Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-13
SUPREME COURT OPENS
ROCHESTER MURDER CASE CON.
TlNuED FOR PREPARATION.

/ State Of the calendar--6ame War
e den Shot ATTIRE at Albureh-Th
" Good Roads Association Organ
/, ized-Pownai Man Killed.
: The May term OF supreme cour
opened at Montpelier Tuesday Ma!
, 10, The full bench was present, Will
, about 70 attorneys In attendance
The trial docket was called, and 81
out of 80 eases set for hearing, Con-
tnuance was asked for by defendant
I In the r. II. Patch Muchinists' UNI
ion. Rutland, case ON account OF the
Illness OF an attorney. Plaintin'
counsel objected to continuance and
the case WAS allowed To stand FOR
hearing, defendant to file afiidnylts
II hei so desired. In the Bennington
county cases, town of Searsburg
against town OF Woodford and town
of Readsboro against town Of Wood
ford. Judgment was given that report
be accepted and division lines be-
tween towns established IN accord
ance with report, with costs.
The Bean murder case from Roch-
ester, Windsor county, was contIn-
ued. as Il Is not ready. No decisions
We're announced in any Of the license
flaws cases, involving constitutional
Questions.
The Woodstock Country club SET
out over 600 pine trees on It's grounds
during last week.
A sturgeon was seen In the river
at Swanton Friday May 6, that
weighed about 80 pounds, Efforts 10
spear him We're unsuccessful
Morrisville is to have a new busi-
ness block on its main street II is
TO be modern in every particular and
Will be erected by II. T.. Munson, a
local business man.
Newman ], Blood. prosperous
farmer Of Bedford. committed sui
eide Friday, May 8, by shooting him.
self Mr.. Blood had been Ill for six
weeks with the grip and his mind
was deranged
A. ]. Croft, state secretary Of the {
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers assoc [
citation, reports an unusually large /
yield Of sugar this season. the aver
age yield being two and three-fourths \
pounds to a tree.
The speech OF Percival W. Clement
OIL The Issues of 1904 viii be given IN
the opera house NJ Rutland Tuesday
evening May II. Mr. Clement can
celled his engagements for this week
In Burlington and Barre to speak on
this subject.
The new Bradford national bank
was organized Wednesday, May 4.
with Gen. w II. Gilmore president,
Warren L. Crafts, vice president and j
George NJ. Marshall cashier. The
capital stock is $4,000 The insti- +.
ution will begin business soon.
The novel of Miss Mary Waller Of
Bethel, just issued from the press of
little, Brown Il Co, Is entitled The
Wood Carver OF Lympus and the plot |
5 laid IN that part of Bethel known
S Lympus, being short for Olympus.
he story about the origin of the l
anne Is that the mountain looked to
he earlier inhabitants much as they r
opposed Mount olympus appeared.
The democratic state convention is ;,
allied to meet in Burlington, We'd =
esday June %, to nominate candi-
ates for state officers, also to nomi
ate four presidential electors to be :,
oted for Tuesday, November s. The =
ection of four delegates and four al
,rnates to the national democratic =
to be held at st. Louis on
lily will take place
The Central Vermont depot at AL
lrgh took fire at 4 o'clock Tuesday a
orning, May To- A stiff breeze was :.
owing at the time and the flames II
read rapidly, setting fire to r. S.
illiamson's store and store house. 81
| three burned to the ground. Some
the express matter and store goods
ere saved NJ L. Deans store was RI,
we'd from burning by the crowd.
lie plate glass front was badly dam
ed. The buildings were all insured. re
Six prisoners confined in the guard
use at Fort Ethan Allen escaped Ba
Iursday, May s, by saving through
e bars of a back window. There
re 80 prisoners In the place at the
ne. An investigation was ordered
d the usual reward offered for the
urn of the fugitives, all of whom
re general prisoners with sentences
aging from a few months to over "a,
lr one of them, John Henson, Col
urned Friday, and was sentenced oa
forfeit $50 of his pay. Me
Me
Major Chandler of Rutland, a we'll Nj,
own fisherman, and the Lake Cot
game warden, narrowly Bra
aped death at the hands of poach- LIN
early Thursday morning, May s. Nj Nj
e poachers We're spearing bass at Ha,
spawning grounds AT the north Ha;
of fthe lake. Chandler approached
a boat and they shot at him, the
let grazing his face near the right Por
He shot hack nj tho hIaca where Bee
COW e,,,ot,, o,,d La,,,l = -, - Nut
60" sHiohe CIV nS.iu d man ciF Yea
Us thouSh Woulueu' me poach- Chi
disappeared, Major ChandlerS Fov
ind is not serious Hid
Cali
IN account of a disagreement be- Pot,
zen the granite cutters and the App
nagers of the Woodbury. Granite 6 bnt
lpany at Hardwick, work was Egg
pended Tuesday morning, May 8, Map
oughout the entire plant. The sug
.ers asked that one of the foremen
because of alleged I'M Butt
ness in dealing with some of the Chef
,rers. The granite cutters en- MNg sgn
ed at the company's Bethel Sugg
lch. 20 in number, struck May M6la
with the Hardwick men Suga
because the company had trans SAT-,
ed the obnoxious foreman to F fIou
lel in an effort to settle the RYE
bile. Tea.
Tea,