Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-25
VERMONT NATIONAL GUARD TO
"clEAN HOUSE" IN APRIL.
Pownal Brothers Arrested for Assault
Cambridge Junction Railroad Ae'
cident-Death OF Veteran Stage
Driver-Stato Dental Meeting.

Field and stan officers, ana non
commissioned staff officers residing a
home stations of companies VIII re
port In person to the inspecting OH
cei. State and United States prop
erty of every description will be con
veniently arranged for inspection b,
the inspecting officer. Ratings VIII
also be made upon discipline. arms
equipment. clothing, books and pa
pers
Organizations found upon inspec
ton to be in an inefficient conditloi
Will be made the subject OF a specia
report. and report forwarded imme
diately to the adjutant general TO
the consideration Of the commander
ln-chief. Inefficient organizations vii
be disbanded, unless there be extenu
ating circumstances that warran
their retention in the service.
Guy Sherwood. %. of Bakersfield
attempted suicide Friday. March IL
By shooting himself in the head an'
Is In serious condition. II he live
he will be blind. A love affair caused
the act.
Frank G. Nutting, the well known
stage driver. died at Bakersfield
March I6, aged 73 years. He begai
his career as a stage driver in 1871
and drove the stage between st. AL
bans and Bakersfield AZ years.
The Vermont headquarters durint
the national G. A. r. convention whicf
opens In Boston August Is, Will b'
the Copley Square hotel, which isver,
near the national headquarters anC
the general barracks in Mechanic!
Fair building.
Norman A. Paige, 81. a resident o
Rutland for over so years. and pro
prietor of the Bardwell livery stables
died suddenly at midnight Saturday
March 10. of apoplexy. He was
prominent Mason. a son and daugh'
ter survive him.
AT a Burlington city meeting Satur'
day night, March 10, 1t was voted U
issue bonds for ss7. 1000 to care for tenn
porary loans, TO complete the Carnegie
library and TO pay for new streets OPP
ened. The temporary loan warrants
amounted to $4,000.
DR.. Walter d. Berry of Waterbury
who has been connected with tins
state hospital for the insane for fiv'
years, for three years as medical d.
rector, has bought the Lake View san
itarium at Burlington of DR.. j.. NJ
Clarke Possession will be giver
September i.
Miss Mary Carter, for five years
clerk In Burlington store. has dis
appeared The last seen of her was
In the latter part Of February wher
she left to visit brother In Illinois
She never arrived there. Miss Carter
had been troubled with financial mat
ters and also by love affair.
Harry Gabaree of Waterbury was
attacked early Wednesday night
March is, by two drunken men. They
came up behind him and hit him witt
clubs after which they took his coal
and money. Gabaree claims the mer
were Frank Bickford and Archie Town
and warrants have been issued fol
their arrest, but the men are missing
Fire broke out IN tne NtTiHoli
Marble company's mill at Proctor Sat
urday night, March 10, and was only
subdued after four hours fighting. Al
the mill supplies of the company were
DESTROYED and the dynamo for lighting
the town was disabled so the whole
town was in darkness Sunday night
The power for operating the mills was
not affected.
Charles H. Page was arrested al
Fairlee Monday March Fl, on 9
charge OF uttering forged checks on 9
Lowell Mass, bank. It is claimed
that the man is wanted at Nashua
Laconia and in Cheshire county, New
Hampshire, and at other places. Or
similar complaints Mrs. S. o. Taylor
formerly of Milford, n. H. was ar
rested for alleged completely WITH
Page.
Dr. L. E. Niles, native Of Pownal
but who for a number of years has
resided in New York city and Amster-
dam. has returned to Pownal, erected
n mansion on the farm on which he
was born, and will make that his
home for the future. Doctor Niles
who is president Of the General Elec-
trical Co. of America, and wealthy
has decided to establish a Shetland
pony stock farm on his property and
the necessary buildings and enclosures
are now being erected.
Senator Proctor has introduced ir
the senate at Washington. a bill to
increase the efficiency of the medical
department of the army. The bill
provides that after its passage the
medical corps shall consist of a sur
geon general with the rank of briga-
der general; a medical corps and a
medical reserve corps: and the hos
pital corps. nurse corps ana dental
surgeons as are now authorized by
law. The bill provides for the estab-
lishment. promotions and retirements
of the officers who constitute 1t.
The officers of the state dairymen's
association met at Montpelier last
week and decided to abolish in the flu
ture all special premiums on butter
The money that would have been ex-
pended for these special premiums and
the money received for butter that has
been on exhibition will in the future
revert to the association, and any
money that may be contributed by
those who in the past have offered
special premiums. will all go into a
special fund to be divided pro rata
each year, according to the score OF
the butter exhibits.
More Riots.
Disturbances OF strikers are mol
nearly as grave as an Individual ms
order of the system. Overwork. loss
of sleep. nervous tension will be fol-
lowed by utter collapse. unless re-
liable remedy Is Immediately en-
olovad There's nofhing so efficient &c