Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-04
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BARTHOLOMEW cRoTo's CASE
Il FOR MURDER is PASSED.
castIston Man Found Dead In River
Strike at Hsrdwiok Granite Sheds
-RowsII Insurance Fraud Cases
"A Cleared Up.
The Waterbury insane asylum on
clals have reported Bartholomew Croto
as possessing ideas and decisions OF
persecution OF himself and family. and
dangerous To be at liberty. His case
u trial for the murder OF Peter Vorren at
East Montpelier Sept I, 1908, mas been
passed by the Washington county
court
q Hon. T.. w. Clement will speak on
= state finances and good roads at Mid
: dlebury Mar. I, and Bennington. We'd
|. nesday evening March 8.
Q The state convention Of the V. NJ.
c. A. will be held In Montpelier, April
1880. notices to that effect having
I been issued by f. s, Morrison state
, secretary.
George NJ. Rowell plead guilty at
: Bennington Monday, Feb. 20, OF solic-
; iting insurance without a license and
was fined 500 and costs which he
paid and was discharged. This clears
up all the charges against him.
RI Rev. Arthur C. A. Hall, d. D., |
IhIQhnn of Varnnnpt has uyriffan a
prayer for use In all Episcopal parish
es of the state In the interest of peace
In the far east. 1t also has reference
to the unrest In eastern Europe.
The solid winter weather and con-
tinued good sleighing has enabled
Stowe lumbermen to secure an unus-
ually large cut Of timber this season.
The amounts cut by the different
F., firms aggregate about 100000 feet.
J Ex-Gov. w. w. Stickney will estab-
| lish and maintain without expense to q
the town. instruction in elementary ]
music in the schools OF Ludlow as a Il
memorial to his late wife, Lizzie Lin :
coin Stickney. |
About dozen liquor Injunction cas- G
es were mol pressed by the court at s
hoIltptlltT w tuUtSudys MdItH Z, dlSo {
the case of state vs. Il. NJ. Sutton of 4
Burlington. charged with defaming /,
the supreme court in a newspaper, II
five years ago. [,
Three sons of Ethan NJ. and Eliza e,
Wright of Orwell have offered to erect Is
a public library II the town will fur IL
nish the site and guarantee running br
expenses and appropriate 800 for n;
hooks aoph Tho hni1dinp lie ~ 90
be in memoriam of their parents. m
The jury in the case of Abbe j. lii
Elliott. Administrative of the estate of 81
Elliott VS.. Canadian Pacific ba
Railway Co. the only case tried at this tr
session of the United States courts in We
Burlington. returned a sealed verdict lei
Friday, Feb. &c, for the plaintiff to tn
'ecover $4,000. OF
From 900 to ZOO men in the Hard fig
wick granite sheds struck Tuesday, toi
Iar. /, the occasion of the annual set me
lement of the wage question. The
have conceded a raise
f the minimum wage from s2.S7 to pa
800 per day, but the men are not sat- Ell,
sled, wishing weekly payments dur Su
lg working hours and also other con- ere
essions. lar
onl
The body of A. ]. Mcdonald, aged SIS spo
ears. was found in the river. at Cas- yer
eton Wednesday morning March g anC
cDonald had lived In town about two to
onths. Two weeks ago his wife left
IN, going to New Jersey to live. 7
nee then he had been staying at the has
house and working in the will
mes quarry. He had been drinking wit
me of late and was respondent but sen
as sober Tuesday night Sal
the
The new medical college building one
r the university of Vermont at Burl pre-
gton will be erected on the site Of MAJ
e old structure, which was destroyed Ale
fire some months ago II was found der
reference to the deed by which Mr.. tabl
,ward transferred the property to the bait
llege that the land must be occupied ent.
building used by the college.
ork will be commenced as soon as
ring opens, tearing down the ruins IT
the old structure A nucleus Of
out $1,000 from the insurance on org
: burned building is being used for com
fund. Operations will be begun as cati,
IN as the fund becomes sufficiently way
ge to warrant going ahead with the larg
ms. EVentuaiiy, *loV,0oo IS wanted east
the new building. tiop
Nj
\ hearing for the proof of claims ~
linst the old Bennington and Wood ~
d Electric railroad company and LOT
Woodford Construction company on v
k place at Bennington Saturday. cate
!. f. d. Bennett is the receiver for Anne
sc two companies and has in his hold
Ids about $4,000 against which there live
claims which aggregate over 500 NJ,
These claims include some which wi
70 been through the court and arc assoc
sidered preferred and also a mis- co-ol
aneous lot of claims for material, unde
*. etc. The largest of these unse- the |
ed claims was that of C. A. Maurer posse
$1,000. OF this amount $4,000 is ando,
money advanced by him while act 80,
his services for % months at son ing
month. men