The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-11

United siaies dis,nrt attorney, has Is,
ierted H. Attorney General Mitksssham
al Washington the determination II the
qussllen whether ihr ihpa aaFiaa.s ii l,sl
lag .sar ~in- srissd ia Harry ffidsy even,
lns sesr shlpl-si ia violation u the i-ieral
Law which went into rii.st Jan, l, 4 hear
ius IA ih. matter aill H. hrlL At Rutland,
April g. Ihes- three earloais ol VINE.
made np oi about ~ barrels aud k-ss
i~a.hssl hait- len days aso consigned 10
ascnls ri vine eomianl.s ~ Bane. bat
the han.ls we're marked With the con
signees nanes, The officials oi the rail,
r,ad hell.y.,l they had no right to deliver
the win. Ia the agvni, a. the nrw Law Ir
qulres that a railr,sa--hsll deliver intoxi.
eating liquors onh 10 III. person Ia whom
Il II consigned sNrria an III. written or
der III the consisnee, attorney Dnnn.ii
was notified, and un his order the wine was
seized fri,la, evening hy hoae. ". HALEY
at Rutland, United Slat.s maIshal who
has stored the same Ia liarf., The railway
officials took No chances IN ia. case, a.
III. penalty ior violation Of this federal
law Is line al $500 az imprisonment for
not mere than two y-ars al both. This l.
III. iirst ease Of the kind TO airs. Ia Ven
mont aud the hearing al Rutland viii lie in
III. nature oi test ease ~ Ia whether
the railway eomlans had the right 10 de
liver this wine IN the way Il Wa shlpp-d,
| \ cclehiaiion oi the lOmh anui,ersary
Of the birth of the late senator Justin ;.
/ Morrill, will l.. hcll ia the Congfegai ional
chunh IN Montpelier April a. The pro.
gram will he prepared lay Gov. q. II.
Prouiy aud Joseph \. Delioer.
The Vermont Anti-Salonn league in it,
I
tcrnoon passed resolutions taVuring the fri
cfcndum aud elected these oicers; Ptr.i
dent, Rev, frcd u. Kellogg, Waterbury.
wee presidents, Superintendent Henry q.
Wheeler. Burlington; thaunery H. llay.
den, Riverside, Chailr, u. GAY. Cayen-
di-l. Editor Vermont Issue. Rev. ". u.
Davenport, Orleans: treasurer. Prin. l.,
ueorge Evans: auditor, Ficd :. Pcasr.
Darlington
Gov. q. H. prouty has accepted 10 the
name ot the state q deed ui u 30 acre farm
gwen by ChaT.es Downer ni sharon Ia
III, state Tor a forest preserve under the
act passed IA las, The property. which
j. estimated L. br worth Sl5,W1, will he
developed 10 meet the necls oi the forestry
department, such a. cultivation ui seed
lng,. TIM i the hr>t giit to the state
under the act and the governor believe
Mr. Duwner l. entitled to praise Tor hi
generous act.
Three alleged bogus bond, oi the town
81 >wanton. for sl0M each. purpuIilng Ia |
be ol ana ISSUE nt 80 Nedis ago. have come |
TO the attention OF the town authorities, |
through the advertising of the bonds AZ an I
auction ,alt in New Work. The bonds are 4
IN the correct form oi the issue OF which 1
they are opposed To bc part, Int they |
are signed b., a board OF three ,.ectmen /
aud treasurer never known at Swauton.
All the bond ol the legal ISSUE at the year
IN question have been Cancelled through |
reiunding.
The uutgrowth of the combined manoeu
yrcs and enca npmenis OF the regular troops
with the National Guard ha> been the
issue OF a general order 10y the secretary
of war creating the first division of army
o! defense This includes all OF New Eng
land and the stat. of New York. The pur.
pose is TO have the leguar, aud militia
organizations wit hin that division organ.
lzed into permanent force capable OF be-
ing used a. unit III any great emergency.
In the case OF the first division the head
quarters viii be AT Pine Plains. \. u,
where the annual encampments are to be
held.
Charlie, B. stevens, a we'll known Dan. {
lille cattle breeder, aud his hired man, L
Robert W. Howard, were arrested Tues ,
lay and placed under bail, charged with L
from Canada an Ayrshire bull
Infected with tuberculosis. Another charge
vas preferred against Stevens, it being al {
eyed that he offered the federal inspector
It Newport S25 to allow him Ia bring IN |
he diseased bull At the hearing before |
Commissioner Bodgett Stevens was placed
lnder $1,000 bail on the first charge and !
5000 on the charge OF attempting bribery.
towards bail was fixed at $3.50. The bail
vas furnished in each case. +
+. L. Adams was arrested in Middlebuly |
on charge of operating a music |
tore without a license. He was found l.
niity and fined $50 and costs, amounting III \
II to $50. He appealed the case to the I
|une term of the Addison county court /
nd furnished bail in the sum OF $500. |
\dams claimed that he intended to locate I
n AIiddlebury permanently and in that ]
aSe he would not need to take out Ii I
ense but the prosecution produced evl- u
ence to show that he had gone to Yer Z
ennes. Bristol and other places and con. r
ucted sales for few weeks and in no y
lace had he taken out a license. .
The body of Burt Mercy OF Berkshire
l. was found between six and seven y
clock Monday morning ON the track OF 7
he Canadian Pacific railway just where IT y
rosses the international boundary line at NJ
.ichford, the head and part of the body q
eng on the Canadian side. The body 5.
as found by his brother. Only few !,
DDS from where the body was found is the r
,mous Zine house" The body was ter y
IDLY mutilated and mangled, one arm be. y
lg severed, the legs broken, the head n r
rushed and brains strewn about the track. n
he abdomen was cut open and the bowels ~
ere exposed Foul play is suspected. D
When Constable o. }. Gate, of Poult r
ey brought Joseph Sandusky of Poult- X
ev to Rutland for hearing ON the charge [.
selling liquor without license, Mr.. Gates O
adj to take away under cover of a revolt CT
er liouor which he seized when he raided B,
place Saturday night. San CT
usky pleaded guilty to selling and paid lCl
ne of $500 and costs. Constable Gates p;
nd Constable James Pritchard took San 1t
lsky by surprise and found 20 men as Pc
mbled at his house On table near at ST
md were several glasses. Sandusky was 81
rested and while Pritchard led him Bl
yay Gates loaded the beer and whiskey
und into sleigh and started to drive Pc
+, but the gang of hangers on followed Pc
IN and managed to steal some OF the VI
,uor he had confiscated before he jumped Re
It of the sleigh and drew his revolver, or Pc
ring them off. "a
That Norwich university has again been RI
as one of the higher institutions I
military education in the country, has n
ZEN shown by the latest move of the war TT,
partment when in recent letter to the IT.
nstees. they granted them the right of La
staining regular army clothes from the La