The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-05-29
BELLOWS FALLS.
Iiuuor Raids-New Paper Miii-New Train
-Robbery-Other News Of Importance
and Interest,

Inc continued nearing ~ .nu ''f"o, o".eo
against A II Mason and Needham Angler
was held saturday. Mason plead guilty to 10
second offences and was sentenced to pay
$3.50 fine and serve month In the house OF
correction. He appealed to the county court
and gave bail In $3.50. 1t will afford an OPP
portunty to test the efficacy Of the new law.
The way always has been for the respohoen,,
90 on with the business. The amended law
calculates to put a stop to this and c1mpel
the IMPRISONMENT II the seller ever SHOWS
himself In the state again.
Angler plead guilty to Ii first ofienses ana
was fined $70 and costs.
Another prohibitOry prosecution was that
of Druggist Charles Sullivan Thursday. IL
was calcuIat to send him toRutland TO board
for second offenses. But he plead not guiity
stood trial, and showed that the drug store 70
IN which he does his business, is owned ny
his brother, Timothy Sullivan OF Lancashire.
N H. and that Charles only wo PIX o uu
salary. No evidence appeared OF ms p person,
ally dispensing any liquid of forbidden nature
since January 10th when he was be1ore pIos-
ecuted and be was discharged. But ahotDe,
clerk. VIM Tatro, was pulled ana p,e sno
guilty to 90 first otlenses and was nheo @fVo
and costs. D,
Two negroes named julius and Darius
Wheeler stole pocket book containing YOU
from drunken man last week wednesday
and then left town. Theywere arrested tne Iol
lowing day at Castleton and locked IN hutlano
county Jail until the arrival OF omces from
this place, who brought them down ana tney
were tried before Justice H. q. Lane wed
nesday. Darius was from Claremont and ne
and the victim John Mac Namon hxed IL up
for little tour down this way. Mac Namon
had All the money. about $72. and had d's.
position to spill 1t for rum. They stopped AZ
of hints of whiskey. Then they went to the
..bome" of Julius In Westminster. In the
course of the afternoon Mac Namon got par
allied. He had sent to the Falls for team
to come and get him at II O'Clock at nlgnt, NJ
he could take the train for Claremont' Wnen
three 800 gold certificates in his pocket Wneh
they woke him up the certificates were gohe'
So were the darkies
They mad In the course of the afternoon
came to the village, gone to the drug s.ol .s
paid bill OF q cents and got WV certlncate
changed, then to Gray's ana Dougnt sur en nd
clothes. then TO Amidon's jewelry store ana
bought watch chain, then to shoe store
for pair of slippers. Darius had the money
at these places. ,.
Reaching Rutland they went to livery
stable and asked for a team to take tnen W
Casteton and Julius offered w cerilnea.ed'
1t had an unfamiliar look to the hostler anu
he asked them to 60 to the street ana have lt
changed. Julius offended at the doubt, re-
marked that II that didn't suit he had plenty
more like it and showed them. They got their
conveyance to Castleton where they-Were
left at the hotel, and the next DAY tney en-
Moved a man by the name of Loskey TO lake
them to the state line where they could Set
some more rum and where they WalloWed ID
drunkenness. Julius here showed W. eo,u
certificate making three that were directly
traced tie them. ,,1
MacNamon when he found that Nc nai
been robbed lodged complaint 1t was sighed
by Grand Juror II d. Ryder and the olncers
at once sent In pursuit of the negroes.
At the trial Darius claimed that his w was
loaned to him by MacNamon to 90 hshing,
and he had gone to Lake Bomoseen. Darius
claimed that his was given to MIN LOT us
company when he wanted to 60 to work, TO
nav for his time, and that he didn't know
how much it was when Mach anon handed II
to him Both denied ever having had the
third 800 But this yarn didn't wash ana
Justice Lane held them In $3.50 each for APP.
pearance at county court. Julius furnished
his bail. but Darius had to go to jail.
sisted by part of his staff instituted canton
Skitchawaug, No IL and installed the officers
Wednesday m. A grand street parace con-
ssting of the new canton and canton Ashue-
lot, No IL OF Keene, n Fl and visiting ofh;ers
headed by the Herrick drum corps OF Ches-
canton Ashuelot eXemplifed the beautiful
work on eight candidates In manner sell
dom excelied after which banquet was
served. The representatives from canton
Palestine were Col L J Retting, Capt j G
Timson and Capt w Smith.
The postofice was broken into sunday
night but no plumber was secured.-There Is
some tall of forming a cadet corps In town.
ARRANGEMENTS for the club banquet are
nearly completed. 1t will be held in Union |
hall Tuesday evening. A reception VIII De |
held in the psrIors at Towns h0teI at !! :ao;
n. ,,,,sI ho observed
by the Grand Army. Woman's Relief Corps
and the Sons of Veterans. Gen: W. W:
Grout will deliver the address and part OF
the post will decorate the graves of soldiers |
at Saxtens River end Walpole. The speak.
ing will take place in the opera house. The
sons of Veterans will wear their new uni
forms and aide arms tor the first time 10 the
parade.-The new train on the Fitchburg
road, which will 90 on to Montreal through
Burlington, instead of stopping at Bellows
Falls as now, will be put on June twill
reach town about 1880 m. Another hyer
will be run In the interest OF the summer
traffic by the same road, reaching Bellows
Falls at 10 80 a m, and Montreal 10 the AFTER,
noon. The return train will leave Montreal
at s a m, and arrive in Boston at p m.
The total receipts of the fair held last week
bv st Charles church were over S3.eoo
enough to pay the church DEBT sno leaVe
some money in the treasury. The fair when
closed last week Thursday evening was the
largest ever held here.-ClinIon Holmes is
again In the employ of the Vermont Farm
Machine company.-Chas Fish of Ludlow Is
clerking in the Boston Drug store.
George o Guild, who has been pros
Meeting for business site elsewhere mas de-
cjded not to leave the Falls and has bought
from Ira L Earl the steam mill and about
five acres of valuable land at the southeast
end OF the village 1t Is underst 1od be'wiil
erect paper mill to be run wholly by steam.
a building lot on Barker street, on whicn ne
PROPOSES to erect two-stOry house during
the coming fall. All this property Is located
near his fine residence on the Terrace. II
looked last week as II he was likely to locate
at M,ddlebury. where he was offered good
water power for a price that looked a. II
there was money In 1t. The townspeople are
copgratulating themselves that they are not to
lose such desirable citiZen.-Thts town
took eight first prizes at the second annual
meeting of the Connecticut Valley lnterschoi-
astic Athletic Association at Springfield Fri.
day. Nat Wheeler took first prizes In all
that he entered.
Mason, the proprietor of Towns hotel was
tried for LIQUOR selling Saturday and was
fined 5000, sentenced to 20 days In jail and
put under 5000 bonds.-The reservoir has
thoroughly cleaned.-A canton of Odd Eel
lows was instituted Wednesday. Odd Fell
lows were present from Rutland, Bratteboro
and Keene. The canton from keene con-
ferred the degrees.-Wison Ferguson Is
home from Boston Ill with scarlet fever.
Saxtons River.-The Baptists will hold
services in Fuller hall Sunday.--After the ex.
ercises Memorial Day the procession will
proceed to the school house where the new
school flag will be raised. followed by speak.
ing and music-Prof Williams OF the acade-
INV will deliver an address at the BaptistSun'
day school convention at Burlington June q.
Major w r Howard. b S. has been secured
rs teacher of mathematics for the coming
year.-Prof Edward Ellery, A b, graduate