Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-20

knocked out and the cab partly de
molished. The first two cars wer
. loaded with beef and were telescoped
the contents being scattered in al
directions. Other cars were throw
from the track and the tender stoot
upon end.
The house and barn on the w. D
Holden farm at Mount Holly wer,
burned Saturday, Jan. IA, with thei
contents. Forty-five tons of balet
hay belonging to the Holden estat,
was among the property burned. The
household goods were insured.
The Vermont Bee Keepers asso-
citation held its 31st annual meeting
at Middlebury Thursday Jan. ~, lis
tening to reports and addresses and
electing these officers: President, M
NJ Cram; vice presidents, G.. c.
Spencer, c. r. Fisk, E. r. Slavery, C.
M. Rice, c. N. Forbes; secretary, w
G. Larrabee; treasurer, H. L. Leon
ard.
1t is announced from Bennington
that Hon. Charles III. Darling Of that
place, the well-knows lawyer, now as
sistant secretary of the navy at
Washington, is a candidate for the
office of collector of customs for the
district of Vermont to succeed the
Hon. Olin Merrill of Enosburg Fails,
upon the expiration of his second
term in October of this year.
An explosion Tuesday morning,
Jan. II, wrecked the mixing building
of the Robin Hood Powder company,
near Swanton. Friction in one Of the
granulators is supposed to have
caused it. Three men were working
In the building at the time, but es-
capped uninjured The loss is estimat-
ed at about $1,000 with no insurance.
At the 56th annual meeting of the
National Life Insurance company at
Montpelier Tuesday, Jan. II, the old
board of officers was reelected. Dur
Ing the past decade the company's
insurance outstanding has increased
LOT per cent, the yearly income has
increased 135 per cent and the assets
have increased 1874 per cent The
company is now permitted to do
business in Al states of the union.
A formal charge of murder in the
first degree was made Saturday, Jan.
IA. at Burlington, against Louis and
Dennis Trembley, who have been
held on suspicion for causing the |
death of Louis Lamora, whose body |
with skull fractured, was found at |
Winooski Sunday Jan. 5. The pre-
hearing has been set for |
Wednesday, Jan. rs. Attorney General |
Fits assisting the states attorney
The butter that was on exhibit at
he Dairymen's association meeting
1t Montpelier has been sold, nearly
LII of it going to Springfield Mass,
IT ~ cents per pound. Most Of the
cheese went to John Dobbs of Mont
oelier. One thousand and thirty four
pounds of butter were on exhibit. The
mount received will make about
$50 available for distribution to ex-
libitors or at the rate of about $1.2O
Ter point above 80.
Frank Adams, John Gowett and B. ,
)ominick were badly injured at Bur- z
ngton Tuesday, Jan. II, in an eleva- G
or accident at the new medical coll [
ege building. The men were near [
he top when the plank that held the '
able broke and the elevator fell so t
eet to the ground. Adams suffered a @
roken wrist. The others received q
pinal and internal injuries. All will @
-SoNeI' II was tile last udy the e1e- J.
ator was supposed to work, after +
aving been used all the season. Each h
IAN carried a hod of mortar. Y
The first annual meeting of the d
ermont Forestry association was N
cid at Montpelier Thursday, Jan. 12 h
nd the election of officers resulted as m
flows: President, w. J. Van Patten h,
Burlington; vice presidents, E. c. m
NTH of st. Adams and George Ait M
an of Woodstock; secretary and al
easurer, Ernest Hitchcock of Pitts m
I'D; executive committee, C. H. sI
reen of White River Junction, Jo- as
ph A. De Boer of Montpelier and
rof. R, L. Jones of Burlington The
sociation voted to join the national
sociation. mi
The annual convention of the OPP
1ung Mems Christian associations os
the state will be held in Rutland co
Dril IA, Is and 16. The convention fix
Al open with banquet Friday su
ening and three sessions will be alb
Id on the following day. Sunday ito
ternoon big mass meeting will be sta
Id at the opera house. 1t is expect lin
That one or more members of the wa
committee will attend Tn
convention. A program commit Wi
:. consisting of F. S. Morrison and ira
F. North of Burlington and F. b. of
obitts of Rutland, was appointed. sio
pee
)ormenioo conoo Pa
,rs old doc. " .'ohaH 10 an(
aped death in an accident at the 100
,Jonaa - niccl at East DOR vie
carrying away the freshly sawed fed
rds when he tripped and fell on cor
log carriage and before he could roo
pulled off was carried on the saw. arn
ieft arm was severed near the To
ulder and in another second the is
would have been cutting its way are
,ugh his body had not one Of the fav
'loyees dragged the young man ow,
n the carriage. anc
mis-
he case of state VS.. Herman forl
nsky OF west Rutland, to deter of
e whether Jamaica ginger can be son
sed as an intoxicating beverage to
er the Vermont liquor laws, will stat
tried at this months term of the MOI
RENE court. Krinsky is a West cret
land grocer and he says that he rad,
always obtained ginger from Nor
lesale grocery house If he is com
yicted. 1t will mean that no Yer pan
t grocer or druggist who has not the
iuU, license can sell Jamaica gin Nor
II rs .aVorite drink in towns tiers
re .nere rs no license Officers mill
se that Krinsky has for years pacJ
lucted a Jamaica ginger saloon. part
was arrested on the technical rajlr
ge Of selling intoxicating LIQUOR reve
out license. although, so far as wer,
nown. Jamaica ginger in original Atcf
ages was the only liquid which Seer
dispensed. Krinsky was convicted char
1'' eourI ques