Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
SOME VERMONT MATTERS,
A GLANCE AT THE STATES NEWS REC
ORD FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Not Possible Candidate Labor
Union Moves for New Trial-Bennington's
Youthful Chief Of Police Interesting Case
Of Malpractice by osteopathy.
d. Frank Chase, manager of the
Queen City Publishing Co., Burling-
ton, has left town and his partners
state that he took with him consider
able of the firms money.
The defendants in the Rutland labor
union case have made a motion for a
new trial on the ground that one OF
the jurors had talked about the case
during the trial and predicted that the
plaintiff would get verdict.
Elwin Jocelyn, the 5-yearold son OF
Mr. and Mrs. +. A. Jocelyn OF North
field, was given belladonna for casto-
ria Sunday and narrowly escaped death
in consequences The mother, who ad-
ministered the medicine, is Frustrated.
The state convention of Congrega-
tional churches will be held in Bur.
lington June 8, 10 and II. The general
topic will be the work of Christian
evangelism by the Congregational
churches of Vermont About 200 dele
PdteS are cAptCbou.
James Reagan of Fair Haven was
struck by the hill freight near White
hall, N. Y, Thursday and died in less
than an hour. He was sitting on the
edge of a tie when struck. He was
about so years old and leaves wife
and four small children.
Thomas Waterman Wood, the famous
Vermont artist, died Of heart disease
in New York hospital Tuesday. He
was born in Montpelier in 1923. He
studied in London, Paris, Rome and
Florence and gained much renown as
portrait and figure painter.
Woodstock is to build $40,
schoolhouse on lot near the high
school building to take the place OF
the two now used for primary and in
termediate schools A two-room build
ing will also be erected at South Wood
stock to replace the old schoolhouse
there.
Beginning July l, Richford and Ma
lone, N. Y, will be the only ports in
the East at which Chinese can enter
the United States. An inspector,
stenographer and interpreter will be
stationed at Richford, and building,
commonly called detention shed, will
be necessary.
William d. Plastridge, owner of the
largest and most valuable farm in
Mortified, was seriously injured Tues
day while skiddiDg logs. The harness
broke, allowing a log to roll over Mr..
Plastrdge. 1t is feared that both legs
are fractured and that he has sustained
internal injuries.
Bennington is interes' ed over the an
other winter there will be connection
with North Adams, Mass, by electric
railroad. The Bennington and North
Adams street railway company has al
ready been Incorporated, and the route,
one of 90 miles, surveyed.
Frank johnson, of Pownal, was
found dead in the rear of Farnum's
lumber mill ia Stamford, Monday. He
was seen early in the day in an intox-
icated condition. He had been work
ing at the mill for several days.
Physicians announce that his death
was due to strangplation.
Frank Garipe, an 11-year-old boy,
was dared by his playmates to Jump
from a platform in the shed at St.
Adams Thursday night. In jump
ing his foot caught in rope and hung
him for a time and when he fell he
struck on his abdomen on a sawhorse.
He died few hours later.
Mrs. Joseph Massey aud Mrs. Dan
Aldrich of East Hardwick quarreled
Saturday over a dispute between their
children. In scuffle Mrs. Massey was
rolled down over a steep bank and sus
tanned internal injuries. She died Sat
urday evening. Mrs. Aldrich will
probably be arrested for manslaughter.
The quarantine placed on Vermont
cattle by the Massachusetts, commission
as the result of the appearance of the
foot and mouth disease in Vermont.
has brought about some interesting
complications. The difficulty arises
from the recent order issued, which
says that no cattle shall be driven or
taken or allowed to go from one state
into the other. As the order now stands,
it means that farmer having pasture
which is partly in Vermont and partly
in Massachusetts, shall not be allowed
to turn his cows out unless he prevents
them from passing from one state to
the other.