Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-12-05
MATTERS IN VERMONT.
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD
No Trace OF Orwell Bank Robbers Another
Suicide - Vermont Woman at Roumanian
Court A Determined Woman Blocks a Rail
ways Plans State Postottices Bad Injury
to Brakeman The State Dairy School

to Brakeman The State Dairy School
The body Of Albert {. Brewer uf St.
Adams and Rutland. drowned at No.
Scltuate, K. l.. Nov -. has been re
covered.
Hiram Morse of Leicester was So bad
~ bitten by his stallion last week
Wednesday that it was necessary to
amputatc his left arm between the
shoulder and elbow.
Mary y. Campbell of Burlington has
brought suit for $1,000, charging the
alienation Of the affections of her hus-
band, James Campbell. The suit is
brought against Ellen McIiugo, who
Is employed as cook in a prominent
family in that city.
The Montpelier board Of trade at a
meeting held last week to consider the
Rutland and Montpelier railroad
scheme. voted unanimously TO guaran-
tee two-thirdS Of the cost OF the sur
yey rot to exceed $1,000 and a commit
tee was appointed to raise the ueces
sary funds
Mrs, Robert Knapp Of Stove was
found dead in her bed Wednesday
morning of last week. She had eyi-
IDENTIFY taken fatal dose of morphine.
She leaves a husband and two children.
one six months old. She appeared 10
he in usual health when She retired
the night before.
EddieJ. Hollenbeck and Lewis Com
stock were pardnncd by Gov McCul-
Tough and conditionally discharged
from states prison Thursday, Hollen-
beck bad nearly completed lO-years'
sentence for rape. ComstOck was com
mitted Jan, ., 1902, for rape, for
minimum term of two years. His re
lease was urged by his friends on ac-
count of the critical condition of his
health
Nine Florence Rogers Hartwie, a
native OF Vermont, now lady i'm wait
idg and court singer to Queen Carmen
Silva. Of Roumania, is visiting her
home after being absent since she was
nine wears old. Here is one of the very
few cases where American women have
attained position at a continental court
without marrying a foreign dignitary.
Mime, HartWig's singing was what at
tracted the queen to her
At the Baptist missionary conven-
tion of central Vermont held in Mont
pelier last week. the state superin-
teudent of missions said that OF a pop .
ulation of BOO GEO there were A. 200 .
foreigners, and advocated having three .
French and one Swedish missionaries .
He reported that in the state there
were 90 Baptist societies with a mem
hership Of 6, l76. taught by - pastors,
with an average salary between SlOO .
and 500.
An agreement has been reached be
tween the new purchasers of the White
River Valley railroad, and the land
owners along the line from Bethel to
Rochester and the latter have with
drawn their objections to the passage of
the bill of Incorporation in the legis-
lature The new incorporators have
put up a bond of Sc, 200 to recompense
in full all claims of land owners APP
proved as preferred by the United
States court
The twelfth annual session of the
Vermont Dairy School will open at
January 10 and last four
weeks. The school will be conducted
m the same plan as hitherto, teaching
the science and art of butter making
in all its branches by lecture, text book.
laboratory and by actual work with
ieparaturs. churn and butter workers. ;
over 800 Vermont boys and a few Yer !
mont girls have attended during the
past eleven years. Z
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Reynolds of
Nallingford have been placed in the t.
county Jail at Rutland for safe keep
ng. Reynolds was charged with
lreaking into the store of NJ. V. Viii
Jams at Wallingford and stealing about
so in money, a pair of patent leather
hoes and two revolvers. and his wife
: charged with completely in the
rhine Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds were
,ound over Saturday in $1,000 and $500
,ail respectively.
Barre granite cutters are interested
n the new schedule of wages to go into
fleet Dec. l. The agreement between
he cutters and their employers does :,
ot expire until Mar. l, but if either !,
ide desires change they are required
o give three months notice previous D