The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

A Randolph Womnn Missing.

her whereabouts are not known. IL
the morning Mrs. Seymour who livct
on Il farm near the Gray farm asket
her husband for some money and late
went to the village where she remained
a while and then took the train with.
out paying for Il ticket. She left q
note to her eldest son, telling him t.
keep up good courage, work and hell
pay for the farm. Mrs. Seymour has
six children and is about 40 years
old. Since the death of her youngest
son, about a year ago, Mrs. Seymour
has been melancholy, and ii was feared
at first that she must have had a tenn
porary fit of insanity, which made her
wander away. A day or two ago one
of the children received a letter from
her which was dated at Claremont, N.
H., the contents of which arc not
known. Mr.. Seymour went immedi-
atnly to Claremont to find her but
when he arrived there she could not be
found, and he has returned without
her and does not know where to look.
Asl0,OOO Fire ut Bristol.
Fire was discovered about IL O'Clock
Monday night in the barn of the Com
mercial house, u three-story building
with basement at Bristol. The fire,
probably incendiary, caught some
where in the basement and it was not
long before the fire had made such
Roadway that it was impossible to save
anything. Nine horses and one COW
and u number of wagons, sleighs and
harness were consumed. The fire soon
caught the house of Frank Greene
and went from there to the wheel
wright and blacksmith shop owned by
Greene and occupied by b. Gordon,
which were all burned to the ground.
There was only a few feet between the
shop and S. W. Hacth's undertaking
and furniture store, but by hard
work the fire was stopped here. If
the fire had caught the Hatch store
nothing could have saved the south
side of Main street and probably the
north, from destruction. Greene had
g, 600 insurance on his building and
contents, Partch and Pierce, who oc.
cupied the barn, had no insurance;
Gordon had on insurance on the con
tents Of his shop. Eight horses and
one COW were burned in the barn. The
barn was owned by K. F. Hatch. who
had 81, 100 insurance.
a Vermont Dog
Beauforts Black Prince, the crack
American mastitf. was sold recently
by Mr.. Winchell of Fair Haven, TO
Norman Higgs, the British ~fancier.
1t is understood that the price was
50, 900. Bcaufort's Black Prince is a
dog of great dignity. with Il particular
Is fine head and mask. American
fauciers viii watch with interest to see
whether be wins as may honors abroad
as he has in this country.
DR.. F. a. Rich Of Burlington eX-
amincd the fancy herd of Jerseys own
ed by Congressman CIRCUIT last week.
ont If &c COWS % were found diseased
with tuberculosis and were slaughter
ed.
The town hall committee of st. Al
bans held q meet Saturday night, and
on looking over the plans and bids it
was discovered that nc provision had
been made for plumbing. heating and
lighting fixtures, so it vas voted to
call u special town meeting at an early
date TO raise the 5000 more neces-
AIRY to guarantee a complete building.
ST. Johnsbury is to have another
three days poultry show the second
week in February.
The barn of ID. II. Griffith Of West
Essex was burned down at . O'Clock
Friday morning. Mr.. Griffith was do
ing some work in the barn when the
door slammed and broke his lantern.
The barn took fire at once: a high
wind prevailed and it was entirely
consumed with its contents, Is COWS,
l2J bushels of beans, 300 bushels OF
corn, % tons of hay and all the farm
ing improvements. The loss is esti-
mated at 81, 500. Insurance 500.
Edmund W. Winlsow, of Pittsford,
fell down the cellar stairs Friday
morning and broke one hip. He is
over IS years old and has been nearly
blind for several years.
Miss Margaret s. Sullivan Of Rut-
land fell last Thursday and broke her
right ankle.
Edward sRyan had his right hand
badly jammed while working in the
Central Vermont machine shop at Rut-
land last Thursday.
William Alvord, II years old, cut
down an elm tree in Brooktield last
week which measured 81 feet around
and was eight feet in diameter.
George Dean of West Burke. stopped
in front of a COW to pick up Il bucket
last week Monday when the animal
quickly threw up it's head, one horn
striking him in the mouth, hurting
his tongue SO badly that for several J.
days he could neither talk nor eat.
The Shepard Il Moose Lumber Co.
has decided to leave Burlington July !
because of the high rent and high
freights charged by he Central Vt. r.
K. Co.