Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21

Bennington 8 liabilities are now Sl5A
l63, reduction of $500 in the pas
year. The towns liquor agency sol
D last year S6446 worth of liquor
A genuine smallpox scare exists i
% Colchester and although only two case
v have been reported it is expected tina
$ more will develop. The village schoc
!. has been closed and no services are he'll
at the churches.
: Engineers are surveying the route TO
an electric line from Troy, N. Y, t
= North Adams, Mass. The line vii
touch the Bennington & Hoosick Val
, ley trolley road at North Hoosick, thu
giving, when it is built, Bennington
trolley connections to Troy.
Burlington voted Monday to exemp
from taxation for 10 years the Meat
Manufacturing company of Berlin, N
H., which will go to Burlington anc
manufacture overalls. shirts, wrappers
etc. The company will employ at The
outset 90 hands promising to increase
later to 100 to $50.
A city newspaper says that Barre
sis instituting novel scheme in hir-
ing district nurse, who is paid n sal
airy by the city federation, and whose
duty it is to go from house to house
looking after the sick, and not only
making them more comfortable, but
showing the homemaker how to do So -
Senator Proctor gave dinner at
Washington Friday night the guest OF
honor being Secretary of Treasury Les
lie M. Shaw. Vermonters only were in
yited to meet him. They included Sen
ator Dillingham;, Representatives Eos
ter and Haskins, Representatives Bah
cock of Wisconsin, Foss of Illinois and
Corliss of Michigan, Gov. Stickney,
ex Gov. Woodbury.. Admiral kenna of
the navy, Col. Martin of the army,
Gen. Estey of Brattleboro, G. T. Smith
of Burlington, Assistant Secretary
Darling of the navy, Judge Prouty OF
the interstate commerce commission,
Col. M. M. Parker of Washington and
Charles H. Robb of the treasury de.
partment. The dinner was informal
and there were no speeches. But one
toast was drunk, that of Vermont,
the State We Love. F."
Probably the most interesting case
to be tried at the March term of Chit
tenden county court, which conyenes
ia Burlington on March 5, is that of
John S. wilkins, administrator, Bur
lington, VS.. W. w. Brock and l.. x.
Roselle, to recover $4,000 for the
death of his wife brought about by
the alleged malpractice of an osteopa-
thist, Mr.. Brock of Montpelier being
the principal defendant The plaintiff
alleges that his wife was i'll October l,
1898, and the defendants were employed
at Montpelier to cure her. Instead of
doing so, Mr.. wilkins claimed they
"pulled, hauled, wrenched, beat,
bruised and i'll treated her." and
"pulled from their natural place mus |
cles, bones, ligaments and nerves" 10
such an extent that the woman could 7
not stand on her feet, and later died. |
A New York granite firm has pur.
chased ten acres of land in East Bethel I
with a tract from an adjoining farm, T
and in the spring will open quarry !
for getting out of 1900 carloads OF |
granite for the Chicago postotfice. H. |
E. Chamberlain of North Troy is pre-
pairing to manufacture mandolin and
guitar tops in that place. Barnet is to
have canning factory. The company
will contract with the farmers for the
raising of 200 acres of sweet corn. A
corn factory and garment factory also
want to locate in Montpelier and the
board of trade is considering the pro
posals. Bennington manufacturing
industries are in most satisfactory
and many are running over
time to fill orders. ). l.. Grlihth,
Danby's lumber king, is TO furnish L.
DO. 600 feet OF spruce lumber TO New
! ofk manufactures OF piano suppIits'
lhe present Et"i'
Inc CITY OF hutlahd Will give oZ9'VVp
10 lhe hu'lHn r"IIo"" I'm POM anu
~ w. 49,, "'1i -. .,nJ ia M,
,ii,,, - ~ H., nitro sy.t,.r, viii
,n Located thrra New MACHINE shops
,ostinp upwards of 500. 600 will be
mill at onca the car sbons now Iocat-
- ~. MoIo iii no braunbt tbora
- At tIaio ~ ~
ma an locomotive repairing any c"i
'ebulldlng OF the Whole Rutlanu syS-
EN- will be done there. From 100 to
700 additional men will be employed at
hat point nv the GROWING railroad svs- ,
~, I'm. !, (, ~ rosuIt of !. Laroa;n
lou La 49, ~. hoard of 1;roctnrs and a