Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-06-06
MATTERS IN VERMONT
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD
Vermont Railroad News - Rutland's Labor
Troubles - Fine New Catholic Church Tor
Poultney- Or. Webb's Canada Atlantic Deal
Falls Through-Annual Meeting Of Vermont
Grand Chapter, 0. E. S,

The state encampment of the G. a
r will be held in Montpelier, Jun
Hip.
The annual encampment OF the Yer
mont division of Sons of Veterans WI
be held at Essex Junction June lS'l9
Alfred Hamilton, who murdered ID
NJ. Woodbury., Nermonter, at Ana
cortes, Wn., in 1899, was hanged a
Whatcom last week.
At the Chittenden county convention
to nominate county officials at Burllng
ton Saturday, bovine tuberculosis wa
discussed at length. The delegate
were unanimously in favor of chang
in the present law and adopted resolu
tions to that effect.
L. A. Mutt, who for ten years ha
been connected in an editorial capac
itv with the Vermont Waterman ant
1 State Journal and since its founding
with the Daily journal, is to close his
labors with the paper in one week
! having resigned. Harry G.. Shaw, who
! has been connected with the Middle
bury Register, is to enter the Jouina
employ.
! At the annual meeting at Manches
ter last week of the Vermont society
for the prevention of cruelty to AMI
mails, committee was appointed tC
frame bill to be presented at the com
ing session of the legislature to change
the state law as to prosecuting those
abusing animals and also giving the
society power to prosecute all cases OF
cruelty to children.
Coroner McMasters at Plattsburg,
n. Y, Thursday rendered verdict of
accidental death by drowning IN
the case of Nelson p. Bond of Burling-
ton. Bond was the university of Yer
mont freshman who was drowned Mon
day night in an attempt to escape
from a score of sophomores who were
trying to keep him from attending his
class banquet at which he was to be
POSTMASTER.
The boycott on products of the Lin
coin Iron works was declared off by
LEGAL unions at Rutland Saturday. a
conference lasting nearly all day was
held between DIR. John A. Meade, pres
ident of the Howe Scale Co., and a
committee, but it was without result,
as DR.. Meade refused to make any con-
cessions whatever. Many strikers left
the city Saturday and the situation
looks dark. Business is practically
dead.
The corner stone of the new St. Mary's
Catholic Church at Poultney was laid
Sunday afternoon with impressive GER
emonies, about 1000 people being in at
tendance. Rev. P. j. Barrett of Bur
lington delivered a scholarly address.
To the efforts of the parish priest,
Rev. P. J. Houlihan, is largely due the
erection of this fine edifice, which is
an ornament to the town. The build
ing will be ready for worship, if plans
are carried out, some time in October.
Ct. c. Pringle of Charlotte, the dis
botanist, is hereafter to be
with the university of Yer
mont, and his remarkable botanical
collection, which is in many respects
in any country, is to be de-
posted in the science hall of the uni
versity. Mr.. Pringle has accepted the
appointment as keeper of the herba-
rum which now numbers upward of
which were collected by him in Mex /.
leo, the hitherto richest unexplored |
field in America. I
Andrew J. Emery, the Boston Il Al .
)any fireman who was recently shot and .
killed by Nina Danforth. at South
birmingham, Mass, was native of
Clarendon and was brought there for
burial. 1t is now known that. al
hough he had wife and seven chill
iren, he deceived Miss Danforth by
alse marriage ceremony and that she
believed herself his wife until she re-
elved letter shortly before the shoot
ng. Emery was also engaged to
wo or three other unsuspecting girls
nd altogether seems to have been de-
CRYING of the punishment he received.
The old directors of the Barre rail
oad company were reelected Thurs
ay, and it was voted to increase the
apital stock from SO, 600 to 800. 600.
0 pay debts, buy new equipment and
improve the track. 1t is stated that a
ontrolling interest in this new stock
as been secured by the Central Yer
lont railroad, representing the Grand
runk. a. +. Sortwell of Cambridge,
lass, who owns the Montpelier &
'ells River railroad, is also under
God to be negotiating with the Grand
runk for the sale of his road. In
Use this is effected, the outlook is the
rand Trunk will control the freight
lg of granite.
Thomas Flaherty, under arrest on
large of burglary at Essex junction
Id Burlington made a bold ATTEMPT :
break Jail one night last week but
as intercepted by Sheriff Reeves in
ason to prevent his gaining liberty. =
laherty, with his cell mate, Leslie
also arrested for bur
airy, had made an opening into the
liar large enough for the passage of
mans body, by using acid on the
eel of which the cells are made. They I
Id used large bar of steel to en-
rye the opening. Flaherty was re-
ntly acquitted by the U. S. court at
of a charge of breaking into ST
e postotfice at Essex junction. q
The grand chapter of Vermont. Or NJ
r of the Eastern Star, held its Both
nual convocation in Bennington
iesday. about 150 delegates being
esent. Mount Anthony chapter of
nnlngton gave reception to the
'itors in the evening. Exemplifica-
N of the work with refreshments.
lowed. The membership of the chan
's.in the state is 3137, a gain of 235
ring the year. Seven chapters were
in 1901. as follows: South
Rochester, Richford, Jack
willie, Bellows Falls and Winooski
chapter at St. Adams and one aft
are about to be instituted
e grand chapter has S22o4. OF in the
aSury. The receiptS last war ,,-aro