Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-25
BRATTLEBORo, VERMONT FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1905
VERMONT NEWS.


play. in the state golf tournament at
Bennington Friday, August IS.
At a gathering of Gov. c. ]. Bells
staff. with wives and women friends.
al the Van Ness house parlors, Bur
lington, Friday evening, Aug. is, Ad-
jutant- General w. II. Gilmore was
presented with beautifully wrought
silver loving cup.
Four hundred and ten gallons of
wine were spilled Thursday. Aug. II,
by the Barre police in the gutter back
of the postoffice building This wine,
which was valued at $4,000. was re-
Gently seized from Italians whose
places of business We're raided.
The war department at Washington
lcommends Norwich university North
field, as one of the six institutions at
which officers of the army are detail
ed. whose students have exhibited the
greatest application and proficiency in
military training and knowledge.
Edward p. Skinner has been award
ed damages of s4466.67 in his suit in
Windsor county court against the
town of Weathersfield. Plaintin re-
ceived injuries from which he Will
probably never recover. by falling
through an unsafe bridge in defendant
town in 1904.
Ernest. son of Munroe Deering
of Randolph Center has been COM
United to county Jail at Chelsea in
default of $500 bail for county court,
having pleaded guilty to firing the
farm buildings of Hiram Hanks.
which were burned in South Royalton
the night of August IA.
Sunday morning. Aug. 20, as j. A.
/ Tarbell of Concord, a freight brake
man on the Boston & Maine railroad
was descending from car near the
railroad bridge over the Connecticut
at White River Junction. the rungs
pulled out and he fell TO the ground.
! A rib was broken and a piece of ii
punctured one of his lungs producing
lhemorrhage.
r. II. Moore of Concord says that
| his son John L. Moore, who was re-
Gently taken to the state hospital Tor
the insane at Waterbury for the sec
ond time the past season. has slept
100 days and nights. or more. without
awakening He said all the nourish-
ment he received was through his nos
trils and that he was very weak and
low with but little chance for him to
live long.
Two large barns with rs tons of hay.
cattle were burned Friday night, Au-
gust IS. on Orville Aliens farm on
Kibby's point, South Hero. The cause
of the fire is unknown. The loss will
be heavy, as the barns We're large and
recently built and only partially in
sured. The wind shifted in time to
save the house. which was not far
from the barns.
Fred Wattman. who has been con-
fined in orleans county Jail at New
port charged with breaking into c. !.
Moores store in Morgan recently. es-
capped from Jail Sunday. Aug. 20. The
turnkey was collecting the prisoners
dishes after dinner and left the door
unlocked while he placed some dishes
on a table. While his back was
turned Wattman went out the door
and ran through the streets to the
railroad yard where he was lost sight
of, though he was closely followed.
The police is making every effort to
locate the man.
Miss Ella Barton of Middlebury was
drowned in Lake Dunmore Thursday
evening, Aug II. She was out on the
lake in a row boat with Hamilton
butcher. They attempted to change
places, and in doing so the boat was
overturned and Miss Barton was
drowned despite Mr.. butchers efforts
to save her life. Mr., butcher was res
cued by men from camp on shore.
Miss Barton was l6 years old and was
the daughter of Mrs. Taylor of Moos-
amoo Park hotel. Mr.. butcher who
is several years older. is the son of
E. H. butcher, principal of the Bran
don high school from 1885 to 1891, now
of East Orange, n. j.
George b. Lawson and son. Delbert,
of woodbury.. have brought SUIT
against DR.. G.. G. Hall of Woodbury.
and DR.. f. NJ. Crane of Hardwick, al
Ileging malpractice in the treatment OF
the son. Delbert. The damages set
up in the suit are $4,000. on Novem-
ber 16, 1904, the boy sustained a frac-
ture of one leg, between the knee ana
hip. Plaintiffs claim that Drs. Hall
and Crane did not set the bone prop
erly. that it had TO be reset and that
as a result the limb is two inches
shorter than it ought to be, and that
the boy is crippled for life. The case
is returnabe at the September term
of Caledonia county court.
The plumbers strike, which began
in Burlington May /. has been settled
and the men who have been out for
three and a half months have re-
turned to work or will be employed
within few days. Many of the men
have left the city and secured em-
ployment elsewhere and it Is not
probable that many of them VIII re-
turn. In taking the. men back, the
EMPLOYERS. it is understood. require
the personal and individual applica-
ton of those who want employment
and the question of employment ana
terms are settled with each man as
an Individual. The employers do not
recognize the union. The question
of nav is settled between the employ
er and employee. Some of the men
get substantial additions TO their week.
lly wage; others return at the ola
rate of pay.
A new shell. invented by Willard .
Isham, C. E.. born in Williston. and
graduate of the University OF YER
mont Burlington, was tested at the
sandy Hook proving grounds recent
ly. His new shell is for use in. great
coast defence guns. 1t is about five
feet long and contains 17SA pounds OF
explosives. made up of 30 per cent
nitro glycerine per cent guncottoh,
and 2 per cent camphor In the test
ii was fired from 12-inch gun at
range of 800 feet into krupp steer
target IL inches thick. representing
broadside section of one of the strong
est battleships of the navy, BACK 0,
this was heavy oak planklng ana
oak beams to brace it. Inc target
was further supported by 5000 tons
of sand. The shell exploded against
the steel plate; but beyond a dent In
the center at the point of impact,
perhaps an inch and half deep and
foot in diameter. and a rev
scratches. the target was unhurt. al
though set back several inches by the
force of the concussion- Mr.. lsnam-
who does not believe i'm armor- pierre
ing shells, claims that IL the target
had been a ship its bottom would