Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-30
TO CHRIS7EN BATTLESHIP
GOV. BELL oEsiGNATEs HIS
DAUGHTER SPONSOR.

system Of Theft at Winooski Wooden
Mills-Youns Desperadoes in Trou.
bIe-Drownings-Plans for Geoloai'
cal Work-Bank Wins Test Case.
Gov. Bell, with his family. official
STAFF and invited guests, will attend
the launching of the battleship Ver-
mont at Quincy. Mass, Aug. 81. Many
prominent Vermonters are also ex-
pected to be present The governor
has designated his daughter, Miss Jen-
ME Bell, as sponsor, and she will break
the customary bottle of champagne
over the bow of the craft. as the YER
mont leaves the ways at the plant OF
the Fore River Ship-building Co.
A joint resolution was adopted by
the legislature of 1904 appropriating .
sum not exceeding $4,000 for the pur-
chase of a silver service. suitably in
scribed, for the new battleship
The Vermont will be one of the
most powerful fighting ships afioat,
Her length is $50 feet, her breadth al
load water line rs feet and 10 inches;
her displacement, 10000 tons; her
total bunker capacity, 1900 tons OF
coal; her speed, is knots an hour. The
ship will be armed with four 12-incn
breech- loading rified guns. eight g.
inch and twelve finch rified guns.
There will be a secondary battery oil
twenty 3-inch 14-pounders. rapid fire
guns: twelve 3-pounder, semi-au-
tomato guns; two 3-inch field pieces
two machine guns; and six automatic
guns.
The total cost of the ship is expect
ed to reach s7,51S,000, The work Is
more than half completed.
The large house, barn and othel
buildings of George Day at Randolph
Center were burned to the ground
Thursday night, June %. Loss $1,000
partly covered by insurance. Cause oil
fire unknown.
Andrew Howarth, 81. one of the
pioneer wooden manufacturers of the
United States, died at Worcester
Mass. Saturday, June "a He began
the manufacture of wooden goods al
Mortified. in this state, in 1872.
Burlingtons municipal electric light
plant will soon be formally turned
over to the city. Tests of every kind
have been conducted to determine
whether the plant was satisfactory and
nothing has been found to be lacking
Hope lodge. No. so, l. o. Q. F., OF
Manchester, will erect new, up
to-date building on their new lot al
Manchester Depot, the work to begin
the first week in July and be com
pleted early in the fall. The cost will
be $4,000.
Lewis Mossey, 90 was drowned In
an unused quarry at Graniteville, Bar
re. Sunday, June %. He and Edward
Clark We're on a raft in 80 feet OF
water and fell off. He could not swim
and his companion was unable tt
save him.
Prof. George E. Howes has resigned
as professor in the Greek department
Of the university of Vermont after
10 years service in that position he
has accepted the call to the Garfield
professorship of ancient languages In
Williams college.
During the two weeks ending Satur.
day night, June a. sixty-five persons
were committed to the care of Supt
IL. u. MOTSdIl INuliihb' oie ~ D'AN
were in the house of correction and
twenty four in Jail. Mr.. Morgan says
this is the greatest number received
in similar period in the history OF
the institution.
A COW belonging to C. C. Bell was
curiously electrocuted at Manchester
Saturday, June "a. During a recent
storm a telephone wire was blow
down and lay across street ligh'
wire. It then came in contact with
wire fence beneath. The fence wire
became heavily charged. During the
day the COW put her nose agafst the
wire and was instantly killed.
During the year 1905 the United
States geological survey has planned
three lines of work in Vermont. A sur
vey of crystalline rocks in western
Vermont will be made by t. N. Dale
The Hanover quadrangle will be topo,
graphically surveyed by w. G. Hall
assisted by C. Hartman jr Tbs
streams of the state will be measured
by H. X Barrows, assisted by I. w
Norcross and others.
The body of Osmond Bourn. 60, OF
Manchester, was found in Bowen's
pond at that place Sunday morning
June rs. Bourn had been on fish
ing trip and rowed away from shore If
a boat at about 3 o'clock Sunday
morning and the boat was afterward
found empty. Search was then made
for the body Bourn was unable te
swim and is believed to have faller
out of the boat. He leaves no family
The sheriff of Franklin county ad-
yertises for sale the rolling stock anc
entire equipment of the st. Adams
Street Railway company to satisfy d
Judgment against it of $4,000 in fav-
or of the Citizens Coal company Of
Burlington 1t is expected that this
will lead to the appointment of a
receiver for the railway company
whose affairs are in badly tangled
state.
Willis C. Woodland, of Barnard, has
recently received a check for about
$780,. the net results to him OF abou'
$3.50 worth of maple syrup he sent In
April to w. e. Barnes. jr., VINO was
represented to be reliable produce
dealer in Providence, r. l. After
sending one consignment, Mr.. Wood
ard found, by inquiry of the r. G.
Dun agency. that Barnes was fraud,
and succeeded in stopping his second
consignment before delivery but suf-
fered loss on it owing to the lateness
of the season. Barnes is in Jail for
year as a result of shady transactions
and the postal department has issued
a fraud order against him.
James Ryan, IA, and Basil Ryan. IL.
cousins, were taken to Burlington
from the johnson house in Essex
Junction by officers Monday, June 70.
The boys had registered under as
sumed names and were in bed, Basil
having a bullet in his leg. Basil had
taken $40 from his fathers desk in
Fletcher Monday and asked his cousin