Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-21

vas in order, after which the part,
separated to travel as inclination die
tated.
Fred Mccarthy, Is, who was locked
up in Winooski last week for drunken.
ness and breach of the peace. was suf-
located in his cell, which was unven-
tilated. 1t is supposed that he fel
asleep while smoking and that the
bedding caught fire.
DR.. and Mrs. w. Seward Webb and
family have been spending some time
at Geneva, Switzerland. DR.. Webb is
now in better health than for a long
time. He is expected to return to this
country about the first of September
The annual regatta of the Lake
Champlain Yacht club was held at
Burlington, Friday. There was a large
attendance good weather and ten ex-
citing races, The first race was open
| to all yachts % feet and upwards and
was won by the May Yohe owned by
H. T. Kellogg of Plattsburg.
| Frank Bump of Salisbury was in
stantly killed and William Branch Sc
riously injured while driving across
the tracks at Leicester Junction Mon
day evening. The horse was also in
stantly killed and the wagon reduced
to kindling wood. The team was
struck by a work train.
Harry Tiffany. a son of Eli J. Tiff
fanny of Bennington, was terribly burn
ed and nearly electrocuted by coming
in contact with live wire while work.
ing near an electric light in the barn.
He was found lying on the floor grasp
ing the wire and the current was shut
off in time TO save his life.
Two additional rural free delivery
routes from. Bethel have been laid out.
One route passes through Gaysville
and up Stony Brook. ard covers %
miles. The other covers about 16 miles.
As these routes do not now serve 100
families they are laid out as partial
routes with $500 salary instead of $500
the salary of a carrier on a full-sized
route.
The noon flyer on the Rutland rail-
road ran over and killed a man near
the Spring Grove camp ground, at New
Haven junction Saturday. The body
was horribly mangled The man was
on the track and the train rounded the
curve so fast that it was unable to
stop. The victim was identified as one
Peterson of Newark n. j.. by letter
in his pocket
Allan S. Holbrook who recently
bought with ]. c. Fuller the Lyndon
Vile Journal has accepted a position
as pressman in the government print
ing office and has gone to Washington.
Mr. Holbrook will retain his interest
in the Journal and has engaged F. c.
a wellknown printer of Lyn-
donvile to take his place, Mr.. Fuller
having editorial charge.
E, NJ. Ramsdell was severely injured
while using the New England tele- /
phone line at the Delaware and Hud- 1
son station at Castleton, Monday af- /
ternoon. Mr. Ramsdell took down the /
receiver. when he was severely /
shocked with the power transmitted I
to the telephone wire by its coming in .
contact with the trolley wire. His as
sistant coming in saw something was
The matter and dragged him away
from the instrument, doubtless saving
his life. The back of Mr.. Ramsdell's
land and wrist was badly burned
Col. Edward NJ. Brown, the old-time
politician and soldier Is
rears editor of the Woodstock Age,
lied at his home in st. Paul Mimi,
July 81. He was 50 years of age. His
ieath made the first break in the field
md staff officers of the famous eighth
Vermont regiment. Gen. Stephen
Thomas, its colonel, is now living as
ire Charles Dillingham;, major; John
b. Barstow, adjutant; Fred E. Smith.
]. Elliot Smith and w. Z
l. Gilmore. quartermaster sergeants.
The preliminary surveys Tor the pro-
,osed Bennington and North Adams i
lectric railroad have been completed {
tut the road will not be started this
ear The survey was commenced at j
to which village a road '
lready runs and which will be united
With the new one. According to the l
urvey the distance from Bennington s
o Williamstown is 13L miles. The I
DAD will not cross the Hoosac river at c
H. neither will it follow the highway ]
ut will cross the highway and run |
lose to the river in some places. {
Grand Isle has appropriated money
D repair its courthouse which is an
Id landmark. The supreme court de-
ided they would not hold another ses- 1
ion of court in Grand Isle county I'M [
/ the house was repaired. This
ouse is built of stone and the walls
re three feet thick. 1t contains a y
ungeon, the walls of which are three
let thick. and between the top of the
ungeon and the floor above there arr I
ewn logs three feet thick. There is L
o light in the dungeon except as it is
Effected through cracks: and it is inn ;
ossible to see through any of the >
-acks. There is also poor debtors
pom and court dining room.
Michael Blair escaped from the a
tamford lookup Thursday. He was :,
nder $500 bonds for the grand jury 9
charge of assault, and was being p
ed over night to be taken to Ben
ngton Jail. During the afternoon he
ade a saw of a knife which was given
IN with his dinner. sawed two steel
hrs of the cage, and escaped. passing
his flight to the woods a dozen or SO "