The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-13
NEW WORLD.
a Transparent swindle.

People in some Massachusetts towns were
swindlcd last week by transparent scheme.
\ man called at a number of houses, represent
M himself as an agent OF the government, ana
aid il had been decided TO have all army uni
forms made by women at their homes, and that
be wa. an advance agent, sent ahead TO see that
the sewing machines were In good order. TN
lyestlgatlon he always found something wrong
with the machines, which he repaired, and after
collecting s or - for his services, told the wo.
men that the cloth for the uniforms would ar.
rive next day. But it did not.
The Distress in Newfoundland.
The condition OF the people of Newfoundland
has gone from bad to worse since last year anu
the result Is that a wholesale deSertlon oil inc
Island i now In progress No attempts are be-
nc mate By the leaders of the people TO pre-
vent this desertion. The fishery industry has
Practically been paralyzet owing TO the low
price Of fish There is no lack of fish The PEG,
gle have been very successful this year ana
there have been no more boats lost than usual
but the price for the fish has gone down so much
thai great distress has followed. The relief com
nittee which was instituted last year TO Keep
Tue people from actually starving TO ueath VIII
nave to be continued this year, but the amount
ltmOneg TO be devoted to this object Is so very
small that the work of the committee cannot DC
ii much use. Where last year families were al,
lowed - month they now only get Sl5O, ana
this ptlance does very little where family OF
,iX or seven are dependent upon 1t for support
As result OF this impoverished condition OF the
country every steamer that leaves Newfound-
and Is crowded with people.
still Another.
Susan Wright, o fifteen. yearsold coloIed giil
residing with her parents at Suffolk, va, uleu
Monday afternoon. The body was coflined the
next morning and taken to Portsmouth. On the
ld being removed the CIR, sat ny. and began
4aghlng, thro ing those present almost into
panic. The girl says she could hear everything
As1 was said around her bier. and knew sne
vas to be buried, but she could not move or
peak. In the evening she returned home w!th
her parents.
ward, the Memphis forger and embezzler,
a4s reached New Orleans on his way home to
ae lried for his crimes and misdeeds. He has
oeel brought from Honduras, a country with
NlGl We have no treaty of extradition, put
eNer from President Cleveland to President
boh'l4 OF Honduras brought about Wards ar
ItsL, and the officer having Ward In charge re
E'''s mat 1t would be easy TO secure the arrest
u any OF the numerous colony of escaped
american thieves in Honduras in the same
way.
The Girl Rejected Him.
double tragedy occurred at the farmhouse
" " p p Bundy, three miles west of the village
~ y, reshtigo, Wis, Monday afternoon. August
a'oih, a swede, 25, bought revolver, hired
gaariiage and drove TO the home of Miss Annie
n n aged IL, who had rejected his addresses.
az. Nv words ensued and both mother and daugh-
Ct ordered him TO leave He fired at the girl,
I LeU PAU cutting of finger and piercing the
, 4uII above the right temple. He then turned
ny. ny uuhlle toward his right breast, fired three
l -o's anu fell dead beside the girl, who was
"-As On the door fatally wounded.
~ me British steamer Principal, from Shields,
angsnd. for New York. went down off Scot
s a"a tuesday, with tventy-seven persons. one
Ia was saved \ tug and seven men lost on
-Ae superior during 4 hurricane.
ing iIe supreme Bench of Massachusetts, has
nS STS me exceptions in the case of Angus
DuAoerti The child murderer, and nothing but
non hanging
1Oert Herring died at Columbus, Ohio, sat
80 80! u hydr pnobia. |; was necessary TO
-H'Sun him 10 prevent him from doing him |
tenh y " attendants harm. Herring was bit 1
Ttt Jog ON the hand about month ago. |
saSit 1 ''d healed, but he grew nervous ana
~ ~ n.y. -ieep az night. The dog which bit him |
ths opilA, \ iiye-year. old girl was bitten AT
n , ,..ne tmt and has been sent TO the Pasteur |
'-,'"ule at Chicago.
~ ~ rlglne on the y Y, y II, a II. road LET |
-, '.a'A "a The curve south of the Port Morris 4
Ne - S !ah Town an embankment and turned 4
tr,ir,, ,andAt morning, instantly killing three /
-. ih ind ujurng three more. The three l
gf,ta a'.iel we're seated Oh the engineers side l
i4s,L '59' AMI were crushed and scalded g.
H. an ~ 'ansc of the accident is not known
TAe ,,''.al- Of the road lay 1t TO broken rail.
ma SiAhSh Ball, q fast freight that runs on 1
~, nssr schedule, was due AT a few minutes
~, = lrainnaE John Tath crawled out
4tI r. '.sr TIE wreck, ran UP the track
-.,,r57;, " lll5 train which stopped with the
lrael. "''Ain hundred feet OF the torn-up
~ SItal Atchi-un railroad system OF sS43 /
% E,v--.sis IA Al Auction at Topeka, Tuesday,
lev.I ~ ~ hlnE Tor SssiteJ,tso. There i 10 be
aghi over il.
n -,s--Fy J Holmes. the novelist, has brought
SITS her husband Tor a divorce.