Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-24
FIRE LOSSES LAST YEAR
DAMAGE OF s74i,oss. FROM 1855
FIRES.
Strange Case Of Bennington County
Girl-liquor Raids In NorthRsld-
Death Of States Oldest Woman
Doesn't Want Y. N. C. A.

Girl-liquor Raids In Northfield'
Death Of States Oldest Woman
Doesn't Want Y. M. c. A.
The fire loss statistics for Vernon
for the year 1904. Us tabulated frol
reports filed with Frederick q. Fleet
wood of Moirisville and John l.. Ba
con of White River Junction, state In
surance commissioners, by companit
authorized to do business In III
state. have been made public, TIL
report shows that LOSS fires were re
ported, the total damage being est
mated AT S74l,069,
The town OF Barnet reports tn
heaviest loss, $il,121, which was du
to the burning. Dec, 10, of the Pas
sumpsic Fibre Leather company
plant, and the Touring mill of the !
T. 4 II. X. Ide company at Passump
sic Hartford reports loss OF 1871,
566, due to the burning of the Whit
River Chair company's plant. Dec II
The aggregate fire losses of Burling
ton were $Si.324; Rutland, $2O,911
Barre. s32.665; Montpelier sS16; 81
Adams. Sl3,SSl; ST. Johnsbury, Sill,
1896: Brattleboro, S13,9S0; Bennington
S4,092.
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during the year. Every town In Chit
tenden and Franklin counties re
ported fire losses
Chimneys and defective flues ant
lightning caused by far the creates
number of fires. Windham count,
reported a total of 9S fires with
damage amounting to $52,66O.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Agricultural society will be helC
at Burlington Wednesday afternoon
March 29.
The 10th annual session of the
Grand Lodge of Vermont, New Eng
land Order of Protection. will be held
in Burlington Tuesday. April rs. 1t is
expected that several of the supreme
lodge officers will be present at this
session.
The Baptist church at Burlington
has been the recipient of IL beautiful
feet in width and Is feet in height.
ellipse top. The windows are erected
in memory of Charles C. Post and his
wife, Sylvia Post, by their daughters.
Henry Prince of Burlington has
brought suit against John w. Dun
ham for the recovery of damages of
$4,000 for the alleged alienation OF
the affections of Mrs. Prince. The case
is returnable at the September term
of county court. Durham is in Jail
in default of the required bail.
The charge of defalcation against
Z. T. Holbrook, town treasurer of
Milton, has been disproved, there be-
ing only an error of $3.50 in misplaced
figures in the handling of $4,000 of
the towns money, part Of this sum
being known and reported before an
expert accountant examined the
books
nent for 1905 will be held on the
grounds of the Old Pine Golf club at
st. Johnsbury, beginning Tuesday,
August s. This will be the fifth year
hat the tournament has been held in
St. Johnsbury The championship is
low held by Robert L. James Of Sar-
Ltoga Springs, N. Y, who holds one
eg on the three year-cup as does also
Henry Mollenhauer of Brooklyn, N. |
Fire in Windsor Friday, March II,
estroyed the Runnemede farm house
elonging to the estate of the late
William M. Evarts, just north of the
illage. The house was the Oldest
ame building in the town and the
lmber defied the efforts of the fire.
ghters to put it out until 1t had
ractically burned The loss is $780, '
10, with insurance of $4,000. John {
Ills and family, who occupied the ,
ouse, saved nearly all Of their furni- /
ire. The large barns and other {
lildings upon the farm were saved I
rough the efforts of the Windsor /
'emen. The house will be rebuilt t
is summer. h
The New England Telephone COM v
ny of Boston has a force of men at
ork in Bennington and vicinity ex-
nding it's lines Most of the work S
II be the building of a nine mile a
e from Bennington to Woodford 7
ty; an extension of three miles into d
= west part of the town, and anoth- b
toward Pownal, about the same N
stance. The line to Woodford will p
NIB the mountain, passing by Camp re
mfort, a noted summer resort, CT
'Ough the Tranor meadows, noted L
being a great hunting and fishing "
ality. 1t is expected the wires will &c
extended to Wilmington and Brat of
1orO, telephone communication of
h them now being by North Adams nj
Greenfield. co
he officers of the state Y. M. C. A. ia
'e announced that they are ready to
establish a branch at Fort Ethan K,
~, fn h. ok |
e been raising the necessary mon M
and an order was issued some TT
e ago from the war department de
post commanders might set We
lie quarters for the Y. M. c. A. Col TIL
liam M. Wallace, commander at &c
fort, does not approve of the pro- Inc
He does not believe that, I'M
existing conditions, the branch
be of a material benefit. He says i
men are well provided with wh
sements and he does not see what ma
Y. NJ c. A. can do there. He the
'oses to ask the military secretary mn
in the matter. Sl5
Bel
still
lief Judge John W. Rowell of arr
1olph has been elected by the Ivt
tie of New York university to fill ma
of the vacancies in the board of in
ors of the Hall of Fame in the dec
of chief justices. The 100 cleo clot
who served in 1900. among whom a h
the chief Justice of the United wht
IS ana the chief Justices OF about she
ates, VIII serve again in 1905, eX- was
ng II persons, who have been re- ban
d by death, and others whose whe
; of service have expired. The boy
attached to the office is to re- wor
in the month of May a printed farm
f the names presented for places she
e Hall of Fame" to suggest adj has