The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
NEW WORLD.
potatoes Used as Fuel.

paraacs are 50 cheap that farmers in Contra
y'Y York are throwing them away. One man
lrrunc them in his stove and says they
NIKE A very hot and steady ire. AT some auc
5on. Of farm property held lately they sold Al
'Woand one half cents hushel, and in many
r.f5nccs no bids could be secured.
Indian Massacre in mexico.
lutians have massacrcd the women schoo
,f.rhers ot Juquia, in the state Of Cajaca. The
mr,h pricst, the chief of police, the 1oca
5ise, tie project and all the town councillor:
we're also Killed. No one connected with tho
mWH government was spared. The state OF
1t mr. n lae extreme south of Mexico, i.
Ar a.santainOus and is inhabited princi
m lrd.aus, who. having been isolated
h . contact with the rest of the republic
are fierce, turbulent and difficult TO control
TcyAayc risen against what they conceive &c
be aa unjust taxation law recently passed by the
,,atC government.
Blizzard in the West.
Denver Monday was the center of one of the
worst storms that ever blew over the western
COUNTRY. On the east the country was inundated
with from foot TO three feet of water, while
IN the south and west mcager reports tell OF dis
a.trous snow Billiards that swept away every
yesii-e Of animal life in their path. Drifts
ranged as high as 20 feet, and without shelter
there is no prospect of livestock escaping the
Jury the elements. Cripple Creek reports
lie greatest loss, and fatalities are feared In the
bills surrounding the camp, where several hun
,red men are prospecting without any protcc
ton from the storm. Five buildings in Cripple
Greek were blown down, including Il three.sto
and lodging house occupied by "a men.
While the friends of Clara Heppenstall were
gathered at her home in Freehold, j, on sat
urtay night, taking of her death the day be.
fore, they were startled by \ shrek coming
>he rose up in her bed and began TO talk. The
iOet0r who was summoned said the case was
9Se Of suspended animation. He applied RENE
its, and soon the woman was resting easily
and slept well that night, though her final re
c0yery is improbable. She had had all the ap
pearanCes of being dead for more than "a hours,
'he had been suffering from typhoid fever and
complication of other diseases.
An Internal machine was sent to Police Com
missioner Roosevelt of New York through the
mai. Saturday. But clerk was suspicious and
oei0re being entirely opened il was soaked SO
~ prevent harm.
six men were instantly killed by an explosion
,1the st Lawrence mine at Butte, Mont, last
Monday.
On the platform of the railroad station in
MiLicana, Tex. Friday, John Brooks shot and
Glleh his daughter, Mollie, and also sho; her
'yeeheart, \ { Worrells, as they were about 10
hoard tram Friday morning for Bryan, where
Ney were to be married. After the shooting
Brooks went to the rock quarry near Millicana
exploded and blew himself TO pieces. Only the
feet and part OF his legs could be found after
tbc explosion.
charles Kostrapski, Is years old shot Mrs
Wary Publ. his paramour, four times at Bridge,
port, Conn. saturday morning, and 1t Is beHevcu
alhc hospital that she cannot recover. hos
l@pskl then made an unsuccessful attempt TO
end his own life.
Join !. Walker, former Consul of the United
states at Tamatiyc, Madagascar, who was re
ea,ed recently from prison at Mines, France,
arrived al New York saturday morning. lie
tells hanging story of the treatment he has re.
eyed and explains innocently the letters on
Which the prosecution against him were based.l
Frank Demaris, an old war veteran OF the an
Maine regiment, was arrested at Nashua, H.
Tuesday for shooting his wife, the bullet passing
through hcl shoulder Rum and Jealousy were
q the bottom Of the trouhlss He accused her OF
eng Intimate with otf { men. She mas NOT
4Ved with him for si5l months, but with her
laughter. He;went to the house and asked her to
return and when she refused he drew. his re-
s,oEer and shot her as she stood in the kichen.
Inc attending physician cannot say whether shc
NlHTec0yer or not.