The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-13
VARIOUS VERMONT MATTERS.

SUICIDE AT 81. ALBANs.

| a Young Man shoots Himsclr-A Victim
| of Alcoholism.
Frank Thibeault of st Adams, aged 20, shot
| himself at ll30 Monday morning and died al
| about O'Clock In the evening. Kun IL supposed
| to be the cause OF the net Thiheaut, who has
| for several years worked for Walter 5 Clark
who lives on Prospect hill, about l2 miles
from The village, In the capacity OF milk carrier
arrived back AZ Mr. Clark's after covering his
milk route, about II O'Clock. considerably under
/, the influence of liquor. lie put up his horse and
went into the mouse and got q doubled airclled
| shot gun which belonged To Mr. Clark and took
1t to his room unobserved; there he loaded both
barrels and getting Into bed on his right side In
q partially reclining position, he pulled one OF
the triggers with his foot and blew OF the lett
side or his head from his ear up. making u gap.
ing wound nearly by inches In size.
MIR Cmrk's people heard the report of the gun,
followed by groan, and went ut once to Till
beault's room, where he WAS round unconscious
with blood pouring from his wound and the
gun lying on the floor beside the bed. lie never
spoke nor regained consciousness. lie was
fully clad and HAD not removed his oyershoes
even, only his cap being oil.
Drowned and Frozen in SiN Inches Of
Water.
The case Of the United states against Moo
When Nit, for violating the Chinese exclusion
act, was tried ut st Adams before Commissioner
w AicGettrick Saturday afternoon. The re
spondent was discharged. District Attorney
ii Senter prosecuted and } A Brown Of Burling
ton defended the Chinaman. Moy 10y of Rich.
ford was the interpreter.
Rum Raid NJ Montpelier.
sheriff Collins and Deputies Graves and White
seized an express wagon load of liquor at the Cen
trail Vermont freight depot in Montpelier Friday.
The stun was In room at the rear of the build.
Ing, and included rum, gin, wine, lager and
whiskey. Several of the quarter. barrels were
Oiled with faucets and partly filled with glasses,
and Tin measures were also found, indicating
that the liquor had been kept there for di.dri bu
uon The officers were Obliged to break lock
to get into the room. Ii Bailey, the freight
agent, claimed as hls personsl property one
barrel OF lager In bottles and this was ordered
returned to him. The rest of the supply was
condemned In City court and was ordered
spilled
st. JOhnsbury to Have an Electric Road.
A syndicate of four from Burlington, has de
cided to build an electric road here, and hopes
TO complete 1t next June.
Waterbury at special village meeting Mon,
day evening voted to put In II new system of
water works.
Adeline Claim, 40, a Brookleld'town charge,
was found dead sunday with her head in q
brook and the ice frozen about her neck and
shoulders. She was climbing over fence, fell
and broke her leg. Her head stuck In the stream
and she drowned In six inches of water. II was
two days before she WAS discovered.
Harland Stoddard of Wakefield, met with
very painful accident Thursday. Mr. Stoddard
was in the woods chopplng, when in some way
he was thrown OFF a ledge about ten feet, strik.
ing his mead anu shoulders ON stone, WHICH
appeared to be moulded for the occasion, max.
ing an ugly wound In the back of his head and
breaking the muscles from the spine near the
shoulder.
Asa SIuier OF North Clarendon, was thrown
from his wagon late Tuesday evening ON South
Main street, Rutland He struck on his head
and was dragged some distance. He was taken
to the home OF his cousin, l. e Squier, and Drs
Hanrahan, Stearns and Thomson were called.
4 fracture was found ut the base of the brain.
Miss Laura Miner aged 20 years. whose
home Is in Rutland county died last Wednesday.
While attending party on Halloween she was
told that If she swallowed u chickens heart any
heart stopped In her windpipe, causing an alb.
about death. And this In the nineteenth cen. |
fury.
Mrs Sarah Hardy OF Aiorristown, who was |
spending Thanksgiving at { A knights In
Hyde Park, met with serious accident Friday |
falling down the basement stairs. |
Her head was forced under the refrigerator
that stood al the foot of the stairs In such way |
that the refr4 orator had TO he lifted before she
could be cNtricated cash nearly eight inches |
large was cut around the crown of her head, al. !
most scalping her. She remained unconscious |
nearly two hours
The wood working shop OF Burnham Il Ayres |
n Barre was damaged 1900 By fire Monday !
evening.
The Baptist parsonage at rittsford WAS burned /
TO A W Mandigo who rented the
parsonage. Loss $1,000 with 500 insurance
The parsonage was one OF the village landmarks.