The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-24
VARIOUS VERMONT MATTERS.
Experiment station Bulletins

rrL, S'"tioh bulletins.
to uuhi,sbp station at Burlington Is abou
E,prm Duan puctins 10. on Potato Rlights M,
r,ungiclues, ana 81, on "Analvsos ~ nn .s nn,
VA ferlil,acrs." Bulletin 40 discnsscsS v thn W.
na,, t,Uns petWeen the various potato biights
seascs Which of , Inherent forms of potato d
M nha me general name of "earIw i, ,uh.
,rn,e msorders are fully described and lin
ma avu ~ i,gufcs or the leaves and prcvent,v,
rioas Neutrality-suspicious. es a, rhe relative value Of va
smoWh' Bnlletn 81 contains the analyses ,,n,.
"ntecs anu station valuations of N Lrn',s, u" "
Thern erSlai ierlizers sold in the state this YEAR
enhs Of the s ,raac 10 10 pc, besye that fully nine
Uranus contained In this bulletin which w NJ o,'
my iihu helpful as ready means of comnayyin'
VI nfe reiat've ngricutural and commercial vain,
otber hn,,o omcrea Tor sale. These, as well n.
ou, nu,ieunh OF me station, viii. be sent win
ont charge TO any address on applicotiom ", :,
pertinent station, burlington. '''" W w
Big Fire at Newport.
, At a;@ Tuesday morning, fire broke ont i,
iiuDDard,s block at Newport. II was ,o uS !,
consumed, AND soon the large Field Ilnct NJ,
iiTUl . was IN names and was totally destroy Sd
Inc surrounding buildings were on fire scvsro
ames 9 y, ~, tne efforts Of the lremen confined tn,
the IRE originated was owned by G j iiuhhorf
anu part occupied by him as d boot and shoe
Inahuiactory and store. j l. Lamberi's In Ecrv
Ha aI h sU Oh ne rst floor with the Grand Army
40 1ock or Hubbard is $1,000 and of Lambert ssNO
m mhe y II lost valuable fixtures and pantingS
! Inc piocI owned by the Field estate was occn
'nelP ss recently fitted great
on the first floor and the armory of he Newnnr,
rihes ana II Green's undertaking rooms We're
on lhe second floor. with large hail above. 4
c taHs hsrt o. the goods were removed and
saved, with most Of the fittings insmrencc w" "a,
Dnlldlng only $4,000. The rifle company los,
guns and uniforms, which, for the most part
l Ss.onsSa to the state though some individual
II any insurance on the postoiiice and LOST o0f
bushels of barley. His loss Is quite heavy n,
Srcen was insured for $500 In many cases the
losses are fully covered, while in others there
was no insurance.
Young Man Attempts Suicide In Brook
field.
Leon Batcheldcr, aged 20, son of Fri Batcbel.
der OF Brookfed, who is working for HAYDEN
NJ Gaylord in that town, attempted to commit
suicide Friday night by cutting his throat with a
razor. He went TO bed as usual last night and
nothing was heard from him. In the morning he
qua not respond when called, and an eXamina.
ton proved that he was on the iioor in n POOL Of
blood The bed and carpet were completely sat.
urated. lie had tainted from the loss of blood
ana the faintine had stopped the flow. lie had
cut deep into the wind pipe. but missed the Jug
ular Veln lie had taken all of the cord out Of
the bed, as If he had intended hanging. The
cause Is SAID to by 4 disappointment In love al
fair.
Lead the Officers Chase.
Nellie Clarkwasbefore the Bennington Mnnici.
pal court Friday for shooting at Thompson Niles
and Orvillc Noyes of SALISBURY with revolver.
She claims that she ordered them from her house
and they would not go, She was committed TO
jail In default of five hundred dollars bail to
await hearing next Monday. Before her arrest
eli IN IN nni .Yt,.. .t,a..
found in the attic of the house drawing herself
up through small hole She has recently served
u term in Jail for riding horseback through a
part of SALISBURY and White Creek in per
fectly nude condition. She claims that her home
is in Boston and to be Il dressmaker She has
been in several other scrapes before the last
one.
Lightnins's Freaks at Proctor.
During the progress of a thunder storm on
Friday afternoon lightning struck the house on
Terrace hill occupied by J Ratli and his family
After demolishnS the upper part af the Chin
ney it took Its course along the chimney into the
house. It split the chimney TO the bottom. and
jumped from 1t into the kitchen, where q l2- year
old daughter OF Ratti was sitting in chair. The
child was thrown from the chair and somewhat
stunned. The lightning then went into the sit
ting room adjoining the kitchen, and from there
went through the side of the house into the
ground outside. a good sized break in the wall
,estilles to its force. No fire resulted from II.
The dwelling house and barn Of Edwin Taylor
Of Barton, were burned last Thursday while the
family were all at the sugar house. The loss is
s., 900 with insurance OF $1,000.
Charles Craig, recently arrested at Lyndon.
vile for forgery, has been released on $500
BAIL his Gather becoming surety. Craig is Sc
riously III with Bright's disease, and Is not eN-
pected TO recover.
Stephen Decelle of Rutland, fell last Thurs
lay and broke his collar bone.
a. L. Httn pnu vii
attempted to wade through the water which
covered the highway, on the way to the village,
asst "Wednesday evening; lie got ont OF the
road when partly through the water, and be.
,ame entangled In wire fence. People living
N the vicinity were aroused by his screams for
help, but before they could do anything for him
he was swept under by the current. A boat was
procured and launched as soon as possible, put
i was found, held fast bya wire fence, near
where he was last seen alive.
A Young son of James Mack OF Fairhaven on
afternoon. while playing az ouhd wen
N the yard with several other children, leIl INTO
he we'll An alarm was given aud DAVID Jones,
who was passing at the time, descended into the
well and rescued the child. The wen was ABOUT
20 feet deep and had four feet OF water III II:
The child received long cnt over the eye ana
was unconscious for about half an hour
Arthur Larrow of Ferrisburgh, aged 0years,
stuck Il rusty mai, in his knee about 10 Gays ago
md died from lockjaw sunday evening.
Ru,land's elaborate plans for a new opera
louse have proved something of'a bubble. Not
,yen the bubble exists now. The offer maueby
Mr. Chaffec for an interest in the 10 loot lot on
street, east of the Bardweil house
is site for an opera house has been rejected
lIthough this proposal was accompanied with an
,ffer to furnish portion of the capital needed
n the ENTERPRISE The opera house project Is
lead.
Wells River is agitatins the subject OF 2 wafer
,ower and electric light system. \ good wafer
privilege with 80 feet fail and only half mie
rom the upper end of the village, can ne
bought for $500
The Barre members of the Granite state FRO
-ident Association are making the move to sc,
ure a permanent injunction. so that the SoVoo
low on deposit in one of the local banks can nc
cent in the city and not allowed to be taken mo
he general fund.
Swanton liquor dealers suffered SATURDAY. inc
merican house, Sparry's restaurant, John saw say;
ge,s saloon and Aiken's restaurant were raldeu
,riday night and quantity OF liquor secureu ny
.ach place. The respondents were arraigneu
saturday, and fined $40 and costs. They all ap'
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