The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21

disguised as tramp contracted 10 d,
the job. Krchler broke down whe,
arrested and was so limp that officer,
had to carry him to patrol wagon
he is an Alsatian, ~ years old, ant
has amassed a small fortune in Chica
60, where he has lived for 10 years.
four months ago he married Mrs.
trederika Tuebbecke, who had, be.
sides a handsome face and form. n
four story brick house in Clybourn
avenue. The widow had previously
brought suit for $4,000 damages for
preach OF promise against Kochler.
me affections of the couple began Ia
1 cool soon after marriage, and it was
not a month before quariels were fire..
quent. The many disputes finally led
to separation and then the plot TO
murder the woman and the children
followed.
Another New Hampshire savings Bank.
The state bank commissioner has
enloined the Sullivan Savings lnstitu
tion OF Claremont from further transac.
ton OF business. This bank has been
DONG business since 1888. On Oct. 20.
lS95, the bank had loan aggregating
Sl,37G 600, Of which S626, 600 was upon
western mortgages. Since that time
about SITS, 600 has been with drawn
from the bank and notice has been
presented for the withdrawal of 500,
600 additional. 1t is believed ali de-
mands on the bank will ultimately be
met without material loss to the de-
positors.
Says she didn't Poison Him.
Mrs G. NJ. Powell who has been charg
ed with poisoning Prof Van Sickle of
Springfield, o., to get possession of
$4,000 United States bonds which he had
was found at Columbus o., Saturday.
She denies the charge and says the re-
latives of Van Sickle, who was a second
cousin of hers, have known all along
where she was. She says the stories have
been in circulation by rs. Maloney of
Delaware. against whom she has so,
600 libel suit pending. His children
died OF membraneous Group. He accus-
es her of poisoning them.
AGruesOme Find.
y boat containing five corpses and
six men barely alive drlfted ashore
on Dog Island, Fla, Friday. When
discovered by two fishermen the sur
vivors were lying unconscious on the
corpses of their compaT ions The sur
vivors were revived. and Gilbert
Holmes, who was strongest. related
story Of awful suffering. They were
wrecked on a fishing smack two days |
out of Key West, the men escaping in a |
boat without wood, water or clothing,
and were atioat at least six days. The
five f,NnpI lA1I c,tnpn,,NIal ga
another and the survivors were too
weak to throw their dead comrades in
to the sea, and the corpses remained
in the boat. For the last two days
Holmes was the only one Of the living
and he does not remember
all that happened. The corpses seemed
to be gnawed in places, and the fisher
men suggested that in desperation the
survivors tried to sustain life on the
flesh of their dead companions. Sew
,ral of them seem to have been rem
Tered idiotic by their sutferings.
Death in n Colorado Mine.
The Vulcan coal mine, located in
he Hog Back just below New Castle.
COL, was completely wrecked and set
IN fire by a terrific gas explosion soon
after IL O'Clock yesterday morning.
About GO men, including firemen aud
,oal operators, were in the several
'ooms along the slope and not sinlge
nan could have survived the shock,
If the gas or the fire. With the excep-
ion of few bosses the killed were
Italians. The town of New Castle was
shaken by the explosion as by an
and dense black cloud
1bscurcd the site Of the Vulcc mine
md workings. The force OF the eX-
,losion was so great that buildings
md the trestlc at the mouth of the
slope we're quickly wrecked, hole 100 =
'eet square was carved out of the hill ,
side at the mouth of the incline, while
inbers two feet square were blown
nto the Grand river, 400 feet away.
)ne miner was On his way down the
Hope when the explosion occurred
md his mangled body was subse
,uently found several hundred feet
WAY from the mouth of the slope
Assignee for Dr.. Moore.
Judge Fellows of the Belknap County
Jew Hamp hire Probate court at
Tilton on Saturday appointed Edwin
= Jones Of Manchester as assignee OF
)r. j. C.. Moore. The creditors failed ,
q agree. The liabilities are $1,000, 90 5
,er schedule filed. DR.. Moore thinks
hat with proper management the pro s
ert, and equities should pay J0per ,
ent.
To Utilize the Tides. {
The first attempt, So far as we KNOW
0 utilize the energy Of tldes Tor pract-
cal purposes, is to be made at Santa {
,ruz on the Pacific Coast. A $50 oOo 5
ynamo has been constructed when !
ill be operated by head OF water
aised by the tide; and the electricity f
hus generated will be applied TO llght
no the streets and houses, and TO pro
cling the street cars. Ii the eartn
optinues to rotate, the managers Oh ,,
MS enterprise believe that their en-
eriment will succeed. t.
Hydrophobia KILLED Him. y
Lieut. Nelson II. Doe, of the police !
,rce. died at Lynn Mass, hospital Sat
rlay of hydrophobia, caused by a dog /
re received Dec. 80. In struggle IA I
GILMAN Joseph NJ Russell, who was r
, attendance. was scratched by the
,fferer. and is believed to have been
,occulated. He started for New York /
inv at once for treatment at the las
,ur Institute.
olocnust at TrOy-Thirty Lives Los'-
100000.
A fire started in Troy, n. T., mon
av afternoon in j. Stetheimer
80 shirt waist factory and van
ant Jacobs collar factory, when
ere both in the same building. There
ere 80 girls at work in both estaplish
ents. The flames spread so rapiuls
,at the narrow stairway, when was