Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-25
MATTERS IN VERMONT
THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLD

THE NEWS OF THE STATE BRIEFLY TOLL
The Vermont Soldiers Home - An Old Clair
Being Reconsidered- at Bridgewater
Malignant Smallpox Guaranteed at Hath
away's Point-Admiral Clark Summering a
Montpelier-Summer Meetings Under Aus
spices of State Grange and Board of Agri
culture.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Oar
ling and his family are in Bennington
for the summer.
Homer Duke, nine-year-old son o.
Forrest Duke of Marshtield was acct
dentally shot and killed Friday Will,
playing with some boy friends, one OF
whom mad a rifle.
During last weeks thunder showers
seven cows were killed by lightning in
Westford and six in Bradford. At the
latter place, the farm buildings of Ed
ward Norcross were struck by light
nlng and burned
The agitation of the New England
granite and marble dealers for "A reduc-
ton of the freight rates on their prod
uct in the West, has been successful
For about two years the rates west of
Chicago have been excessive. so that
there has been little profit after compe-
tition with western GRANTEES
The heavy rain Monday evening did
thousands of dollars damage around
Middlebury, carrying away bridges,
washing out highways and railroad
track, and running standing crops of
hay and grain. In the east part of the
town valuable crops of hay and grain
are ruined, entailing heavy financial
loss upon the farmers.
Paul Waterman again distinguished
! himself as a golf player by defeating
Clark Burnham four ups and three to
play in the final round at match play of
! the open handicap tournament for the
Arthur Taylor Memorial cup at Man
chester last week. The winners name
will be engraved on the cup and he will
receive miniature of it.
r. E. Hathorn, recently elected de-
partment commander of Vermont di-
vision, G.. a. r., has appointed Ed
win A. Howe, Post No. 33, Ludlow, as
sistant adiutant and assistant quarter
master general, and Henry W. Hutch
ms, Post No "a, Bellows Falls, de
partment inspector. Department head
quarters have been established at Lud-
low.
The board of officers appointed by
the secretary of war to take into consid-
Grafton the question of provision to be
made for accommodations and shelter
for troops returned from Cuba and the
Philippines recommend, among others,
nf of
Ethan Allen. The report is approved
the military post near Essex Junction
will make substantial addition to its
accommodations
Sheriff Adkins of Elizabeth, n. Y,
who arrived at Montpelier Thursday
night with the necessary requisition
papers, took Simon Bowen back to Es-
sex county, New York, Friday morning
where he is wanted on a charge of bur
glary and grand larceny. Bowen waived /
the II hours of grace allowed him by
law and was ready to go with the of !
fcers. During his stay in jail he sold |
his coat to fellow prisoner for tobac- |
co and the New York officer was obliged |
to buy him new one.
The case of the heirs of Samuel /
Clarke of Vermont VS.. the Canadian |
government was last week presented |
anew to the state department in Wash
ington. The claim is for compensation
from the government of Canada for
land amounting to II square miles at
at the head of the Grand river. 1t
dates back into the close of the 18th
century and in one phase or the other
has been before the state department
repeatedly. 1t is now being considered
with view to securing its submission
to arbitration.
All Hathaway's Point in ST. Adams
bay is under strict quarantine owing
to a case of malignant smallpox IN the
person of Mrs. Loncto, a French wo-
man who recently came from Canada.
Two women who nursed the victim be-
fore the nature of her disease was
known are also quarantined and a"
brother law of the sick woman, who
came with the family from Canada.
All people who were camping in the
vicinity have left and it is very prob
able that this point will not have any
further summer business this year. ,
The annual championship tennis
tournament of Vermont will be held on
he grounds Of st. Johnsbury tennis
,lub August >. The winners of the
singles will be awarded a silver cup, /;
which being won three years by the /
;ame player becomes his property, and
will be required to play Arthur G. :
Sprague of St. Johnbury, the present :
state champion. The winners in the
doubles will have to play Fairbanks
md Sprague. This tournament is open $
o all residents of Vermont and entries o
hould be made to Joseph Fairbanks a
before August ,. t
Dr. Thomas Henry Hoskins, who died a
It his home in Newport June 20 from =
he effects of drinking poison through =
mistake was prominent in this state y
or 80 years, but his native place was :,
Gardiner, Me-, where he was born May I
1. 1928. He was a member of the Yer Ii
mont board of agriculture and well
nown writer on agricultural subjects. s.
'ormerly he was surgeon to several Il
Boston institutions, a lecturer in DIR. 4
)io Lewis school and editorial writer "
n a Boston paper. He started the Yer u
lont Farmer, with which he was con- j.
ected for four years He was one of II
he founders of the Newport library. IL
At the annual meeting at Benning-
on last week of the state soldiers c1
ONE, the auditors report showed total q
g., a., 80 80 t(