The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-24
NEW WORLD.
DR.. Moore's Troubles

DR.. j. C.. Moore was arraigned at
Manchester. y. H, Tuesday on still
another charge. that of o~ver-issuing the
stock of the Union Publishing Co.,
but was allowed to 60 on his own rec
sgnizance for 81, 800 as the court re-
garded the SO, 600 bonds on other in
lictments sufficient TO hold him. In
s%olYency proceedings have been began
against him at Laconia and an assignee
will be appointed Immediately.
Threatenings on the Connecticut.
The cold weather last week has re-
suited in alarm to mill owners on the
| Connecticut, the river being piled so
full of ice and logs as to cause fore
bodings for the first warm spell that
| shall cause the ice to go out. About
| Two miles above the Hanover, N. H.,
highway bridge go, 900 feet of logs,
let loose by the breaking of a boom at
Woodsyille, are massed in the ice. They
present a very threatening aspect, and
steps will be taken to guard against
destruction of property.
suicide Mt Calais.
Silas Martin, a farmer and Il respect
ID citizen of Calais, committed suicide
BY hanging Tuesday afternoon. He
was about 60 years of age. and leaves
a wife and one son. No reason is
known for the deed. The funeral was
leld Thursday.
Eighteen tramps were lodged at the
ssliCe station at Clinton, Mass, last
Saturday night. One of them turned
ne damper in the stove funnel in the
room, thereby preventing the escape of
he gas up the chimney, and when the
sficers unlocked in the morning they
found the men all in a stupor. The
sodies Of many of them were rigid,
aud it was some time before
they all regained consciousness. Two,
who had inhaled more of the poison
Gus gas than the others, were not able
to!eave the station house until nearly
NOON.
Reports Of extreme suffering come
tsom all along the coast of Newfound-
land. Thousands of families are starv-
ing and prompt measures must be tax
an If they are TO be saved. The her
ing fishery, upon which these people
depend for subsistence, is a failure, as
there has been no cold weather to
freeze the catch, and only a few Amer
lean vessels have been loaded this
winter.
At midnight Friday fire broke out
IN the three story brick block occupied
by the Dexter, Me-, National bank.
IN which Cashier Barron was killed by
Stain and Cromwell 10 years ago, and
several other concerns. 1t a COM
aletely destroyed. An adjoining wood
" building, in which was located the
Western Union Telegraph, also caught
Are and was wiped out. The water
supply gave out, and the call fire de
hartment was helpless. The fire burned
ltself out for lack of material. The
is $40. 900.
The business sensation in Boston
ihis week is the disappearance
L. c. Morris, the safe manufac-
iarer, and the discovery that he is an
Intensive forger. He has forged the
name of his father-in-law, F. NJ. Ames
. about $4,000 of paper. and the +;
= Norris Safe CO., of which he had
leen the head and manager, has as
signed, and it is feared that 1t has
been completely wrecked. He vas 81
'eafs Of age, and was wioely and favor
ihy known in Boston. He was orig
hally If the firm of Morris & Ireland,
ale dealers. After this firm was dis
owed he formed the E. q. Morris Safe
company, but was forced to retire from
1 y management about one year ago.
MS downfall was due to a common
'aGSc, speculation. An examination
4 ms affairs has shown that he owes
I'9.uVl. much of ii TO personal friends.
lt left the city about two weeks ago
90 has not been heard from since.
HE fishing schooner Fortuna,
ION Boston for Georges Banks, was
w down last week by the British
leauer "Barnstable. off Highland
ight Fourteen Of the crew of the
SlsJner we're saved by the steamer,
" nIne # them went down with the