The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-03

Mr.. Proctor OF Keene.
Sheriff +. W. Mcclure is to have
desk room IN Crown & Morse's offic,
SO as to be in ready reach for any cal
or in detective work Mr. McClure'e
reputation as an efficient officer is such
that he has Just been offered the city
marshalhsip of kocne and strong ef-
fort was made to induce him to ac.
,cept, but he concludes sthat hc won't
leave old Brattlcboro.
Il. Il. Pettee and wife returned to
their New York home yesterday after a
few days stay ut the Brooks House
where Mrs. DR.. Titus OF Wilmington
was their guest. "A. S. Bcebec and two
nieces of Koslo, b. G, have also been here
a part.of. the week and after looking over
the town. even at this season, declare
it to be the most attractive they ever
saw, and they plan to spend the whole
or part uf next summer here, Other
guests at the house during the week
have been II. G.. Staynor of Milwau-
lsee, for two or three days, j. II. Lock
wood OF Burlington yesterday and TO.
day.
S. W. Edgett has bought =. +.
| SioWh IuttItSt III luc TtHl cStutc
business of Grown & Morse, taking
possession with the new year Weones
day. Mr.. Grown stays for the present
with the new firm, Morse Il Edgett,
whose announcement appears else
where, and which is one admirably
constituted for Il large business, Mr..
!Gdgett, recently in the hat and fmn-
ishing goods business, and Rev. +. S.
, Morse, for several years a resident
here, coming from Wardsboro, are both
gentlemen of the highest repute, men
who can be entrusted with business
with the absolute certainty that it
will be done honestly and faithfully,
and who have the capacity of the
hustle necessary for success in that
line.
Cashier William doesn't often
handle watercd stock, but those oysters
which he took over to Chesterfield
with his party Saturday night proved
to he all water except four or five on
top. "Charles, . he said to the him Of
Savings bank fame, you take those
back to Boyle and give him my
blessing. Charles allowed that he
wasn't fond of water on such Il trip as
that and in just that form, and he
was willing to do the errand. On the
way home the inquiries were numerous
and unanimous from people met, how
they liked watered oysters. That
oyster can sat by the cashiers desk
every moment from the time it was
bought until the start was made. and
Cashier William very Justly thinks
that his reputation as a bank man is
not one of such watering of assets
under his hand. But there have been
good many grins in different corners
Of the institution.
The veteran railroad conductor
Vim. Hastings, for IS years we'll known
on the run between Amherst and here
until his dismissal from the service on
account of age, in 1890, died last
week at Amherst from heart disease at
the age of Is. He had for several days
been in feeble health and Thursday
daughter, when he suddenly threw up,
his hands. and expired almost immedi
ately. He was native OF Amherst, and
carpenter by trade but when the
New London road was built up to that
place, he was appointed station agent
and soon after entered upon his long
career as passenger conductor, becoE'-
ing great favorite with the travelling
public. BY bis industry and frugality
he acquired quite Il handsome com
petence but had lost much of it with
in the past few years. Beside widow
he leaves daughter, Mrs. s. u. KEEL
losg of Hopedae, q son, William, "A
brother, Edmund Hastings, & sister.
Mrs. G. G. Moore, both Of Amherst.
"A few weeks ago Ncwsdealer Fox,
who has for two years past handled the
sales of the Reformer at his store and
the newsboys, noticed that
there was sudden dropping off of his
sales They had just before been run
ming about 81 a week better than the |
year before. despite the hard times.
when all of sudden there was a
drop of 50. 81 and s. week Last
Friday it occurred to him make a
tour OF the streets and see If his news
boys were attending to their duty, and
he found the streets lined with boys
that he never saw before selling !
papers. An investigation was insti
uted and il quickly developed the fact
that a stealing scheme fairly Napo
!eonic in its systematic organization.
was established and il had been in
operation for five weeks, at least. and
for two or three more rs Z
beginning. Its commanding general
was Danny Mcguire, aged Ia, who WAS
about two months ago to
carry papers from the Reformer press
md mailing room TO the postotlicc, and
ne had not let any opportunities es-
cape his eagle eye. One week there
vas a discrepancy of 100 between the
number of papers counted out for Fox
It the press room and the number re-
.eiyed. simultaneously there was
complaint of an extraordinary number
If bundles of papers that appeared at
he postotiice broken open, and CORES
bonding complaints from subscribers,
Who in and out of town, Of non re-
.eipt of papers. The boy and his
.oadj declare by all that is holy
hat they never took any papers from
he mail, evidently fearing that would
,e something that Uncle Sam would
Ieal with: but after it was proved.
hey confessed to stealing u lot of them
rom the press room and while carry
NO them from the press room to an
thor where the Ysingle wrappers are
nailed There were at least six other
,oys more or less involved in the {
chcmc. few of whom ever appeared at
he presslroom, and.mostiof them having
othing to do with it except that they !
ought the papers to sell again from .
faguire 81 Co., at price cent
piece less than they could get them Of s
OK. Two at least of them appear TO !
ave been innocent about IT, and get a
ng suspicious that the papers Were d
Ioien. to have stopped .hc traffic be- O
,,.e thn dIernvnry. One of the others, Y