The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-23


An attempted elopement at Corair
furnished a case for trial in Justice
Bardwell's court at Shelburne Falls
Friday morning. Wednesday evening
Fred Bourdette of Willis place" and
Minnie Cole of Colrain CITY" left for
Jacksonville, VT, with the intention
/ of getting married before their return
but not having the necessary papers
were obliged to 90 back During the
night the father of the girl started in
pursuit and at an early hour Thursday
morning says he found them at the
house of Bourdette's uncle in Colerain.
The girl is u years and Ii months old.
A charge of rape was preferred against
Bourdette. Justice Bartlwell bound
Bourdette over to the superior court in
the sum of 800. No bondsman appear
ing the accused man was committed to
the county Jail at Greenfield to await
trial in November.
Alvin King, an old man was taken
before Trial Justice Hall Tuesday
charged with felonious assault on
Fanny Goodnow, IA. King pleaded
guilty. and was held in 81, 600 bonds to
appear before the grand jury, In de
fault he was committed.
The grand rally of the peoples party
will be held at Lake Pleasant Satur-
day. Mr.. Burlington stated Tuesday
that he has the promise of Jerry Simp-
son to be present and give an address.
Imogene G. Fales, the woman sutfra-
gist of New York, will also speak.
The Heath special town meeting Sat
urday decided to build a two-story pub
lie library building with rooms for the
transaction of town business, a vault
for the records.
George w. Call of Colrain paid
$40 for drunkenness in Justice Greene's
court Saturday. The case against
Thomas Portell of Leyden for the
same offense was continued till the
3lst.
Col. Ingersoll had crowd of about
|, 800 at his lecture at Lake Pleasant
Sunday. He lectured Friday and Sat
urday foi a division of the proceeds.
but Sunday he spoke for an agreed
amount He will net about 5000 from
the three lectures.
The 18th reunion of present and for
mer residents of Catamount Hill, Col
rain. was held last week Thursday
and Friday with a large attendance.
PRAYER was offered by l.. 7. Brown
of Shelburne Falls and this was fol-
lowed by greetings from Charles W.
Cary of Brown university. Remarks
were then made by Squire" Benson
of Heath and Joseph Lyons of Tau
ton. Prof c. p. Hall of Shelburne
Falls. superintendent of the public
schools of Colrain. gave an excellent
address on Character building
Arthur A. Smith led the company in
singing America, Il. Elizabeth Hite
recited "A city girls soliloquy' and
FannyBowen Shippee gave history
of the first school house ON Gaia
mount Hill. An original poem was
given by Lysander Hilman and Jennie
Manning recited poem. William p.
Davenport then read an interesting
paper on Indian "reminiscences,
written by his uncle. Jason Daven
mort. 4 poem written by Mrs. Julia
Walden was read by Mrs. Joseph Man
ming and DIR. \. F. Davenport was the
last speaker The reunion will be
continued to-day.
Daniel Cary, 20, of Colrain, and
Lillian L. Goodnow. 20. were arrested
in a house on the Green river road in
Leyden Thursday night and arraigned
before Trial Justice +. l.. Greene Fri
day morning. charged with adultery.
They we're held in 500 bonds each for
sentence by the superior court in Nov
ember. and were committed. The
house in which they were taken was a
nm bIe Mace.