Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-03
MATTERS IN VERMONT.
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD

Petition for Pardon of Life Prisoner-Rut
land Railroad Company As Liquor Dealer
Suicide at Middlesex To Choose sta''
1ibrarian-The Arthur Memorial Tablet
Bennington Mill Accidents Accident 10 Jus
t;ce Brewer-Some Annual Meetings
LARGE numbers of cattle have beer
bought from Dandy farmers the pas,
week bv New York parties. Ihest
cattle are to be slaughtered Tor peel
and the price paid was GOOD.
Eupene n. Foss, a well known Yer
monter. formerly of St. Adams, n a
close contest Thursday. won the Re'
publican congressional nomination IN
The sixth district in Massachusetts,
A. J. Marshall of Mlddlebury has
bill for coal delivered to hlm IN ISo4
when 2O3O hounds brought 81. % MI.
Marshall states that the highest prlce
he ever asked for coal was SD ton.
Isaac Pratt. the veteran Bennington
hear trapper. recently secured his list
bear in a bear trap at Woodford lie
has averaged TO capture one bear for
every wear of his life, and is looking
for more.
A postoffice will be established at
Fort Ethan Allen. At the request OF
the postoffice department Capt. VII
liam II. Humphrey has executed the
necessary bonds for his appointment as
the first postmaster.
The 4Oth annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Vermont, |. O. G. 1. will be
held in Barre Wednesday and Thurs
dav. Oct. 8 and 8, in Knights of Py-
thias hall There will be reception,
BANQUET and an excursion to the gran
lite quarrles.
The Seth annual meeting of the Yer
mont Woman's Board of Foreign MIS-
sions was held at Barre last week Of
/ ficers were elected for the ensuing year.
/ In the evening Miss Ellen NJ. Stone OF
Salonica spoke to an immense audience
/ on Lessons from Captivity.
/ Arthur L. Weeks of St. Adams has
been appointed a Chinese inspector,
and will be stationed al St Almond.
P. @. Mr.. Weeks was deputy collector
of internal revenue for Vermont dlvls-
ion of the New Hampshire district
nearly seven years, resigning IN 1900,
+ Justice David J. Brewer of the Unit
ed States supreme court was badly
burned about the face and hands at his
summer home at Thompson Point
Thursday evening. Judge Brewer was
clearing up brush about his cottage
and used gasoline to make it burn bet
ter The trouble occurred when he
touched lighted match to the pile.
William G. Crabbe has been appoint
ed auditor of the Central Vermont Rail
way company in place of NJ. NJ. Rey-
nolds. resigned, Mr.. Crabbe was for
merly freight accountant for the com
pany. Mr.. REYNOLDS. who has held the
position of auditor for IL wears, has
been appointed comptroller Of the Ma
tional Railroad Of Mexico, with offices
in New York.
A society to he known a. the Yer
mont Society for the Study and Proven
tion Of tuberculosis was organized
at Burlington Monday by number of
physicians and laymen from different
parts of the state 4 constitution was
adopted. resolutions relative to state
sanitarium and supporting the work of
the state cattle commission were adopt
ed. officers We're elected and various
phases of tuberculosis were discussed.
Z. c. Smith of ST. Adams was elected
president
Gov. Stickney has accepted design
of Barre granite for the memorial tab
let TO be erected at the birthplace of
President Chester \. Arthur in the
town of Fairfield as voted by the gen
eral assembly of Vermont during the
session of 1900. This monument is to
he dedicated soon in the presence of
the governor and members of the legis-
lature The date will be fixed as soon
as may be convenient after October ).
which is the I'D anniversary of Presi
dent Arthur's birth.
Miss Jennie Converse. aged 30 years,
committed suicide by hanging early
Sunday morning at the home of her
sex. She had been i'll for several
months with tumors. and it is sup
posed that dread of an operation soon
Converse left the house shortly after
of an apple tree in a neighboring Or
chard. She was soon discovered by
Mrs. Converse ard cut down, but was
already dead.
David Ayres, an employee of Brad
ford's mill, Bennington. was caught in
a jack and fatally injured Saturday.
He died Saturday night. 1t is thought
he hit the shifting rod with his foot
accidentally and threw on the speed. .
He was in between the carriage and .
frame of the machine. cleaning it. .
William Cummings was injured al Hol- .
den, Leonard II Co 5 wooden mills Sat
urday, He lost his balance while on
the machine cleaning it, and in irving
to save himself thrust his hand
into the running machine. 1t was
caught between the feeder and the evil
inder and the flesh was almost torn off
the hand and forearm. 1t is feared that
1t must be amputated.
Deputy Sheriff Bancroft of Montpel-
Ter Is circulating a petition among the
Did soldiers and others which has al
ready been largely signed, asking Gov.
to pardon J. Sherman Cars
we'll, who was sentenced to states
prison for life for shooting George
iould at East Montpelier, September
J, 1889. Carswell was member of Co.
:. I4th Vermont regiment, and was Sc
'louslv wounded at the battle of Get
ySburg. This wound has never healed
md 1t is reported that he cannot live
ong. The murder was due to jealousy
II Miss Laura Cutler. whom Gould
married. the day before. She after
ward rnarria cd CarSuaD i, - n -. -. /