Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14
MATTERS IN VERMONT.
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD


Death Of a Noted London photographer,
Native Of vermont-A New Ruling on tn
Taxation Of Insurance Companies-valua
BILE Request to the State Historical Socie
ty-Montpelier Enjoins the G. v. R.
from Its Pile Driving -Fifty.eighth SEES
sion of the Vermont Annual Conference
North Bennington Suffers Loss by Fire.
The 26th annual meeting of the State
Dental society will be held at the Der
wick house, Rutland, March 10, 20, 81
The farmers of Waterbury Center
have raised $500 for building ano
equipping a cooperative creamery in
that place.
Mrs. Sarah Burnham, 80, of Mont
pelier, was found unconscious in hel
home Sunday and died Tuesday
from the effects of coal gas which es-
capped from the stove in the night.
The state board of health will hold a
school for health officers in Burlington
either in June or July. Some of the
most prominent men in the country in
various lines, will be among the
speakers.
The Commercial House at Manches-
ter Depot was badly damaged by fire
Monday night, which started probably
from defective chimney There was
small insurance on the building which
was opened as a hotel last spring.
Edward L. Larkin of Chelsea cut his
right arm terribly with circular saw
run by gasolene engine Friday. The
saw entered the bone and the arm may
have to be amputated. Some 30 pieces
of bone were taken from the wound.
Barre reached the 109th anniversary
of its organization as town Tuesday,
its first town meeting having been
held March H.. 1893. The grant of the
township was made Nov. 6, 1880, but
a settlement was not made until eight
years later.
Alexander Ikey of Wells, who muir
dered his wife recently by driving an
axe into her skull, will be taken to
the state insane asylum at Waterbury
in the near future. Judge John II.
Watson in county court last week or
dered his transfer there on application
of States Attorney George E. Law
renee.
The body of Hoyt Marvin, who was
drowned in Black creek at Sheldon last
week was found Monday eight feet be-
low the place where he fell in, by his
brother, Charles Marvin. Hundreds of
men have been searching for the body
ever since the boy was drowned and
the ice has been blown out of the creek
with dynamite.
The main building of the Unity col
lar and cuff company at North Ben
nington, was burned Sunday morning.
The loss is about $50, 600, with insur
ance of $4,000. Included in the loss
was about $4,000 worth of goods in
various stages of manufacture About |
80 persons were employed in the fac
tory, while nearly an equal number
took work home. The fire thus proves T
to be the worst blow North Benning- /
ton has ever had. The factory, put up
six years ago, may be rebuilt.
Benjamin F. Stevens, the bibliogra-
pher, died last week at his home, The T
Sheaves, Surbiton, Surry, in his 10th I
year. He was born in Barnet and en-
tered the university of Vermont in
1853, but joined his brother, also
noted photographer, in London in
1860. He was a son of Henry Stevens,
founder and first president of the Yer
mont historical society. For many
years he had been prominently known
and respected throughout Europe as
United States despatch agent in Lon
don and purchasing agent for Ameri-
can libraries. He brought to light
vast amount of historical material re-
lating to the American Revolution.
The fifty eighth session of the Yer
mont annual conference will be held at
st. Adams, beginning Wednesday,
April 8, the Rev. Bishop Daniel A.
Goodsell, d. d. L. L. d., of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, presiding. The confer
ence includes the state of Vermont ex :
cept that portion west of the noun
tains and north to Winooski, known as
the Burlington district of the Troy I
conference. 1t is divided into three {
presiding elders districts, st Adams,
the Rev. G. S. Nutter, d. D., presid-
ing elder: Montpelier district, the Rev.
W. M. Newton, presiding elder; and
st. Johnsbury district, the Rev. J. O.
presiding elder. 1t repre-
sents membership of ID, 800, has 175
places manned by 120 men. I
About 200 delegates will be enter
tanned. |
HC oCnbldl iuiiiouei YIN
pany was enjoined Friday from driv
ing piles in the Winooski at Montpel /
Ter. Ever since the high water sub I
sided Monday the company had been a
driving piles for temporary trestle on G
the site of the Sabin bridge, that was r
carried away by the food The city ,
believing that the putting in
Of these piles with so much ice above r
in the river and on the adjoining farms r
might prove disastrous to the city in a
case of high water later, secured the T
injunction and the work was suspend n
ed with only half span to complete.
Manager Fitzhugh explained that the
5restle was only temporary, and that
steel bridge would be put in the com
ing season.
The injunction was dissolved Satur
lay on written promise by the rail $
'oad company that the piles would be h
Kept in the stream only until the per
nanent bridge was put up and that il
hey promise will be put up very soon. S