Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-24

Nelson Murray of West Linco
recently had occasion to chop throul
the ice near his mill dam and -four
II five feet thick. Mr.. Murray is III
able to run his butter tub factory
the mill pond is practically froze
solid.
The two trainps charged with stea
ing the mail pouch at Middlesex, hay
been taken from Montpelier to Bur
ington by Deputy United Stat,
Marshal C. C. Graves of Waterbur
They will be arraigned on the charg
of robbinS the United States mail.
The chief of the bureau of stats
tics of the department of agricultur
estimates the number and value {
farm animals in Vermont January
1905. as follows: Horses, 90,S94, valu
$7,24S,213; mich cows, 2S5,315, value
s6,S64,679; other cattle, 225,S70, valu,
1926, 605 sheep, 214,445, value, S703,
CSC; swine. 90,405, value, $709,679.
Luman A. Drew died at his HON
in Burlington Tuesday, Feb. 81, q
heart disease. Mr. Drew had he'll
many Offices being sheriff of Chitten
den county from 1872 to 1882, an,
later cattle commissioner and deput.
United States marshal. He was II
charge of the Vermont building at tn
Columbian exposition at Chicago il
! 1898.
Douglas w. Hyde of Bennington, Il
dead, age 80 years. He was a gradu.
ate of Rensselaer, Polytechnic insti
tute in 1912. He had been connected
with powder works at Remington
conducted the Putnam house severa
years. and later went into the boor
and shoe business, retiring a few years
ago. Mr.. Hyde had held many town
offices.
Prof. James R. Wheeler has been
appointed a delegate of Columbia
university, New York to the interna-
tional archaeological congress to be
held at Athens in April, under the
presidency of the Prince Royal of the
Hellenes. Professor Wheeler has a
home in Burlington. He was at one
time professor of Greek in the Uni
versity of Vermont.
The thrice adjourned session of the
United States courts was again adj
journed at Rutland Tuesday, Feb. 81,
because of the continued illness of
Judge Hoyt H. Wheeler. The adj
journment was without day but three
cases scheduled to be tried at Rut-
land are reserved for trial there. The
Judge expects to attend the regular
term at Burlington Feb. 2S.
About 80 witnesses have been sum-
noned to go before the grand Jury at
he regular session of the federal
court at Burlington next week, indi-
'ating a long term. d. j. Rapp of
White River Junction, postoffice in
'pector for Vermont, has been in con-
erence with the federal officers in
Rutland several times lately, and it
$ expected that some violations of
he postal laws will be considered by
he grand jury
Charles Winch, 16, son of Monroe
Winch of Addison, died Sunday Feb.
3, from the effects of a gunshot |
5ound received Saturday forenoon
yhi1e the boy was hunting in the |
Town Line" woods. Young Winch |
tempted to climb a pile of logs, and |
doing so, leaned against the muzzle .
his gun, accidentally discharging
ne weapon. The charge entered the
ody penetrating the stomach and
lngs. Medical aid was summoned
ut it was found, upon making an ex-
that an operation would
2 of no benefit.
James Prize, a granite carver and
lie inventor of a machine for sharp
ling tools, committed suicide by
looting at his home in Montpelier
onday, Feb. 90. He had been i'll of
for four years, and
over his condition is the
'obable cause of the deed There
as no intimation that such an act
as contemplated. He was a Scotch
an and was born in Aberdeen "A
'ars ago. At the time of his death
r. Prizes son, Earl, was building an
lproved sharpening machine under
S direction.
James Prize was the socialist candi- d
tie for governor four years ago. '
The overseer of the town of Fairfield ;
S taken charge of the tramp, Lewis {,
dred, 6S, who came to Bethel a !,
onth ago and claimed to be a mem =
r of the G. A. r. He was in very y
d condition. His feet and a portion =
iii' hdiiuo were lIOZtH anu III WAS u
cessary to amputate a portion of .
foot. He was very reticent about n n
legal residence, but from papers u
md on him, it was ascertained he e'
/ one son, Lyman Eldred. living in
'lcho and following up this clew, it
s found that his legal residence was 6,
the town of Fairfield where he was al
n. and that being the last town in II
lch he had lived, supporting him gl
and family. He left Fairfield ar
nut 1869 and moved to Montgomery be
ere he lived two years and since H
n has been a constant wanderer Ell
king as farm hand II.
rof. Wilbur o. Atwater of Wesley eli
university, Middletown, Conn. has Co
cred a partial stroke of apoplexv AT
CHI has left one side of his body we
ess. Professor Atwater was a stu spt
in the University of Vermont
for three years, in the 7
$ of 1865. being graduated from ing
ileyan university. He has had sch
reputation as chemist and has des
particularly noted for his re- Jun,
ches into nutrition. food stuffs az
physiology. In 1902. The outIooE coz cor
lshed articles on Temperance Re- is ,
by Prof. Atwater. which nro- o,a
iced prohibition a failure and gave roo,
ltihc as well as ethical reasons fer,
a change in the law. Pro- elm,
pr AtWater is a great grandson of nra,
rose Atwater, one of the first seer
ers OF Burlington. and although $40
7as born in Johnsburg. n, Y the
" portion Of his early life was Risl
"a in Burlington. He IS SO wears one,
he was the son Of Rev. W. w. of 4.