The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-06

in every household" For sale by !
r. Durgin. Druggist. -adV
NEW WORLD.
uolmes Takes n New Tack.
Hoys digging under the Holmes house 1T IN.
danapolis Friday, in an unhnisneu p3t11. .. "
the cellar found the two rect OF iioWaru lietHel;
They had been burned hut not ucstroNcu' anu
,ynri evidently too bulky to put into the chimney
hole With the feet were found buried hye,
.nuurt can There was some oil In 1t. since TINS
1isroypry Holmes has taken new tack ana
While protesting his own innocence cnarSes thc
murder of the boy on his accompnce iiatch. ne
.uys he Is almost certain that the fragments OF
human bones unrarthea ~ thS ,h,t The
hoy was murdered by the mysterious iiatrh; ne
further positively asserts that lintch hilta ootn
of the other pictzel children. ne auihi's tt'd.
he was i'm indianapolis with the boy, ana that
Howard was turned over to the care OF liaicl,
but asserts he was not IN Indianapolis ~ inc tme
the crime is said to have been commltten'
Holmes said that he had met liatch III lineage,
an, that he was given to believe that ioWarh
and Miss Williams had gone to Buffalo. -.
Holmes has Just launched another scheme
worthy of his ingenious villiany, IN announcing
the publication of a book, purporting to be
sketch of his career. which he claims TO nave
written on the margins Of other books, petause
deprived of writing material, IN 'he cen ,,,''t b ~.
nress During his travels throughout the
country he has had business and social relations
with many persons of hhdouoten rerpertuptai.'y;
lie has with criminal cunning kept Il record OF
nh these transactions. The major portion OF
these friendships were undoubtedly irec lronl
any suspicion of ngdolhg' my nc ll'H t t
advantage of them in the last Villalnous scnehc
of his life and they are to bc made the NeHlclc
for scouting sufficient funds Tor MS defense.
Those who knew Holmes VIII be informed tnht
thav arc TO he part and parcel OF the book. IN
timatons will lie given that as 1t Will be most
unplea SAINT to be known in connection WIN Us
author all mention OF certain names VIII ne
omit,cd-for Il money consideration. 'hc 81
,he cbnntpr. is devoted to the Boston expert
cuccs OF Holmes and Minnie Wlllihms me
woman under the guidance OF Holmes, en-
framed a wealthy man of a family. For time,
heing led to believe that he had deeply wronged
the rirl he made such occasional financial rep
aration rs he deemed proper, ana the con
science fund.- found IT way mo l,o,,nes G Of
sight" the Boston man breatheu freer put
when the awful revelations came his state on
mind may be imagined ,...,.,,,,,,.
oalre near sixth and Market streets, Will he
forwarded 10 the Boston man anu this proposi,
ton made II he will purchase LOO copies Oh
the book accompanying the immediate order
therefor with the retail price thcreot-Si apiece
his name will be omitted, a. Wen as = matter
that would in any way point 10 MN. NO 'ouDi
the Boston man-who can wen ahord u WIZ
very promptly do 80, unless the authorities put
an end to the scheme, as they ought 10 do
Died From snake Bites.
Three children named Jenkins went TO gather
crr. M sullivan, No. one cht'd thrust Its hhh9
iuto what il supposed WAS tue mems nest anu
quickly Withdrew it, cNcialming that the men
Ind nccked it, hand. \ rattlesnakc had bitten
il The other two children put IN their hahus
With the same result. The mother was az the
veil with her infaut and ran to the children
The infant tell into the well ana was oroWhcn
The rhrec others died soon attcrward.
Death of Gen. Grants Indian Military
Secretary.
General Ely :. Parker died saturday morning
AT his residence infaIrleld. Conn, aged ~" ne
was a full FLOODED seneca Indian and chiel OF
the six Nations. During the Civll war ne was
secretary to General Grant, lie was appointed
general in the United states army ia 1867 ana IN
1863 was made commissioner OF Ihdlan ahairr
Fora number OF wears he acted a. purchasing
agent Tor the New York police department.
Water broke through the walls separating the
abandoned workings of the Bob Tan runner
property and the sleepy Hollow and AmericuS
| mines in Colorado Friday afternoon, ana caught
! thirteen miners before they could be warned of
| their danger. The Bob Tail property was
| famous in the early days OF Gupm county Tor
! its great Weld of gold, Its shafts, drifts ana
| chambers penetrate into the hills Tor miles
The Coroners jury in the inquest on the Ire;
| land building collapse al New York city mona
the architect, his assistant, the contractor MS
| foreman and Inspector Buckley Responsible Tor
! the disaster.
| A train at Woodlawn Park, on the way to
Conev Island, waiting for the Catholic knights
picnickers TO get off, was crashed INTO ny WIZ,
| cat engine Monday afternoon, and more thah Az
| ncrsons were injured. The wildcat engine lhi-
| inediatelv caught fire and burned to ashes.
4 gang of rascals engaged in railroad ticket
| frauds against the southern Paciic road mas
| been uncovered, and one of its number arrested
| nj New York Their method AT first was to Sc.
cure tickets that had been used, pug up the holes
| p,nched by conductors and then sell them again
| ihrouph scllpcrS. Besides that, they went eN
tensiyeiy into the printing of tickets in imitation
| of those of the company, ami s'',Voo worth OF
| these besides lot of bogus free passes worth
from 81 TO 800 apiece were secured Win me
| contIIre They were also engaged in the same
business against the New York, ontario west
crn road
Four violent earthquakes at Pinotepa ana
Nacional Mexico caused wuespread aerTor o nf.
cavcd in. The inhabitants of the stricken town,
have taken refuge in the country in fear OF
other formidable shocks. The severe shocks
were preceded by loud roar coming from the
sea- and it is believed in the stricken LOCALITY
that a snbterranean volcano is on the point "i
eruption.
The government at Quito is soon TO abandon
the Ecuadoran capital. General Aliaro, tht
head of the provisional government, established
by the revolutionists, is steadily marching OF
the Gaps seng essivss soers
is reported, had an engagement with the gov
eminent troops at Mantle. The government
| commander is said to have taken refuge III th'
American consulate.
Living in the wlds of Northern Minnesota
70 miles from posto1ice, with only boy Tor !
companion, Dr. George W. Fraker, who planned
one of the most gigantic and successful insur
ance swndles OF modern times, was capture,
Monday by officers who have been on his traci
for the past two years. Together with seven %
| eight compan Mons the doctor went fishing on tn
, Missouri river one day, and after dark disap
peared and WIS seen no more. Three mel
afterward sworc positively that theN saw mn
drown while rowing IN a leakv boat. but M
body courd not lie recovered. some three o.
four months previous TO This he began loadlns
up with life insurance, taking out total o