The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-15
re,NkLIN COUNTY. MASS.
., Assess oliver Dalenport-Deer-
spt poomsman Thought If He Diu
That Town Nigh. Have TO support
Man worth Ss43.0OO,

erhaoaore Guilds. one of the seIectmeh 81 |
Deerned, says that that town proposes " ~,
ert several thousand dollars IN taNes iror , az
sstate Of the late Oliver Davenport OF Leyucn; ;
n l. claimed that for years Mr. Davenport h'.n
lived ina very frugal way. ana that ne iaieI IN
establish a residence in any Town % o .ss
NJ. when taxes are assessed. For cousin
ora{lp time he lived in Bernardston, anu lu tut
the assessors mad failed 10 assess nun lot nnt
nroperty. ON May /, 1896, Mr. pavenpo. r ~ 40
boarding with the widow Ames on nu5al, 80,
stTnet South Decriied. Assessor Charlts
Pierce was not aware that Mr. Davenport Whan
man Of means, and did not assess MN; ,he;r
,ha ossessors met in June to colnpiete W.
,rork Cant Elisha Wells of Deerhelu' VINO VS.
aware that Mr. Davenport had great PIopffi ~,
ked Mr. Pierce why Mr. DavehpoII i,. ~ ~ ha5
hper assessed Mr. Pierce repheu tllat y. -. II
,,,nnsnd The old man was very poor, ana that II
no Established residence in pecrnelu the ~,
mighi he called upon to support hill ~ -, "a 10
,eT After MIR Daycnport's death, az liIst aue
Peaassors suppo sed that Mr. Davenport Was
worth about Si00 600 and laid taN on tile pa az
e,1port estate of $1,000. DaNeuPSSiss - t noa
! ~ evecntors protested that the taN OF 1890
my f. ~. ~ higb By reason of the statement ne
/ nade the tax of $1,000 was reduced 70 f9y =,
Iater on il appeared by the inventory N.Y. ~
~ nrnhare court that the estate amounteu ~
Wy = $50 600 The Deerfeld officials NOW
claim that the tax which should nave peeH AZ
| 70 paerfcld was about 5000. Ihey ioiu Nv W
owing 10 the erroneous information gwen ia ~
W, Isearennort the full tax can be collected:
Tbev have an opinion from Judge Dasset ~ Z
Sorfhampton that the tax can oe ii 30 a
st ia Il
suit ,s,.
Tho are which ragged on Bald Mountain, neti
Heath In week starred again SATURDAY 'nu
canned nv the west wind, caused the lp n,.ao,
the mountainside east OF the nisnM"I line TO be
onp vast sheet of flame. nne % ~ -
miles or more in length devastated tie 49, 49,
lands SATURDAY n T anu x.s Hanger to the farm
I,3iisings east of the fire and In South hea,l
, several hundred acres OF woouiale , III
Soen burnt aud the forest was Iuiueu.
&c ,,aTte,l from a brush heap anu spre'" :
ranidIy as to be soon beyond cohtFo''
E House Burned at warwick
! Tho bouse ana barn known as the Wlliiaih
gass place al WarwicS were Duf I ~ Swehis
: tarn,on The house was occupleu .! ,, H.,
family who had small nre ae1a thar II was
!, an, Tbey lost all their househoie 800 Vsn' Ia n
. sone farming tools. Quite piece o. va ~, -, ~
: was also burned over, out nv
D stroyed,
a n, phillips Narrow Escape
si,,,n a. Phillips OF Gill, - wears Qua, nA' 4
.,rnw escape Monday morning. 1ust a. u y
,.as drixinr from Ames on 10 Federal SURF. =
y electric car came along anc sci,cT r, III "a
= fnmnn,- down from the wagon MI ihi tifi -
- M horses head and attemPtct 70 lioi.t IS
i hy The Bill The horse sprans M :, i,iq
: throwing the old man unaer sI'c W., ;nfo n
a nassed over his shoulder He Wa taHeh ~, n
= ls,sf ,eIegraph office and 1t was touhI tiA. =
: lSoniter VAS disoca,e',, bit nestle IN an. II.
severe shaking up ne was nor ,iy1.Iiy csusi
I, ,,or.e ran M Main street. bnt was h"hi'- 49,
IN M damage was done to tue 'eaa'-
~ Austin. a brakeman on the t.irhsi y
road, had his hands and ar arm n beer, va,
% u ~. 40 y ,uoTnlnc His arm was ahput.s.t
:, hcrween the wrist and elbow at the "reeiihe
lis hospital ,-,,,, cans,
)" The sixth meeting OF nc - si.rn LII
- ,earher.' association was held IN the mn = A.
- AZ orange FRIDAY, and was lsiseia
re- 49,. oTe of the " towns being repressn,
M The whoie village VS. char"ahzH "e'e' "'N'