The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-06-05
She Was Buried Alive.

Twenty.three years AGO beautiful young
woman named Alice Woodward died and
was buried at Douds, la. Her brother, NJ.
A. Woodward, recently decided to have Ms
sisters body re.interred at Villisca,, where he
IL living. The coffin was opened snd Mr;
Woodward and other relatives were horrihed
to find the remains completely turned over,
lying face downward. indicative tnat the
Young lady had been buried alive. The lux
uriant hair worn BY Miss woodward while
alive was hanging In Curls along the back AS
perfect as In life.
The town election at Lincoln, II. J.. Tues
day broke up In rumpus. The Republicans
charged the Democrats with cheating and 1t
looks as II the charge was true.
An excursion Of newspaper men was TAX
en- toJohnstOn, Pa, Saturday. They found the
community richer and greater than ever be-
fore. Before the great disaster the taxable
value of the town was over $4,000, 900; now
1t IL over 100000 900.
The Farmers alliances Of all that agricult.
ural region of which Kansas City Is the mar.
ket. are about to inaugurate system OF co.
operative distribution on scale larger per.
haps than has ever been attempted In this
country. The conference at Kansas City on
Friday and Saturday was held with this pro-
ject In view. The headquarters VIII be In
Kansas CITY, and there will be established
caiving and ,seIling of all the produce OF the
members Of the county alliances represented
In the cooperative society. The agents 10
Kansas City will keep In stock all the cloth.
ing. groceries and common necessities OF life.
and sell them to the members 1T profit suffi.
Client only to pay the running expenses OF or.
ganization.
WATERFOWL. & d was visited by a cyclone
Tuesday afternoon which demolished num-
Der of barns along Its course. At Hazel, l6
miles southwest, three people were Killed and
the storm is said to have been very severe In
that vicinity.
The 20 big iron furnaces In the Shenago
and Mahoning valleys, Pennsylvania started
up Monday after five months of idleness.
The shutdown has been the longest on re.
cord.
President da Fenseca of Brazil Is critically
III.
The Telegraph says that on st. Pauls is.
land, half way between Cape Breton and
every man woman and child
with the exception of two men, are prost.
rated with disease resembling the grip.
Rumors of Indian bostiities are again rife
about Fort Bayard, n NJ. 1t is reported
that man named Whlttam was killed Oh
Blue river In Arizona. also that a family was
killed on Eagle Creek. A man named Camp.
bell was killed on White Water, In the Mo-
gallon mountains.
Now the interesting story comes that the
Itata transferred all her arms and stores TO
the Esmeralda on the 10Th and then sailed
for Australia. The Charleston was In Acap-
uloco the 10Th and the Esmeralda left that
port for short time and returned while the
Charleston was coaling, and 1t was then. 1t
Is said, that this transfer of cargo took place.
Tie Canadian fishery crusier, La Canadi-
snne, cruising in the gulf of st. Lawrence,
mas seized the American fishing schooner, +.
D. Hodgkins. for violation of the Dominion
ishery regulations and the provisions of the
nodus vivendi with the United States, and
ishing within the three-mile limit of the
hOre.
The trial Of Plenty Horses, the Sioux In.
liam, which took place at Sioux Falls, s. D.,
or murder, for the shooting of Lieut.. Casey
n last faps troubles, ends In an acquttal on
be ground that state of war was then eX.
sting.
There has been another but an abortive
evolutionary uprising in Hayti. 1t was put
own with great severity and Hippolyte is
till cock of the roost there.
At an early hour Friday morning an at.
empt was made to steal the body of P. T.
'arnum from the. vault In Mountain Grove |
emetery. Guards drove them off with pistol |
bots.
Particulars of most brutal affair come
rom Claiborne Parish, La, where negro
y the name of Hampton, accused OF hog
ealing was asssied by mob and shot one
them, was afterwards tried for murder
I'D acquitted and then being arrested on a
arrant for hog stealing was set upon by an
med mob, taken from the sheriff and burned
death.
The italian workmen testify positively
18th regard to the Tarrytown disaster that
e explosion of the dynamite was caused by
'arks from the engine several Of which fell
, their clothing.
Brooklyn had half million conflagration
onday night.
Leonce Burthe, the principal, and in fact
only witness against the jury in the brib.
Y case growing out of the Malta trials in
w Orleans: was arrested In East st. Louis.
admits that be got $1,000 for leaving the
y.