Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-19

Places at State House.
Mrs. Clara Shambo is i'll with small
pox at Waterbury. She is supposed t.
have brought the disease from Wash
ington, ID. G.
About 200 delegates are expected t
be present at the state Baptist conven
tion at Bennington, Monday, Tuesda,
and Wednesday
The state board of pharmacy vii
meet at White River Junction Oct.
and the state pharmaceutical associa-
tion will meet at St. Johnsbury Oct.
land 8.
Mrs. F. j. Styles, the deserted Grip
pied wife of Rev. f. j. Styles, has been
taken to New York by Rutland friends
to be fitted with artificial feet y boul
500 has been raised for her aid.
A person, whose name is withheld,
has offered SO, 600, for new public
/ library building in Mortified. if the
town will furnish the site. y commit
tee of citizens is considering the mat
ter.
The Joint fair Of the state and Rut-
land county agricultural societies at
Rutland last week, although the best
and biggest ever given, was not tinan
cial success, having left the societies
considerably in debt.
Thomas Heating was found on the
railroad track near Manchester Depot
! Monday morning fatally mangled. 1t
| is not known whether he was walking
on the track or whether he fell from
the southbound train.
The jewels seized by the customs au
thorities from William Bramley of
Montreal were sold at auction Satur-
day. Bramley was arrested at the time
and later pleaded guilty to smuggling
and paid a heavy fine The jewels
brought about 800.
Oscar Bard, a wealthy Pownal mer-
chant. - years of age, was struck by
train while crossing the Boston n
Maine tracks at North Pownal Thurs
day and instantly killed. He seemed
to be confused by the whistle of the
locomotive and turned on to the track
instead of stepping aside.
Mrs. Edith White. long time resi-
dent of Bennington, has been officially
notified that the sum of Sl1,j0 Is de
posted 10 her credit in one Of the
banks in St Louis. The money was
left her by a stranger whom she once
befriended and who told her at the
time that he should remember her in
his will.
A novelty in the way of an express
package was shipped from Barre to
Hammond, Ind, Thursday by granite
granite weighing 1900 pounds The
- 81,
stone was ordered Saturday for cor
ner-stone for the new city hall and
fast freight was not quick enough.
\ reunion of the 11th Vermont vol
unteers will be held at Washington, d,
c., during the national encampment
October 6. : and 5, The department
commander of the G.. A. Il. of Yer
mont is a comrade of the old llth: the
national commander of the 5. O. v.
is Mai. Z. f. Campbell of Washington,
d. c., the llth's first vice president,
=. The Rutland street railway has near
" finished the big trestle for its new
trolley line which it has been building
near Castleton, since spring. The
trestle crosses the Delaware N Hudson
track on an iron bridge at a height of
over 80 feet II also crosses Castleton
river. The bridge is 1850 feet in
length. There is an incline Of Gl2
feet.
Ernest Blair. a soldier who recently
returned from the Philippines, has
been arrested at Burlington on the
charge of alternating the affections of
Mrs. Henry a. Aldrich Damages of .
$1,000 are claimed. Mrs. Aldrich is
out of town and Blair claims that he .
has not seen Mrs. Aldrich since her
except when his wife was
with him.
The work of the state railway com
mission is practically completed for
the biennial period and the report will
be published before the session of the
legislature, A great number of acct
dents has occurred the past year. No
less than 30 deaths were caused by the
trains and there were 1i5 persons in
iured. OF these no less than four per
sons We're deaf and dumb.
"Al" Hood of Chelsea shot and kill
ed himself Sunday morning at the
home of his divorced wife, Emma Hood
after making an attempt to kill the
woman. Mrs. Hood obtained divorce
from him in December on the ground
IF intolerable severity. He has been
.rying to have her take him back,
to do better. The couple
lad six children, the eldest eleven
Years old.
The Vermont Federation of Woman's
,lubs will hold its annual convention :
n Waterbury Oct. and ,. The speak
RS from out of the state will be Mrs
}. T. S. Dennison, president of the
general federation: Mrs. Mabel Todd [
4oomis. Mrs. Sallie Joy White. Mrs.
linda Hull Larned, president of the
National Household Economic asso- {
iation. and Miss Dotha Stone Pinneo :
# Connecticut. {
The strike of molders in the Lincoln
ron works at Rutland, which has been (
n since June, was settled Saturday, '
differences being satisfactorily adjust :
d in a conference between the presi. :
ent of the works and the third vice !
resident of the Molders' Union of
North America. The works started up
Iondav The molders were granted Y
practically everything they struck for. t
n future they will work nine hours 4
ay with the same wages they formerly D..
eceived for ten hours. t
Ethel, the seven year-old daughter r
+ Mr. and Mrs. Edward Watson of ;
was burned to death Sun =
ay afternoon. She had been out in :
be yard playing and had some matches. !
t is supposed that in lighting one !.
er dress caught fire. Her father and !,
81. l.