Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-01
MATTERS IN VERMONT
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD

Father and Son Drowned in the Winooski-st
Johnsbury Doctor Threatened-P, w, Glenn
ent Sued for SANDER Maple Sugar Scarce
Dr. Webb's Special Badly Damaged in Col
lison Near Bartonsville-D Meads New
Dairy at Rutland The Vermont Antigua
rian.
Vermont will be represented by off
GERS at the postponed extensive nance
uvres of the regular army at Fort
Riley, Kan. in September.
Henry Cone, an old resident of Ben
nington, who died Thursday, had an
interesting history. He served in the
Gulf fleet under Farragut during the
Rebellion, and was on the Mississippi
when.it blew up near Port Hudson, and
on which Dewey was then midship-
man.
The recent fatal shooting affair at
Marshfield in which Homer Duke, a
l2-year old lad, was the victim will be
taken up by the states attorney to de.
eide whether the shooting was purely
accidental or whether the boy who
handled the rifle that killed the Duke
boy had any malice toward him.
George Stoughton and young son
were drowned in the Winooski river
Friday evening. They were on the
Central Vermont railroad bridge be
tween Burlington and Winooski when
the White Mountain flyer came along.
In their attempt to get out of the way
of the train they fell into the river and
were drowned.
Fred O. Phelps of Milton. a conduc
tor on the electric cars at Burlington,
was struck by the express train at Mil
ton Saturday night and instantly
killed. The body was badly mangled.
The train was running very fast and it
is supposed struck Mr. Phelps on the
crossing. A letter left by Phelps is
said to indicate that the case is one Of
suicide, and gives the reason why he
sought death as an unhappy love.
\ Chester correspondent reports that
hundreds of tons of hay in that section
have remained flat in the fields for ten
days owing to the rainy weather. and
IA large portion of it is worthless There
was never such a season known before
where it was impossible to cure the
hay for the barns, and the damage all
through Vermont will be very heavy
on the farmers. There are oattields
that have been cut green for feed and
nearly ruined.
DR.. Charles X. Adams. a prominent
worker. and IA native Of
Derby, died at Redlauds, Cal, Satur-
day. He was formerly president of the
of Wisconsin. In lnSl he
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Dr. Henry C.. Newell of St. ,Johnsbury
received Friday a letter from Boston,
signed With the initials Of three per
sons, threatening him with death if
s., 600 was not delivered to a man at
-he corner of School and fremont
streets, Boston. by 6 O'Clock Friday
hight. DR., Newell is a well known
physician of St. Johnsbury. and "A man
4 little past the prime of life. He is
lot considered enormously wealthy,
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Percival W. Clement, the independ- .
mt Republican and local option candi- /
late for governor of Vermont, has been
made defendant in a SANDER suit for
30. 600 damages brought by Samuel ID.
wilson of Cambridge, Mass. Wilson
rhile serving as a detective employed
" the state to ferret out illegal liquor
ales. shot and killed a man named
iosher at White River junction last
December in self defense, as he
laimed. was tried by Jury and acquit-
pd nm the CHARGE of manslauohtpr