Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-24

the guests were Drought In Dig wagons
and sleighs and were taken home
again. A large part Of the children
were never In Rutland before.
The Daughters of Vermont at their
last monthly meeting voted to send a
travelling library to the mountain re-
gions of the south, which will be known
as the Barton library, named in hon
or of the president, Mrs, william A..
Barton.
The saw mill of Harry Daniels Of
Cabot was burned Thursday night. The
mill was a new one and equipped with
new machinery. No one admits seeing
the fire and 1t was not discovered un-
til morning when it was found in
ashes. The loss is $780, no insurance.
Ira G. Brown, the young man who
stole $50 from the North Congrega-
tional church at st. Johnshurv. Dec.
g. was brought into county court Mon
day and ordered sent to the Waterbury
insane asylum. He will remain there
until the June term of court when IA
report on his sanity will be made by
the asylum authorities.
Anthony McNeely. who was arrested
about three weeks ago on the charge of
having embezzled $1,4 from the Rut-
land Railroad Co. while acting as
treasurer of the Burlington freight Of
fees, waived examination Dec. 16 and
was held for county court in the sum
OF $1,000. The case will be tried at the
March term of county court,
Mrs. Charles Laramie attempted
suicide Mt Barre Thursday night by
taking large dose of camphor and
later iodine. She will recover. Mrs.
Laramie's husband is dead and she had
been living at the house of her father
in law, where she received a caller to
whom they objected. Trouble ensued
and, enraged, she took poison.
The board OF railroad commissioners
have been investigating at Burling-
ton this week the cause of the wreck |
on the Rutland railroad between Burl- /
ington and Shelburne on January 2
last when five men were killed. II was |
at the time of the wreck that I
the wild engine, which collided with /
the north bound flyer, was speeding to /
to be attached to Dr. Webb's I
private car. This rumor was en-
denied by DR., Webb at the
hearing.
President Allan d. Brown of Nor
wieh University Is critically i'll at Ash
aville, ~ c., where he and Mrs. Brown
went few weeks ago to pass the win
Ter for the benefit of the formers
health. Their son. Pierce Brown. a
,adet in Norwich university, left inn
nediately for Asheville. II had been
'eported that President Browns health
vas much improved by the change Of
climate and this latest news comes as
shock to the many friends throughout
he state.
Arthur and James McCarty OF Burl-
ngton have been arrested charged
With secreting goods from the stock
# clothing owned by A. r. McCarty
fter he had been petitioned into bank
uptcy. After the inventory the trus-
ee discovered that goods had been abb
tracted and the property valued at
bout $4,000 was found at a farm
ouse In Colchester and was taken
nto custody. The McCartys were held
n 5000 each for trial at the February
ERIN of u. s. Court at Burlington.
Gideon Reed. Rutland arrested last
'eek charged with murderously at
,cking his wife with gun and knife
was allowed to plead guilty to simple ]
ssault Thursday as his wife was able /
, be up. He was sentenced to not
,ss than IS months nor more than. !
vo years In the house of correction. ,
eed protested that this was too much,
3 he had fought with his wife for
} years without being arrested
That's ALL" said the judge. Il
Mould think 1t was enough" retorted 6
eed @
The Barre Granite Manufacturers
ssoclation received word Friday that a
ley had been allotted 600 feet space a
II exhibition at the st. Louis worlds r
ir to be held next year. The granite n
en- have been making preparations
ward an exhibit for several weeks. -
charter for a stock company with :
5000 capital has been secured for the c
irpose of financing the exhibit and 8
art has been made toward subscrip- c
,ns to the stock. The manufacturers
en- thus far have subscribed $4,000 (,
I'd there are more yet to be seen. 81
DR.. and Mrs w. Seward Webb have 81
ade elaborate preparations for a a.
lristmas house party at their home 9,
Shelburne Farms Thursday. Dec. "a. :,
lie big mansion will be thrown open =.
r New York guests and employees a.
d other invited guests will partici-
tie in the festivities. Entertainers ST
I'm New York will amuse the guests h'
tn musical selections. feats of sleight FL
hand and Juggling. An elaborate W
pper will be served to all in the large q,
rridor. after which all will adjourn IN
the billiard hall where gifts will be W
'tributed from a large tree. a..
Trinity Methodist church at Mont
ier was damaged several hundred n'
lars by the rain storm of Sunday u
,ht. The work of stating the roof nj
in progress and when the worlmen
the job Saturday night they left fr
out two feet of the roof on the 70
-th side of the church entirely I'M MI
'tected' Before the leak was dis Ito
erred considerable damage had been n,
lie to the plaster and furniture of the ~,
irch. The trustees claim that the