The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-03-11
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
Vermont.

Vermont.
ANOTHER VERMONT BUSINESS NAN rupNs
EoRaERAND pEFA uITERLS $40 GOA rHp
| EXTENT OF THE CRIME--sTooK GAMn
LING DID IT. I'd Ell &
Henry w. Mason, managing nartne,
of the extensive mercantile firn of Hen
\ ~ w 'Mnson& Co. OF Winooski, has fed
and Is alleged to be- forger and defaul.
Yer 10 large amount. Tho other men,
Ders OF inc hrm are, +. G Kennedy OF
burlington and Walter l.. Sawyer oil
Boston Mason had been forging their
names and al the same time keepinaa
'a'se set OF DOCKS Tor period, 1t now
appears on year or Two Friday the
oarnior " burlington oahK discovered
no nanr " ~ iaelser On severat notef
no nau oiscoun'eo ioI MASON was iorgeu'
a;scnyornd that ho aas dafa,,y,or as
well as a forper, and on Saturday mora
ing he fed, being last. seen at BELOW.
Falls ON that day. The extent of his
wrong doing cannot now be ascertained.
but rumor places it at $40 900. Mason
is about 90 years old. and has wife and
two children, whom he left behind in his
fight. and was one ofthe most popular
as well as apparently prosperous, Young
business men in this part of the State.
Stock gambling is given as the cause of
his downfall, and it is believed that he
has only small amount of money with
him. Mason returned Tuesday night
| TO give himself M and was not arrested
as he hogan the work of s,ra;o b,or;rc
ont tho t.Is;fad hnnLs b., ha Iss, eI..
Mop,rao, rostordo,, at,or,a ''' "
,a.,;' -
u', OuanRI"u VI "es 81, nu'iahu' was
piooao.y 'a'a'iy injured thursday oy n
'ail Vi 10 ieet' ..,..
Five hundred voters in Burlington,
have signed pa, or calling for the en-
forcement of. the prohibitory law and
pledging their personal aid. Another
paper, signed by 1888 women, Has the,
same end in view. ]
OF 257 women in Burlington entitled
to vote at the recent election. only 6 did
50.
Mrs' mary b. fost was re 'elected town
S 1 hnn 'leasurer OF georgia. her nus
eanu heiu 'le positlohs nearly ~ years,
,,nu, '.n ,; I,s uea''i sue mas hiled them
'ely sa''7'actoiiiy'
Inc house and barn of Robert S. Nc
Oanlel OF Morrlstown have been burned;
loss Sl 900, partially insured.
Diphtherla is doing frightful work at
aran h. n;na ia ~ ~, ou. VI I'VE chill
'''' :" o'o '"ii'iy-
=, Au Ihkho"n hau was Killed by the
NEW norh express south on the Rutland
ROAD thursday evening OF last week,
ABOUT Two miles below Salisbury station.
Wheu nrst seen by the engineer he was
stopping from Inc SIDE OF tie track di-
rectiy III ifont Oh me engine lie was
STRUCK ana thiown INTO the ditch. On
TO- 49, {, 49, ho up nv ina.A was iouha on
He had nil the annearanca of haina a
tramp.
. o" ih'nil'9aire'
ira merriam was getting over fence
al Derry Win loaded gun, not long
siLce' wnen the gun was discharged
tearing on MS ear and fracturing his
'Au'' LIS ie'o'eiy 10 oouoeiui'
MONDAY morning Moses Fomeroy, al
EN- ploye IN the yard OF the boston Low
ell ana Nashua Railroad Company, was
hnoohIu iioih .iie loP ol ireignt traln'
~ h's n o. oonins ~ oontao1 WIN the
on 90 y. tuo 49, Tnon passing ou' VI
,io 1loisu. unpo.' nus pouy WAS caught
~ 'osoPn 90 oouf' ana as the latter
Ialied 10 ho,u ~ romeo under the wheels
tTha w. s"ooasaJ wav on Tue chest;
~ no s,on, Cro,on yboro 1 h;a g uiu hna
o ,aa,har raside Us 'A'ier anu
m. IT, .,, o,hou
.ne ooi LACEY w EI. w.< vs. n,a.ch
VI. and w ]. Curnv or EIv, W.. at I'm.
ion Village on SATURDAY. evening. was
decided in favor of Flagg. The crowd
was dissatisfied and they are ro try it a..
gain at Hanover tomorrow evening.
A Man chester wJman was picked nm
~ an engine Monday and carried some
distance without serions harm so far az
,o) Id be perceived. Her only apparent
n4A'J was o"culng al the nose.
I MASSACHUSETTS,.
I. MURDER AT cHARLEsTowN.
., Archibald Anderson, AZ, watcbman
Or the rope walk at the Charlestown navy
ard, was found Friday night lying dead
ear the engine house. Investigation
hows that he was murdered, having
cen shot through the heart. There is
o clue to the assassin.
AN $50 600 sv,Nn,v ;
After weeks Of invost;na,;on ,,s q
onnn ~ ooE 600 - " u'n Il