Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-18

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button that became lodged In hi
throat.
The steamer Maquam which rar
aground Friday night on a reef neal
North Hero with 200 people on boart
was pulled off, little damaged, by the
steamer Chateaugay Saturday.
The battery from Fort Ethan Allen
that has been to Portland, Me-, reached
Bolton Saturday on Its return, and is
camped In the meadow near the sta
ton. 1t has been decided to hold tar
get practice there this week.
Collector Olin Merrill of the customs
service, district Of Vermont, reports
that he now has 6S deputy collectors
and inspectors under him, ranging in
age from "a to SO years, the average
being Al years and 8 months.
Several persons who attended an ice
cream festival in So. SALISBURY FRI
day evening were taken violently i'll
soon after eating some of the cream
and had to be taken to their homes. It
is believed that all will recover.
The boarding house near the Carter
quarries, Hardwick, was burned early
Saturday morning and some Of the
boarders barely escaped In their night
clothes. The fire is supposed to have
caught from the kitchen chimney.
The 57th annual Caledonia County
% to- NJ 1hrc TIE
with a large attendance and a fine ex-
hibit of live stock. The Battenkill
Valley fair also opened at Manchester
with large display in all departments.
The annual meeting Of the Vermont
Officers Reunion society will be held at
Rutland October s. In addition to the
business meeting there will be BAN
quet. The address will be delivered by
D. ]. Foster Of Burling-
ton.
The automobile club of Vermont will
have a run from all parts of the state
to White River Junction, Sept. 22, and
will hold a meeting in the evening at
the Junction house. It is expected that
there will be at least rs machines at
the Junction.
The seven-year- old daughter of Jo-
seph Shepard of st. Adams, was run
over and instantly killed by freight
rain in the railroad yard at St Adams
Sunday afternoon. Both legs were sew
cred from her body at the hips. The
child was playing on the tracks.
Willie Mahan, six years old, was
ound drowned in a sluiceway at Ben
,ington Friday. Appearances indi
,ated that he fell Off board on which |
lie was sitting. eating apples, struck on
lis head rendering him unconscious, |
md so was drowned in about four |
inches of water.
Albert C. Spaulding, 49, one of the |
most prominent business men in Bur-
ington, died Friday night. He was of I
he firm of Spaulding, Kimball & Co,
Wholesale grocers: also treasurer of the
'hamplain Transportation Co, presi-
ent of the Consumers Ice Co, and d.
ector of the Howard National bank.
Daniel Reagan was instantly killed
nd John D. Mahan fatally injured at
he Pelkey quarry, Fair Haven, Thurs
ay afternoon. by falling from a der
lex to the ground, a distance of 10
eet. Reagan was 35 years old and
caves a wife and three small children.
fahan is about 65, and has a wife and
We sons.
The capture in Mechanicsville, n. Y,
William Shaw, one of a party arrest
at Bennington 10 years ago for ar
on and afterwards indicted by the
rand jury is reported Shaw, with one
Their of the gang, broke Jail and moth
lg had been heard of him since. In a
ow Thursday night he shot at a man.
lie was arrested and his identity dis
osed.
The Catholic church, Our Lady of
lie Snow" at Woodstock was totally !
estroyed by fire Sunday night. The {
aze was discovered where the electric
Tres came in All the contents were c
lrned except the vestments. Owing to s
lie low pressure of water the firemen (
,uld not work to advantage. The {
lurch was erected seven years ago at Y
COSt Vi SlN,uUV. DC 10 tfVUV. I
The annual retreat for the clergy of T
e diocese of Vermont was closed at F
ishop Hopkins hall, Burlington, Fri
fy morning. There were in attend 7
ice 81 clergymen, a few being from
e dioceses of Massachusetts and Can o
la. The exercises opened with a SER s.
ce Tuesday evening and were held n
rec times daily. Each service was, as t,
ual, conducted by the Rt Rev. A. C. c.
Hall. There were three addresses il
lily by the bishop. his general subject Il
ing a devotional exposition of the fl
rmon ON the mount. lie
The first annual log rolling" of the Ell
uthern Vermont and eastern New IL
,rk Modern Woodmen of America CO
is held at Lake Bomoseen Sept. s. CO
dresses were made by State Consul
e. Dye, State Deputy A. A. Palmer,
ate Lecturer Rev. r. c. Penny and C. c
Byrns of Michigan. The prize for the l.
st written essay on the subject Fra w
nifty and the Good of the Modern pt
oodmen of America" was awarded to al
IS Annie r. Russell of Poultney, and tn
: second prize to Mrs. John d. Cook ps
Whitehall, N. Y. game of baseball al
s played, the Castleton team beating w
, Wells team by a score of IL to 5. ia
m
There is prospect that the Vermont c,
iscopal institute and Bishop Hop tn
IS hall at Burlington will be reopen ag
if sufficient endowment can be Sc
ed to guarantee their uninterrupted
sions. The trustees hold in their di
nds as the agents of the church, ali
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