The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-06-29
GENERAL VERMONT NEWS.
United states Court.

Court came in at the usual hour al
Windsor on last Friday. Friday morning. nc Rgle The
Sons VS. Canadian Pacific Railway Co, was fin
ished at 10 O'Clock, when the arguments were
commenced. Mr. Prouty closed for the plaintiffs
and Mr. Baker for the defendant. At 7 O'Clock
the jury rendered verdict for the plaintiffs fol
the sum of $500. Counsel for defendant al
once entered a motion for a new trial.
st Johnsbury Man Drowned.
Willie Walter Fitzsimmons, aged 81 years,
was drowned while bathing Sunday night he
could not swim and got beyond his depth. He
was an Englshman, unmarried, and had no rel
atives In America.
New Vermont Postmaster.
Among the fourth-class postmasters appoint
ed Monday were the following for Vermont:
| q A Richardson of East Barnet, vice A ii Gam
mel, removed.
Editor Walter Gets Five Years i'm Wind
Charles Il Walter of Burlington, indicted by
the grand Jury for four forgeres, amounting to
$500 pleaded guilty Tuesday at st Johnsbury
to all four indictments. Charles Prouty of New
port made strong argument for enency. The
court sentenced Walter on the first indictment,
the forgery of S000 to five years in state prison,
and ordered the other three indictments to stand
continued and not to be brought forward. Much
sympathy is expressed for Walters wife and
family. His irregularities were discovered last !,
August and consisted in forging the name of L
Fletcher of st Johnsbury on four notes, two
for $1,000 each, one for 800 and one for $500.
Up to the time of the discovery of the forgeries
Walter had led an honorable life, being one OF
the most prominent young men in the town. He
had no bad habits but used the money in the
publishing business.
A two story dwelling house in Montpelier
was burned at noon Sunday. A girl was build
ing fire with kerosene and the oil II the can
caught. None of the contents of the building
were saved. Another house nearby caught, but
was not burned. The house belonged to the
Bradshaw estate and was occupied by George
Wilson. Loss $500; insured.
l. A Emersonof st Adams has resigned the Of
flee of freight traffic manager of the Central |
Vermont road. His resignation will take effect
July |. Mr. Emerson has accepted the office of
of general traffic manager of the South Caro-
lima and Georgia road He wilhave an Office in
New York and another in Charleston, {, /
spending the winters in Charleston and the re- (
mainder of the time in New York.
As Miss A l. Stetson was looking for checker
berries in the woods at West Hartford Tuesday I
she discovered the head of a man propped up |
against the trunk of pine tree. The head was /
on the ground few feet from the body. From
an over-reaching limb of the tree danged rope |
with moose. Miss Stetson naturally did not
wait to investigate more closely, but fled, and
presently men from the town came and removed
the remains of the suicide. Suicide 1t must have
been, and the stranger evidently mad climbed
the tree. adjusted the rope and dropped with
fatal deliberation. II Is believed that several
weeks have elasped since the commission of the
crime, for the body was badly decomposed. In
the pockets of the clothing were found natural
zation papers granted in Michigan March %,
lsa3, to John svenson, WHICH is assumed to have
been the dead mans name, a silver watch and
IN empty wallet The mans apparent age was
p years. The body was buried by the town.
Two young ladies who were berrying IL days
igo saw an unknown man standing near the
rec They were frightened at his appearance
md ran screaming to where William o Stetson
vas planting beans. But when accompanied by |
,tetson, they tried to find the tree again, they
'oud not, and William declared that they were
ooling him.
Landlord Collision of the American House at
iergennes, let a stranger Of about % years old.
ave horse and buggy to drive around town
nd the next heard of his Lambert horse and
75 buggy was In Monkton. The thief is in or
ear Rutland, as he snapped horses in Brandon
nd drove south. The turnout was worth about
$50.
The Fair View greenhouse AT Barre, the
irgest i'm the state, has been sold by VIM Clark
D John Austin for 5000
A 2s-foot wooden railroad bridge a small
lream about mile this side of Richmond
urned Friday about B 30 O'Clock. The Boston
iail train was forced to carry by, delaying the
lail about two hours. The bridge gang went
own from 81 Adams and put in a temporary
ridge in just one hour and 10 minutes.