Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-09

The soldiers home at Bennington
contains 107 inmates, of whom 19 arc
In the hospital. This is the largest
membership in the history of the insti.
tuition.
Clarence, the 10-year-old son of w.
d.. Goss of Lyndonville, committed
suicide Monday morning by placing his
forehead to the muZZle of a rifle and
dlscharging the piece with stick.
The boy was Respondent, having had
fits.
Rev. Calvin Granger of Poultney,
FOR many years Congregational
preacher in the state, died Monday,
aged ". lie was great student and
noted for his profound knowledge of
and correct use of the English Ian
guage.
The following troops are now at Fort
Ethan Allen under command of Mai.
W. S. Schuyler: General staff and hos
L. and S. Troops A, b, C and ID, 8
corps L and S, Odd and 9th Bat, of
ticers, 259 men, % horses: casualty at
Post, men, to arrive troops | and X.
I'd Cav, officers, 135 men. Total
number of officers %, men 70S, horses
677
The Rutland railroad, controlled by
DIR. w. Seward Webb, president of the
company, Saturday filed mortgage for
81, 800, 600 made to secure the cost of
equipping the railroad with new roll
ing stock. 1t was announced Friday in
New York that the purchase of the
Canada Atlantic railway by Dr. Webb
had been assumed by the Rutland rail
way This was accomplished through
vote of the directors to guarantee the
principal and interest on the Canada
Atlantic railway first mortgage Az per
cent bonds.
The Republican state committee met
at the Van Ness House, Burlington
Tuesday night and fixed the date and
place of holding the Republican state
convention as Thursday, June 10, at
Montpelier. The temporary chairman
is Edward ID. Raymond of Fair Ha-
ven and Max L. Powell of Burlington
is to be chairman of the committee on
resolutions. A check list is to be used
and only legal Republican voters will
be allowed to vote at the caucuses.
The delegates are to be chosen by bal /
lot and a plurality elects.
Edmund Normandeau of Essex, 80
years old, stone mason. unmarried, /
lies. at the Barre hospital with a badly |
fractured skull and one ear torn out. /
He is in such a critical condition that I
he probably cannot recover. The injur- /
les were received late Monday night /
when he with two companions VISA re- /
turning to Barre from Graniteville in
two-horse team. They were coming
down one of the hills when the reins
broke and the horses ran away. the
three being thrown out. Normandeau
was caught between the body of the
and the horses. He became
insane from his injuries and so violent
that it took five men to hold him.
Antonio Colangelo was acquitted at
North Hero Tuesday night, after being
IN trial five days, on the charge of the
murder of John Julian, at Alburg, De
,ember IT, 1900 Julian's body was
found on the railroad tracks, and Co
angelo was arrested across the Cana
lian line as fugitive from justice.
The men had been in company the day
previous Julian was killed by pis-
.ol ball, and in Colangelo's pocket was
/ revolver of the same caliber. The
government sought to prove that Co
angelo killed Julian for money that +,
he latter had about him. Colangelo's ,
lefense was that he fell on the track, ;
md the revolver in his pocket was dis :
harged, the bullet killing Julian.
Gen. J. H. Lucia of Montpelier, de-
,artment commander of the Grand Ar
ny of the Republic for Vermont, has
ssued general orders relative to hold
ng the Both annual encampment of the
rider. 1t will be held in Mont !
,elier June II and y, with officers !
headquarters at the Pavilion. On the :
vening of June 10 the retiring officers
f the Woman's Relief Corps will hold l
reception at the Pavilion parlors. On I
une II campfire exercises will be held :
t the opera house under the auspices
f Brooks post of Montpelier. An ex-
ursion by rail to the quarries is I
tanned for the morning of June IL. {
in Chief florence has L
cen invited and is expected to be pres
Mt.