Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-11

Henry G.. Thomas of Stowe has beer
appointed by Governor Stickney stat
fish and game commissioner to fill thu
vacancy caused by the resignation o
j. W. Titcomb formerly of st. Johns
bury.
An injunction has been granted re
straining the plaintiff in the famous
Mullin Flanders malpractice case ol
Rutland from taking out or serving
any execution against DIR. W. G. f.
Flanders.
At the meeting of the Vermont Anti
quarian society of Burlington Wednes
day evening, the proceedings were
partly in the nature of a memorial to
the late Judge Russell S. Taft, who
was practically the founder of the SO
ciety, and who took a great interest in
its affairs.
The summer schedule of open invi-
tation and champion tournaments OF
the National Lawn Tennis association
Just issued includes a tournament at
the grounds of the Mount Anthony
Tennis and Golf club, Bennington
Center, August for the Vermont state
championship
field signal station. furnishes the fol-
lowing meteorological summary for the
month of March. Mean temperature "a,
highest temperature 60, March 2S !;
lowest temperature 5, March 3; total
precipitation 4. 81 inches: total move
ment of wind, 1886 miles.
South Pomfret is to have new Ii
brary building to be given by Hon. Ira
A. Abbott of Haverhill, Mass. Mr.
Abbott, who is brother of Austin +.
Abbott of Woodstock, was born in Bar
nard, but his early associations were
in Pomfret. The terms of Mr.. Abbott's
proposition have not yet been made
known.
Thaddeus Powers of Batesville, was
stricken with blindness and other
alarming symptoms March 81 from the
effects of drinking what is sup
posed to be wood alcohol, mistaking it
for Scotch whiskey. His case is pro
nounced hopeless Mr.. Powers is now at
his home, partially deranged and bare
ly able to distinguish the light.
The fifty-eighth session of the Yer
mont annual conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church opened auspic-
iously at the Methodist church in St
Adams Tuesday. Rev. Bishop Daniel
A. Goodsell, d. d., LII. d., of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, presided. The ami
of the founding of the Epworth
League was observed in the evening,
Rev. J. F. Berry, ID. d., editor of the
Epworth Herald, of Chicago, deliver
ing an address.
The committees of the granite quar-
rymen's association and the granite
quarrymen's union met in conference
at Barre Monday night, holding a
three and one half hours session with /
out arriving at settlement. The com /
nittee from the quarrymen s..union re-
turned to Graniteville and will report
10 its union to postpone the time of
The proposed strike. No proposition
from the quarrymen' S association side |
las been given out. 1t is, however,
that an agreement will be /
cached and a strike averted. Another
conference will be held at an early
late.
A fire which originated in G. II. Jo
store at Washington early
Tuesday morning resulted in reducing
o ashes a large part of the business
ection of the village. The buildings
burned are G.. HI. Johannessen' store
md dwelling combined, the town
Jerk s office and the Skinner block.
10 one was injured although Mr..
Tohannessen was overcome by smoke
n his dwelling house over his store.
Everything of value in the town clerk s
flee was saved but Johannessen'
and household goods were
early all consumed, also j. f. Calef's
arge stock of grain, feed and -four.
he only means of fightingthe fire was
he bucket brigade. The loss was
u, 600 in all, only partially covered by
insurance.