The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-09

critical condition. just few DAYS
after this incident, boy named Arson
Sanford OF the same town was freed by
another bull, which did not leave the
tree until driven off with pitchforks
and clubs.
The saloon on South Main street, st.
Adams, kept by Dick Goode, was raid
ed Tuesday noon by the officers and two
barrels of beer, one of ale and several
jugs and bottles of whiskey, rum. gin
and brandy were seized. Goode was ar
raigned before Judge Finn and plead
ed not guilty to the charge of keeping
with intent to sell, and also for selling,
fined and sentenced to the house of cor
rection.
An IncendIary NJ Sheldon.
A large barn and shed was burned
Sunday night on the farm owned by
Cramton q Richardson and occupied by
h. w. Ellwood in the east part of
Sheldon. The barn contained l5O tons
of hay. The fire is supposed to be Of
incendiary origin. The barn was val
ued at $1,000 and insured for $1,000,
while the hay was insured for about
$1,000. The total loss is 1880.
An Embezzler.
There was great surprise and con
sternation in Barre when it became
known that Willis X. Jackson, who
has for some time been in the employ
of the Central Vermont railroad com
pany as telegraph operator and ticket
agent, is an embezzler to the amount
of $3.50 He was taken before City
Judge Barney by City Grand Juror
Bisbee late Saturday night and placed
under 500 bonds for his appearance at
the hearing to be held August Doth.
DIR. Joe jackson of Barre became his
bondsman.
A Shooting Affair at Newport.
Willard Berry shot at Will Morey last |
Saturday while Morey was standing in /
his own yard at Newport The trouble !
grew out of a jealous feeling that had |
existed for some time Morey entered |
a complaint to States Attorney Annis
Sunday.
Tried to Dispose Of Her iBaby.
Considerable excitement prevailed |
last week at West Topsham when it |
became known that the two weeks old I
child of Miss Rosa Young was missing.
Miss Young is an adopted daughter of
A. j. Young of Princeton, Mass, and
since last May has been in West Tops
ham, staying with Mrs Eliza Smith.
On the day that the child was lost,
Miss Young was left alone for short
time, lady had driven to the house
md asked for the baby, and she had
given it to her. This story seemed so
ncreditable, as no tracks could be seen,
hen search was at once begun. After
lbout three hours, the baby was found
~ Herbert Bagley and j. B. Sanderson
,yer bank, in bunch of blackberry
pushes. The child was living, and DR..
Watson was at once called. He carried
t TO the house, where proper attention
vas given it, and it seemed as we'll as
yer in few minutes. Miss Young was
It once placed under arrest and held in
800 bonds which were furnished. II
Vermont Mutual Prosperous.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary ;
ire losses throughout the state during
he past year, including the disastrous
at ST. Adams, the YER
mont Mutual closes its fiscal year, end
ng Aug. /, 1895. with only per cent
one fourth of one per {
ent less than the previous year. The i
has gained nearly 500, 900 in
Is premium note capital during the
ear and has net balance in the treas !
Try, over all liabilities to August /, of
bout $500
4 Firebug Caught.
Henry Carpenter was arrested in
lincoln last week Thursday on suspi .
ion of setting fire to Moses Carpenters =
arm last week. He was taken before 9
Justice Colby for hearing, where he !
to setting the fire to get the
insurance, 81, 400 on about 81. 200 of i,
roperty he had stored there. He was I
cid under $40, 600 bonds and in de
lult was committed to Jail. !
Mrs. Gertrude Barnes Jones, has pc +
Itioned for a divorce from her husband
'ev. |. Jones, who was pastor of the
society, at Williams
lwn from 1855 TO 1890 on the ground c
f intolerable severity and non support =
IT. Jones is native of Wales and a "
raduatc of Yale divinity school. y
The Congregational church at Dan f
lille and the barns of Fred Frye at the |,
lme place, were burned Saturday S
light. The cause of the fire is I'M a
noWn. Y
The Vermont State Pharmaceutical Y
ssociation will hold a session in Bur
ngton Aug. y and -. A compli-
entary boat ride will be given the
fternoon of the last day on the Rein +
aer by the Burlington Drug company \
I'd the Wells x Richardson company. g
The new three story business block II
hich was being built by II. G. Nor a
IN on North Main street, st. Adams,
Elapsed entirely Thursday evening =
,out 8. 40 o clock. There were no lives u.
st nor any one injured. The block -
al been in course of construction -
,out four weeks, and the workmen
ere putting on the rafters of the %
ird story. and in three days more u
ould have had the building entirely IL
osed in. There were few people
lssing at the time of the accident.
ne woman who was near by had to b
N for her life. b'
Ray Linsley. of Burlington, the
lung son of Dr. j. H. Linsley, had d
miraculous escape from death last ID
,turday, falling a distance of 20 feet
rm the new storehouse of Jones
Isham oil building and striking
,on a floor of boards. The skull
rs not fractured and no bones
ere broken. He remained in an I'M
nscious condition five hours after the
cident occurred.
Douglas Barclay. u years old, was
ught in a derrick at the Barclay
ante works at Barre Tuesday after
ION and severely injured. He may
cover. -
A Frenchman whose name is Frank -
yers in English. and who claims
,ringfield as his home, was arrested
R,tIop1 Tpac1ay piuht for pror1is-I