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

rpCOutcbt-ElTst fIs, beCOnu, Is, lnlTu, 81. al
entries are to be made to Joseph g. Brown o
Montpelier. The programme includes parad
r,of the companies present at 1880 O'Clock a. m.
. hand engine contest at IL. hose race at p. N.
i and hook and ladder contest at 3 p. m. Entire
for prizes close at noon on July g. silye
trumpet is offered to the Vermont hose compan.
making the best time in the contest, to be con
tested for at the annual tournaments OF tn,
three times, when 1t shall become the propert,
OF such company. silver trumpetis afro Offered
to the Vermont hand engine company making
the best record In the engine contest.
Burglar Gets Nine Years.
Lanctot, the Lyndonvile burglar, was sen
| fenced at st. JOhnsbnry saturday by Judge RIOS
| TO nine years In the State Prison.
The Ways OF Prohibition.
| Liquor is as free as water In Rutland. the,
say, and all on account of the way the Ofliceri
| make seizures when they raid place. Insteat
of turning building inside out to get every droI
OF fire water within, they merely take away d
| small amount, such as bottle of whiskey, which
satisfies the court that ntOxicants are sold there
The apparent result of this business is n large
number of open bars, and practically free sale
of rum.
Child Killed.
child belonging to Peter Germaine, Il fan mer
In Clarendon, about five miles from Burlington,
was struck and killed by passenger train on
the Bennington and Rutland railroad little
after ii O'Clock Tuesday. The engine er did not
see the child until it was too late TO stop the
struck by the side Of the COW catcher In the
head.
Essex County Republican Nomination..
Senator Henry Beatty, OF Brunswick; assis.
tant judges, A Turner. of Lunenburg. w q
Nelson, Of Norton: Judge of probate, Robert
er of Concord: sheriff, o Cobleigh, Of Con
cord high baif. Henry Bailey, of Guildhall |;
county commissioner, G W Matthews, of Gran.
by.
skipped His Bail.
Geo Sanford of Randolph was arrested and
bound over to county court last winter on the
charge Of bigamy, bail being furnished by his
brother, c l. Sanford, in $500 bonds. The
grand jury indicted him and the bonds were
raised to $780, his brother becoming surety.
few days ago he stole gold watch and other
articles. skipped, and has left his brother In the
lurch. Efforts are being made 10 have the fell
low arrested for larceny. No trace has yet
been found Of him. George Sanford is 30 years
old. medium height, weighs, 1875 pounds, dark
complexion. black hair and black eyes. re-
ward has been offered for his arrest.
United states Court.
A special term of the United States district
and Circuit courts opened at Montpelier Mon
day. District attorney Senter called up the case
of United States vs. Harlow Connor of Barton
commenting that he be fined &25 without costs.
The respondent represented his own case to the
court, stating that what he did was in ignorance
of the law. Judge Wheeler imposed q fine of
$25. The case OF United States VS. J Russell
Mainard was also called up by District Attorney
Senter and was an action of debt on bond. The
court gave Judgment on the report of the audi
tor for sl0, s26.24,
Killed by Lightning.
sunday afternoon, June 81, Emmit Dodge was
killed instantly by lightning while seated in the
sitting room at his brothers. at East Concord.
Mr. Dodge his brother Eugene, and r ID Pratt
two or three feet apart, Mrs Dodge and the chill
dren being in the other part of the house, when
a ball of lightning broke through the wall near
picture, cutting the wire cord letting the pic
ture fall, setting II bouquet ON fire, and blowing
the smoke and blaze into Pratt's face but IL took
the middle man on the head, and killed him In
stantly. Pratt was sitting close at his right
hand and Eugene at his left. Frank Smith,
hired man, who was In hall just shutting
door, was knocked down and stunned, but soon
came to his senses though helpless. andis now in
n critical condition. Pratt come out uDinjured,
as did Eugene Dodge with the exception Of a
bad shock, Emmit Dodge leaves young wife
and two children.
In the Central Vermont rcceivershp case
leave was granted topay the interest on the
ponds of the Consolidated Railroad company OF
Vermont TO July |, 1876; also the Interest ON the
equipment bonds secured by mortgage 90 DR. w
Seward Webb, due July |, 1896. also rthc inter.
est on the floating debt of the company, which is
secured by collateral 10 oeptembcr ls9t. These
orders were assented to by the counsel.
Frank Wakeman, of North Troy, was badly
bruised and narrowly escaped serious Injury in
an encounter with Il tWONtdr-OIu Dnll one uiy
last week The animal knocked him down and
would have used him roughly If his dog had not
arrived on the scene of conflict and called the at
tention of the animal TO other matters.
'uorrv oven of Fa,rboven foil An fee, into n
s,a," marry las, ,veet Tnesdav hut was NOT
seriously Injured,
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s Sau - NJ mi NH booiaor 1i,a seSaio r.b,ch
ro,id ,ye;rb seyeraI tons feil from Tho roof of
the tunnei which is about 80 feet above the
floor of the quarry Twelye men were working
in the tunnel at the time and the scale struck
where two of them had been working only a
minute before. slight cracking noise gave
them warning and all ran. Neither OF the men
injured was struck by the scale. The injury
was done by small pieces of stone which were
thrown by the scale as II struck the moor.
Swanton decided at a meeting of her citizens
Satnrdav 10 erect n brick hotel o1 81 rooms
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Chelsea - 10 ia. ano, ,I, A., Itna h
nrst term VI eouIt ,a W. heu ~ SnSlsea mas t,'e
Decemper tern VI 100, anu sis W.. nv 70 " -.
oar A. n meeting Of the Orange county bar
beid lime rs n committee was appointed TO
male the necessary ARRANGEMENTS
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