The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
SUNDAY FIRE AT ST. JOHNsBURY,
Avenue House Burned to the Ground
Also Opern House Loss Nearly $780,

| 900.
A fire started from Il lamp in room at th,e
Avenue house at 4.SJ Sunday and spread will
great rapidity throughout the hotel. some
| guests lbarely escaped with their lives. I {
Spencer, a jewcler was burned about the face
and hands IN escaping; ID Bagley, a druggist
cut his hands In breaking the window and com.
! ing down rope. The Avenue house was burned
to the ground IN about three hourS;i II was owned
! by u q Howe and valued at S3O,0OD; insured
! for $4,000 II l. Doyle, the landlord, had no In
surance and lost everything, including his per
| sonal property. Doycs loss was $4,000. The
/ first floor of the Avenue honsc was rented to
stores The following were the losses TO the oc.
cupants: spaulding Brothers groceries, fully
! insured; Miss l. French, lnilliner, loss IN
known; B Martel, barber, los $500, insurance
$500; g II Baglcy, shoe dealer, most of his stock
saved The Offices OF the Avenue house were
occupied by Blodgctt. lawyer; ID Waters, agent
OF the Great Eastern freight line, and William
! Mclaughlin, agent for the singer sewing ma
chine.
BE idcs tie stores there were about 20 tene.
mcnts In the hotel. The guests both regular
and transient, lost everything. Lynch Smith
had a restaurant and billiard parlor in the base
ment and were fully insured for about & 900.
Adjoining the hotel on the west was the Howe
opera house, owned BY u Il Howe, which cost
$50, 600
The firemen made desperate effort 10 save
this inc brick building, but TO no purpose. 1t
was insured for 5000. w Scott, shoe store,
Opera house. Both had ample time TO save
their property, which was well insured. North
of the Avenue house is small block owned By
Il q Howe insured for $4,000. The first floor
was occupied by + C Brooks, tailor. The second
floor was used as hall Tor The Red Men. The
fire reached this block at . O'Clock.
4 special train brought 100 drcmen from Lyn'
donvilr at O'Clock. At II O'Clock the fire WAS
under control. The opera house walls were all
saved, also the walls of the small block north of
the Avenue honsc.
Later-The Opera house is in much better
condition than was expected the prinpa
damage TO building being by water and smoke.
Mr. spencer died OF his injuries Tuesday
morning. lie was in his room in the Avenue
house at the time of the fire and so rapid WAS
the spread of the flames that he was badly
burned before he could effect his escape. 1t
was not at first supposed that his iniu les were
so serious.
Liquor Dealers Caught.
The rum seller. at swanton underwent gen.
eral raid Tuesday when state Attorney Chase
OF East Fairfield, Justice ID Hal and Deputy
Sheriff Draper Of ST Aibans and Deputy Sheriff
James of swanton, swooped down upon the
American house, Bert Aiken's place, Joe
stratoD'r and II Sparry's. quantity of H.
quor was secured al each place and the dealers
arr csted and br ,ughl up before Justice Hall;
they ali pleaded not guilty, but were adjudged
guilty and sentenced 10 pay fine of $40 and
costs amounting to about $50 each They ap.
pealed and furnished bonds for appearance at
the April term of court.
No trace has been found of Joseph Wade of
Poultney, who has been missing since Christ.
mas. He probably fell into the river, and his
body was carried away In the high water. As
the river ID now covered with ice IL is impossi-
BILE to find the body, and 1t will very likely be
carried away with the spring Hoods, leaving the
mystery unsolved.
Mrs Mabel Cobb Mallowes. daughter OF the |
late 5 Cobb of Barnard, AZ her home in Chat
ham, Mass. Jan 10, gave birth to an infant |
which weighs only Two pounds and the little |
one takes nourshment as heartily and seems as |
happy rs any ten. pound babe might do. The ut |
tending physician pronounced 1t the smallest /
child he ever SAW in an apparently healthy con.
dition.
Charles Cook, s farmer living on the edge OF |
owner of a very handsome pair of large |
bay hOrses, while driving about his barn |
the other day, drove across an odd forgotten I
well or cisten and the horses broke through /
One Of The valuable horses was killed and the !
o,he SO seriously injured that it Will probably /
be killed.
Carlton Field and Nellie Ayres OF Ferrisbui gh /
were arrested Friday for adultery ON complaint (
of States Attorney Frank l. tish, and brought +
to Nergennes and placed IN Jail. Field is said /
10 have "A wife in New York, but they had not
lived together for over ten years, and Miss /
A yres has been his house6eeper Tor a long time.
They had II hearing Saturday night before Jus.
lice DunOway. Field WAS bound over for APP
prarance at the county court and bail was fixed /
n 500, which was furnished. Mrs Ayres case
was continued