The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-17

MATTERS IN VERMONT.
A Freight Train Wrecked Saturday Morn
Ing.
The 81 m freight train for Whitehall wa
site the Old TrsveI oft. The train parted and In
engineer was signaled to GLOW up, which he did
The had division Of the tain came on with sucl
force that VIXEN the two parts came together on,
car was Aitched and eight others were hadl.
smashed. A wreck train came up from White
hall and the wreck was cleared and the broker
they were left on the Wiswel switch. The 10 a
train was unable to get through for some time
which made Its return from Whitehall one hou
anu 70 minutes late.
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.
Geo w Crockett aud wife of Barre, observed
their 60th wedding anniversary Friday night
They received many presents. There was
large attendance OF relatives and friends. TIL,
couple were married by Rev Julius Hall n
Waterbury Centre, Marcn 10, lsi3. They have
one son, two daughters. eight grandchildren
and one great grandchild living. Four genera
tons were present.
BDeath of a Prominent Brandon Citizen.
Frank K Briggs died at his Tome In Brandon
Monday afternoon after q long illness. The
funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at three
O'Clock. Mr. Briggs was born in Brandon II
1915, and WAS q son Of the late EN- Briggs O
that place. He began his business career as 8
member of the firm OF Briggs Brothers, dealers
In hardware, coal. etc. Then he became cashie
Of the Brandon National bank, from which be
retired to become cashier of the First Nationa.
Dank. he has for many years been Identified
with the businees enterprises of Brandon, hay
Ing d0ne mere than any other one man In town
to build up the place. His energy and capita
built the Hotel Brandon. put in operation the
electric light, helped develop The marble later.
ests. and with his brother. George Briggs, erect
ed the Briggs block, the largest business builr
ing IN town. He represented the town in The
few months his health has steadily failed. III
went to Washington TO attend the Inauguration
ana on ms return was taken very sick In New
which he never rallied. While in New York.
on his return from Washington, he was robbed
some money, the whole being worth about 81 900.
He was probably sand bagged, 8s he was verv
feeble from Il long Illness. His brother, George
Biiggs, of Brandon, Is a leading lawyer and will
probably take legal action to find the thief.
Floods in Michigan.
Large portions of Michigan are under water,
Grand Rapids and Grand Haven are badly
flooded. At Grand Rapids Bntterworth Avenue
ia overlooked to a depth of Is inches. The De-
troit, Grand Haven and Michigan iron bridges
80 AtAA boahS 10 iofAihh nv VIZ ahNt SahEo
of men are attempting to break up the ice with
dynamite. People are rescued from farm
houses In boats. Every factory In Midland is
closed down, the city works plant being flooded
and cannot be operated. In lonis. Muir and
Poland on the Grand River no further damage
Is feared, as the water has gone down consider
ably.
Chicken Thieves Caught.
The people in and around MiddIebury have
for a long time missed their poultry and could
find no trace of their property. Sunday morning
a clue was discovered, and as q result search
was made at the premises occupied by j.
Lsrock, where some fowls were found just
buried in the manure pile, one not killed, SO
much In haste were the thieves to get their
spoils under cover. win Larock, aged ", and
George Larock. aged Is, were at home at the
time the officers came with the search warrant,
bat the first named slipped away, and stocking.
less, his feet encased only in old shoes, he fed
across the country and at last accounts was at
some point in the vicinity of Ticonderoga, N. Y
It seems that the Lareck boys. in company with
Thomas Colby. who is employ ed IN the stable
Of Len o. Allen, connected with the Higgins
house, went to Salisbury Saturday night and
visited the hennsry on the premises of Levi
stevens, there getting some OF the .plunder
found later on. Monday both Collay and George
Larock were. upon complaint of Grand Juror
Siade, arranged before Justice w. A. Brooks,
charged with grand larceny and the hearing In
both cases continued until Thursday morn
ing. Officers are looking for the older Larock
boy, but with little show of getting him.
A very narrow escape from a serious con1a'
grafton to the city of Burlington occurred early
Tuesday morning. A lot of old wooden build
ings situated In the midst of the city's most SUBJ
stantial blocks, the Opera house included. caught
fire and were burned to the ground. The loss Is
$4,000.
The school directors of Windsor county met
at White River junction Tuesday with State
superintendent of Education Mason c Stone of
Montpelier. Sixteen of the "a towns in the
county were represented by 81 directors. A
county organization was made by the election
of Alpha Mcsser of Rochester as president. and
Joseph c Enright Of Windsor as secretary The
new school law establishing the town system,
discussed and methods looking to the successful
carving out of the provisions of the law were
considered.
Timothy C Smith, who died suddenly in Mid.
~dlebury, Feb rs. is still IN ouried, His children
nave felt that perhaps he was not dead as no
signs of decomposition were apparent until
ally certain that death occurred nearly three
weeks ago, yet they felt that In Difference to his
wish that his body be Kept until signs Ct decay
were visible. The remains will be taken to a
either next Saturday or Sunday.
In the Washington county court next Monday
the civil case of G w Buchanan arainst the
town Of Barre for $50, 900 damages for injuries.
will be begun. The case is important to local
taxpayers. for If buchanan wins, 1t will make
the taxes there 81 on each dollar OF the grand
list. There are 10 lawyers in the case.
The largest and most successful musical con
~ SsNt CIV . ~ iubo CIOSCd |
There were over 200 in the chorus.
singers attending from st Adams, Newport,
Moriievllle. and all the large towns in
the county. j II Humphrey led the chores and
Mrs J W Sault was accompanied. The conven.
ton was entirely a home talent affair and was a
great success both unsteady and financially. 1t
is likely that the success of this years conven'
will lead to similar musical festivals. here
each year.
The Green Mountain Trottlng association at
Barre Thursday organized for the coming sea-
son with the following officers: John Trow.
II G Leonard. vice president; E w
Bisbee, secretary: N D Phelps, treasurer.
track is to be built at the park and rae
ng meetings are to be neld May 81. June % and
July 4 and s.. and August 25 and &c.
The citizens of Barre are In q pre%dicament re-
,ual meeting held Tuesday. Three se!ectmen
we're declared elected by q majority, 1t being
lfterward learDed that only two were elect.
ID, the other not having a majority Of the votes
A psrtien Of the board OF listers Is In the
anne position, none of those declared elected
lavisg a majority over all Our school director
eceivs a minority. The town officials and law
are puzzled % to the way out Of the dill
ulty. Authority has been asked for a recount.
nd 1t Is expected that another town meeting
I'LL be called to I'LL the vacancies.
The Investigation into the cause of the recent |
re was continued at Bennington Saturday be.
ore States Attorney Archibald. A large part
{ the session was taken up with an examination ]
uilding In which the fire is supposed to have
A large number Of witnesses have been
and the hearing was continued. The
insurance has not vet been adjusted on Sibley's
uilding and Yates stock.
q G Rice's general store at Chester was Quilted
y fire SATURDAY. night. Loss. $5,00e; Insurance
1000; cause, unknown.
The machinery shop and foundry owned and =
by Geo NJ DaIrymp e, was burned to
no ground Friday with all it's contents. The q
,anblAaru ~ a Ua1naI ut A AO tho total InAG .