church of Montpelier
10 have rev $1,000 organ.
The freshman class In the U v NJ is
,ba largest 10 the history OF the col
ieSp, numbering over 100.
The Vermont State Medical society
iii meet in Montpelier Thursday, Oct
N and hold it's annual banquet that
eyenne
oars been pastor of the First Baptist
ssbnrch in Burlington, rendered ais
,esjgnation Sunday.
The Vermont Bar association holds
i. annual meeting and examination
At Montpelier from Tuesday to thurs
day, The annual banquet will be held
Tuesday evening.
The annual state convention of the
Kings Daughters will be held in Bur
ioOton Oct 30 and 81 The principal
sneaker will be Mrs Isabella G Davis
If New York, MEMBER Of Central
Council.
Hon Elias Lyman of Burlington,
WAS injured in street car accident in
New York recently, two ribs being
b,okec. A heavily loaded dray collid-
ed sitD the car on which Mr. Lyman
vas riding.
NOV Foo, a very rascally looking
celestial, was indicted by the grand
ury for perjury at Rutland last week
and was permitted to go free on his
oEn recognizance to appear when
saued. His bail was fixed at $780,
The city Of Montpelier Friday
brought writ of mandamus against
L Bacon, the state treasurer, to re-
cover the state high way and school
tax which be retains and which the
city believe should be paid over to
Montpelier.
Ex-Goy f J Ormsbee has been APP
pointed as special assistant to the
United States attorney for the district
Of Vermont in The cases of the United
States against John w Ketchum of the
Farmers National Bank of Vergennes,
and Martin F Allen.
The maiL building of the Moseley &
Stoddard NJ ufacturing company
Worss at Rutland was Quilted by fire
Sunday morning. An estimate places
tie damage at about S35. 600: fairly
we'll Insured. The cause of the fire is
unknown, but many features point to
ilCeDd8rlsm.
Vermont soldiers of the war with
Spain who expected to draw from the
state treasurer back pay under the
provision of No II of the Acts of 1898
will be disappointed to learn that the
state treasurer will make no more pay
ments under the act rs he says be has
20 authority to do so.
The United States district court at
Rutland adjourned Friday to meet
October 81, at Brattleboro The cir
cult court also adjourned to meet De
ceuber in Rutland, when NJ e Allen
and j W ketchum will be tried The
grand jury found IA true bills ard in
three cases failed to find indictments.
John J Enright of Burlington has
sued Howes ard Brown for $780, for |
carelessy feeding his $500 mare hay
containing p2isorous weed called |
foytail, and causing the ANIMALS
death The horse had been placed IN
the defendants care, they agreeing fir
certain sum to care for it.
According to reports the crop of APP
pies 10 Vermont is unusually light rot
more than one-tnird the average
Farmers ara now picking the fruit,
much Of which is already sold to Bos
ton and New York dealers. First cls SIS
apples are selling at from So 30 to 81
per barrel, some even bringing still
farcier prices
Jas K Stapleton, so, prominent
lawyer of Addison county, died Thurs
day after year of i'll health. A ma
I'VE Of Albany, Ny, a graduate of
Mddlebury, ne zspaper man iu his
earlier days when he was correspond
ent at Mi1dlebury for the Reformer.
be was admitted to the bar in 1877
and has been in practise at Middle
bury.
The mail bsg was thrown off the
platform II to the river at st Jobr sbury
one flgnt | st week and was not re-
covered until the next morning when
IT. was found at the bottom of the
rVeT about % rods below the station.
The contents we're soaked full of
water but nothing was spoiled. This
hls happe9ed several times Lefore but
me bag was always taken out imnie-
istely.
Samuel G Kendall of East Barnet
nod very suddenly last weak. He was
alone 10 the room reading PAPER
sneo his wife entering the room
olnd him dyiog and before she could
yet help be was dead. He had heen
gradually failing 10 health for long
lime. He IVES "a yesis old. 1t IS
'nly few weeks since his CHILDREN
'ent home and celebrated the golden
'ed1lDg of their father and mother.
Fred Steobips, a brakeman on the
'entral Vermont railway, whose home
10 West Lebanon, N u, was arrest,
q oy Deputy United States Marshal
,uke Parish of Randolph Friday
2afgsd with snuggling IA bales OF
urS valued at $1,000, out OF Canana
spt 10. He gave bail in the sun of
10y Tor appearance at the rext term
United States court. His .un IS
et|Acn White River Junction and
loltre4l.
10 dense fog, a head on collision oc-
lrfed at Swanton Saturday morning
sl|een the Central passenger train from
ie south, and Boston & Maine freight
men was backing into the yard. The
lgines were disabled and Charles
AIlneau of st Alhans, q Central YER
ont fireman, sustained badly spraln-
ansie. ii N Miller of Randolph who
as on the passenger train, was thrown
e length Of the car, his shon lder dis
Gated and his face and left sine badly