Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-16
THE wNDnAM COUNTY REFoR,1ER FRIDAY OCTOBER 49,
States Attorney f. A. Bailey Is crit
ically i'll at Montpelier.

Z States Attorney f. A. Bailey Is crit.
ically Ill at Montpelier.
Mrs. Bert Buzzell of Richmond has
brought suit for $4,000 against Miss Ida
Barber of the same town for alternating
her husbands affections.
3 A special Washington county grand
jury convened at Montpelier Tuesday
afternoon to investigate the Barre an
! archist and socialist murderous riot
Oct. 3, In which Eli Corti, an anarch-
list was killed and others injured.
Edward Clark of Montpelier was
convicted in county court Friday af-
ternoon of an assault with intent to
commit rape on Emma Billideau, aged
II years, and was sentenced to not less
than nine or more than ten years in
the state prison at Windsor.
A black list containing 176 names Of
men convicted of intoxication in city
court since March / was posted in all
Montpelier saloons Friday and such
men will be refused liquor The ac-
ton Is a result of a conference between
the license commission and the
licensees.
The 65th annual meeting of the Ver-
mont Historical society will be held In
its rooms at the state house, Montpel-
ier Oct. 20. Important reports re-
lating to the prudential affairs of the
society will be presented and discuss
ed Several applications for MEM
bership have been made.
| A meeting of the Vermont Press as
ISOLATION is called for Friday evening,
Oct 23. at the Van Ness house, Bur-
lington, to hear the report of the COM
mittee on the revision of the consti-
tuition and to transact other business.
The proposed trip Of the association
to the worlds fair at st. Louis next
year will be considered.
The main shop of the Bristol Novelty
works was burned Thursday morning.
strong wind prevailed and the fire
spread rapidly from the boiler room.
The loss is $4,000, insured for $4,000.
The shop employed so people. The
plant was built in 1897. 1t manu-
featured handles, turned boxes, etc.
The firm did n big business in Sep
tember as 1t had sole contract for
the manufacture of Apache bead work
looms.
The 25th annual convention of the
w. c. T. U. of Vermont opened at
Woodstock Tuesday morning with
about 100 delegates in attendance. over
half the counties of the state were rep
resented. Mrs Ida II. Read. state |
president, made her annual address |
The lecturers bureau reports that |
about 81, 900 was received and spent by !
the state union during the high license |
campaign of last year. Two hundred |
and seventy members have been added |
to the union during the year.
Hon. Walter E. Ranger, state super
intendent of education, is sending out
to teachers of Vermont a circular let
ter regarding the 54th annual conven-
ton of the Vermont State Teachers
to be held at st. Johns
bury Thursday. Friday and Saturday,
Oct 20. 80 and 81 He says that the
meeting promises to be a large, en-
thusiastic and inspiring gathering Of
our most progressive teachers. He
urges all teachers to attend II possible
it will result in betterment
of the schools The next meeting of
the Vermont School masters club is
to occur In connection with the meet
ing at st. Johnsbury. Friday evening,
Oct. 30.
The state auditor has recently ruled +;
that he Is not authorized to pay veteri
L. 4. tel l..
testing cattle for tuberculosis. This
has been done to quite an extent up to
now and the auditor has allowed the s
claims, but will not hereafter. The law {
requires that the board, two of whom I
must be veterinaries, shall" test as I
applications are received but there are I
900 cattle in the state and applica- {
ions have come in so fast that there is
six months work ahead now for the I
BOARD veterinaries. Only the most I
threatening cases can be looked after {
n future. tuberculin being supplied to /
approved veterinarians whom farmers 4
nay employ If they wish. l
The annual meeting of the Vermont c
society of colonial DANES was held in v
Rutland Tuesday with 60 members r
present at the opening. Mrs. Mar I
,aret Holmes Francisco of Rutland s
made the address of welcome with an t
original poem and the response by Mrs. O
g. c. Smith of st. Adams was also in h
poetic form. Mrs. Wallace c. Glenn v
mt of Rutland, president of the soci- b
ty, gave her address, and then came n
he annual reports. Mrs. John Greg
Try Smith of ST. Adams gave EARLY a
and Mrs. Julia C. R.
)orr of Rutland poetic selections. Mrs. a
,lement gave a reception to the MEM
ers of the society and of Ann Story Y
HAPPIER d. A. R., at her home. S
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