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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
Chairs Re-Seated,

A Ii PERSONS having old Cane Seated Chsirs
a with the bottoms out, can have them neatly
and satisfactorily re-seated at re reasonable price.
by applying TO
H. e. MUNDELL,
2stf jamaica VT
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
commissioners Notice

THE undersigned, having been sppointed By
the Hon. Probate Court for the District Of
Marlboro, Commissioners TO receive, ex anime ar q
adjust all claims and demands Of all persous
against the Estate Of Henry c. Potter late Of Brat
teboTo. in sid District, deceased and all claims
exhibited in Offset thereto hereby give motto, thst
We will meet for the purpose Aforesaid, ct the CT
fee Of Davenport Eddy. in Brattleboro. on
the third day OF April and third day OF July next.
from 10 O'Clock A. Y. until O'Clock r. NJ on each
Of said days. and thst six months from the 18th
day Of February. A. y. iss. IL the time limited BY
said Court for said creditors 20 present their claims
% Us for examination and allowance
bsied Al Rratiiebcrc, this 18th Day Of Feeru-
arr. A D. lssl
,a s fRaN n 4 ~, FOSTER. Commissioner.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
Braidingl Braiding !

fsrsons furnished with Palm Leaf and highest
prie paid for hsis Call and get tsrrss
Your. resIecifally.
EATON a SEwKiI.
w~z Brznleeo-o, VI, Feb. 4 ksa 80
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
RfRTH2.

Notices OF Births, Marriages and Deaths insert
ed free: all Obituary Poetry however, will invar
riaby be charged for at the rate OF 10 cents pc
Incl
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DEATHS,

MAGuIRE-In Brattleboro, Feb IA, Chas. Mcguire,
aged -.
MARTIN-In Bratteboro, March !, Francis Mar.
tin, aged Is.
STRArroS-In Marlboro. Feb 2s, Henry o. STRAIT.
ton, aged IS.
EDDY-In Townshend. Feb. 20, z. p EDDY, aged
so.
WArT-In North Hinsdale, N. H., Feb. Is, at the
residence of her brother, Henry Barrett, Mrs.
Emerancy Wait, aged 20 years, ii months
DEIvY-ln Gill, Mass, Feb IS. Ruby, widow Of
the late Peter Delvy aged rs.
SMITH-In Sunderland, Mass Feb 20, sybil X.
widow Of the late Cotton Smith of Amherst
WILLIAMs-1n Leverett, Mass. Feb IL, Of diph.
liberia, Emma. aged years; Feb II, Alice E.,
aged years, children of Lewis Williams.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
MARRIAGES,

WHIrE-RrcE-In Chsrlestown, n. H.. March .. by
Rev. G. II. Dunlap, Herbert Q. White and Kate
T. Rice, both of Rockingham, Vt.
WILBUR-BLTss-In Bernardston, Mass, Feb. "a,
by Rev. L. N. Pierce, W F. Wilbur and Mrs.
Martha A. Bliss
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
Boston Produce Market.

New York Stock and Money Mar
ket.
New YORK, March 3, 1880. Money loaned at 8
per cent. Government bonds:
.. s. Is, 1881, reg'd 1851
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
Dress Making.

HAVING had many years ex perience in the
IL Dress and Cloak making business, wish to
say 10 the ladies of Bratileboro and vicinity that
/ have taken the rooms formerly occupied by
MRS WEATHERHEAD. and will do all kinds Of
Dress and Cloak Making in stylish and satisfac.
tory manner. MRS II. s. BENTLEY
Brattleboro March 4 1880. 2Qtf
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
Commissioners Notice

STATE OF VERMONT, WESTMINSTER S. The
" Probate Court for said District
To all persons interested in the Estate OF OIL
YER WILKINSON, late of Townshepd. In said
District, deceascd,- Greeting:
You are hereby notified that this Court will de-
eide upon the allowance OF the account Of David
Howard, Administrator upon said Estate, and
decree distribution thereof TO the persons entitled
AT the session thereof to be held at the Probate
Office In Townshend. on the third Mondsy in
March. A D. lsso, when and where you may be
heard in the premises. II you see cause.
2s-s0 c. B. EDDY. Register.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
To Rent.

To Rent.
SIX ACRES OF LAND, with good House. Barn,
- Sheds, &C., situated near the Fair Ground.
There is one acre of Strawberries on the place,
and the whole is under good cultivation The
above premises VIII be rented for one year at a
reasonable price. horse and wagon will be
rented with the place, If desired
THOMAS O'CONNER
Brattleboro, VT, March s, 1880. s2a-3l
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05
Town MEETING. -cESTEsNIAL ARRANGE
MEMS.

Tuesdays town meeting voied tax OF
70 cents on the dollar for the years ex =
peuses. The ofiicers elected are Moder-
alor, II W Brigham; clerk. II b BaIIoa;
selectmen, X ID Brown. A A Wilder. II
G Porter; treasurer and trustee; > w
Hacb; oyerseer Of poor. Geo Porter;
constable end collector. w A Brown;
listers. J w Morse. Chas Barker, Chas
W DIX; auditors, Geo Porter, l. BroWa,
Es Alien; grand jurors; Geo Porter =
Baker; town agent. Geo Porter; sup ! OF
schools, A A ButieIield. The project
fora suitable celebration OF the loOih
anniversary Of the towns organization;
% Juse I7th next, was discussed, and
eonsiderable enthusiasm for il manifest
ed By several gentlemeD- A centennial
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05


We are glad to see O. E. Plumb out
agsin.
Fred Brown goes TO New York to work
next week.
Peter Eiwards has purchased a place
in Coleraine, whittier he will move.
Diphtheria has made its appearance
here, there being one or two cases.
henry Love has moved on to the
farn formerly owned by Martin Whit
ney
Eenry Niles has moved with his family
to Vest Brattleboro taking a situation in
John HenkePs furniture shop.
Tie village lyceum closed Saturday
evening. Although the roads were very
bad a goodly number attended. The
auction was, Resoiued, That the Bible is
q book inspired by God. The discussion
wasopened by ID. Il. Collins on the af.
firuative. followed by Geo. Hillman on
the negative, then by volunteers. TWAS
decided in favor of the negative. Papers
vere read by Emma Higley and Nellie
Worien. The following officers were
chosen for the next meeting: Geo. Hill
man president; u. L. Clark, vice-presi-
DENT. A. &. Jones, secretary. The meet
ING adjourned TO the first Saturday in
September.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05

DR.. Vincent Gosselin has brought suit
against the town to recover his fees for
services rendered the Bustead family
during the small pox sickness.
Jean Leonard is about to exchange his
desk in the freight office of the Vt: Valley
r. r. for one in the office of the Fall
Mountain mill.
The Bellows Falls Ministries held
meeting at Town S hotel Saturday night
aud decided to give ''show after Lent.
The old lend men" have been persuad-
ed to play.
The Bellows Falls Canal Company
have sold lot on Henry street to Dam
iel Beaten and Malcon Finlayson for
$500, where they will soon commence
the erection of a house.
The entertainment in behalf of the
Irish relief fund was only tolerable sue
cess. The prizes were drawn as follows:
Easy chair, Father Calvin Of North Wal
pole; firemen's trumpet, Bridgeman
hose company; gold chain, J. b. Farley
lantern, Henry Titus. The chair and
trumpet did not draw nearly enough to
pay for themselves.
Town meeting passed off without sny
relative to town house, and the toll
bridge were warmly discussed. A COM
miitee of five were appointed to look up
and get terms for a suitable site for the
former, TO report at some future meeting.
while the selectmen were appointed a
committe to consult with the selectmen
of the neighboring towns across the river
and see what they will do in regard to
the bridge.
The VI. Farm Machine Co, are now
moving into their new building, the for
NAL opening Of which takes place next
week. with the following programme;
Tuesday a. m, Address OF Welcome by
Rev. A. Il. DAscomb; salt" Col. B. Z. f.
Baker. Of New York. Tuesday p. m,
The butter COW" Richard Goodman, I
Jr.; Small Fsrming," DIR. I. II. Hoskins I
Evening. Mobility Of Farming" Col. I
John b Mead FERTILIZERS" either Prof 4
or Prot Atwaier. Wednesday,
Feeding" o. N. Tinkham . -DAiryine
IN England sx-Gov. J. Gregory Smith.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-05

Town officers: clerk and treasurer,
l.. +. Sheldon; selectmen. II. p. For
roster. l.. w. Sprague. +. l.. Grout; lis
tiers. G. N. Pike, Willard Shepard, A.
d. Knight; overseer Of poor, J, B. Tenn
pie; constable and collector, Il. d. For
roster; agent. Willard Shepard; super
intendent of schools. E. A. Willis; audi
tors. e H. Willis. Willard Shepard. F.
j. Prentiss.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04

or vicious people can make themselves
notorious and sensational, and both
countries have suffered more or less from
this class of travellers. America most, of
course, for the reason that in a new and
go-ahead country there is a greater de-
parture from the established forms that
prevail in older communities.
The Times thinks that every autumn
tourists return from visit to the States
with an increasing admiration of the
country and of the people. They are
received with credulity, and soon learn
that the surface roughness and crudities
which offend at first sight all disap-
pear on nearer approach, and that the
same pleasant consequences would re-
suit if American tourists in England
were admitted to a closer familiarity
with British pecularities. AS it is, these
latter are cleaned mostly from the
race course, the public speeches and
thoroughfares and hotel life, and Ameri-
cans find things far more congenial and
life more varied and entertaining in
any other capital of Europe than in
London, with all its advantages Of SINH
larity of language and the ties of a
common origin.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04
Editorial Spinnlngs.

Cats ripen readily when trained to a
sunny waul.
BARRIERS ought not to be permitted to
vote until they have paid their pole tax.
The inhabitants of Snow City, Ne
vada, declare their place to be an ice-burgh to
live in.
When the Ohio River gets as low as it
has been recently. specuators don't find great
deal in it.
The chiropodist who undertook to ope-
rate upon the Tropic Of Capricorn s discovered
to have been quack.
When carmen and bus drivers strike
it is not for the purpose of mitigating their
w(h)oas, but rather to antagonize them.
The dog felt very much cut up when
he found everything except his hide and his bark
had been converted into Bologna sausages.
Establishments for Matching young fish
can scarcely be considered eel-yme synary insttu-
tions, although it is easy to see how they might
become such.
Tie undertakers are to hold State
Con fention some time this month at Utica, New
York. in the vain hope OF burying their perplexi-
ties. We shall look with interest for an unvar-
nished statement of their case.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04

made for the witness, but he could not find
him. The case was postponed till to-day.
1t appears that the complainant in the
case is member of Kalloch's church and
they desire to press the case to ascertain
the truth or falsity of the charges.
Evidently Kalloch was not party to the
proceeding and does not desire the trial to
go on. There is faction in the Church OPP
posed to Kalloch but whenever they try to
bring up an Investigation he succeeds in
bull-dozing the persons and in one in
stance by snap Judgment succeeded in re-
firing one of the pillars of the church.
kydd, the complainant in the present case,
probably re, resents the opposition who
hive cunningly resorted to the Courts to
accomplish what thev could not reach in
church meetings, Nielsen defed kalloch
to institute suit for libel and now pro-
claims himself ready to go on with the trial
immediately and calls this nominal prose
cutor as witness. The announcement on
the bulletin boards that the injured party
in the libel case could not be found by the
police created great deal of amusement.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04

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natl and In ell important Western cities
and towns for Ii CENTS PER WEEK,
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be mailed postage paid, to any part Of
ths country for so CENTS PER MONTH.
te per annum.
THE STAR Is ths only STRICTLY INDE-
PENDENT NEWSPAPER published in
Cincinnati. 1t is taken and read ly
people Of all parties and shades Of opin'
Ion, and 1t seeks to present the news Of
allkipds fairly and faithfully, with justice
to all and with especial favor to mona
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04

A FRIGHTFUL accident has occurred
in France, or rather just out of France.
Mr.. Henry Rochefort, ci-devant editor of
the revolutionary and many times sup
pressed La Lanterne, went with M.
Koechlin, brother-in-law of the Prefecl
Of the Paris Police, across the Swiss from
tier to fight duel with swords. Every
thing was lovely, as such affairs are usu.
ally in France. until by a most unac-
countable piece of Observation-Disclosures or
through accident NJ. Koechlin thrust his
sword into Mr.. Rochefort's chest below
the sternum, inAicting a dangerous
wound. The conflict was of course in
stantly stopped and regrets expressed,
but public opinion is strong in France
against M. Koechlin.
P. SIT is stated that the gravity of
M Rochefort's wound is exaggerated
and public feeling against M. Koechlin is
subsiding.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04
WHY AMERICANS DON'T STOP LONG IN
LONDON.

The London Times urges upon the
English people the necessity Of showing
more attention to Americans who visit
Great Britain and facilitating the efforts of
the latter to gain an insight into English
life as it is. The real home life of either
country is but little understood by the
citizens of the other. Americans learn
what little they know of English class
life in its widely different grades from the
stilted romances of the modern novelists
and the egotistical frivolities and exag-
gerations Of newspaper correspondents,
while the English stay-athomes know
less of the home life of Americans from
the Cockney notes Of English travellers in
America. Detraction and r;dicule are
the easiest of all means by which shallow
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04
A Wife Murderer. Probable Escape

lSL LOUIS hepuDilchnl
The case of Conrad Heumann, for the
murder of his wife and child, when it
comes to trial on the 10th of this month,
will be one of interest, not from any
probable difficulty there will be expert
enced in fixing the crime upon him, but
from the technical question which will
arise as regards the present condition of
his reason. There will, in all probabil-
ity, lie little difficulty experienced in
establishing the fact that he was su fer
ing from delirium tremens at the time
the crime was committed, and, as con-
sequence, was not in his sound mind;
so that the main issue will be as to
whether or not he is at present in the
possession of his right senses.
If he is, and it is established that he
was not in his proper mind at the time
of the commission of the act, he will es-
cape punishment. If. on the other hand,
his present mental condition is unsound,
he may be locked up in an insane asy-
lum. In thlslatter event the case would
be parallel to that of Cronenbold,
who is now confined in the insane asy-
lum, and whose trial about seven years
ago aroused universal interest. Mr.. A.
Merrick, attorney for Heumann, will
take the ground that his client at pres
ent is mentally sound, and not having
been responsible when the crime was COM
mitted, he can neither be convicted of
the crime nor confined in all asylum.
Col. Normile, on the part of the State,
saws that Heumann is undoubtedly non
compos mentis at the present time, and
at the trial he will urge his confinement
in an asylum.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04
HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY.

The copious rains last Sunday purified
the streets and cutters OF Cincinnati as
never scavengers nor contractors have
hoped to succeed in doing, but it should
be remembered that we are approaching
the period when excessive heats are likely
to prevail. June lsin this latitude one of
the most oppressive of months, and
Cincinnati in the present June seems
destined to be packed with visitors as
she rarely ever heretofore has been. The
Millers' Exposition brings us delegates,
exhibitors and visitors from nearly all
portions of the civilized world. Our
suburban towns and adjacent cities are
likely to send in throngs of people
to visit the interesting exhibit of mill
machinery that is now gathered at
the Music Hall, an exhibition unique
perhaps in the history of the United
States, and which is destined to be an
historical event in the history of the
world. In three weeks the National
Democratic Convention will also Assem-.
bic in this city, when other countless
throngs are to assemble here to be
accommodated as best they may,
but in any event, there must be
a most uncomfortable jam throughout
the city. In view of these circumstances
therefore we respectfully urge upon our
health authorities unusual vigilance
in seeing that none of the safeguards
to the public health are neglected. Citi-
zens also should be particular in purging
their own promises of whatever is
calculated to afford a lurking
place for filth, decay or disagreeable
smells; cellars and closets should be visit
ed and cleansed, and if need be white
washed. Sunless rooms should be opened
and ventilated, and back yards swept
and garnished. Any offensive vaults OF
drains should be deodorized, as they
may be efectually and cheaply by a
few pounds of copperas dissolved in
bucketful or two Of hot water and
poured into the offensive place. Cop.
peras costs from 8 to cents per pound
and is one of the most efficient of deo
dorizers.
Cincinnati, happily, has enjoyed fol
months the excellent good fortune o.
being blessed with exceptional health
and as it promises to be throngec
with strangers almost constantly
until late the ensuing fall, it be
hooves us to do what is proper
to keep the city healthy and attractive
to her visitors; and as nothing SO con
duces to health as cleanliness, we trus
that the boost in this direction that til,
elements have given us will be supple
mented both by citizens and authorities
and that Cincinnati will merit the repu
tation of being not only the pleasantes
but the cleanest and most wholesome O
American cities.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04

THE fact should be more generally
known that the census takers are now
actively at work making the enumera-
ton required by the Government, and
it is desirable that every persons, name
be given with such particulars as to age,
place Of birth, birth of parents, etc., as
the census law contemplates. 1t is the
intention of the Government, that the
present census shall be the most COM
plete ever taken in this or any other
country, and citizens ought to promptly
and cheerfully, answer every question
asked by the officers who call
at their houses. The work has to
be completed during the month
of June, and to accomplish
this, no impediments should be thrown
in the way of their finishing the work
within the time prescribed. 1t is the
duty of the officers to ask the questions
they do and equally the duty of the citi-
zen to ans*er them, but ought to be
done cheerfully and at the same time it
may be well enough to remind the pub.
lie that the officers may, if they choose,
cause the arrest and punishment of any
one who refuses to give the information
sought.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04
Brief Bulletins.

Infant Kemper died suddenly at Glen
coe, KY.
N. Bloom at Kenton. O.. killed while
coupling cars.
Ado'rh Duby shot and killed himself at
Cleveland, 0.
Alf johnson, colored, convicted at Zanes-
vile, O., for robbing Irvine Winn.
Mrs. Samuel Beales. Beaver City, Pa,
hung herself in fit of dependency.
Little four-year-old daughter of David
Hoge killed by cars near Goshen, Indiana.
DIR. Barrows, of Newark, lost $50 by
burglars too well posted about the premises.
Joe Budd's wife, prominent lady of
Massilon, undertook to kill herself with rat
poison.
Jeff Churchill and his little son seriously
hurt by being struck by log car at Rush
vile, Ind.
Charles Darbrew was seriously mangled
by falling upon the shaft and wheels while
oiling mill.
Chas Smaltz, while intoxicated, fell into
vat of hot beer and was fatally scalded at
Logansport Ind.
James Scobey died at Greensburg, Ind,
from the effects of the late scalding from a
tub of hot water.
John Hanford, near Wagnesville, Pa,
dragged to death by becoming entangled in
a trace chain while plowing.
Mrs. Taylor, widow. shot by the acciden-
tai discharge of pistol while cleaning out
her pantry at Lafayette, Ind.
Farmer McGregor killed and family in
jured bv cyclone, which blew down the
house in Gibson County, Ind.
Thomas Reece, Deputy Marshal at Win
chester O., struck on. head and probably
fatally injured while making an arrest.
Al. Clarke fled from near Crawfordville,
leaving his Dung wife and two sisters.n.
law, who accuse him of acts OF criminality.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04
A Trick in Faro.


I happened, in response to a pressing
invitation, to find myself in a law court
last Monday, when curious mode of
cheating at faro was shown. The game
is played thus: Thirteen cards are spread
out on the table, that is to say, an entire
suit. A pack Of cards is shufi1ed by the
banker, then cut by player, when the
banker proceeds to draw the cards, one
after another, from the pack, first re-
moving one. If player has put stake
on any one of the cards which has been
laid out upon the table, he wins, pro-
vided its equivalent is an odd card in
the pack, and he loses if it is an even
one.
Now, it would seem impossible that a
player should cheat the banker. This is,
however, how pit is done; in shuffling, the
banker generally shows the bottom card.
When he hands the pack to be cut, the
player cuts an even number of cards, so
that when the cut is put back by the
banker, the player knows that what was
the bottom card will be an odd one, and
knowing also what that card will be, can
stake upon it with certainty that he
will win. But how does he cut the num-
ber of cards that he chooses9 By a very
simple process. One side of the nail Of
his thumb is allowed to grow straight,
and little notch is ma le in it. Pro-
vided the length of the nail from the
notch to the end be always kept the
same, and that he presses the nail against
the cards in cutting, he must always
take up exactly the same number Of
cards.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-04

Mrs. Fraser, mother of the Bishop of
Manchester, died in her eminent sons
palace, a few weeks ago, aged eighty
seven. In a speech few months since,
the Bishop told his audience that his
father lost most of his means in iron
works, and died soon after, leaving seven
children. His mother said, 81 can not
give my boys money, but by denying
myself l can give them all good educa-
tion." She did SO, and he didn't know
how she managed it. She was now par
alyzed, speechless, helpless; but every
day when he went into her room and
looked on her sweet face, he thought
gratefully of all he owed to her.