The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1886-07-30
GENERAL STATE NEWS.
THE MORE IMPORTANT AND INTER-
ESTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
A SENSATION At RUTLAND.


conducted by Mr. and Mrs A L Martin, charged
with stealing large lot of dry and fancy goods
from the store. Goods have been missed for
several months and warrants were made out to
search tho houses where three OF the employees
live, Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Peabody
and Deputy Stearns went to the house of Mrs
L L Wetherbee, mo her Of the young woman
in question, and there found a large trunk full
OF goods and bundles in various parts OF the
house. Most OF these Mr. Martin identified by
bis store mark and Miss Wetherbee was at
once arrested and taken before Justice Newman
Weeks, who fixed the bail at $500 and A d
Slack became surety for her. She was arrested
Friday morning on complaint of State Attor-
ney Kendall and Mr. Slack again became her
bondsman. Mr. Martin made an inventory of
the goods and they amount to over $500, in
GLIDING everything requisite to dress and adorn
a woman. Saturday morning on two COM
plants for grand larceny she waived examina.
ton and was bound over to the county court
In 5000 on each court. Bail was furnished by
Mr. Slack. The writ of Mr. Martin to recover
possession of the goods continued till Wednes-
day morning. Miss Wetherbee denies she has
stolen single article and says she has paid for
all she has. 1t is but justice to say that she mas
borne an unblemissed reputation and those best
| acquainted with her believe that she will dc.
count for everything satisfactory.
DEATH OF THE PUBLISHER OF THE MISSIONARY
HERALD-A FORMER NERMONTER.
Charles Hutchins Of Arlington Heights, Mass
| general purchasing agent Of the American
| board of commissioners for foreign missions
was injured in the Boston & Lowell railroad
| station this morning, and died soon after at the
| hospital.
! Mr. Hutchins was born in Thetford, Vt, May
| H., 1924. He was educated in the common
| schools Of his native state and graduated from
! Brown university. After completing his educa-
A.. H.
| Vermont and Connecticut. and later engaged in
the same work in Boston. He was for 10 or IL
years member of the Boston school board
and was much interested in postal reform
visiting Washington as chairman of the com
mittee appointed to agitate the matter. He
has been for 20 years deacon of the Shawmut
church and was member of the Congrega-
tional church of Arlington Heights, where he
resided at the time of his decease. He was
twice married and leaves son and daughter
grown. He has been connected With the Amer
lean board as special purchasing agent for the
past q years, being eX CtficiO publisher Of the
Missionary Herald, and was a man much
loved and respected by his friends and asSo :
ciates.
a FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN EMPLOYE OF THE
VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY.
Last Monday, as one of the fiat railroad cars
owned by the marble company, manned by a
crew of four men, and loaded with a single
block of marble weighing about eight tons,was
making the descent to the dumping place over
track Leading at down grade from the quar-
ries along thu edge Of the dump to the main
track of the Central Vermont railroad-from
which place it VS., to be taken TO fill up the
hollow directly south Of the new office-the
huge block began to shift from its position,
aud finally tumbled over the side OF the car
down the precipice. This naturally lifted the
9th + side Of the car high up into the air. The
foreman, after setting the brakes, shouted to
his men to jump, which they did, three Of them
from the end of the car, reaching the ground
In safety. The fourth man, however, John
Johnson, Swede, jumped over the side, aud
so fell that his feet lay across the track, the
upper part of his body being between the rails.
The side of the car which had been lifted from
the rail, in resuming is balance, came down on
the mans left leg with terrible force cutting the
femoral artery above the knee and bruising the
bones badly. Help was Immediately at hand
and the leg was ampntated. The loss OF blood
was so great, however, that the man sank, dy-
ing at O'Clock in the evening. Mr. Johnson
has worked for the company a number of
years, and is highly spoken Of as valuable
and trustworthy man by bis employers. He is
about 80 years old and married, leaving one
young child.
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM.
The hail storm on the Lake shore last Sun
day week destroyed ten acres of winter wheat
for Lester Rice, and ruined nice field of the
same grain for Clarence Blake, in Milton, in
addition to the cases noted last week. At West
Georgia some lights of glass were broken out
of the house of Postmaster Heman Miner, and
much other damage done. At Georgia Centre
so to 40 lights were broken out of the Franklin
house, and the barn of Hiram Cushman was
struck by lightning and set on fire, being dam
aged considerably, and e Cushman was made
insensible for some time, while Charles Coburn
was knocked down. "s
BONE TAKEN FROM HIS ANKLE.
Robert Stewart of Rutland, who went to New
York to have an operation performed on his
ankle, injured during the war, had six pieces of
diseased bone taken from it, Aboat six years
ago Stewart had similar operation performed
in the same member and as soon as cool wealth
er comes, will have another.
E. Scper of Mortified has been appointed
conmissary sergeant of the Vermont militia
The steam mill owned by Joshua Silsby at
Lunenburg was burned on the night OF the 2lst.
Loss $4,000; insurance $500.
The eighth annual convention of the Lamoille
county Sunday school association will be held
at Stowe Wednesday and Thursday, september
s and 9.
The manufacture of hand rakes is growing
in Johnson. w H Steerns has manufactured
this year 1900 dozen. over half of which went
to single concern in Boston.
Pain from Indigestion, dyspepsia, and too
hearty eating is relieved Mt once by taking one
of Carriers Little Liver Pills Immediately after
dinner. Don't forget this.--adv.
w S Masten, druggist and dealer in jewelry |
and fancy goods at Lyndonvile, is in financial |
difficulty. He has liabilities Of about $4,000, |
and Lominal assets of a like amount
A ten pound cannon ball was dug up in Bur- |
lington a few days ago while eXcavating for a |
sewer. II was eight or ten feet below the sur !
face and dates probably from the Revolution.
Paul Rabido, no was arrested on the charge |
Of receiving property stolen from the residence |
Of l. X Barnes at Burlington, has been rele ised |
without examination, no evidence appearing |
against him.
Chief OF Police Adsit and Officer Dun of |
Burlington arrested Lucy Gilmore, domestic
employed at l. G Kingsland's, for stealing $50
n money and gold watch from her employer
Joshua Silsby's mill at Lunenburg was burn
ID to the ground Thursday night OF last week.
Cause of the fire not reported. The loss was
probably from $4,000 to $4,000 and it was in
uIed for $500.
The new iron bridge recently completed at
Morrisville, weighs SO tons, is 1870 feet in length
With an Is feet roadway, and six feet sidewalk.
ibe distance from the floor to the top of the
ridge is Is feet. The west abutment is 81 feet
ligh. The entire expense Of the bridge above
he abutments cost 81 10,
Sheriff Lorenzo Sulloway. jr, of st Johnsbury
vent to Burlington Monday, and he and Ed
ward Trick, the bono smen of Frank LIBBY,
tho is charged with attempting to obtain a
lension fraudulently, agreed to the latters re.
ease. Libby was surrendered some time ago
" his bail. He started for home on the after
loon train.
Austin Peck and Mrs Cornelia Olmstead of
East Middlcbury were arrested at the latter |