Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02

Privates Hopner and Harng, desert
ers from Fort Ethan Allen were arrest
ed at the Rutland depot christmas
Eve. They were sent back I'd the fort.
Thirteen girls, from Is to 81 years
old, were sentenced, in Burlington
court Saturday, to various terms Ia
the House OF Correction or the Indus
trial school. for improper conduct.
Several were old offenders
Two Wells boys, who had been read
ing wild west stories, terrorized a
school in that town Friday, driving
out the whole establishment at the
points of their revolyers. They then
fed to the woods but will be arrested
as soon as they appear in town.
Miss Mary P. Fair OF Philadelphia,
of the Drexel Institute Library school,
with two assistants, has begun the
work of card cataloging the books in
the state library at Montpelier. The
work was projected by the late Hiram
A. Huse. The library contains over
40, 600 volumes.
The state board of health met in
Burlington Friday evening and organ
lied as follows: President, DR.. G. S.
Caverly of Rutland; secretary, DR.. H.
d. Holton of Brattleboro; treasurer,
DR.. I. r. Stiles of st. Johnsbury. The
work of the board was apportioned
among ii committees, consisting of one
number each.
Writs amounting to 1880 we're
served last week on DR.. Don A. Bis
bee aud his drug stores at Middlebury
and Bristol we're attached, by creditors
nh H. g., -.
held in s2.0 bail. He paid the claims
in full Dec. "a and was released from
jail. Bisbee was found guilty Of adul-
terry in the recent term of Addison
county court, and appealed from SEN
tence to the supreme court in January.
George f. Howe, a motorman on the
Barre electric road, was severely
wounded Dec. "a while trying to quell
the disturbance made by some Italians
on the rear platform of the car. An
Italian who was holding pipe in his
hand by the bowl, struck him in the
neck just in front of the right ear, and
the pipe stem was driven into his neck
2s4 inches and then broken off. The
wound was dangerously near the jugu-
lar vein.
1t is charged that five members of
the board of aldermen of Rutland took
advantage of their Office at recent
session to lower their real
estate appraisal from 6 to IL per cent.
According to the report, when the may
or left the council chamber for mo-
ment the members locked the door
and he was not allowed to enter. The |
board then went into executive session |
and the real estate appraisals were
lowered.
When the legislature was in session
M. E. Wheeler of Rutland, who is an
ardent advocate Of the protection Of
fish and game, appeared before the
on game and fisheries at I
in opposition to the bill ex-
tending the open season for deer and
offered to deposit 81, 900 to cover dam
age done 10 crops by these animals if
The bill was killed. AS an evidence
hat the offer was sincere, Mr. Wheel
Or has deposited with Gen. W. Y. W.
Ripley the sum stated.
The residence OF William Fischer at
Bennington was burned to the ground
lbout 5 o'clock Christmas morning,
;ogether with all the contents. The
'amily, including nine children, bare
y escaped in their night clothes. The
ire caught from lamp that exploded
While Mr.. and Mrs. Fischer were busy
Christmas tree. The
amily, being German, was holding the
christmas festival, according to the
ierman custom, before daylight.
Fischer is a weaver in the wooden mill
md had built most of the house, which
vas hardly completed, in his leisure
lours work days, and holidays. 1t will
,e a hard blow to him. The loss was
MY partially insured. On the after
loon OF Christmas day the house of
'ames Bushee, in the town of Wood
ord, was entirely destroyed by fire.
The blaze started from defective
tovepipe or chimney upstairs. Most Z
I the household goods were destroyed.
here was an insurance of 5000 on the
roperty which will not more than hlllf
over the loss.