The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-22
THE REFoRMER: BRATTLE1oRo FRIDAY NOVEMBER e. 1896
VARIOUS VERMONT MATTERS.
Mighway,nen Again at wInooslsi.

VARIOUS VERMONT MATTERS.
Highwaymen Again Mt WInooslxi.
As u II Wagy, conductor on tho Military Post
low street, ut Winooski, Tuesday night,two men
jumped out and ordered him to keep quiet and
carry S tho fare register in III hand drew OF
and hit one OF the high.waymen in the head
with 1t. The other Immediately drew II knife
and stabbed the con uctor. cutting two gashess
on the side Of his meek, one IN his left hand
and another In his left arm. Meanwhile Wagy
freed himself from the highwaymcn and ran
down the street AS Barlow street in that VI
chilly Is very dark, Wagy was unaplc TO recog
nizc tho robbers. lie thought they were
masked.
The Fish and Game League Annual
Meeting-Ncw HOnOrs for Mr.. Titcomb.
The sixth annual meeting of the Vermont
Fish and Game league was held at Burlington
"Wednesday, with an attendance OF about 100.
| Fifty three new members were elected making
the total membership 2N. Onlcers for the year
were elected as follows.
President, John w. sTitcomb, secretary. NJ
Deal; treasurer. Q Lowe; vice presidents, "
Il Peakc, n w Fiske, + ID Proctor, + q Smith,
w s Webb, J W Brock and Baldwin.
II = Bingham OF Remington, ]. X Hazen Of st
Johnsblry, Derby Of Burlington, n Hob;
son of brighton, + W Baldwin of St Abans, +
MoryistSSw W r Parker e Of bradford, Kin.
ncy Of Greensboro, G 4 Gale Of Rutland. c
Warrenlof waterbury, FW Childs q Brattle-
Soro and McKnsie Of w %'ihs :;
MiddlebuIy. W n Hawks of bennington, c NJ
Libby Of Ryegate, W w Henry of Burlington,
I'm Mansnr q Brighton, Il Baxter Of swanton ,,
Park, w Curtis of Randolph. l. d Miles OF
Newport II Chapman Of Rutland, George AZ.
kins Of Montpelier, Holmes Of Bratslebor9
before served as secretary. was named as pres.
ident in spite of his own vigorous. protest. AS
u sort of vindisation from the prohibitory pros
house with speeches by Gov Woodbury.. Ed.
ward Banks Of the Forest Stream, Col Morse,
Rev + NJ Snyder and Capt Leach. George
Powers was POSTMASTER.
The Accident Record.
Carl Gidngs, night clerk at the Bardwell
house, Rutland, while out hunting recently, nv
his head against n tree us he was running
through the forest, causing partial paralysis TO
one side Of his face.
Melvin White was crossing the railroad track
at Leicester Junction on foot saturday, when
backed upon him, throwing him under the ears.
Fortunately 1t was noticed In time. and the train
stopped moving. When found by the brakeman
cars had moved eight inches more he would
have been killed Instantly. As II was, he was
dragged about 10 feet. and badly bruised and
cut, but no bones broken.
day afternoon under the trestle OF the MAN
Central rail road, over Mill brook at Guildhall.
He started for home from the railroad station |
late Saturday evening, and IN going down tne
track is supposed TO have walked or fell on at
the side as the ties are so near each other that
1t would be impossible for him to fall through
between them The body was found In the |
water with one hip broken and the head badly |
crushed. He leaves wife and eight cmiaren'
Frank Flanders, n yardman at Rutland, was
caught between two freight cars "Wednesday !
morning, and his collar bone was broken.
Tubercolous Cattle.
Victor Spear Of Braintree, a member of the
State board of cattle examiners, was u Mont
pelier Friday and tested the dairy herd of G j
Gleason In Berlin. Out of q herd of IL COWS
which Mr. Gleason had, seven were found to
have tuberculosis, three bad eases, three not so
bad, and one light case. The seven cows were
Immediately killed.
Several Vermont equiDes took prizes at the
great horse show ut New York last week, among
them the Hackney Produce prize by "Her
Highness," owned by DIR Seward Webb of Shell
burnc, the 800 prize for the best road team, by
q pair of steel browns owned by DIR Webb and
theIsecond prize for standardized S-year.old
filics by the Forest Park farm of Brandon.
Waterbury was the scene of another railroad
accident Tuesday when special south bound,
freight ran into the rear of another north bound
freight, which was standing in the north end OF
the yard. Both engines were, badly damaged
together with four cars on the moving train
piled up, but no one was hurt.
The blacksmith shop and dwelling house, OF
Henry King of Craftsbury was entirely des-
troyed by fire Saturday morning; also ne
living over the shop. The family just escaped
with their lives losing nearly all their clothing.
The insurance Is small on both buildings. Inc
fire originated in the King blacksmith shop.
Thieves entered the'house of police Officer
john w Brislan of South street, Rutland Satur:
day night and nearly succeeded In making on
with s100 worth OF clothing, being frightened on
by dogs apparently just as they had got the
stuff packed.
Nelson Sapo of Proctor blew out the gas. at
the Bardwell house upon retiring early sunday
morning and at n late hour Landlord Carpenter
detected the odor. n bell boy climbed through
the transom and Saipo was found unconscious,
but the rescue was early enough TO save ms
life
Mrs Lyman Draper of Georgia was found
dead in bed Friday morning. Mrs. Draper
lived alone ana some of the neighbors noticing |
that the curtains were down at u late hour, en-
tered the house and found her dead, probably
from heart disease.
,loseph Martin of North Hero is supposed TO
have been drowned last Friday. He started
from Rouses Point, Y, late in the afternoon
last Friday, with small boat and large load I
of whskey A boat resembling his, with Il jug
Of whiskey tied to it has been found washed up
on the shores of Isle La Motto.
Fred Page of Rutland, who has become noto.
rious in the police circles In the past few years,
was arrested tonight by Chief OF police Eiwortn
charged with robbipg the money drawer IN the
,iouor agency ut Center Rutland. shortly after
his arrest the chief induced Page to make a full
confession Some money was found upon his
person. Page has just finished term of one
year in the House Of Correction for burglary.
Five undergraduates of the University of Yer
mont. have been suspended by 1.-THE faculty for
to say whether or not they had any
thing 10 do with Halloween disturbances
around the college. Two members OF the soph.
omore football eleven have also been debarrcd
from PLAYING football because they took part
in the disturbances There Is talk OF legal pro-
ceedings to reirstate the five men suspended.
The Douglas house at West Rutland was
5000 by fire "Wednesday morning,