The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-09
VARIOUS VERMONT MATTERS.

Henry Hills of Cabot was the. victim Of q
pecuiiar accident last week. lie WAS uia'ana
home Il load OF hay when, seeing q shower up
nroacbinr. he attempted to drive uhucrh purn,
where he had stopped several times pgloIo, u oa
his horses were not guided Just rlght. !iunu'n ~ y
his head. but his right shoulder struck lnc
hridoe. doubling him over, and the horses went
through the driveway with him IN that pos,.aoni;,
ocrupying a space Of only six inches. AZ nrst ~
was thought his injuries were iatal, Dut no pohce
we're broken, and he will recover.
Robb4r in the Woods.
Rutland Is being terrorizcd by highwayman
lie Is IN Cheney hill woods. Atthls POM Mnu,,,s
Is about hslf way between hu.lhno ama IN,
ford, the road runs through u thlck Woou' ~
alleged that a man wearing a mask mas sexeIai
times stopped teams driven by women Wis"in
the past Two days and demanded money,
day or " ago a Mrs. Wayne nvinE ~ nrdercd
~ rive m her money, but instead she drove the
man off with her horsewhip.
Worse Than First supposed
The recent robberles at st. Adams are causing
the good people OF that village much concern,
for there Is no question bnt WHAT tnes VII III l ts
AT about 500. The value of goods taken Is
much greater than at first thought anu nov y,
cludes $40 worth OF gold pens S.o wor'r r,ng
mountings, besides six Knights Tcmplarcharms,
several gold fob chains, igold lockets ana goIa
thimbles. Nothing but solid goid goous weto
d He III EtlI btii6
floor. Mr.. Perkins is congratnlatin9 himself .
the recovery Of fourteen gold pens whicn weae
dropped in the alley way wheh the th'ei wac
making his hurried flight.
Orange County Republicans.
The Orange county republican convention at
Chelsea. Friday, had y. l.. Boyden of Randolph
for chairman and l.. y. johnson OF hanaolpl
for secretary. F. A. Berry, Judge Gidaings
and Judge Lathrop were made wee ce e,prG,siee, nn
resolutions was appointed c. ). Emery, ~,
spear. A. b. Parker, r.. =. Darling and IL. u.
Brock, ,o.
and the names of Cassius Peck of BrooGheld,
and George W. Lynde of williamsburg was
presented. The ballot resulted as follows;
Peek 4, Lynde 81, and Peek was declared lhe
nominee. For second senator, &C. Sargent Of
Corinth was unanimously nominated. Inc
ticket was completed ms follows. Assistant
iadges, W; II: kibbe OF ives, ralr'eg Iiiale X.
Darling OF Chelsea; sheriff, C.P. smith OF west
ropsham, Judge OF probate, Raniolph distric.,
W. II. Nichols OF BraintIse; Braiiora district
:. l.. Gleason OF Thetford nigh balm, ,. ~
Berry of Thetford; county commissioner,
Alonzo Noyes OF Chelsea. AFTER the noiniha,
tions were completed Hon: Victor ]. Spear OF
Braintree and Hon. Frank Plumley OF North-
field addressed the convention.
Located At Rutland.
United state, Marshal Emery ;. Harris OF
Remington, has established his permanent
headquarters at the cnitei states court NOUS
and postofice building IN Rutland; rms y III
accordance with an act passed at the lAst ,on'
gress in which the fee system was done away
with and the office made a salariei one: Inc
law also demands that the marshal siIah nave
permanent headquarters.
FrightfuI Fourth Accident.
A shocking accident occurred at ST. Adams
saturday morning. While George ID. sampson
was irving TO clean out "A sinai, cannon u WAS
discharged and a piece of half Inch iron about a
foot long. heated red hot, was driven neariy
-. tAAH Nus WIG n
ing for the Fourth and had gotten out the can,
non to get 1t In shape; 1t had been LETT loaded
and he tried 10 discharge II several times. put
the 10 yder flushed every time ana decided that
he would burn the wadding out, 10 do this be
got the piece OF iron described above ana heat,
Ing il to a white heat In the stove. went out ana
rammcd 1t into the barrel OF the caSaon, Wnieh
Was discharged almost Immediately, driving the
iron bar through hs clothing and a ieather
pocket book, and entering his BODY lust peloW
The right nipple, fraeturing two ribs ani going
entirely through his right lung, stopped VIII
the sbarnened point against the skin under his
shoulder blade. samson shouted Tor ms mother'
who, as soon as she realized what had happened,
tried 10 pull the iron out, but al the FIRST attempt
owing 10 Its great heat. then she wrapped
her dress skirt around the emu ana succeenea IN
pulling the seething iron ont.
Interesting Lawsuit.
A hearing IN the ease of Charles NJ. Bliss
against The Bennington Battle Monument asso-
citation will he held In Burlington at the ian
Ness House before Judge Start next Friday
The hearing viii be on a motion to recommit the
report Of the special master, Ex-Governor Du-
verse to the Connecticut Banking company
which brings the suit In the Interest OF MT.
Biiss. The association defends on the GROUND
that Mr.. Bliss's long continued services were
gratnitous, except those of a specific nature,
the master SO found. Mr.. Bliss contends
tina, although hts services were gratultous, the
several thousand dollars he spent in behalf OF
the association were spent In the expectation OF
eimburse zcnt. a part. but only a small part,
has been paid back 10 him. This the special
master ENDS, is all that he IL entitled TO under
the implied contract which he had with the as
The plaintiff claim that the testimony
does not support this finding.
The ease has dragged its show length along,
court fashion, until IL is In the third
month Of Its seventh year., and more than TWO
years before that having been spent In vain at
at settlement.
Saturday lightning struck the barn belonging
to Charles Morris, al Burlington. containing
seven horses. A ball of fire hit one horse on
the head and rolled the entire length of hs
neck and back, burning a strip two inches wide,
and also burning his hips TO a crisp, completely
paralyzing' him. The other animals were saved
by four men in the barn, who were uninlureh.
John Reagan, VITO lived in West Castleton,
was Killed BIZ the cars in Whitehall, \. " sun
day morning at ! O'Clock. While waiting for MS
train he sat on a car which was In the yard. and
an engine which was doing switching struck this
ear. Reagan was thrown under II. Both legs
were cut of. lie lived about two hours after
the accident.
In the two eases of Julia NJ. McDuiey, al.
minisiratrix, VS.. Boston and Maine railroad and
Julia VI. McDufey ct ais. VS.. same, tried to
gether At Circuit Court at Montpelier last week
the Jury agreed upon a verdict for the pain
tits 10 recover $3.50, which was divided as
follows Julia NJ McDufey, the widow OF the
deceased James McDufey, gets $3.50, anu
their two children, Homer a, $3.50, and Clay
ton j., 5000.