The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-11-25
FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASS.

The superior court at Greenfield in
flicts these sentences Chas. Stevens, for
burglary, to the state prison for sever
years Levi Thornton, for assault, two
months in the house of correction; Geo
Green, for counterfeiting an order, six
months in the house of correction John
Shanahan, for assault, six months in the
house of correction. Lawyer Gilman
was acquitted of the charge of defraud-
ing client at Turner'S Falls, the matter
in controversy being but $22. Alonzo
Williams, the old man from Ashfield
convicted of assault, was sent to the
house of correction for three months
He was also committed to Jail for lack OF
bail in the indictment of lascivious CO.
habitation, which was not tried, and he
will probably remain in care of Sheriff
Kimball till the March term. 0. S.
Cakes of Orange was fined $50 and costs,
$3.50 in all, for keeping liquor nuisance,
the jury disagreeing on the second count.
The court adjourned Wednesday.
r. L. Crowell q Sons store was enter
ed recently by two boys 16 or II years
old, the sons of respectable parents and
members of the Methodist Sunday school.
They removed pane of glass from a
back window near the spring and raised
the sash. They secured small sum of
money and some jewellery, but were de-
| tected in the act. The parents have set
| tied the matter.
A fire caught in the coal cellar at the
Mansion House in Greenfield Saturday
noon, and was put out with considerable
difficulty.
Rev, Isaac w. Peach, pastor of the
Congregational church at Heath, will re-
sign January |.
Rev. J. w. Barter of Heat h, and Rev.
E. Burlingame of Coleraine, are carry
ing on revival at the Methodist church,
and there are about dozen converts
The Merrifield homestead farm, first
cleared by Robert Merrifield 100 years
| ago, is now owned by his great grand
children. and not an acre of the original
properly has ever been sold.
The Moody seminary at Northfield
connected by telephone.
BERNARDsToN.
John Slate is preparing to build a
house on the vacant lot north of R. L..
Crowell's.
The different religious societies of
Bernardston held union services on
| Thanks. living day at the Baptist church,
Rev. Mr.. Worthington being the preach
| er.-Powers institute has closed its fall
term with dramatic entertainment and
supper by the students at the town hall.
F Chaplin has recently sold quantity
of wood and timber from a lot of land
| for more than he offered TO sell the
whole property for and has the land and
good supply of wood and timber left
Rev. H. Thompson from Maine will
preach in the Universalist church, Sun
day.
Mrs DIR. Hall has had her house slated
and is now improving it with a fresh
coat of paint.
Several of the seminary girls went
home to spend Thanksgiving.
GILL.
ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.
A man named Sherman, blacksmith
at Riverside, in this town, fell into the
river Just above the bridge, on the even
ing of the 10Th inst, and was drowned.
He formerly worked at his trade at Gill
Centre and at South Vernon, VT.
The fever scourge seems to be eradi-
Gated. Avery Severance was the last vic
| tim-buii led last week.
SUNDERLAND.
Many Wilmington people will be in
terested in the following item from a
Springfield paper Rev. John l.. Graves
of Boston, the owner of Mt. Tobey, who
for several years has been buying land
in the towns of Sunderland and Lever
EFT. has bought, for about $1,000, IS acres
next to the lands already purchased.
The territory now numbers about 500
acres, the larger portion of which is in
Mr.. Graves's native town of Sunderland.