Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-10-20
VERMONT NEWS.


Henry J. willing.
Elmer Smith of Andover, a farmer,
had his left hand and part OF the
wrist so badly lacerated Friday, OCT,
10. by catching II In threshing ma
chine that amputation was necessary
DIR, George L. Bates of Morrisville
has presented the State Medical So
ciety with the complete records OF
the society from the first meeting III
1914 up to 1851. The society has been
looking for these records for over
half "A century.
While handling a 1900 pound roll OF
paper at the -Babcock wax paper
mill at Bennington, saturday, oct ~
John Walker was probably fatally in
jured. The roll got away from the
men who were moving 1t and fell upon
Walker, breaking rib The fractured
rib punctured Walkers left lung ana
he was taken home In critical con-
dition.
Eugene Sargood of Arlington. who
was convicted at the December term
of the Bennington county court Tor
attempting TO poison Mr., ana Mrs.
Sanford Hicks and who is serving
long sentence in the state prison at
Windsor, has asked through his attor-
ney. r. w. Moloney, for new trlai
covered evidence.
The Mount Anthony Country club,
/ with a paid-up capital of $4,000,
which will succeed the present Mount
Anthony Golf club at Manchester, mas
accepted the incorporation papers ana
Organized with the election of the fol-
lowing officers. President, j. q. Nc
ICulough: vice president George B.
Wellington: clerk and treasurer,
George Worthngton
Sergeant Leroy Pettigrew. troop +,
/ Fort Ethan Allen. who was tried by
/ a general court martial on charges
growing out of his furnishing an un-
/ truthful statement TO newspaper
/ for publication and who pleaded gull
Ity, has been given a sentence of three
months in the guard house. 10 forfeit
I $50 of his pay. and to be reduced to
I the grade of a private soldier.
The members Of the Burlington po-
4 lice force were sharply reproved by
Mayor James f. Burke last week for
lack of respect to superiors and fall
ure TO keep dissolute women off the
streets He said that the city was
overrun with such characters and II
the present force did not do their duty
men would be appointed who would.
He insisted that the salute for supe-
u
The S7th annual convention of the
Vermont Sunday School league opened
at St Johnsbury Tuesday evening,
oct II. with one of the largest meet
ings ever held, over 300 delegates be-
ing in attendance The address of
welcome was delivered b. Rev A. 5.
Walsh and addresses We're made by
Mrs. Mary Bryner and Rev. ;. r. Nor
ris of Bennington. After the meeting
"A largely attended reception was given
to the delegates.
Victor l. Spear of Randolph, chair
man of the state cattle commission.
was in Peacham last week 10 slaugh
/ ter 20 out of SO animals In the Cham
der herd Mr., Spear says the vigor-
Gus administration of the law in re-
gard to bovine tuberculosis, as begun
by Governor Bell several years ago. is
fast stamping out the disease. The
! farmers have discovered however,
that eternal vigilance is the price of
| healthy herd.
! John X. Chase. editor and owner of
the Vermont Union, has bought the
| Lyndonville Journal of its owners,
Messrs. Holbrook and Fuller and takes
possession this week Mr.. Chase will
consolidate the two papers and move
his plant to Lyndonville. The Union
was established i'm 1865 by Mr. Chase's
father. the late c. NJ. Chase. and the
journal was established 10 years ago
by H. B. Davis. Nermont's veteran
job printer who is now running job
office In Lyndonville.
The handsome observation engine
ST. Lawrence of the Central Vermont
railroad was badly burned and the en-
tire upper woodwork consisting of the
cab and observation apartments We're
/ destroyed at ST Adams, Thursday
Oct ~. The engine. the only one
of the kind in this part of the country,
was masterpiece of mechanical skill
land ingenuity and was valued at S1S,-
/ 900. The fire is supposed TO have
started from the ignition of waste or
overheated woodwork.
! Raleigh D. Morrill,. a nephew of
Senator Morrill,, who was recently ar
rested ON charge of stealing baggage
/ from the South station, has been
/ placed on probation in the municipal
court, on the recommendation of his
prosecutors, full restitution having
/ been made to the New York, New
/ Haven and Hartford railroad. Nor
irill was an assistant of the baggage
master on the Plymouth division.
/ Baggage disappeared, Morrill, was sus
pected and search of his room re-
ivealed a quantity Of the missing prop
erty. The railroad authorities claim
| that nearly $4,000 worth of property
has been stolen, much of which was
| traced 10 Morrill, and recovered Nor
rill made clean breast of everything
and assisted the railroad officials in
every possible way.
At its closing session at Burlington
Friday oct 10, the state medical So
ciety elected these officers President,
Dr. NJ l.. Chandler of Barre, where
the society will meet next year; vice
president. DR. f. s. Albee of Bellows
Falls secretary, DR.. George II. Gorham
of Bellows Falls; treasurer, DR.. b. H.
Stone of Burlington: auditor. DR.. j.
II. Blodgett of Bellows Falls: execu-
tive committee. Drs. Chandler. Cor
ham and H. C. Tinkham of Burlington.
DIR. c. B. Ross of West Rutland was
elected delegate to the American Med
ical association. Resolutions were
passed commencing Senator Proctor's
gift of $4,000 for a tuberculosis
sanitarium. The secretary reported a
total of 400 members. s having died
during the year The treasurer re
ported a balance of s104.37 in the 1
treasury.
At the 43d annual meeting of the In
dependent Order of Good Templars |
at Hardwick last week. the grand |
lodge degree was taken by SO MEM
bers. Ten Others took the interna- |
tional grand lodge degree. These Of |
ficers We're elected: Grand chief tenn |
plar. C. H. Hayden of Underhill; |
grand councillor. Cyrus Bump of Sal /
isbury; grand vice templar, Mrs. Eva |
NJ Hazen of Windsor: grand super
intendent of junior templars. Mrs. 1
Straw of Middlebury: grand secre- 4