The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16
VERMONT NE VS..

Under an act passed by the last
legislature providing for the appoint
ment of a woman to serve with the
governor, lieutenant governor, and
speaker of the house as board to
visit state institutions, Gov. f. d
Proctor has named Mrs. T. F,
Hazen, of st. Johnsbury, for the
position.
News is received in st. Johns
bury of the death Friday morning
at his home in Malta of Henry l..
Cl:pp. He was in his ninety-ninth
year. Mr.. Clapp was educated in
st. Johnsbury and entered the New
York saleshouse of E. &. 7. Fair
banks & Co., and later became the
manager of this house. He was the
only brother of the late Mrs. Frank
lin Fairbanks of St Johnsbury.
DR.. H. D. Holton, of Brattle-
boro, secretary of the state board of
health. says there have thus far been
a total of forty-one cases of smallpox
in West Berlin, Mortified Falls
and Mortified, but that all are do
ing well and the quarantine is being
strictly enforced. He does not fear
any further spread of the disease.
One year in state prison and fine
of $500 WAS the sentence imposed
last we elk upon Abraham H. Hum
mel the lawyer who WIS convicted
of conspiracy in the famous Dodge
Morse divorce case, Hummel WAS
convicted in the Supreme court sew
eral mont his ago, but appealed to the
Appellate division, which affirmed
the conviction. Conspiracy to annul
the marriage of Charles w. Morse,
the fnanciei, 10 Mrs. Charles f.
Dodge, was the crime of which
Hummel was convicted
Mrs. D. II. Chadwick of Ran
dolph has rather outdone the sugar
makers of the state by making 35
pounds from four trees in the season
just closed, thus bringing the aver
age up to the high point of s 8 Al
pounds to the tree.
Clerk H. r. Kingsley of the Rut-
land board of education has made
public the report of teachers COM
mittee made to the board of educa-
tion Monday evening, May 6, at q
secret session. The teachers in the
grades are reelected without excep-
ton. In the high school three vac
ancies are expected. AS rumored,
Principal s. IL. Erskine was not re-
commended for reappointment and the
places of Miss Frederika Abraham
instructor in history and English,
and Miss Erminie A. Williams, tea
cher of shorthand, will be vacant.
Miss Ella NJ. Brownwell, of Bur
lington, was lie elected supervisor of
music in the pull schools
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Henry Nj. Hall of Brookline, a
farmer and teamster, las filed pc
tition in bankruptcy. His assets
amount to $2216 and his liabilities
amount to s2435. The unsecured
debts amount to $3.50. The sched-
ule of assets includes real estate
valued at $1,000.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Word has been received in Proc
tor of the death of Peter Swanson,
formerly of that town, who was killed
by masked cattlemen in Colorado.
With other sheepmen he was en-
gagged in driving 500 sheep from
Cisco, Utah, to Cimarron, Colo.
They had reached Whitewater ard
had camped there for the night
when attacked.
Work was begun last week on he.
Gam and power p ant on Black river
at the famous Cavendish gorge, in
the town of Cavendisb. The CI. re-
mont Power company of Ciaremopt,
N. H., is behind the enterprise.
1t is capitalized ats7OO, roo and it is
to be generating mole than
2OOO horse power 10y December !,
for commercial and manufacturing
purposes. The power station is TO
be equipped with three tuibine
wheels of $50 bois. pow Ell each, dl-
rcctly connected with three 500
kilowat electric generators. The
wires carrying the current will lie
taken across country 10 Caremont,
a distance of twenty miles.
Bad BIO ID and indigestion are deadly
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