Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-07

Judge huSSell .. luII VI DURING W
is i'll from overwork and will rest frol
his court duties for three months.
During February State Tax Com
missioner Cushman collected S67, DAB.
AZ in col poration taxes. Over 100
blanks were sent out and there ar
still some corporations to be hear
from.
Walter Howard of Randolph Cente
has five blue foxes from an island il
, Behring Sea which is given up entire
lyto breeding these animals and ha
built large pen covering 165 squar
feet and will attempt to breed them
The skins of the animals sell for abou
$50 each.
Hoyt Marvin, 13-year- FOLD son of thu
Sheldon station agent, was drowned
in Black creek Wednesday afternoon
He was standing on the Ice and Will
a long pole was playing with the cake:
of ice floating down, when he lost his
balance and fell in. The body has moi
been recovered.
Rutland went democratic in its city
elections Tuesday, electing David W.
Temple for mayor by margin OF ter
votes after an exciting contest. The
town carried by big majorities all the
propositions, including that of bond
ing the city for $4,000 in return fol
the location there of the general offices
and repair shops of the Rutland rail
road system.
A passenger train on the Burlington
and Lamoille road was derailed near
Cambridge Tuesday night, one passen
md h of ppnI n
express going down 15-foot embank-
ment and rolling over. Several pas
sengers and members of the train crew
were more or less injured. Laura Will
son. 3-year- old granddaughter of Hen
ny Stevens of johnson, was fatally in
iured and died the same night. The
train was the first one over the divi-
sion since the flood of Saturday. The
engine did not leave the track
James G. Houghton of Montpelier,
president of the National Life lnsur-
ance company, died in Naples, Italy,
Tuesday, of heart failure. He left,
with his wife, few weeks ago, for
trip through the Mediterranean for the
benefit of his health which had been
feeble for months. Mr.. Houghton had
been cashier of national banks in
Chelsea and Montpelier .andisuccess-
lively director, treasurer and vice pres
ident of the National Life Insurance
company. In 1891 he was elected its
president, succeeding Charles Dewey.
resigned. He had been Montpelier's
treasurer for years and had served in
the state Legislature.
Alexander Ikey, Wells farmer, muir
dered his wife with an axe Thursday,
creeping up behind her as she was at
work in the pantry. A son 'and daugh-
ter, 81 and % years of age, live at
home key was arrested and placed
in the house of correction in Rutland
He said that his family were trying to
get rid o. him and put arsenic or some
other poison in his bed which had
burned him in several spots. 1t was
learned Saturday that key has been a
eater for nearly 20 years and
that the drug had undermined his rea-
son so that his family had watched
him continually for five years. He be- |
gan taking the drug for headaches.
His wife recently began putting flour
in the morphine to reduce its strength !
and Ikey noticed the difference and
thought she was trying to poison him
and killed her for that reason. key |
was arraigned at Rutland Monday and /
pleaded not guilty of the murder by |
reason of insanity. He was bound over
Tor county court but the case will prob
ably not come before the grand jury as
key will no doubt be sent to Water
curry, according to law where insanity
IS very evident.
The heavy rains of Friday and Sat
friday caused unprecedentedly high
water all through New England along
is large rivers. Two bridges over the
Ninooski river near Montpelier were
wept away, entailing loss of 800,
100. One was a Central Vermont rail
Dad bridge and the other a steel
tructure erected three years ago by
he city. Heavy damage was done to
he business section of Montpelier,
which was partially submerged. Mil
on was also partly under water and
ost big bridge and some farm build
ngs. Sixty feet of the Central Yer
mont railroad was washed away at Pi
neer and traffic has been delayed at
many other points by washouts and
ther road damages The lower bridge
t ST. Johnsbury was carried down
hree miles and the entire water sup
ly of the town was cut Off by the
reaking of the dam which wrecked
he aqueduct company's pipe. Barrels
ight was out and its manufacturing
for day or two on account {
f the breaking of the power com ,
any's line from Montpelier. VIM. B.
ohnson & Co. IS wing dam at Essex
JUNCTION was carried out and their
eed and grist mill is shut down.
heir loss is $1,000 besides loss of bust !
ess. A long stretch of railroad track
as washed out between Sheldon and
airfeld Centre, and an iron bridge
cross Black creek at Sheldon June !
on was carried out, also the bridge ,
cross the Connecticut at Ascutney- +
lie.
A household necessity-Dr. Thomas /,
electric Oil. Heals burns, cuts,
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