The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-18
THE REFoRMER BRATTLEBoRo w. FRIDAY OCTOBER 49, 1895
SONS OF VERMONT.


The Melrose, Mass, Democrats Fri
day evening nominated Arthur NJ
Willis, son of Brattleboro, and
head of the art department of the Bos-
ton Globe, for town representative.
John and Caesar Cummings have
been convicted at San Francisco, Cal. =,
and sentenced to be hanged Dec 3, for
the murder Aug. 3, last at Riverside,
Cal, of II. c. Naramore, formerly
of Williston. The Cummings Bros.
were tenants of Mr.. Naramone and
murdered him when he called to col
lect his rent for purposes of robbery.
They were convicted on the testimony
of Joon Lopez, a Mexican, who was
in their employ, who assisted them in
the crime, which was planned weeks
ahead and who finally turned states
"evidence. -
Rev. Boardman r. Bosworth has
accepted call to the 273d Baptist
church in New York and will begin
his pastorate Sunday. He is a Yer
monter and graduate of the Univer-
sity of Vermont and also graduate
of the Rochester Theological Seminary,
class of 80 For some time after
graduating from the U. V. M, he
was engaged in commercial life as act
ing.secretary and treasurer of large
manufacturing concern i'm New Eng
land. He is 30 years of age
News has been received of the death
in Medford, Mimi, of Hiel HoIister.
for years we'll known resident of
Pawlct in which he was born June s.
1906. He was the youngest of seven
sons of Ashbel Hollister, who traced
his lineage for six generations to
John llollister, an English immigrant,
who settled in Glastonbury. Ct He
completed his public education at the
age of lG afterward teaching in
the district schools. His main employ.
ment was farming, though he kept Il
general store in West Pawlet. He al
so had a starch factory in that part of
the town. He had held nearly every
town Office and represented the town
in 1912. He was assistant country
judge Of Rutland county in lS73-74. |
In 1861 he completed and published
volume entitled "Pawlet for 10 Years. "
For nearly five years he was a contrib /
utor to the press. For the past 4 /
years ii had been his custom to make |
annual trips, travelling in the country I
south ana west. He left Granville last /
June to visit Il son in Mcdford. and .
two weeks ago was stricken with par .
alysis, from which he never rallied .
l.. NJ. Hodgkins and family. formerly !
IF B:attleboro, have moved to Tapma. (
Fla, from Gainesville whore they have
resided for several years.
Albert ID. Jacobs, formerly Of Brat
tleboro, has taken a position with the
Skate Manfe Co.. at Worces
ter, Mass. +, II. lIotchkiss has a
position in lock factory at West
Haven. Conn.
Frank Gould of Greensboro has ac-
'cpted position in the University Of
Conn. as professor Of
chemistry.
James II. White, formerly of Brat
leboro and now secretary and manager
# the Wilcox n White Organ Co., at
Meriden, Conn, broke an ankle bone
~ Il slip on the rocks while out chest
luttng last week. The injury is eX-
,ected To lay him up for a fortnight.
Henry ". Hill. a former resident of
Swanton, and now a prosperous lawyer
II Buffalo, was complimented Monday
y being nominated by the New York
ssembly by the Republicans of the
econd assembly district
W. II. Cool; of the Milford journal.
of Bennington, has secured
rs nomination for State senator IN the ;
tn Worcester, Mass, district
Major O. +. p. Waite, a well known
ewspaper and literary man and ma
i've of Chester, died on Friday night
t Claremont, \. H., of Bright's dis
ase. He was born in 1918, learned
he printers trade in New York city.
nd from 1898 TO 1917 was foreman of
he Cheshire Republican at Keene, n.
L., and was afterward editor and pub
sher of the Spirit of the Times. La
pr he was associate editor of the
Republican editor and pub
sher Of the Berkshire County Eagle :
I Pittsfield, Mass, and from lS5i to ,
$50 edited and published the Glare
lont Eagle. He was engrossing clerk /
n the New Hampshire Legislature in .
S56 and 1897. State Insurance Com
Missioner for three years following
80. and associate editor of the Amer a
IAN Stock Journal published in New +
ork city for four years. He also
ompiled the New Hampshire Regis c
II three years, was general recruiting
ihcer in 1861 for Sullivan county, and
fterward military secretary to the o
lar Committee of the Governors !.
ouncil. He prepared Claremont's war
istory New Hampshire in the Great
ebellion, and various other works.
lcluding Eastman's Eastern Coast
uide Book. He was Major of the
,yputipth Rpuimnpt New Han,pShirn v