The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-13
CLOVIS lin SlS 900.

1OuilE bfeen Hartley, WHO HNcS on IL
1louser's plantation, near Pont valley Ga, was
plowing saturday When he came upon rock
and under II found q jar containing gold silver
and greenbacks. The coin amounted to $4,000
The grcenDacks were so badly damaged that II
| Impossible 10 count them.
The sherman county bank at Goodiand, Kan,
and the estate bank of Bloomfield Neb, both
closed their door Tuesday.
| The investigation of the books OF Paul Schulz
! for years a trusted Official of the Northern Pa.
Citlc railway who a year ago committed suicide
| on the eve of exposure, has just been completed
| at Tacoma, Wash. 1t Is found that Schulzc's
shortage was 81. 100000.
/ A desperate fight took place at Kerncrs. vile
II miles from Winston. y G Monday morning
between Revenue Officer James Smith and
Walter Davis and Bob Jordan and his SON. Ban.
search for BLOCKADE" whiskey. They found
one keg under his woodpie. As they attempted
to enter tho house, the father and son began
firing on the revenue men, who also opened
fire. After several rounds had been fired by
the combatants IL was discovered that Bob
Jordan was dead and his son fatally injured.
Both officers were also seriously wounded.
The appellate division of the New York su.
preme Court has affirmed the judgement in the
case of VIM X Ladlaw Russell Sage for $4,000
with counsel fees, for injuries suffered by the
plaintiff when Sage used him rs shield
against the bomb thrower in December 81
Another woman of the town, the third within
month"; was stranglcd to death in san Fran.
cisco early Tuesday morning under circumstan.
ces almost Identical with the atrocious murder
of her con orts on Mortonsstreet.
The Albion Paper Co, of Hoyoke, Mass, sup.
posed to be one of the most prosperous in the
city,ss badly involved with $4,000 liabilities
and has called meeting of its creditors for Sat.
urday.
Another exodus of negroes from Mississippi
Is reported.
Steven Powell, one of the weaithiest and most
prominent men ON Long Island, wac murdered
saturday night MS he was returning from his
place OF business on Main street, Hampstead. n
Y, to his home on Fulton street. Mr. Powell,
and electric light company, was in the habit of
carrying large sums OF money upon his person.
II IL supposed the murderers were aware of this
fact. The murder occurred in front of MIR
Poweli's home the assassins apparently hiding
behind an electric light pole and striking him rs
he passed. He had 500 in N inside pocket
which was unnoticed by his assaiants and they
obtained only $500. Three negroes were ar.
rested Sunday on suspicion OF being implicated.
There Is trouble again in Nicaragua and the
revoluti0Dists have taken possession OF the Gus.
tom house at Corinto. At the same time Hondu.
fas Is seeking to settle some old scores and has
States war vessel Alert arrived there last Thurs !
day and landed a detachment OF marines to pro,
tcct American interests.
A landslide swept down ravnc at Portland,
Ore, last sunday morning, wreckng Daniel Me /
Donali's dwelling house, killing his oldest I
daughter and his cousin and seriously injuring |
his wife and younger daughter. Mcdonald, who 7
Is an invalid, WAS buried in the debris and was
rescued with difficulty. The avalanche was I
caused by small spring which saturated the (
soil at the top OF the hill.