The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-10-05
GENERAL VERMONT NEWS.
THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE WEEK IN THE OLD GREEN
MOUNTAIN STATE.
Deed Given by Seth Warner About l*O
Years Ago,

Deed Given by Seth Warner About 1*o
Years Ago.
Many rare relics of early Vermont times are
coming to light these days. William Robinson
Castleton has an old and highly treasures IRE e,des
in town. 1t is an original deed of 100 acres OF
land in the east part of the town, on the ro an
leading to Rutland, the consideration Delng Low
in the province of New York and county OF
Charlotte, to Israel Hurlburt. All the writing
In the deed was done by Seth Warner, VINO
signed i in the presence of william sml daT an no
March, l775, in the 18th year OF his majesty
reign. Under date of November 10, us, the
deed is sworn to at Bennington before Jesse
Belknap justice of the peace. On the back Is
the following Endorsement by the first clerk OF
the town: "December we IL, 1873, received
and at large recorded the within deed in Castle
ton, first book of town records by me. Jessie
Belknap, town clerk"
A Mother Crazed by the Death of Her
Child Drown Herself at Proctor.
Mrs Aristos Franzoni drowned herself Sun.
day morning in the river near the covered
bridge. In the early part of last week their little
was buried. The sudden shock nearly crushed
the mother. She acted strange, almost wildly at
times and wanted to go where the baby was Mr.
Franzoni kept her as quiet as he could during
the night and sometime after O'Clock as she
seemed so be resting quietly, he dressed himself
and went to the kitchen where he remained UNI
til he heard one of the children asking where
mamma was. He Immediately suspected some
thing wrong and commenced a search about the
house, but failing 10 find any trace of her there
thought she must have gone to the cemetery. Mr.
Franzoni and his aged father went there but as
they did not see her or any signs of her having
been there, they returned and when near the
bridge saw her few feet from the shore lying
in shallow water dead. A handkerchief was
bound tight over her eyes. The funeral was held
at the Catholic church Tuesday.
Body Found i'm WOlloOmsac River.
The body of James Caffrey, brick and stone
mason, was found floating in the Walloomsac
river at an early hour Friday morning near the
village of Walloomsac, about four miles from
Bennington. Coroner Martin murphy wa, Wa
called and after making an examinaton aecla e,,
that there was 70 foul play ninnt yh m and
the way tife uepot: 1t Is evident that
he walked or the bank into the river at a point
about 200 feet from the depot, as his hat and
the gas house of the paper mill. On his person
was found $I.5O in cash. He has been in the
habit of drinking hard and II Is thought he got
full after leaving Bennington. where he last
worked.
Found Dead I'm Bed.
Jesse M. Hubbard aged So, was found dead in
bed at his boarding house in Burlington last Fri.
day morning about II o'clock. Chief Dumas and
Health officer Crandall were summoned and DIR.
Crandall pronounced his death due to heart fail
ure He was an old resident of Burlington
II p Robinson has been appointed postmaster
at Waterbury Center, in place OF Il IL Mather,