The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-17
FIVE MINUTES WITH THE NEWS OF
THE COUNTY AND VICINITY.
Failure at west Dover.

: Clifford f Mann who bought out My
ron + Lyman store last January gay
mortgages amounting to $1,000 to NJ
LYMAN, o + Hall and Dexter knight t
secure the purchase price, and they fore
His liabilities besides the mortgage
amounted to little over S2200 and as
sets consisting of bank accounts to
little over $1,000. Some Of the larges
creditors who live in Massachusetts
were determined to put him through
insolvency and Lawyer il G Barber o
BrattlebOro who represented them, go
Mann's father, W HlMann to make al
offer of 80 cents on the dollar, and the!
have all signed an agreement to accep
it. There were several Brattlebort
firms to whom he owed several hundred
dollars apiece.
May Have Been Foul Play
The funeral of William H. Witt was
held yesterday afternoon at Greenfield.
There is q question in many minds rs to
whether the young man fell from the
embankment or not, and u number be-
lieve that he met with foul play, as his
watch and money were not upon his
person when found. 1t will be remem-
that the accident occurred on Thursday
evening, the night that the circus was
leaving town, and it is reported that
young Witt had dispute with one of
the men connected with the circus.
A sad Drowning Accident at GRAFTON.
A most shocking accident occurred Satur-
day near CambridgepOrt. Two daughters OF
Rev. and Mrs. Goodridge were found
drowned only few rods from their home.
About IL o'clock Saturday morning Mrs.
Goodridge went Deriving. leaving Mr.. Good
ridge and the girls at home. Soon after they
told their father they were going for stroll,
and went away: that was the last seen OF
them alive. The father lay down on the
lounge and fell asleep and did not awaken
until the return of Mrs. Goodridge about
four o'clock in the afternoon. After ascer-
tanning that the girls were not there and
that there had been no preparations for din
ner she became alarmed and called loudly.
Not receiving any reply she began to search.
and finally found the bodies. One Of them
had lodged under the apron of the dam, the
other had foated down stream into shallow
water. She nearly succeeded in dragging
one of them from the water. Just how they
met their death will probably never be
known, but the snpposition Is that they were
walking across the daln and one slipped and
IeU lnt0 utep water just DtioW, anu III u NinS
to rescue her the other was drowned.
Against this theory is one that the fatal ac-
cident happened from large slippery rock
near the deep water, upon which was found
their rubbers and part Of a bathing suit.
The funeral took place at the house Monday.
at five O'Clock p. m Mr.. and Mrs. Good
ridge are both grief stricken mt their loss.
Lillian Goodridge, the eldest girl, was 20 |
years of age and had Just graduated from the |
state Normal school at Randolph. Rosabel I
vas two years younger and had just closed II |
term of school in Rockingham. |
Both were members of the Methodist church |
n Athens ard bore exceptionally good |
characters. Their loss will be felt by u large |
ircle of friends. who extend sympathy TO |
he bereaved parents.
The Bennington county Republican convention
yesterday made the following nominations:
Senators, A. b. Gardner, A. =. sheldon.
States attorney, Il. l.. Bates,
sheriff, II. S. Wilson.
Assistant Judges, II. s. Burt, NJ. H. Wood.
yard.
Judges of probate, J.v. Carney, II. n. Fowler.