Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-19
c.rti, 8. Emery Chosen.


Diilingham and Congressman ID. j,
Foster and Kittredge Haskins, were
guests at the Green Mountain Inn IN
stowe, Tuesday night. May 10. on
their way 10 the annual meeting OF
the Lake Mansfield Trout club. They
held n meeting to discuss the appoint
ment of collector of customs for the
Nemphremagog district with mead
quarters ut Newport. There nave been
several candidates for the positioh'
including Cod, u, NJ. Mansur, the pres.
ent collector, Col. G.. ;. Emery Vi
chelsea. ex-Gov. Josiah Grout OF Der
NV. and f. c. williams Of Newport.
After a full discussion OF the matter
the delegation by unanimous vote Sc
lected Curtis S. Emery OF Chelsea Tor
Tho position. His name Will be rec
commended TO President Roosevelt
which is equivalent to an appoint
ment He will assume the duties OF
the office next December when the
term of Col. Mansur expires. NO ac-
ton was taken ON the appointment
of any other federal officers ana the
delegation does not intend to meet
again at present. Mr.. Emery Was
horn in Brookfield November o, 1861.
He went to Chelsea In 1869 and has
been n resident of that town ever
since. He is a lawyer and for many
wears has been clerk OF Orange county
court. He has also served as county
commissioner and probation ofncer OF
his county and been justice OF the
peace, His town has honored nm
by electing him member OF the leg
islature in 1883, 1898 and 1900 and ne
was one of the recognized leaders 1T
the house. In 1902 he was elected
state senator from Orange county
During the campaign OF lso4, ne was
a member of the executive committee
of the state republican cohihittse
and was practically in charge OF the
state Headquarters in Burlington.
Mrs. Sadie McAu life Webster, 20, =
servant girl at TIE Bethel quarry
boarding house, died last week of Ger.
ebro-spnal meningitis. after only Il
hours illness.
Persons broke into the No. shec
of the E. B. Ellis granite works a,
Mortified one night last week anc
damaged finished work inside TO IN
amount of $500,
on application of .. w. Moloney anc
7 H. Senter, attorneys for Mary Ros
ers. for more time to get ready, th'
hearing in the petition for new tria
has been postponed until to-day, May
10.
The cornerstone Of the first Epis'
copal church to be- erected in Crane
Isle county will be laid at Alburg MAY
%. Many DISTINGUISHED clergymer
from various arts Of this state ant
Canada are expected to be present ant
taka mart in tie exercises.
Harold, the 11-year-old son OF r. >
Grout. was drowned at Mill village
near Waterbury. Sunday evening. MAJ
la. He was playing, with two OF M
Younger brothers, on ledge OF rocf
and fell into the mill pond. dying be
fore help could arrive.
Thirteen members of the Lax,
Mansfield Trout club Monday. May 10
caught 331 trout weighing los pounds
The fish were consumed at the an
nual dinner of the club May II. Tni'
is the largest catch ever made at TN
lake.
Private John j. Moore. %. Of tn
18th cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen. \
supposed to have been drowned Il
Lake Champlain early Sunday morn
ing. May IA, while intoxicated. HI
companion. Corporal Ray E. Alvoro
was rescued and was fined In Burling
ton city court Monday for intoxica
ton. The men went out in rowboa
and being unable to manage 1t, trie'
| to swim ashore.
Three new specimens Of Vernon
birds and animals. two Of which ar
rarely found, were placed In the stat
cabinet Saturday, May 10. by Prof.
n. Perkins, the state geologist an
curator of the state museum. IN
rare bird that has been added to IN
collection is a Tengleman's owl, tina
was recently shot near Burlington
The rare animal is the fisher. Q
pekan, a furbearing animal OF IN
weasel tribe and the other new speci
men is a red -shouldered hawk. Tn
state collection is now considere
complete as regards all wild duadru
peds that are known to have existe
in Vermont within the memory q
man.
Recent army orders detach Majo
Henry w. Hovey, U. S. A.. for severd
wears professor of military science an
tactics at Norwich university. North
field from that service September
and order him to join his regimen
Major Hovey Is efficient and popula
and went to Norwich in 1895. remain
ling three years. He was ordered pac
lin 1902 and has served continuous
since. During his service he has es
tablished the military course ana dis
cipiine of the university on a nrne
foundation than ever and mas modern
lied the course in many ways. MAYO
,,se Oft1nE
i'm Vermont in 1898 when the Vernon
volunteer regiment was mustered int
the United States service for the wa
with Spain. He has also devoted niue
time and attention to the Vernon
National guard as instructor ana III
spector and has done valuable serVic
in this direction.
Fire in Lyndon Friday May II, di
damage to the extent of about S50,0o
1t started in a vacant blacksmith sho
at Halls mills and is believed to hav
caught from sparks from locomotive
The wind carried sparks from THIS M
across the railroad setting fire TO TN
leather board mil OF Cushman 4 Ran
kin and the -grist mil of e. L. q II. r
Ide. 1t was Impossible TO save any
thing except nearby dwellings. Georg
F. Cushman was slightly burned. an
Scott Farnum imprisoned in Ide's mi
by a spring lock escaped to the rive
by breaking a window. A curious coin
cidence is that both parties burned GU
were also burned out at Passumps1
December 10, where they were also 10
Gated in adjacent plants. Cushman
Rankin's loss is not less than $35.00
and the insurance is $4,000. The !des'
loss is about $4,000 with $4,000 IN
surance. The Boston & Maine Rail
road Co. lost three freight cars.
The annual convention of the CRANE
bodies of Vermont, Independent Orde
of Odd Fellows. opened in Burlington
Tuesday. May 16, with the largest at