The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-20
THE REFoRMER: BRATTLEBoRo. FRIDAY MARCH 90 1896.
A Worthy Charity.

A Worthy Charity.
The young ply sic.ans of Rutland have formed
an association to establish . free dspensary
me object Is TO furnish medicinal care to tho
poor OF Tint city. dispensing room will be
provided where all that are In need can 20 for
treatment free of charge. Tho dispensary will
probably be opened at certain hours each day
and two ply siciaus will always be in attendance
Each doctor VIII have his own special depart.
ment ami each case will go to the physician who
has made some special study in thar directi n.
the local churches and benevolent societies will
he asked to contribute money and other nee,
essarics and to cooperate with the doctors in
their work, The dispensary will be opened as
soon rs proner rooms can be found.
A $4,000 Blaze NJ Newport.
A fire broke out nv two n m Monday in Roots
block ut Newport and portion Of the building
was burned out and the contents badly dana ged
by water. - Campbelrs meat market was
damaged 500. no insuIance' Homer Thracher
clothing peddler, moved out u part of his stock
and his loss IS fuhy covered by insurance. NJ
I Hamilton, dentist, saved most of his effects;
Leslie Phelps, barber suffered n small loss fully
insured. Il Clarks household goods were con.
siderably damaged; insured. l. II Thayer
photographer, In whose rooms the fire started
saved nothing His loss is covered by insur
aDcc. III Root, dealer in furniture, crOckery
carpets etc. was the heaviest loser. He owned
the building and carried large stock of goods
Insurance on building, $1,000; on stock, Slo 900.
The The bremen made gallant, fight. Had the
been swept away. The total loss is about $lJ
600.
Suicide ut Montpelier.
Edward Baratti, AN Italian statue. cutter In
the employ OF Z II More Company, commit.
eli suicide at MONTPELIER Friday night on the
platform of the Wells River railroad station next
TO the Central Vermont track. He shot himself
In the right car. money order for $1,000
made out for a person in italy $500 I'm money
pocketbook and box of cartridges were found on
the body. G BUSHNELL says the man came
hurricdly into his store and asked where ,thc
gun store was. He told him., and he went out,
appearing somewhat excited. Herb Wheelock
says he came into the store appearing much eN
cited and with snow on his clothes as though he
had fallen, and wanted to buy reyoiver. He
sold him the revolver and some cartridges and
Baratti went directly to the railroad station and
shot himself. He had not been ont of work this
winter, neither was he n hard drinker. lie had
worked none that week, as he was suffering
from erysipclas in his right ear, II ia a peCu.
liar fact that he shot himself in the right ear.
More Old stamps
II sheldon, who was assistant postmaster OF
Mddlebury in 1913, now the owner and pro-
prietor of the sheldon Art museum, made
three cents Middebury paid and live cents
Mlddlebury paid. several of these stamps have
recently been found. AZ they were issued be-
fore the general government Issue in ls4T they
are thought TO be valuable.
A Fight on Between Montpelier's Two
Public Libraries.
IN Injunction was granted iuesday by Chlef
Justice Ross of the Supreme Court in the case
Oft w Wood VS. Montpelier Public Library
restraining the association from moving books
from their present quarters. This Is the thlrd
NV VI t'il NJ ,h ph
IL VIZ ,S,,,nn,,on i No rasui, og tbo ac,i f
H.. .,nnai m,na,inn ~ no WontnnIIor pri,iic
Library trustees on Mon ny night when il was
voted 10 remove the books to the ellogg. Hub
bard. TW Wood, president OF the National
Academy of Design, has given paintings valued
Mt Saj OtiO TO the Moptpelier Public library A
hearing will be held In Chanccry Sent g. and no
hooks can be moved until after, the hearing.
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The March term of Washington county court
convened IN Montpelier TINS week, WITH Ih!et
Justice Jonathan itnss OF 1t johnsuury, prcsid,
Ing II ig thought the Term viii he completed
by May /. Among the state cases on the docket
are state against John w "hltcomb, fish com
mis- -ioner, tried at the September term, III which
the Jury disagreed rms j. the case, now oclnS
sonlcWhaI cS'cGra.eu, III winch hr w nllcotp ~
~ - WI a. ErtnHs 49, ~, a. ~.
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hoNpuia VI Va. ies'9nine I,t'... III oJ i
ptI' iepi' Ano1het sluiIai t"sc anu Ssonihs
lui Oh inc sam9 hansacuoh; - ti,,tt ol STATE
~ iilst aeIit"l ~. ~. VI ~ ma VI, WV
" el'' .i " u s,.s Jo''' ,as % ~, ,J
oI Ea''e ahu hshslics. No casts lor e"P'"'
'iI'''o0 az y" VI. '"NN''
inc STATE boaru o, agriculture .ds contie''in me-.
ihu oIuer.u h'I'u o. ttae VI =" 81 nei w.
leFu ~ ot 'iuahr' in.s weiu us.'eie" VIC"
scsuay anu an prove" I" pe use"seo'
The venerable Capt Charles liutchinton has |
presented the town of Pomfret 81 600 for u per. |
letual fund, the annual interest of which IL to |
DO expended for the relief of the deserving poor
who are not paupers. The town some years ago |
'eceNeu Misrepresentation ior Inc s"'he P"i-
pose
The regular mixed tran from Sherbrookc to
Newport was thrown from the track about two |
niles north of Smiths Mills Monday, the 9Th, |
lbout II u m. Fifteen cars were derailed and |
badly smashed. No one was injured. Engineer |
McVickar jumped and was shaken upconsidera !
Jly. a wreck train arrived At p m and the |
rack was cleared. Passengers we're carried by |
hat night. The stanstead spur train about j |
n MONDAY ran iillo caI NJ otanrteau ouhc'ion
ioiue sonc u"h'ase !" ''o val ing s"s'iis ""7
ING hlGMt paesenSrs Mnoi Is ~ go a.
oio III MONDAY nikht sut On INC .i".n n 'nn
fair'ee u TequsIeu wsech ,In ~ ~ ny ,io
,trs on aEain. 10 'ne was '"!"'e" ga" '''.
''.''AH. ",'s ,,,,,, ,,o.,,o,,.rs ho,o
number OF prominent Nerh9hleis unNr
1ough, me tract VI llgn pisetantn, NJ ~, ,n,
Iotlu1 ioI .Iu pm pose v, ,r,i.s o,n,od
iomeslh Is summer !, oin'1.c; ~ s., bih
) near Stlt re III ID auiot " puiit' va ~ -,
'st tabIe iahu III tne STATE anu has peou
"a seruemoot. lne uesisn u , W ,iaaO ',Sap
ONTO taule Holhcs "hcic Il,''ohsets ual
an! sptnu theh "i''Si '"'"''''7
among nome iriehuS'
The Rural New Yorker has an Illustrated
asst spring by Road Commissioner Hopkins OF /
Rupert. Ii was bad mud hole near the STA !
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