The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-09
BELLOWS FALLS.
Another big Litigation.

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big law suit. Young George Gage; VINO
comes of an old Boston family, mas
case AGAINST her to be held In the sew
eraJ supreme court next November ior
the inyalidation of what ne terms
..snap'' foreclosure, whereby Mrs.
Green secured possession OF Chicago
nronerty now worth in the nelghpor-
hood of S., 900, 600. David A. ana geo
w. Gage were largely engaged ID rail-
road and hotel and real estate business ss
in Chicago. and after the death OF poth
II was found that Geo. w. had borrow
ed on his real estate $50, oOo from .lie 1
Mutual Life Insurance Company ana
800 600 from Mrs. Hetty Green' LII
1877 Mrs Green foreclosed on her
mortgage for non payment OF interest,",
and Rv order of the Court all the rea,
estate of Mr.. Gage in Chicago was soio
and Mrs. Green bought it. A pan 10
claimed to have been discovered IN tne
foreclosure proceedings and an action
was brought to compel her 10 restore
Iii the nroperty formerly owned by the
late Geo. W. Gage and now stanalns
in her name, on payment OF the orisih-
nj loan of $50. GOO, with interest, the
whole amounting to $500, GOO. A motion
recla;ming the property was made Derore
Judge BIodgett of the United states
Court. Judge Blodgett quashed tne
motion. Advice was then taken or
Judge Gresham, the late Secretary OF
state. He declared that the plal,ntifis
has an excellent case, and advised that
II he carried to the United States
Supreme Court. This has been done,
and Justice Field, after taking the
naners. set the case down for hearing
before the appellate bench IN Noveih-
her The case is on the calendar as
Cornell VS.. Green There are sever
al heirs among whom to divide the
money if the action prevails
Court Matters.
One M. J. Stephens, carpenter
employed by Contractor Lockwood,
was sent to the residence OF clark
, Chase on School street to do some
work Tuesday and Stephen having free
access to the different parts OF the
house went into the room OF Roland
Rice, who rooms in the house, and
took a book. valuable pearl pin, gold
chain. two neck ties, underwear ana
n in money. When the articles were
missed. suspicion was directed towards
Stenben. and search warrant sworn
ont and placed in Chief Thompson s
hands for execution. At noon time
Wednesday, when he went to his rooms
in the Howard block he was followed
bv Chief Thompson and accused OF
taking the stuff, which he denied
The officer then looked around the
room and under pile of old papers on
a table found the book and then
Stephen owned up and went to pal5i
in the corner of the room and 1'sneo
out the chain, pin, and then took tne
underwear from the bureau drawer
and turned them over to Chlef lhomp-
son. who took them to the police sta-
ton and at 3p. M, was taken peio o.
.Justice G.. H. Williams and Ineu 9lc
and costs. amounting TO S20'ol' u
which he paid and tits said departed
for parts unknown.
While Fred Clark was driving down
rerrace Hill on his bicycle Monday,
and evidently not looking ahead OF nm
40 he should have done, he ran smack
into fine tail end of Alick Flnlayson
hnoov. smashing his wheel III very Dao
shane and throwing him into the ar
He luckily escaped injury
Jobn W. Lynde had his finger
crushed in the calender rolls OF Wyman'
Flint g. Sons paper mill last week.
Miss Ellen Twohey. while crossing
the iron bridge last week. fell, cutting
her face quite badly, owing to the de-
fectiye sidewalk on the bridge.
Tom brisbane cut an ugly gash IN
his hand Wednesday night IL was
dressed by DR.. Albee.
Narrow Escape from Drowning.
Two Coleman children of North Wal
mole. five and six wears of age, while
nlayng in boat on the river last Tues
dav afternoon, fell overheard and came
very near being drowned. Ihey GER
tainly would have but for the quick
work of Darby Collins, who was WORK
ing on the log pile near by, and Jump
ed in and pulled them out Inc eiuer
remained unconscious for a long tlme
but after working a good while finally
revived.
Local Thought and Movement
The tug of war which was to have
taken place last Wednesday evening,
between the finishers on the news side
and the finishers on the Manila side
of the Fall Mountain Paper Co., DID
not take place, thus causing great
disappointment to friends of both sides
as there has been great deal of inter
est manifested in the match. Monday
evening letter was sent to the boys
on the Manila side telling them to
nut up or shut up and they being of
The kind that would not shut up I'M
mediately sent their money, $40, to
the challenging boys from the news
side. who failed to cover the same.
John Curtis and Dennis Connors
have bought the pool room formerly
run by Dennis brisbane in the Walker
block and took possession Saturday
morning. Messrs. Curtis and Connors
are two well-known and popular young
men and are to conduct their room IN
a first class manner and no doubt VIII
receive their share of the patronage
which they richly deserve.
Mr.. Gilbert of Westminster launched
his steamer in the river above the dam
last Saturday.
The Chemical Fire Extinguisher
Co. of Manchester, n. H., gave an
exhibition in the square Monday and
Tuesday evenings by starting large
bon. fire and extinguishing it in very
few seconds
A. p. Pollard and H. NJ. Amadon
we're in Little Falls. n. Y, Tuesday
looking at a hotel there which Mr..
Amadon is thinking of buying He
will sell out his iewelry business here.
S. j. Cray has entered his trotter.
i" S. J. c. in 3-minute and 2:4o
classes at Claremont, Friday and Sat
nrday.
Jake Connors' horse ran away last
Friday. starting at the Catholic church
in North Walpole. He was finally cap
.ured at the toll bridge, no damage
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