Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-30
SOME VERMONT MATTERS.
A GLANCE AT THE STATES NEWS REC
ORD FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Montpelier Seminary sensations-A Breach OF
Promise Case-Two Big Fires-Result OF the
Liquor Cases-st Johnsbury Refuses City
Charter-Grave Charges Against q. g. Chi
nese Inspector lizard.
Prin. G. II. Morrill, of Brigham acad,
envy, Bakersfield, has been appointed
principal of the Randolph state normal
school to succeed the late Edward 20
nant.
Commissioner Ide will have SIX
months leave of absence from the Phil
ippines dating from Feb. Is, on ac-
count of i'll health. He will visit his
old home in Vermont.
Miss Harriet L. Phelps, daughter OF
Harvey Phelps, hotelkeeper at Sheldon
Junction, has brought suit against
Charles l.. Bullard, wealthy Swan
ton farmer, for $1,000. The charge is
breach of promise.
At a special village meeting Friday
night, st. Johnsbury refused to accept
a charter which would make city out
of the present village and some por-
| tions of the town and create new town
of st. Johnsbury of outlying districts.
The vote was 2O6 against 126 for the
charter.
John j. Flynn of Burlington has
bought the Stevens estate on Otter
Creek, in Vergennes, which includes
probably the best water power in New
| England, the property being valued at
! slOO, 900. An electric road will be built
into Vergennes within year.
The hot water front of a stove in Z.
w. Seiple's kitchen at Vergennes ex-
ploded last week, through the water IN
the stove being frozen when the hre
was started. Seventy five dollars dam,
age was done. The stove was wrecked
and Mrs. Seiple narrowly escaped in
jury from the flying pieces.
Grave charges have been made
against Ralph lizard, U. S. Chinese
| inspector for the northern border Of
New Hampshire and Vermont He
was summoned to Washington by the
immigration bureau and a copy of the
charges given him, pending the an
swer to which he is suspended from
duty.
The railroad commission decides that
| the Manchester, Dorset and Granville
railroad must run through the village
| of Manchester Depot on the original
survey which crosses the highway three
! times at such location that trains can
be seen 800 to 1000 feet from crossings.
! The proposed route crosses the high
way five times and the cost of grading
would be less
The alleged Montpelier liquor sellers
at whose place barrel presumably OF
whiskey but which afterward turned
out to be dshwater was seized, have
been acquitted by jury, The decision
also exonerates the policemen suspect
ed of tampering with the evidence,
| turning out the liquor and substituting
( therefor water, and suspended by the
mayor The officers will probably be
reinstated.
S. l.. Griffith of Dandy and c. l..
| Soule of Grotou have sold the Groton
Lumber company's property in Groton
and Orange to Fremont H. Wright of
! Newton, Mass, for game preserve.
Price $500, 900. The tract consists of
54OO acres of cumberland. including
! Darling pond, and with 300 acres ad-
joining previously bought, Mr.. Wright
will probably have one OF the finest
preserves in Vermont.
/ Frederick G. Fleetwood of Morris
vile, secretary of state, has been APP
pointed guardian for Katherine V.
Richardson of Revere, Mass, now held
| for the grand jury on the charge of at
| tempt 10 murder her mother. The ac-
/ Littleton, n. H.. where Miss Richard
son and her mother still hold legal
domicile. Evidence showed that the
] u I'll Law " nd
would be charges of Littleton should
they become destitute. Mr.. Fleetwood
/ is cousin of Miss Richardson.
! Montpelier seminary has had two
sensations in the past two weeks. First
an undergraduate who was accused by
| his schoolmates of having tattled and
played spy for the faculty, was tarred
and feathered by four fellow students.
/ The boy has returned home to Marsh
field. There was talk of prosecution
against the hazers, but the latter
claimed that their victim had been
4 selling whiskey in the school and
threatened to send him to Rutland. In
view of the welfare of the school, II
was decided to drop the matter. One
4 of the girl students has now left school
after confessng that she has stolen, at
/ various times from different students,
sums of money aggregating $50. 1t is
said the girl stole to buy candy and
bonbons. She was one OF the prettiest
girls in the school and bore an excel
lent reputation. Her father has set
tied all claims To offset, somewhat,
these unpleasant incidents, comes the
gift of $50. 600 through the will of
wealthy New Highlander now living in
California. The income of this gift
will be used for the aid of young men
studying for the Christian ministry.