Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-01-08

| of his body wounds, which were EVIL
IDENTIFY made with some blunt instru-
ment and might be caused either by
blows on the head or by head striking
hard substance in falling.
The Barre wholesalers liquor cases
have been taken to the supreme court
after a pro forma decision by Judge
Stafford.
| The Peter Gilbert farm in North
field on which is located valuable state
quarry land and the quarry opened by
the capitol state company has been
sold to Springfield capitalists.
The state encampment of the G. A.
r. and W. r. C. will be held in Norris
vile in FEBRUARY Arrangements have
been made for the entertainment OF
300 guests in addition to what the no.
| tells can accommodate.
The engagement of Mary Sherwood
| Hedrick, of Salisbury, N. c., TO Red
field Proctor jr., the younger son of
Senator Redfield Proctor, is announced.
The wedding will take place at sails
bury, N. c., the latter part of this
month.
Troy Conference academy in Poult-
ney has received a gift of $1,000 from
Mrs. Meeker of Los Angeles, Cal, to
endow a scholarship in memory OF her
husband the late Rev. w. II. Meeker.
This is the fourth similar gift receiv-
ed by the academy during the past
year.
Chas. G., the two and half years old
son of D. C. Schryver of Rutland died
Tuesday as the result of poison caus-
! ed by eating oysters Christmas eve.
The child and other members of the
! family were taken i'll soon after eating
the oysters. The older people soon
got over the effects of them.
| Senator Proctor of Vermont, John G..
Carlisle of Kentucky and Representa-
tive Smith of Michigan have been APP
| pointed a committee to inquire into
the management of the National Red
Coss society of which Miss Clara Bar
ton is president and to investigate
other matters in controversy.
| Rev. Efie Jones, pastor of the Uni
yersalist church of Barre, has accepted
the pastorate of the First Universalist
church at Waterloo, Ia. Her resigna-
ton at Barre will take effect on March
/ |. Mrs. Jones has been a resident OF
Barre II years. At the death of her
/ husband six years ago she succeeded
to his pastorate.
j DR.. K. L. Macleay, of Newport, has
appealed to the supreme court the case
Lin which he was fined 5000 for using
physicians prescriptions for liquor
when there was no illness requiring II
| in such amount. Doctor Macleay is
sued some 200 prescriptions in month,
and the authorities took it up. This
will be made a test case.
IN
! "A report has been circulated that
Gov. ]. G. Mccullough would build a
Vermont building at st. Louis for the
exposition. This report is without
foundation. The governor looks with
| favor on any reasonable plan that will
help advertise Vermont at the exposi-
ton and regrets that the state is not
to have building there but will not
take the initiative in providing for rep
| resentation.
Capt. Frank Guyette, keeper of the
light house at Juniper, Lake Cham
plain, with his wife had narrow es-
cape from death Saturday. They
started to row to Burlington and it
grew rapidly colder. Before they
reached Burlington Mr.. Guyettes
hands and feet were frozen and the
boat was nearly capsized several
times by the cakes Of ice. They have
been unable to return,
An express train and freight train
crashed into each other on the Central
Vermont railroad near Bolton Sunday
morning. The freight train was being
switched to side track to let the 9TH
err train pass when the accident hap
pened. Three freight cars went down
a 1O-foot embankment The engineer
of the express train, John Holland OF
Mortified, jumped into a barbed wire
fence and was badly cut.
On account of poor health, Rev. Al
Ian d. Brown, president of Norwich
university, has asked to be relieved OF
the care and responsibility of the Office
of president Immediately, and asks that
his resignation, rendered last June to
take effect in June 1905, be accepted,
! to take effect at once. 1t is understood
| that at an early meeting of the trus-
| tees the communication will be pres
ented and the request complied with.
The Barre Evening Telegram was
| sold Thursday to a new company, OF
about 40 Barre business men and 9TH
ers, which takes possession at once.
Rev. w R Davenport will be tenn
porary editor The paper was founded
| by Henry C. Whitaker who has pub
| ished it for about years and who
will remain with the new management
for a time. The paper will be indie
pendent in politics and will oppose the
licensing of the liquor traffic.
| Senator w. P. Dillingham; will select
candidate for appointment as cadet
to the U. S. Military academy from
Vermont, through a competitive exam
nation to be held at the office of the
state superintendent of education in
the capitol building at Montpelier. Sat-
urday morning January 80. Candidates
| Intending to compete for this appoint
ment should send their names and ad-