The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-05-29
GENERAL VERMONT NEWS.
THE MORE IMPORTANT AND INTER
ESTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
Fight With a hog.

Otis Flint of Tunbridge was bitten by
: cross hog the other night. Ore hand wa
badly torn and it is feared the wounds viii
prove poisonous. Mr.. Flint Is strong man
but it wasonly after hard fight that he sue
ceeded injecting the better OF the hog.
Windsor has voted TO pay Its dremen sc
cents an hur for services at fires.
A large bear is roaming about Middlesex
Centre frightening the women and children
and killingthe sheep.
The dat Of the joint exhibition at White
| River Jundion has been changed to the first
week IN September.
II. II. Diyis of Bradford has been held I'm
500 bail o answer in Orange County court
on the charge of having assaulted George w.
French with shovel.
Joseph AmeI of Mortified thrust his head
under cutting machine in the excelsior mill
| In that town the other day, and the knife.
bearing leyer struck him, cutting off one ear.
Hugh r Hughes Of West Pawlet, employe
at O slatequarry In Granville, was badly In.
jured MONDAY by heavy stone, which fell
upon him and crushed him terribly about the
back and head.
Hugh X Hughes was working In Williams
& Edwards slate quarry al Poultney about
noon MenJay when a stone fell from the top
of the quarry and struck him on the back,
dislOcatlbg his spinal column. There Is very
little hope OF his recovery. He is married
and has three children.
DIR. S. II. Foster, a graduate of Middlebury
college In the class OF 1870. committed suicide
at Malone, n. Y. the other day by taking
morphine, He had been in the place Tor sew.
erai weeks and pretend, to represent med.
ical book publishing house.. He had long
been addicted TO the use Of morphine and
was dissiated. He leaves no family,
A suit has been brought against Charles |
La Fountain of WinoOski for $1,000 damages |
by Emme, huard of the same place for sland-
er. Ii is alleged that LaFountain made and
distributed stories purporting that DIR. u. 4.
Allard and Mrs. Huard we're on intimate
terms which said HuaTd Claims TO be pure
A nearly fatal accident overlook James,
son of Trustee ID. A. Allen, at the Rutland
shirt factory on Saturday morning. He was
fixing a he'll 10 a shaft when the sleeve OF his
coat cauynt on a screw bead and he was
quickly drawn under the sbait. Before the
could be stopped ois clothing was
nearly stripped off. He was FOUND to be bad
" injured bur no bones were broken. The
iesh was b.dIy bruised and bis back injured.
This Is only me second accident at the factory
,ince its esf.blj.bment three Years ago.
Arthur NJ. Foster. %, prosperous farmer
living three miles from Chelsea village, was
'oupd by nj. wife THURSDAY morning dead
Ind hanging to a cross-besm y ns osrn. ne
had left The house q balf-bour before 10 give
letter 10 = peipbbor, remsrking that be
bouId he 80 ~, minute. Not return
ny, hi. wife wife made search and finding
rs body ,ushea mack to Der house, where
,etiing sone shears she cut PIN down and
allied Id, nei. bbors, who sought to resusei-
ate him. but without success. he was an
xeelieDi hard working youis man IA 100
: life and, con ,esrjv seven years old. No
ca son e. he sssiened for The suicide.