The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-08-17
GENERAL VERMONT NEWS.
Another POstOffice Robbery.

lhe pOsto1nce at RlChvllle, III ShOreham, Whlcl
tnne Lst week W cdnesuay night ana something
near Sloo IN money ana stamps taken. me
IhleVes lirst trleu 70 enter through tne Iroh'
u9or' wdlGh ~ NJ uouple one put ID Doring miss
ca the lock. Ihey then got III Dy prylng open
tne natcnway wmch ieads 70 the ceilar. Ihey
Doreo TWO noies IN tne sa1e door anu pew IL en-;
tlreIy OUT win powder, securing $40 IN cash ana
| over $3o III postage stamps. Inc noise OF the
EXPLOSION awaKened IL Lyman, VINO nves
near but the night was extremely dark and rain
vi. t6a ppso n na "
is no clew to the robbers, as the heavy rain
washed ont any tracks they NAV have left. It is
now Thought tint the work was done bv the same
gang that operated Mt the Castleton postoflice
Thursday night.
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Last week wednesday Mrs Francis Norwood
of Beverly, Mass, engaged a servent girl through
Boston agency, whe called herself Sadie Jar
Wis of Montpelier Vt This morning it was
found that the girl had disappeared with Il gold
ana silver watch ana some 1eWelry.
One of the largest liquor raids ever known in
southern Vermont was made early Saturday
morning. The house raided is situated half in
Pownal and half in WILLIAMSBURG, Mass. 1t is
known as the line house and has long been con
sidered nui tance, but all attempts to bring the
keepers to justice have proved futile until now
The raid was made by three officers from Viii
Jamestown sheriff Barber aud Constable Mer.
chant of Pownal The officers reached the place
shortly before midnight and completely surpris-
ed the keepers of the house. Herbert Kent was
arrested on the vermont side SICK IN bed and
was transferred TO IoWell, Where ne VIII pc
kept until ms recovery Is complete, when he VIII
mode WITH astonisbinT results Tbirtv two col
Ions of ale d Of Gin Is of run. five OF vine and
fonr eases of lager were fonnd on the Massach1. |
sets side and five harrels IF whiskev two bar
reis OF ale 20 bottles of lager and seven mos Of
different Iiouors were seized on the Vermont
side.
~ SA wy
col ROBERT u Ingersoll saturday delivered his
lecture, me Liberty or man, Woman and
Child" before an audience of 1900 people at
Queen City park, Burlington. Among the au-
Hence were men of every creed and shade of
,pii'on IRON .ne iIeest oI Tree thHkers 10 tne
noo LEU oi or,mopA sunday iuy
w" w peIsoIS hs.Slicu 10 Coi IhSefsol oIiloh on
prahiiil Lincoln, Wnoh ne conslaers me great,
leyered at tbe nart his iactmres .tWbat Mnpt
We Do TO Re SayedPu '''
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'ro"th Oh the summer Resort busi-
ness
49, u9ioiH i,es te scLnoht valley peeh SO
cfordin~ 70 n rorresnondcnt of the Tro o Times'
Jotels and cottapes are filed a,most eyerv ac :
being taken, At the Equinox Ho- !
81, Manchester, more than 200 people are reg !
'tered; Z larger number than for several years
as.. ne i4 ei 1pIlng iioter, Lahe Dun
,oio, Is "l1p iiieu n VIII. suesIs. me- noIo,o
ftprnppn
bout tho repion arc epioved Nv large numhprs
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gang OF thleves nave been steanng mar
uses ,5 from II > Curfier ana James MCDONALD
! montgomery.
Barre has some girl thieves. For some time a
lst girls of 10 to IL years have been in the hab i
OF going into stores in the village and asking =
II empty boxes, and after they were gone # !
ould be discovered that something was miss !
e. They were finally caught IN the act, but i
re officers agreed to keep still if the thefts were
1t repeated s.
Burglars entered the store of q r Cptting o
.uggfst and ieweler at West Concord mt T
clock Monday morning. About $I5 was taken :,
ON the cash drawer, and few goods were n
oien. me burglars were frightened away
III nave not peeh louha. q
A Drew, contractor and builder of st a.
,hnsbury has filed a petition in insolvency. y
liabilities $500; assets nearly $4,000. Most of y
e creditors are st Johnsbury firms.
Fergus NARROW has sued the Barre Railroad y y
have been RECEIVED on the roilrood neor nj
In ST Friday m
uu,,,., .I,'a. 90 s, 81
,a =; -. 20 ., tNewptry oentre was Iatai- ~
hoAe' III 'he Lace ny horse wednesday, 'H