The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-10-13
NEW ENGLAND.
YER MONT.

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Mrs VIM. Ludden OF Brandon Is averred +
have been cured by prayer. She was suffering
from spinal complaint, and was unable to NOV
IN oed She was made the subject OF prayer ont
day, recently, and the next day she SAT up. Las
week she walked out.
An extra freight ran into No. "a freight while II
was taking wood at Ridley, Saturday No "a had
no signal out to stop the extra, but had left word
ut North1eld for the extra that II would stop for
wood y Ridley. Six cars OF No. "a were wrecked
aud the engine OF the extra was badly damaged,
The early Boston train was delayed six hours,
An attempt was made Saturday night to blow
| open the saIe OF the N0rthteld savings bank. The
sale door was drilled and filled with powder,
winch was exOloded blowing out the back OF the
safe door, but not giving admission to the safe.
| There Ia no clue 10 the burglars
Esnhart, said to DO mayor Of Ibervlle, p. O.,
and formerly member OF the Canadian parlia-
suit by the bank OF st Johns, r. O., which alleges
that he has defraaded the bank VI $1,000 In con-
nectlon with the warehouse receipts which he
gave as collateral for $4,000 loan.
The annual state convention Of Young Mems
Christian associations met at Burlington Tuesday
night. There was a large attendance. An al
dress OF welcome was delivered by Rev DR. l.. o.
Brastow OF Burlington, and several visitors made
responses. me principal address was by Rev II.
a. spency OF Montpelier on The Importance Of
Christian work for young men,"
A man in shabby clothes, with many turkey
feathers stuck IN them, rushed out OF some woods
~ Bralntree, seized a young child winch was
playing IN the yard, and ran to the woods with II.
Ihe mother ran alter the man, calling the dog
me dog took hold OF the man by the leg, and the
mother got the child IN her arms and ran TO her
husband who was at work some distance away.
After informing HIM OF what had happened, she
TAINTED. several men went in pursuit Of the ras-
ca, but ne ran like deer and escaped.
While Jerome Wheeler of Sandgate was on the
mountain recently getting out logs, his son Hor.
ace, ten years old, became frightened, ran under
u 1aiilng Tree anu was Instantly Killed
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prison at Montpelier under sentence of death for,
with his mother, killing little girl at Waterbury,
some two years since, by administering strych-
niiie, having previously cruelty beaten the child
on several occasions, has made a confession
which is substantially the same recited by wit
nesses at the trial He accuses his mother of in
st1gatlng the murder The details show great
brutality.
Mrs Walter Cook of Brandon has committed
suicide with morphine because of family troubles.
William, the l2-year old son of John McGrath
OF Burlington, was killed Monday. A house was
being moved when the windass broke and piece
new back and struck him on the head.
st Johnsbury is to have new railway station
house ll6x4O feet on the foundation, two stories
high and to be built Of brick
Last week Wednesday night the premises of N.
Grosvenor of West Ferrisburgh, were entered
and considerable properly stolen. The premises
OF q. 3, Elmer, a neighbor, was also visited and
span OF horses and IA double harness taken. The
thieves were tracked to Monkton, going east
rTdHk GlHOTu, commence man, was arrested
at ~ Adams Monday afternoon by Sheriff Halbert.
He Is Implicated In the attempted robbery of the
Northteld bank.
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Thos. Kenney, 20 years old, was kicked in the
stomach in the stable of Charles Wing at New
buryport, Wednesday morning, and instantly
killed.
Thomas N. Hart, the president of the Mount
vernon national bank, at Boston, has made an Of
fer to the creditors Of Messrs Wellington Broth
ers & Co. 10 pay them Immediately 10 per cent Of
tn cir claims in cash. taking an assignment of
each claim.
Willie Cleary,six years old was drowned at Hol-
yoke, in the raceway of mill, Friday afternoon.
While George II. Huntington and wife and four
children In one boat and Willis Dow with three Of
Huntington's children in another, were returning
to Amesbury from Grape island Saturday, where
they had been spending few days, the boats
were capsized by squall and all were drowned.
Several houses at North Attleboro were broken |
into Friday night The burglars secured but lit |
tie plumber.
Michael Cannon, Patrick Cannon and John Bo- |
hannah became engaged in dispute last week |
Thursday night In Lowell over live cent piece, |
when one of the Gannons stabbed Bohannan with |
a pocket Knife from the effects of which he died |
20 minutes after. Patrick was arreste and com. |
mited without bail. The police are hunting for |
Michael.
Capt Webb has entered Oh four days float in a |
tank of water in Horticu tural hall at Boston, He
eats from floating table and sleeps with his hands
clasped behind his head, leaving the water for |
moment once each day. 1t has been a notion OF |
physicians that SO hours in water would kill any |
man.
James Keaney Of South Boston has been arr est |
ed, charged with so cruelty beating his wife Sat- |
urday that she died from the injuries Monday.
All the colleges, except Yale, which has not |
yet been heard from, have agreed to follow the |
lead Of Harvard, aud forbid their college nine |
from playing with professional clubs.
birmingham people and police are puzzled by |
the discovery in Ellis woods of partially starved
horse attached to buggy, and in different places
sewlng-machlne, mans shlrt and copy OF
the Amesbu, y and Salisbury News of September
Ii. Murder or something Of the sort is suspected.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Caleb Remission Of Dover reported at the police
son hill Monday night he was overpowered by
four unknown men, who knocked him down and
robbed him OF his money, t3). He was much
scared, anal his face bears evidence OF a tnssle
Joseph Tewksbury and wife Of ossipee were
tanned broken fsg.
The seth annual session of the grand encamp-
ment OF Odd Fellows was held at Manchester,
I uesday, and VIM ii. Plummer of Pennington
was chosen grand patriarch. A fund was voted |
for the Ridgeey monument and considerable
routine business done.
The law OF ISIS taxing legacies and success |
sions to certain classes OF legatees and inventors |
has been declared unconstitutional by Judge |
Blohgett of the supreme court
Graves block at Epping, oc cupied as drug
store by A A. White and as a dwelling by ]. W.
Graves, was burned Saturday night, with an ad-
Oinng stable. The fire started from an expo
'on OF Kerosene lamp, and the loss Is some
10000.
burglars robbed the safe in Kimballs grocery |
tore at Salem, N. H., Of $3.50 Friday night and
escaped.