Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-03

mandery-in- chief of the Military J y,
der of the Loyal Legion Of the Ji,itWt
States, held in Portland, Ne TT n
day, Wednesday and THURSDAY %'
attended by many prominent Vermo,,@,
ers, members OF the state commapds,y
Mayor Hawley of Burlington will
point delegation of 10 citizens and,
quest local press representation IN ~
tend the coal conference which tba,.
officials of Detroit, Mich. have c,Ty
for Oct. 8. Mayors of all cjfia,
states affected have been asked for NJ
representation.
/ F. Polonghini of Barre, who T.
himself with suicidal intent ast w.@g
Wednesday, died SATURDAY. bsyi's
lived three days with a 3s-calibra b'f
let in his neck. Owing to the msr'
low condition on account Of copsnm,
lion, the physicians did not attemp, +
locate the bullet.
BY the will of the late John nj
beer. lumber merchant Of San Frsrci'
co. Cal. Mrs. Helen a, Chase 4Ids,
daughter of Beniamin F. Flood Of SbsI
don. has inherited fortune Of slGG
and her son, Ralph P. Chase, ba, ,.
ceived 500, 900 and one eighth Of "a.
idue estimated to be nearly a million
dollars.
An unsuccessful attempt was mad.
TO burglarize the Brandon liquor ap-r
CIV Sunday morning. The thief W.,
frightened away just as he was psi,,
ing an entrance through a window /
3. Mills barber shop at Poultney VI.
burglarized Friday, and some mons
and razors taken. A recent employ.
who has left town, is suspected.
The annual meeting Of the state u
G. T. L. was held in Rutland Wedpss
day, yesterday and to-day. There vs,.
three public evening meetings. Mr..
Margaret Dye Ellis, national superb.
tendent of Legislative work. and Ms
Mary H. Hunt, national superntepd.
ent of temperance instruction /, |
schools, were among the speakers
George c. Chandler, II, native d
Tunbridge, died suddenly in MONTH";,
Ter Sunday morning. He was sutlera
the Second Vermont regiment durrr
the civil war and for many years librs
rian of the Vermont Historical socis
". After the war he was for seyeul
wears a broker in New York, but /, +
later years engaged in farming experL
menting successfully with fancy stock
The trustees of the state library will |
meet early this month to choose sav
librarian to succeed the late Hiram
Huse. The board of trustees Of tn.
state library is composed OF the g7
ernor, chief Judge of the supreme cour
and the secretary of state. ex-otfc1
three resident trustees and three tfus
tees from the state at large. The STAT
utes provide that the board Of TRUSTEES
of the state library shall annually eea
a secretary who shall be the state 4.
brarian. Mr.. Huse has been conseG
lively elected to this position since l.3
Henry NJ. Bennett, the Pitts0uv
whose will was reerntT
contested by Laura Biggar the acTea
as told in another column, was Va
monter. the son of Milo L. Berner
judge of the supreme court from IL
to 1859. He was born in Burlingg
and attended the University for SON:
time. but firing of studying for til
bar. left to be a clerk in a counug
store. He went west in the early httia
some money with which b:
went into the circus and hotel uu:-
ness. He afterward became interesiFt
in theatrical enterprises.
Wilfred Hassam of Gaysyille. nal.
ried. was arrested in Boston last weed
and brought to Woodstock and heldl
$1,000 bail on the charge Of ADULTERY
Hassam went to Woodstock II Jul:
with Stock bridge woman named Ria
and the couple were at the New Pal!
hotel as S. F. Ambrose and wife. Ate,
a week he and the woman hired team
of William Billings and left tQv1
jumping their board bill. it is ALLEGED
The team was recovered after sevsia
days. The woman was arrested alters
somewhat sensational flight from Jul:
tice. tried and sent 10 the house otcoi-
rection for adultery
There was a hearing at Benningt@
last week to determine as to whetha
the % barrels of beer seized in a Rli
land railroad freight car should be he'd
Or returned to the Rutland railnii
who claimed it. The couh
decided that il should be held haylI,
been, to all intents and purposes DE-
ivered, and that Edward D, Bennett
freight agent, and John A. Ryan d,
of the freight office, be n5ll
'or keeping with intent to sell lntoz,
'ating liquors. The railroad claimed
hat the beer was in transit and that
lnder the I. S. laws as TO common cal,
'iers. the railroad had right TO Tetal
1. judgment was entered against Gem
1any. exceptions were taken and ~
'aSe goes to the supreme court.