Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21

. manent roads at least equal W 'iic
apportionment. He has sl30,s11.37 TO
dispose of and has already paid all
but $4,000 of this amount. The
amount distributed this year was In
creased by the balance OF the re-
ceipts for liquor license fees and fines
under the license act after paying the
expense incurred by the state in the
administration of the act. This
amounted to S37,579.25 which added
TO the tax of S91,I95.12 and the bal
ance from the previous year of Sl,437
makes the total amount for distribu-
ton, as above stated, $l30,S1l.31. In
1902 the total amount for distribution
was S92, 1850.
Former State Superintendent of
Education Mason S. Stone and Mrs.
Stone sailed from San Francisco Sat
urday, Oct, 10, for a several months
trip to China and Japan.
The Vermont Marble company, of
Proctor, has offered to give to the
town of Rutland complete fire de-
partment and to maintain the same
If the city of Rutland will extend its
water mains so that the town can
thus get its supply This wiH prob
ably be done and the offer accepted.
Forty-five men employed on the
/ flour shed which is being erected at
West Derby by the Canadian Pacific
Railway company, went out on strike
Monday, oct. II, owing to the fact
/ that the superintendent is a resident
of Canada, it being claimed by the
strikers that his being employed here
4 is in violation of the United States
| immigration laws.
! The farm buildings of Lucius Gould
/ in East Montpelier were burned Fri
/ day evening, Oct. Il, together with 80
tons of hay two hogs, 20 cords of
wood, and a part of his household
| goods. The loss, $4,000, was par
TALLY covered by insurance. The fire
caught in the barn from broken
lantern and the barn and house We're
burned to the ground.
The mills and property of the Yer
mont Clock company in Fair Haven
have been purchased by the Vermont
Green Slate company for $4,000.
The new property includes a splendid
water power, which has stood idle
for two years. The new owners VIII
take possession November i and plan
to use the mills in connection with
their slate business.
The contract for the new museum
building in Washington, ID. c., has
been awarded to the Ellis Granite
company on the Bethel white gran
lite. after an inspection Of the quar-
ries' possible quantity by special
commission. The contract calls for
nearly $4,000 cubic feet of stone and
its award assures the building of the
Bethel Granite railroad at once.
Giovanni viscome, charged with
having shot Francisco Phillippi to
death at Swanton Junction, Oct. .,
has been bound over in $1,000 at ST. !
Adams to await the action of the |
grand jury. The defence argued that |
the state had proven the case to be |
one of UNSUITABLE homicide in that /
the killing was done in self defence, I
and asked that the prisoner be dis /
charged.
DR.. O. l.. Woodwork Of Los An
geles, CAL formerly of Vergennes, |
has brought suit against the Sun In
surance company of London Eng
land. in Chittenden county court,
Burlington, for $500. About a year
ago his boathouse and naphtha
launch on otter creek were burned;
the fire was of incendiary origin. The
company refused to pay insurance
but gave no reason for the refusal.
Anna B. Bassett of Fair Haven, ar
rested several days ago on the charge
of bigamy, was found guilty in Rut-
land county court Tuesday, Oct. Is,
and was sentenced to one year and
three months in the house of correc-
ton. Mrs. Bassett pleaded guilty, but
asked for leniency, saying that she
had married her first husband at the
point of a revolver and that he once
assaulted her with razor.
While Edward Farrar, go, one of
Waterburys foremost citizens. was SUI
perintending the digging of a ditch
for sewer construction on Elm street
Thursday, Oct. 10, one bank caved IN
and buried him. His head only re-
NAMED uncovered and when he was
extrcated from the dirt, two MN
utes later he gasped twice, and died.
Mr.. Farrar suffered from heart
trouble and was unable to stand the
pressure His jaw was broken and /
his lungs crushed Mr.. Farrar had for
several years held the position of vii
lage water commissioner and at the
last village meeting war elected presi-
dent. He is survived by a wife and
one son. ]. C. Farrar. who is serving
a term at the house of correction at ,
Rutland for embezzling funds of the |
Waterbury national bank. The son /.
was allowed to go to Waterbury under
escort of a prison attache to attend !
his fathers funeral
The biennial report of the officers of
the Vermont state prison at Windsor {
shows that the income of the institu- s
ton over and above expenses for the
two years was s1,069.10 an increase of
ss1O.77 as compared with the preced-
ing biennial term. The amount re-
ceived for labor was S47,SS4.65. show {
ing a slight increase. The receipts !
from all other sources were S1,407.04: c
the total receipts, s49,241.69; the total q
s4s.172.59. The present $
contract for prison labor win expire 5
April 80. 1906. The whole number in $
prison July !. 1902. to June 80, 1904. {
was 2ss. The whole number in pris- y
on July /, 1904. was 154. Fifty-seven {
were discharged by Gov. Mccullough, S
~ avnirafion of mini !