Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-11
MATTERS IN VERMONT.
HE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD

HE NEWS Ut IhE oIhIE bdlEf NJ IUL
Waterbury Woman Shoots Her Husband
Dwelling and Sugar House Burned-Repoi
of Soldiers Home-Butter and Cheese MAI
ing at Evansville-An Injunction in tn
Rutland Malpractice Case-New suprem
Court Reporter Chosen Business Section O
Washington Burned.
The Bennington Security compan
(apital of $50, 600:
The annual meeting of the King
Daughters of Vermont will be held il
Burlington Tuesday and Wednesday
May 20 and 81.
A party of 30 skilled stonecutters ha
rived in Barre from Aberdeen, Scot
and, and will reside in that city il
ase employment is found.
The son of Frank Warner, aged two
+ Ind half years, was drowned in the
Iissisuuoi river at Richford Tuesday
while playing near its bank. The body
WAS recovered
Frank p Sargent, native of Yer
mont, president of the brotherhood o.
locomotive firemen, has been appoint
ed by the president commissioners
eral of immigration.
C. Fl. Steele of South Burlington,
recently discovered among some old
papels a two dollar bank note of the
Bank of Norfolk, Roxbury, Mass.
Hated 1887; also five dollar bank note
bf the Bank of Bennington, dated 1910.
Both are we'll preserved
Navigation on Lake Champlain open
ed Monday. The water has been high
Ter this year than usual and temporary
additions have had to be made to the
docks. The highest point reached was
23 inches lower than the high mark in
800 The water is slowly receding
William Mason was jailed at Man
chester Saturday on the third charge
of selling liquor. He has served two
sentences for selling and if convicted
this time will get long sentence He
has always lived back on the noun
tains and his sales have been to lum-
bermen.
Peter Hoblick. workman in one OF
the slate quarries at West Pawlet, sus-
tanned peculiar injuries Thursday.
While at his work he was struck by a
falling rock, and his left leg cut off as
neatly as if it had been done by buzz
saw His right arm and side were also
badly lacerated.
E. L. Smith e. Co., of Barre are to
quarry and manufacture II soldiers
monuments to be erected on the bat
tlefield of Shiloh for the state of Iowa.
This is one of the largest contracts
ever placed in Barre. The contract
calls for the completion of the work
before May, 1903.
The bank case of John w. Ketchum
will undoubtedly be tried at the ad-
iourned session of the United States
Circuit court which meets in Rutland
Monday afternoon. No order is yet re-
ceived to subpoena witnesses IN the
case against Lieut.. Gov. Allen, but
witnesses have been summoned In the
case against ketchum.
Richard Atkins of Waterbury went
away from his sugar house Sunday at
ternoon, leaving fire in the arch The
sugar house caught fire and communi-
Gated to the dwelling house, the fam
lily being absent at the time. The fire
was seen from the village and an alarm
given, but it was too late to save the
buildings and they were destroyed. !
The loss is estimated at $1,000.
Col Thomas Harmon, superintend-
ent of the Vermont Soldiers Home. re- I
ports the following changes at the
home during the quarter ending March |
81: Admitted, eight; re-admitted,
two; absent with leave, % discharged, |
one; absent with leave, 40; average |
present. rs: average present and alb
sent, 1O3 There has not been a
death at the home since December l3
last, the longest period since the home
was instituted.
The Farmers Mutual Creamery Co.
of st. Johnsbury, has purchased con
trolling interest in the stock of the
butter and cheese factory at Evansville
and will commence operating it May l.
This is one of the largest plants OF the
kind in the state. 1t was built about
three years ago at a cost of 5000. The
Farmers Co. will also put in butter
making plant at Littleton, N. H., to
manufacture the product of cream
routes in that vicinity.
Joseph A. DeBoer, formerly vice
president and actuary, was elected
president of the National Life 1nsur-
ance company Tuesday to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of James e.
Houghton. James T. Phelps of Boston
was elected first vice president, James
B. Estee of Milwaukee, second vice
president, and Clarence E. Moulton,
actuary. Mr. DeBoer was for several
years principal of the Montpelier pub
lie schools before he entered the ser
vice of the National Life.
Mrs. John Whelan of Waterbury is
under arrest charged with intent to kill
her husband, who is farmer, 80 years
old Mrs. Whelan says Mr.. Whelan be-
came abusive Saturday and chased her
upstairs with club, where their two
young children were asleep. She
warned him not to follow her, but he
did, and she shot him in the leg at
close range. The charge lacerated the
leg so badly that it was necessary to
amputate it. Mrs. Whelan has been
arrested charged with assault with in ,
tent to kill, being armed with dan ,
gerous weapon. Her hearing was con-
tinued one week to await the result of !,
Mr.. Whelan's injuries.
The Supreme court judges ats.Mont-
pelier Monday night chose George M. :
Powers of Morrisville as reporter of :
the Supreme court in place'of Seneca !
Haselton of Bennington recently APP !
pointed Judge. Mr.. Powers is son of :
ex Congressman III. Henry Powers and !
was born in Hyde Park, December 10, J
1861. He graduated from the Unlver- I