The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-03
Vermont News Notes.


The valuable stallion General Gates,
considered one of the best Morgan horses
in New England. has been sold by Col,
Joseph Battell of Middlebury TO the Unit
ed States agricultural farm in Weybridge,
Mr. Battell owned this horse only few
years aud secured him in California.
The Montpelier city council, on recon-
mendation of the city hall building com
mittee, has purchased the Golden Fleece
building for So. 500 and the Greene Syrup
of Tar company's lot for $500. On this
site the new city hall will be erected.
The action ends fight of 10 years dura-
ton by the city, against the purchase
of the Golden Fleece building.
DR.. George Nichols, formerly secretary
of state of Vermont and for several years
d member of the national republican
committee, died at his home in North
field Monday at the age of 50 years. lie
was graduated from the Vermont Medical
college at Woodstock and served in the
civil war as surgeon OF the 18th Vermont
state volunteers.
Five wholesale liquor licenses have been
granted in Vermont this year. as follows:
Springfield Brewing company, ). Bottoms
Sons of Troy, \. y, c. Berry a Co. OF
Boston, J. f. Lynch of Rutland and Fitz.
| gerald Bros. OF Troy, n. y. Three other
applications are now under consideration:
| Sample 4 Co.. Columbia Distilling com
pany of Albany and +. NJ. Brown OF
Barre.
After listening to Dr. II. d. Ilolton, sec
rotary of the state board OF health, Tor
an hour ON what they should do to have
clean milk, 10 Montpelier milkmen Tues
day decided that it would be impossible
to follow instructions unless they charge
more for their product. They will raise
the price from five to six cents quart
in the summer and TO seven cents IN
winter.
William O'Neil, Is, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
J. B. Freeman OF Barton, felI into Bar
ton river directly back OF the Barton
steam laundry Monday afternoon and was
drowned. Mrs. \. A. Larabee, who lives
nearby, saw the boy soon after he fell
into the river, but before help could he
secured the swift current that hills the
river banks full had drawn the body I'M
der.
The Barre license commissioners made
public Saturday the names OF the tour
hrst.class and the four second-class IL
censees. The board refused TO grant any
druggists licenses on the ground that
there was no need OF them. All the
places are on North Main street. i he
ice for first-cass licenses is fixed at Sl2Ou
and for the second-class $500. The az
gregate revenues from the licenses will
amount to Sl0,S00.
The passumpsic Telephone company
with a capital stock of S25O,000, has filed
Iarticles of incorporation in the office OF
the secretary of state. l.leut.-Gov. Il. IL
proutv is one of the incOrpOrators OF
this company, which is formed to oper
ate telephone and telegraph exchanges IN
Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties
1.-THE Jones & Lamson Power company
of Springfield VT, formed for the pnr'
pose of distributing heat, light and pow
er by electricity, has filed the necessary
association papers. Its capital stock Is
SIS 600.
An fears If = coal famine may be dis
,,issod # the ideas of j. NJ. Naldes, a
Ra9,,a tn;lor ar" carried into successful
n~ara+;on Mr. Naldes has given prac
op o,i "v Jo,,oret rat;on of new fuel which
Lo ho u'I henn aynerimenting upon for sew
n ar AD years on which he holds United
States patents The material, the base
1of which is common clay or black muck
mixed with secret ingredients, burns read
iIv with great heat and gives off but lit
tie gas and burns fully as long as ordinary
coal. The inventor claims that the prod
net which can be made in any shape OF
form, can he manufactured in large guam.
titles for not more than $3.50 per ton and
is anxious to either sell his invention OF
interest capital in its manufacture.
Gro which started in a kerosene shed
u "a W H,e "' Finland, shortly before mid
III ~ Er;,,av dnstrovnd four two.story
hlsnii , I'M h,'iid;nnS entailing a loss esti
wo4uGh a. pus cox o60 The fatal insurance
, ILL., aggregate about $4,000 The prop
VIII I Iss5t,e,,od ;noInded the Walsh build
erty aesIl9Sehn H., W;II;ar Walsh and &c
ing 9W h, ny &C " il maat marIef and gen
cuPieu py MN LIZ as tm rre" tennments above
e[ai p Sooa h miIi owned and occupied