The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29
NEW ENGLAND NEWS
Massachusetts.

Massachusetts.
~ New Bralntree Frank Smith was so gored by
stag That he died shortly after.
The body OF Nathan Robbins, 10 years old. who
mas been missing for Il week, was found In pond
NJ Spencer Sunday.
i, gang OF burglars has been working westboro.
seven houses have been lately entered in one
nighl and small amounts stolen.
Capt Webb the swimmer, VIII undertake at
Boston IN October the feat Of staying In tie water
Tor from 90 to 300 hours, leaving 1t only 10 MN
ules every "a hours.
Philips academy at Andover opens with 1856 pu.
pills. ~
The bills tornghtng the recent forest fires nj
Sandwich amount 10 500, 10000 acres. nearly
over.
The colossal statue OF az lucationn for the Ply
mouth Rock Monument has arrived and will soon
be In position. NOO''
Joln Abbott, colored and Hattie Holden.
whlte, are under arrest at Worcester, while a
case OF chllu murder Is being invest gated, The
body OF child has been found and near n was a
newspaper bearing AbbOtt's name The Qirl adj
mus giving Drth TO child, and says Abbott was
us iather anu That he took and disposed OF 1t.
ProI Myers, who made balloon ascension at
tne housa onic filr AT Great harrington Wednes-
Jay, Was carried to great hight to The nort west.
aiu niaon ankle sfelt for nm as he had no over
with the the nn eie were no graphing IRON or anchor
y M l.
ioru escaped wednesday morning with the pro-
IessJr IN tne basket. He had no anchor and wa,
no, prepared Tor the journey, aud the balloon was
NOT IN working order. The balloon LANDED about
TWO iilllts rom Putnam, Ct, passed over Putnam
very low uowl, and the occupants appeared TO
be all right. "
ne, rae vault orc q. Smith " Co., of North Attic
Doro was entered last week and its contents
stolen. III u loss Is about $40 90
Much surprise Is used by the fhilure nj Bos
.on VI Tue Wlolesa dry goods house OF Yelling.
s snh b n .,,o CO. which has susprned payment
vat Neyins.and j. II. kend III, of the firm, par.
Her, Wilder Co., David Nevins Il co and
Fduikner, Page Il Co., respectively 1t is thou mt
sna tae a must BE- he IVY. 1t has been
snppos "a mat The brui was worth from SO 900 to
stoVoo'' anu the assgnets as well as DINERS ex-
press nucn surpr q, the former saying that If
tney iau neen requested they Won nave loaned
.ne nrin sZoOOo Monday, without The least hesta-
sion Inc nrin members are Ii. W. Wellington,
u. ". Bul lard anu G. r. Barry OF Boston, q, Vel,
i it on East lexington aud James L. Jewelt
The annual session of the JJniyersalist state
Convention LON met at Franklin Tuesday, There
were 6z uelegdtes and about 300 guests and 9th.
az p.Gsen, Honihlinion services were conduct-
ed ny Rvs. w. 5. Woodbury. aud Quincy Whit.
ihg' Iiie rep iIts Of he different officers showed
very favorable tohd ton OF finances etc., Rev
~. "a, a. Miner OF boston delivered the annual
az, 81 mo tuesday evening to large audience
me convent on closed yesterday.
Inc slate Fireinen began their annual conyen-
ZION at Fan nil la !, Boston, Tues ,ay morning,
WIN about 100 persons present Pres j. s. Dam
aeh ndue al opening address, Stating that te
n Imeh OF the state nad heard during the year
LOO general alarms; tae fires have cause,i a loss
o. ei,oO ,ooo; or when 100000 was met by in
suiahct. Letters from the heads of yarluuS fire
departments We're read Brief remarks were
lnade by Mayor Green and offers. A motion was
aiop! ea deprec ting the use of engine horses for
other thaI ire work.
A Loss Prevented.
hair
tading. Parker's HAIR Balsan supplies necessary
nourishinent, prevents falling anu grayness and
Is dh elegant dressing.
Vermont.
BURGLARS BEING HEARD FROM.
The depot at hyde Park was turglafizcd Sunday
night and the depuls at WolcDtt and Hard WICK an
Saturday night. The same band, undoubtedly,
nave done ali the recent jobs In that vicinity The
depot was entered through window. Every
package IN the ticket room was opened the ticket
case hurst. and Is cents taken. At olcott they
achieved equal success. AL the depot they got no
money, opened The packages in the same manner.
bat took no goods. They went through + II
o'rihgs grocery store, where they got So in cash,
revolver. and what e4ables they wanted In
iiardwick they got 81 cents nothing else was tax
en-.
WHAT THE LIGHTNING DID IN VERMONT LAST
WEEK
Toe house oil John BoltOn of Cabot was struck
by lightning Tuesday evening of last week and
Mrs Bolton severely injured the flesh on one leg
being severely burned from the knee down. MIR.
Bolton was prostrated but not injured
The barn of George Sanborn at North Danville
village was struck by lightning about O'Clock
the same e, ening ana burned, together with its
contents ] he los. is 500 to $500 Insured Tor
$3.50 Edward kitredge's barn at Walden was
struck by li-htnng ana burned Tuesday evening
together with its contents. A barn b longing "
the estate of the late hubbard Hastings. at Con-
cord, was burned by lightning the same evening
III you are sick and troubled with dyspepsia,
Browns Iron Bltters will cure You.
Lewis c. Churchill of Leicester not long since
narrowly escaped being crushed to death under u
freight tram. While passing under the dry bridge
north OF Brandon depot on top of a car he was nit
on the back OF his head and knocked between the
car ana the one following, where. on coming t,
consciousness in blinded state, he found himself
lod4 ed over the coupling pin; Finding hat he was
sill alive, he climbed TO his old position on top
bat thu shock made him little weak kne ed for u
time.
Ezra Roy of West Barnet while recently at work
in his saw mil was struck by cant hook thrown
by the saw ana was found insensibe on the floor
IF the mil sometime efter. Three ribs were
broken and he was injuret internally.
Sunderand's gold mine has been examined by
experts and pronounced valuable Three men
have been set TO digging.
A large grinustune in the Ely hoe and forkswork.
at St Jonnsbury. hurst Friday, throwing the grind
er over into pit breaking his left egand dslocat-
ing his hip.
Randoph's red poled" cattle, consisting OF a
bull aud 0 heifers, have arrived from England and
are in quarantine ON farm on the Hudson river.
The herd are Owned by j X. Kiinball OF New York
AID Col J. b Mead OF Randolph and are probably
the best fancy stock owned IN the state.
William Phelps, brakeman, late from the west
was killed Monday by striking bridge at Royal
ton.
Frank Reed aged 49, of Watisfeld, was danger
ously wounded ON Saturday afternoon by the ac-
cidental discharge of revolver in the hands a
companion. Fatal Consequences are anticipated
John Garland, aged IS, of st. Arm md O.,
Is nth
was arrested at Montpelier Monday Tor stealing
three horses, Saturday night, from one Mitchell
from Mr. Reynolds of franklin, Vt He plead
guilty. and was bound over in 5 900 for each Of
fence. He demands immediate trial and sen tence.
The property will be recovered.
Why suffer from dyspep la or Indigestion when
you may be relieved by Wheat Bters.
Mrs Bartholomew was indecently assaulted at
West nrlee The other day, bya miner but her
cries brought aid The fellow was arrested bat
was rescued by friends.
Five Of the Burlington aldermen have been m
dicted by the grand jnry for refusing to open tn
city liquor agency, which has been closed for a
year.
The venerable Thomas Dnnton NJ ID who died
in Stockholm. N T.. sept. y, was burn In Dorset,
Bennington county, Nov a. l799. DR. Dunton's
ancestry was English. his father, William Du ton,
coming to this country prior to he revolution and
being one OF the gallant band Of Green Mountain
Boys in the bate OF Benningto
The ate Henry b Hut hinson of Woodstock left
the town 5000 as poor children's clothing fund
The murderer McCaffrey OF Waterbury has been
indicted by the grand jury His peculiar conduct |
nj the time he mnr1ered bis wife and her mother |
last spring led the authorities to believe him in
and he has been kept at Brattleboro. but he
has since been rational and it is now thought that
his insanity was II prutense.
The premises of Daniel w. Pope Of Kirby were |
entered sunday night, his harness cut to pieces,
wagon thills broken, boot stolen and 30 young APP
ant A..uU Uni tNs.l- MIA ~. shn
neighborhood where Mr.. Parker had several cal-
tie poisoned last summer.
The valuabl. library OF the late Geo. p. Marsh
has been bought b. frederic Billings OF Wood
stock, and presented to the University OF Yer
mont. Mr., Marsh Al one time made that dlsposi- |
ion OF his library by will. hut pecunIary reverses
nsdr him feel 1t to be duty to his family to leave
h. books as part OF his estate for their benefit.
About o'clock Friday morning fire broke out in
he saw aud grist mill heonring TO Nathan Gilbert
II Fairfield Center. Nothing could be done ex-
ept to remove wagons, tools and other property
rom Mr.. Gilbert's shop adjoining. Both shops
we're destroyed with quantity OF lumber lying
rear Loss not estimated Insured in stock COM
'anies for 1920. The mill viii not be rebuilt.
Luther Leake, 60, hanged himself dead at Siam
ord Tuesday He was man of some education |
ut Unbalanced. A brother lives at Williamstown.
The body Of the missing Barnet yonth. John
ohnson. has been found in the Connecticut river |
few rods ON where his coat lay on the bank
insanity is the probable explanation of his sui
ide
The Killington steamer fire company OF Ru ,
md reached Quebec Wednesday, and were ente
ain d by the Quebec hremen.
John Johnson, aged 91, of Barnet. left home ,
aturday and has not been found. HIS coat and
at were found on the river bank, and it is sup {
Osed he is drowned.
LYNN Graves Of Mechanicsville was thrown
ON his mix wagon Wednesday morning aud
ruck on his head ami shoulders Tie was at
Icked with nausea, vomiting blood, and soon be-
ime insensible. IL Is feared he will die.
II is claimed that the smelling furnace of the