The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-12

. number OF families BY that name in Rutlan,
non, nome OF tnem, which was learned by investiga
Eard. The city authorities provided for In,
woman ut the Banquet House and sent her bacl
70 springfield. They are of the opinion that 1t i
,in "asS wnere tle husband took that way of get
ing rld or his wife and child.
$4,000 Fire ut Mont geometry.
The most disastrous fire In Montgomery his
TORY broke out soon after O'Clock Friday after
noon ana before 1t had burned itself out, com
Sie,teiy destroyed the big butter tub factory Of
| Scisoh, Hal Co, together with tho sawmill
6arns and sheds, the entire seasons stock O.
lumber and 10 tenement houses, ali the latte Ell
Deing occupied at the time. The loss Is placed
a. 10000 and the insurance at $4,000. The hrs
y supposed to have originated in the dryer
from On TO 10 men are thrown out OF employ
ment and 10 families are homeless.
Foreign Missions.
me annual convention of the Woman's For
elgn Missionary society of the Burlington dis
following figures were submitted: Twenty 1--WE
auxiliaries, II mite box circles, five young wo
mans societies, five children's bands and one
Light Hearers circle. with total membership
sionary Friend 224 subscribers to the Chidren'i
Missionary Friend. The speakers were Mrs
no 0r az ~ Cram Of Bombay India. Rev Rob
81 81 Adams, and Miss Clara NJ Cushman from
China. Music was furnished by the North Fer
risbnrgh choir and the Princess quartette OF
chapel to $50 people. Miss Cushman gave a
chinese entertainment In the evening.
Found Not Guilty.
John Evans charged with the murder of Jo
seph Eggleston ut Wells River on Monday, has
been found not guilty by the grand jury. Drs
Lee ana Fletcher, who made an examination OF
the body, testified that death was caused by
heart failure and that none of the blows iufict
ed by the prisoner was sufficient TO have caused
death. The grand jury reported Monday after
noon that no bill had been found and Evans was
discharged.
A Little Boy Killed at East Dorset.
Miss Mary Bowen and John Guilty of Eas'
Dorset we're struck by the Bennington and Rut
land boat express Monday afternoon while at.
tempting to cross Friedley's crossing, and
has h e ss 9aSy aondaS nh
This crossing is some distance north of East
Dorset: Miss Rowen was badly shaken up. but
not seriously injured. The wagon was com
most without scratch. The boy, only seven
years old, was riding home from school with
Miss Bowen The track runs through a big cut,
where 1t is not easy 10 see the train until one is
fairly on the crossing, and probably Miss Bowen
did not hear or see the train in time TO get off
from the track.
The Chittenden Republicans.
The Chittendon county Republican conven-
ton Saturday nominated for Senators: .Hema n
W Allen of Burlington. o W Peck of Winooski.
L II TalcOtt of WillistOn. Judge of PROBATE !;
Torrey + Wales of Burlington. Assistant
Judges Of the county court Geo " Stevens OF
nnsy; Rufus Brown Of Burlington. sheriff !;
Thomas Reeves OF Burlington. High Bailif;
George X Taft of South Burlington, County
Commissioner, Ezra Hosford of Charlotte.
nominated by vote of III to 20 for NJ Will
lard Of Jericho. 1t took two ballots to noIni
nate Tallcott out of three candidates. and five
10 nominate Root for side Judge Judge Wales
was nominated with only one vote to spare ever
NJ A Bingham of Essex.
A Clerical fraud.
A short, heavy thicksct man, about 30 years
of age, dressed somewhat like bishop or priest
and styling himself John Lawrence, bishop OF
Honolulu, has been feasting himself upon the
Catholic population and oftentimes upon priests
wherever he lands and when found out the
comes out under a new name ana sacred title.
Sometimes priest, vicar general andl bishop
in some country from which he claims TO hall.
The cool address and aHdacity of the man has
deceived many of the laymen and number OF
the clergy. He sometimes seeks permission to
cel-5rate Mass and delivcra lecture. In such
stances his rambling and disjointed delivery
poster. II lis well for the Catholic public to be
on the guard.
Fire at Barre junction.
The building called the old coffee house, sitna.
ted at Barre Junction, was burned saturday
morning. The fire was discovered by small
child of Henry Thornton about 10 O'Clock.
When first discovered the entire roof was in
flames. A strong wind spread the fire rapidly
and three large barns were also burned to the
ground, together with q large amount of hay.
Water was brought in buckets, but this was OF
no avail as the fire had SO much Roadway. AZ
1 80 everything. house and barns, were nat. ID
W. Dudley was the owner of the entire prop.
erty partly insured. Loss probably between
$1,000 and $4,000, The furniture Of the house
was all saved. The fire originated from spark
froG a railway engine. John Benjamin was
seriously injured about the head by falling
timber
Fatal Accident at Burlington.N
Michael Mcmahon was run over and instantly
killed by freight train at the Central Vermont
station at Burlington Wednesday afternoon
Mr. Mcmahon had been employed by the cen
trail Vermont company for about IS years, his
work being to oil and test the wheels of the pas
senger ears upon the arrival Of trains. He was
70 years old. He leaves three children.
Rev Fl S McIIalc of jay, was trying to quiet
NAL threw its head around in such way rs TO
strike Mr. McHale IN the side of the head,
him several feet and severely iDjuring
him. .
A man represen;ing himself as solicitor EN-
ployed by the Democratic national committee
has been visiting postmasters IN bennington
county and vicinity lie called on rostnas,eI
to call again. but failed 10 do so. lie then went
to Hooslck Falls, y, and represented that he
had received a contribution from Mr. Robinson
Adams, Mass, for trial.
The 18th annual meeting of the Vermont Wo-
mans Suffrage association opened Wednesday |
night at Montpelier. Mrs NJ Denny gave the |
welcome address in the name of the association |
and Woman's Christian Temperance union, |
Rev j Edward Wright of Montpelier made an |
address of welcome and Mrs Julia Ward Howe |
If Boston responded Mary Chase gave the |
closing address of the evening.
The crossing of an electric light and telegraph |
wire at Rutland Wednesday nearly caused the |
leath of Two men. The electric wire was carry |
ng 1000 volts. Wallace Ross was shocked un,
conscious and taken to the Banquet house ana
Powers in endeavoring to rem |
,dy the trouble while standing on tin roof re- |
,eved a terrible shock.
Abel Wheeler of Holland, fell across stone |
he other dav and broke one rib. The sharp |
,oint of the broken bone pierced the lungs SO
hat air escaped into the tissues OF the BACK ana |
lis recovery is doubtful.
Charles J Ufford, of Barton, lost package |
which he had prepared 10 carry 70 me pahk a
ear ago There were several checks and about
$50 in bills in the package. lie placed IL IN the
,afe for few minutes without locking the door,
md when he went to take IT out the package
vas gone woman named Emma Friend was
yorkiug for him at the time, and ne suspected
Ter of the theft. detective was set to warh
he woman, but before he reported anything
ZONE boys found the checks under the WINDOW.
Iir l. ford had the woman arrested and taken
,efore Justice, but there was not sufficient evil
ience 10 warrant holding her for trial. lie car
led the matter Def0re tnc grahu Jul ~. th".
,oiy failed to find an Indictment. When
cry mi was cleaning house few weeks ago she
onnd in a closet a handkerchief marked with
he name Of Mrs Friend. in which was sl'' In
ILLS.
The woodworking shop run by L A Mckenzie
=, Fair Haven was burned 20 the ground Friday
nd the rear Of near by house gutted. About
> GOO feet of lumber wac burned In the shop.
rRere was an insurance Of 5000 on the shop
md house.
Tho burlington Publishing company was or
,.ni,ed last week to publish the sunday sun OF
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