The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-03
NEW WORLD.

The Jury in the case of James b Gentry, the
actor on trial in Philadelphia, for the murder OF
his actress sweetheart, Madge Dry sdale' knoMa
| SATURDAY. morning of guilty of murder IN the
| first degree. The words fell upon Sentry "a, a.
though he had been struck a heavy blow. ne
| crashed the front railing of the dock with botf
| hands and II was with difficulty that ne re-
NAMED upon his feet He sought relief III tears
The Harvard, Cornell, Columbia aud Pennsyl.
vania four miles straightaway boat race on the
Hudson Saturday was won Dy 1ormei. e osnnd ~
| Pepns yyania third, and Columbia sfourth, oor,
| nell won the freshman race two days before IN
| which the order of finishing was strangely Inc
| same.
| A terrible accident occurred on the Boston
,,a,er from Monday afternoon. Some - chr
| dren were on a rickety, unsafe gang plank anu
float at the landing south OF the bridge ron .me
Point to the island when the noat oyeI,ui mi,
| the fimsy guard rails OF the gang piahh sP ~
ami no or more of the children we're tumpleu ~,
| 10 Mt least ~ feet of water. Four boys, Iro, !.
| IN Is wears old, were drowned; four cnIuiou
| yere nick ed lIp unconscious ana later reN,c"'
| ND III. others as far as known were rescueu.
| CIV ,housand Sioux Indians the remnant OF
| the most powerful fighters OF the American ~,
dams, celebrated last week we gIea. W. 81 ,bn
their war history the 2otl M ~. Ike lille
| Rio Horn. June 25, 1876. They gathered AT tn y
scene of the terrible massacre, ana, thougn
peaceabe, INDUCED In all the ian.as.c d HAN.
md ceremonies
There will be another big celebration July T.
crea, damage was cone last THURSDAY IN
uorsbaIl TYLER and Wetzel counties, west VIZ
oinia. by a cloud burst. Several hves W. ton,
IN Marshall county the damage IN anu apo y.
Monndsyille will reach several thousand doIiar Y,
~, The vicinity Of SistersviEe. Tyler county ine
s,orm created the most havoc. IL ralneu IVY
davs and the little streams Were swonS n,, nv
twice their normal Size fney peca ; , ,st
r,vers and swept everything in thelr patnway.
Several instances of teams and cattle oei na
1890 away are reported. In many instances
,ha ,nhahitants saved their lives by taking 10
the nills. ,s;,, of rho
Monday afternoon a boiler In the once OF .,T
unnst an Daily Age exploded, killing Englnee'
nous rons Miss Matte Loeb, stenosraph.
~ T., The office of w vanvleck, vice presluens
md general manager of the A.lan,ic system u
the Southern Pacific railway. anu sa,ne aSiee
liz E'nary telegraph operator In the same ohSe'
ana ser,ousy injuring Mr. Vanvieck himsen,
Tha force ofthe explosion carrieu the en.ia q
me- which was of Is horse power, across
vacant lot over 800 feet from .e nsineer whose
acc luen,, nrobabiy caused the horror, was
ear. cart 81 ,.,eces. By his left hand which was
,yn,sn m the arm and carried some n.s',n ~.
e.',,, ,be bodv lay the stop COCK WHICH was
iro,i ~ turn cold water into the boiler open
.,,,o Alice Tooney of Westport, \, VINO
-. haen very i'll for three weeks, anu Mno va
sas,.rei bv the doctors TO be IN consu,np. ~.
oo,,~hed M a tooth last Thursday ana Is no" a.
well as ever. ,...s.,,
- q, The large shops of Morton + ConVerse'
ti,e " Of ioy and reed furniture al Mln-
n man., Mass was burned Tuesday atterheoh'
~, p,sr. Irinr caused by spontaneous e"aors
~, the total loss Is about s5boN.
Jobn Connolly, a spinner, cut bis ,w9 bsser
old childs throat aussa ai,erward cui MS own
Ia we're found dead on the noor ID oonneins
DOT, nv his wife. He was discourage" az
not obtaining WoiA-