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

: THE NEWS Uf LIE 0AhAA
Novel Trip Around the World-Weii hno~'
Vermont Educator Elected Assistant super
iutendent of New York Schools kidnapping
Case at Cornwall-Arrested for Embezzle
ment-state Checker Championship MATCH
The Wallingford swindling Case-Two Deal
and Dumb Brothers Killed by Train
Another food fair is being held IL
c. Iohnsbury this week, the exhibit
ors spepding over g. 900 IN making
their show.
Hebrews from all over the state at
tended the festival OF the jewish Ne"
wear in Burlington, the two synagogues
, there being the only ones IN Vermont
The Hoosac Valley street railway
company has been granted franchl!S,e,
through Clarksburg, and the line VIII
be run as far as the Vermont line ana
ultimately to Stanford.
Jerry A. Williams, the veteran horse
man. died in Burlington SATURDAY,
aged IS. He was an old time horse
Trainer and we'll known in Vermont.
and was we'll versed in the pedlgrees OF
fast horses. He was born in Poultney.
A new water system, completed at
cost of 500, 600, was put in operation
at Barre Monday The supply was
turned on by Mayor Belcher. The
water comes from the town of Orange,
in Orange county, some 80 miles away.
The Vermont Medical society hold
its seth annual meeting in Burlington
this week. President J. B. Wheeler
gave the annual address on Modern
Treatment of Prostate Hypertrophy.
The annual banquet was held at the
Van Ness house. Important papers
were read by prominent physicians OF
the state.
A match for the state checker cham
pionship Of Vermont will be played IN
Barre by H. n Bailey of Rutland,
present champion, and George {. An
derson of Barre, challenger. beginning
Oct 81 The match is restricted to 10
openings, two games to be played on
each opening, 1t is expected that
checker players from all over the state
will be present.
! The vacancy in the college faculty of
the University of Vermont caused by
the death of Prof. H. A. P. Torrey,
will be filled by Prof. Carl V. Tower,
a graduate of Brown college 93, who
received his degree of PhD at Cornell
in ls9S. He has studied at Clark uni
versity. and has been instructor in
philosophy in the university of Mlchi-
gan for two years and in Knox college,
III. for one year. The German depart
ment of the university has been placed
in charge of Prof. Theo. T.. Hamilton,
Harvard 90.
The 22d annual meeting of the Yer
mont branch. woman's auxiliary to the
Episcopal board Of missions was held
in Mortified Tuesday and Wednesday
Bishop Hall presiding. The program
included addresses by Rev. Joseph Rey
nolds, rector of Trinity church, Rut
land. on Church work among the poor
whites in the SOUTH Miss Maria Al
drich of Japan on Missions in ia |
PAM" Rev NJ O. Smith of East Fair
field on "reminiscences of work among
the people, and Rev. Lawrence b. .
Ridgeley of Wochang on Missions in .
China.
George B. Marden. station agent for .
the Montpelier Il Wells River railroad
at Barre, was arrested Friday evening
on the charge of embezzling the funds
of the company. He was placed in
jail pending an investigation of his af
fairs. Marden is y years of age. mar
ried and said to be young man of
good habits. He has held various po-
sition with the Maine Central. and
Boston X Maine railroads. going to
Barre from Wells River on August l.
Marden admitted the shortage of
few hundred dollars, but could not tell
what had become of the money.
Joseph Gerard, a native of France,
IS in Burlington on trip around the
world undertaken as he claims on
wager. He started from Brussels. Bel
5lum, 70 months ago without any
money, and IS to visit every country in
he world within three years, earning
money with which to pay his passage
IS he goes along. He has been in Bel
yium, Germany. Denmark, Norway.
Sweden. Finland. Russia. Siberia ia
IAN, China, Spain, Portugal and Can
ida. From Burlington he goes to Bos-
on, New York and through the west
rn states to Vancouver, thence to Mex
co, Australia, South Africa and back 4
o France. 7
Two deaf and dumb brothers, John
nd Sampson Drown of Bloomington.
we're struck and killed by the south
'ound Montreal express Saturday af-
ernoOn, while they were driving over
crossing at Barton Landing The
orses attached to their wagon had f
rossed the track when the engine r
truck the vehicle. and the animals ran q
through the streets with the forward n
heels, carrying the body of one of r
he victims, which had been dismem- 4
cred. This crossing is hidden by
urye on the track, and is considered i,
dangerous place, two boys having p,
cen killed by an express train last h
lmmer. -
There was conference Saturday 1t VI
helburne farms between President ". p
eward Webb. General Counsel H. H. N
overs and General Manager George il
, Jarvis of the Rutland railroad and d
[ayor D. c. Hawley of Burlington, b.
18th reference to the plans for moving m
1e shops and offices of the Rutland fir
7stem to Burlington. No definite pl
roposition from the officials of the I'll
Dad was received, but Mayor Hawley Sc
as invited to appoint committee to th
sit Rutland and Malone and LOOK over er
lie plans. The plant the road pro- sa
oses to erect in Burlington, if an
yreement is reached, would cost P;
bout So60,000. Burlington would be til
lie terminal point of all trains of the ly
stem \ committee will be appoint pl
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