Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-10


The nucleus of which shall be the
$40 O00 recently returned To the state
by the national government IN settle
ment of certain war claims, doVefho'
RelI has appointed the following com
missioners who serve without pay
| Josenh A, DeBoer of Montpelier
Charles IL, Stearns of Johnson JUS
tus Dart of Springfield, Nelson W.
Fisk of Isle La Motto, Thomas r.
simpson. of Sheffield and John a.
Mead of Rutland
William Wells Eaton, professor OF
! Greek at Middlebury college since
| 1882. died Wednesday, Feb. l, at White
Plains, n. Y. He had been out Oh
health and excused from college duties
during the past year and a haii'
II is reported that little boy IN
Fairfield Center was nearly stransle1
! TO death last week while playing
hang Mrs. Rogers with two other
boys. He was rescued by servant
girl just in time to save his me. ms
nlaymates had hung him with rope
/ TO beam in the barn.
At a meeting at Fair Haven Friday
night, Feb. 3, the committee appointed
10 consider Andrew Carnegie's proVis-
/ ional offer to furnish $4,000 for pub
lie library, considered the matter OF a
site for the proposed building, II the
offer be accepted by the village. NO
definite action was taken.
ON and after Monday, February .,
Rutland r. r. trains Nos. GA ana DO
| (the Fayers) will be run solid TO ana
from Albany, n. Y, making close con
nections at Albany with New YORK
Central trains to and from New YORK
CITY. This arrangement will obviate
the change of cars at Troy that mas
heen necessary in the past, and VIII
inaugurate through solid train service
TO and from Albany, n. Y.
George NJ Hogan of st Adams mas
been offered the position of assistant
attorney general for the Philippines
with HEADQUARTERS at Manila. The Office
carries with it large salary ana an
opportunity for promotion. Mr.. Hogan
was born at Sheldon in 1874 ana grad
uated from the University OF Vermont
in 1897. During GOV, Edward c.
Smiths administration, from 1898 to
1900 he was secretary of clVH ana
military affairs.
Charles II. Walter of St Johnsbury
secretary of civil and military affairs
to GOV. Bell arrived at Windsor early
Friday morning Feb. 3, bearing the
reprieye from the governor for Sheriff
III. II. Peck to read to Mrs. Mary NJ.
Rogers, the murderess, whose eXecu-
ton was due that afternoon. Mr'
Rogers for the first time showed emo
ton. She was removed from the
death cell to a cell in the womens de-
partment of the prison.
The First Congregational church OF
Burlington will celebrate its centen-
NAL Feb. 1926 Rev. Washington
4 GLADDEN.. the distinguished Congrega
tiopal clergyman will preach the
dedicatory sermon; Rev. Dr. J. u.
! Goodrich will deliver an historical
address; the Elizabeth M. Strain me-
mortal tablet will be unveiled; there
will be an afternoon with former past
ors and "reminiscences by former
church leaders and banquet by the
church TO its guests.
The Barre city auditors claim that
| the reports of the overseer of the poor
c. A. smith, and the board of assesso,s
are Illegal It is alleged that Smiths
accounts do not balance, that there
were vouchers with no items and items
with no vouchers 1t is claimed that
where the city charter provides that
the board of assessors have one paid
clerk on the list there were nine at
times and that half the list is mac
curate because of double registrations.
They state that the state and school
taxes were assessed on 1t and the ex-
ira amount will have to be paid by the
citizens.
Among the missionaries who have
been engaged by the Vermont Bap-
fist state convention to do evangel-
istic work among the churches of
that denomination in the state are
Rev, L. O. f. Cote, whose headquar-
ters are at Burlington; Miss Amy
Haskins. Sunday school visitor and
personal worker, whose headquarters
are at Montpelier; Rev. A. B. Ballon-
di, an italian missionary. who is
working among the Italians at
Barre, and Rev. Andrew kallgren,
Swedish missionary, who is working
at Barre and Montpelier.
3 Plans for new opera house in Bar
re are completed, and work will be be-
gun next spring. The new theater will
be called The Vermont and is to be
owned by a stock company composed
mostly of prominent citizens of Barre.
/ One of the novel features of the build-
ing will be the arrangement of seats
which are to be constructed in such
manner that the entire inclined plane
can be raised and thus convert the en-
tire floor space into the largest and
best dance hall in the state. The
seating capacity will be 1900. Barre
now has an excellent opera house but
J : txiM lNo
The revision committee at work
on the Vermont statutes, has dis
covered that a law prohibiting the
\ sale of firearms to minors under 16
years of age, more stringent than the
/ one passed by the legislature of 1904
! is already on the statute books. This
matter took up a great deal of time
/. in the last legislature, the senate and
house judiciary committees and in
/ the end the senate and house, were
at loggerheads on the bill and con-
| ference committee had to be appoint
ed to straighten out the tangle. Which
law will have the right of way the
committee has not yet determined.
Hon. Frank Plumley and his son, C.
A. Plumley. gave a reception and ban
quet at the Mortified house Friday
night Feb. g. in honor of Count Per-
eta de La Rocca and DR.. Jose de J.
Paul. the commissioners representing
France and Venezuela, respectively, in
the international court, which began
its session at Mortified that day.
Gov. Bell gave a reception in honor OF
the distinguished visitors in the eX-
ecutive chamber at Montpelier We'd
nesday, Feb. 1. The Vermont Bar as
ISOLATION gave a banquet at the Pavil-
ion hotel, Montpelier. last night. at
which the two commissioners of for