Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11

afternoon while boating on the " ihoo'
Iii river. The body was recovered
Admiral Charles f. Clark, VIE AMI
DAUGHTER. with other FRIENDS win
snend several weeks in Montpelier ar
rivine about July q. a pubic recep-
tion will be given him. If he VIII coh-
sent. -,
The Morrisville camp meeting VIZ
be held this year from Mohaay, 81
Gust II, until the Monday morning lGt
lowing. Prominent speakers from W.
ferent sections of the country nave
been engaged.
The elm trees that shade the streets
of Essey Junction have been attacked
nv rose bugs which are feeding upon
them in great numbers. a worm sim
liar to the forest worm, has also maze
it's apr earance and is multiplying rap
idly. stripping the trees OF all their
foliage.
Louis Seymour of Warren, 20, accl-
dentallv shot himself fatally TUESDAY
evening while trying to shoot sKunh
in the yard. The gun caught ID
clothes line and was discharged, tear-
inc his right arm to shreds up 10 the
shoulder.
Peter Wright, %. clerk at a White
River Junction restaurant, lett LOT
West Lebanon on business Monday,
with the restaurant books ana apouV
$50 in cash and has mysterlousiy as
appeared. Public opinion is dlVldea
as TO whether he has skipped or oeeh
disposed of. Wright came from near
Claremont n. H., four months ago
The BODY of Thomas Griffin was
found in the river at Barre "Wednesday
morning. A big hole was found in the
back of the head possibly from PTS
tol at close range. The body had eyi-
IDENTIFY been in the water several days
Griffin had been on a spree and MISS
ing for several days, The police are
/ investigating the case, which looks
/ like murder.
Two strangers, both foreigners, en-
tered the sanctuary of the cathedral OF
the Immaculate Conception at Bur,
linpton Sunday night and are supposed
4 TO have robbed the altar of the clbo--
rum and luna containing the sacred
particles of the church. They were left
alone for few moments and disap-
peared with the sacred particles. The
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and valued at over 500.
The fourth annual school for Yer
mont health officers opened at the
Young Mems Christian association
hall, Burlington, Monday night, and
was we'll attended by health Officers
from all parts of the state. Dr. I. ,.
. Caverly of Rutland, president OF the
state board. made the welcoming ad-
dress and was followed by DR.. II. ID.
Holton of Brattleboro, J. F. Hollister,
Charles a. Lindsey. Mayor Hawley,
Congressman Foster and Bishop Hall.
DIR. c. w. Strobell of Rutland at
tempted a novel surgical result last
week when he restored the tip OF a
mans finger, which had been acciden-
tally cut off. to its original place, ir
the belief that the severed parts would
knit. The patient was Joseph Cole,
who. while loading marble into cars
at the Columbia Marble Quarrying
company's MILL caught the middle fin
ger of his left hand between the edges
of two sharp blocks. which sawed the
tip of the finger completely off.
The National society, Daughters Of
the American Revolution. at a recent
annual convention held at Washing
ton. D. c., adopted resolution &c
present a gold spoon suitably inscribed
to every member of the society in the
United States who is a genuine
daughter. that is. whose father saw
service in the revolutionary war. There
are only two of these real Daughters
of the Revolution in Vermont. One
of these is Mrs. Betsey Blanchard
Kemp of Montpelier, born in Shutes
bury. Mass. in 1868. and the other Is
Miss Lucy Skinner of Brooktield, now
81 years of age.
The American Institute of 1nstruc
ton closed its 72d annual meeting al
Burlington Thursday. Teachers to the
number of 536 registered, Massachu'
setts leading with 226 and Vermont sec
ond with 223. Among the speakers
were: President G. L. White of Colby
University. Waterville, Me-, on "Edu-
cation, Christian By-Product; - State
Superintendent of Education W. +.
Ranger of Vermont, on Making Al
Things New ~ George II. Martin, SUI
pervisor of schools, Boston, on 1.-The
Secret of a Strenuous Life and DR..
William J. Long of Stamford, Conn,
whose subject was The Study of Ma
ture and Animal Life. y
The Lakeside Shoe company's fac
tory at Lakeside park at the south
edge of Burlington. caught fire Mon
day night and was entirely destroyed,
along with three other buildings, the
total loss being between $4,000 anC
$50. 600. The loss on the factory was
estimated at from Si5, 600 to so, 600.
and the plant was insured for SOS, 600
The other buildings burned were the
pattern house and barn of Lang
Goodhue on the west, valued at So,
800 with no insurance, and a school
house on the east. valued at 81, 800. nc
insurance. Cause of the fire is un-
known. The factory had been shut
down ten days for inventory.
Erema Marie Massucco, who re.
sides with S. Massucco. her broth
err. who is Montpelier fruit
dealer, has brought suit against Dom
inico Tomasi, for breach of promise
The damages claimed are $500 and his
property has been attached. The suit
is returnable at the September term of
Washington comfy court. Plaintiff.
who is sister of defendants former
wife, who died four years ago, claims
he married her by Catholic ceremo-
ny, in Italy three years ago. but
put off the civil ceremony required
by by the laws of Italy and finally went
back TO Italy and married again. To-
mast, who has recently returned to