Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-03
SOME VERMONT MATTERS.
A GLANCE AT THE STATES NEWS REC
ORD FOR THE PAST WEEK.


Formed New $40, 900 Gymnasium for Poult'
ney-Large Panther Shot in Bakersfield
Death of Civil War Hero Accident to Musk
rat Hunter.
The work Of rebuilding the burned
area of Mddlebury has begun. Fire
proof buildings will be erected.
Vermont has 80 subordinate oranges
and a total membership of 5000, accord
ing to the last report OF the state grange
secretary.
A meeting OF the state board OF
health was held at Burlington Friday
night to arrange 2vt..is OF the state
hea!.,a officers school to be held there
June 15-18.
The annual fair of the Vermont
State Agricultural society Will be helo
in conjunction with the fair OF the
Rutland County Agricultural society
in Rutland the coming fall.
A new $4,000 gymnasium will be
built this year at Troy. Conference
academy, Poultney. The plans include
a handsome structure with all modern
fixtures. The residents of Poultney
expect to contribute $500 to the FUND.-
Mrs. Ellen Rounds Of Weston was ar
rested last week for sending obscene
letters and postals through the mails;
She waived examination and was held
in $500 bail which was furnished. She
will be tried in the federal courts IN
May.
Miss Catherine Hutchinson, former
ly of Montpelier, has just signed con-
tract with Nat Goodwin next season
in musical version Of Shakespeare
Midsummer Nights Dream" in
which she is to be the prima donna.
The play will open in New York Octo
Der 10.
A large panther was shot on Bakers
field mountain Friday by two Mont.
gomery hunters. The animal had
killed deer few days before and the
men followed its trail with dogs. The,
odore Sheldon, who fired the fatal
shot, is 70 years old and has killed over
70 bears.
1t will take five years to complete the
contract of the Woodbury. Granite com
pany to furnish $4,000, 600 worth OF
granite for the new Pennsylvania cap
itol building and during that time the
shops at Bethel and Hardwick will be
worked to their full capacity. The con
tract promises much to Bethel.
Charles Getchell of Cabot, who, five
years ago.. served two years sentence
at Rutland for killing four cows, was
arrested Friday on complaint OF the
states attorney, charging him with
cruelty to animals. 1t is alleged that
he drove long handled shovel into the
side of COW Wednesday night. killing
the animal.
Peter Wood of Poultney was drawn
by belt over pulley in mill where
he was at work last week and was
crushed about the head and chest, one
and the doctor thinks that it will be
some time before he can see. Wood
has large fnmily dependent on him
for support
Several owners of automobiles and
those interested in motor vehicles or
ganized at Montpelier Thursday under
the name of the Automobile club of
Vermont. A constitution and bylaws
will be adopted later. There are about
rs owners of automobiles in the state
and large majority of these is expect
ed to join the club.
The American college dinner in Jo
hannesburg in the Transvaal on Wash
ington's birthday was presided over by
Robert NJ. Catlin, University of Yer
mont. '73. On the menu card was
printed the American flag with the
green and gold banner of the Univer-
sity of Vermont, and among the songs
"Champlain" had prominent place.
The body of George W. Kelley of Bur
lington, who had been missing since
Thursday noon, was recovered Friday
afternoon near the dock of the Crane
Lumber Co. 1t is understood that
Kelley suffered much of late with spi-
nal trouble and that he was subject to
violent attacks of nervousness. The
theory is advanced that while in one
of these attacks he fell into the water.
Dexter Moody, 30, of Montpelier is
supposed to have fallen into the Wi
nooski river last week Wednesday, but
searching parties with graphing hooks
failed to recover the body. lie was y
feet, 4 inches high and weighed $50
pounds. He was veteran of the civil
war and formerly a brakeman on the
Central Vermont. A reward of 500
has been offered for the recovery of his
body.
w. ". Vaughn of Rutland has just
received inquiries from New London,
Conn, concerning the Rev. f. j.
Stiles, a regularly ordained Baptist
minister, who preached in Rutland last
spring and later jumped his board bill
leaving his crippled wife on Mr..
Vaugn's hands, and who now has
worked another swindle at New Lon
don, when he either eloped or abduct-
ed young girl in her teens.
The lumbermen are beginning to
prepare logs for the annual drive down
the Connecticut river. The streams
are much swollen because of the rain
and warm weather, which melts, the
snow on the mountains, and the high
water on Lake Champlain is causing
considerable annoyance in Burlington,
but there will be no ice blockade and
the damage by high water will be COM
paratively small.
The Vermont state camp grounds for
the National Guard near Fort Ethan
Allen, will probably become rendez
vous for mobilizipg the guard from
other states in connection with the an
nual encampment of the Vermont SOL
diers next August Several days may
be added to the duration of the camp
so that the guard may have the oppor-
tunity of receiving the militia from
other states. 1t is also contemplated
that the Vermont militia visit other
state camps.
Henry III. Ricor, formerly of Barre,
died last week at Manchester, n. III.
He was color bearer of the 9TH VT. vol