The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10
Didn't Know the Gun Was LOADED.

! manu-. III 4ipII lhslli was NilCI Az II
stantiy killed by the discharge of u y
caliber revolver in the hands of Orvillc
Hutchins Sunday night. Hutchins
thought the cartridges were all out
and was showing the mechanism of
the weapon. Reliable witnesses testi
fed at the inquest Monda! that the
shooting was purely accidental.
Lasoir had been in Morrisyille only
two weeks and nothing is known Of
his relatives, but he is supposed to
belong 10 Canada.
Barre TO Have an Electric Road.
An agreement has been made by
some Burlington men with the com
mittee appointed at a meeting of the
inrorporators Of the Barre Electric
Light. Power and Manufacturing and
Street Railway company whereby an
electric railroad shall be built and put
in operation in that city on or before
July l, 1897. The con 1itions are prac
tically that the Burlington Men be
come associates of the i~ncorporators OF
the Barre Electric company to sub
scribe for and hold d majority OF the
stock and control the business Of the
said company, except that they shall
not manufacture electric light for the
town or city of Barre. Citizens of
Barre are to be allowed to subscribe
for the stock of the company and upon
organization at least three of the di.
rectors shall be residents of the city.
The proposed road in to run from the
Berlin line through Main street to the
bridge over the jail branch. near
Charles Young's granite shed. y
branch line is to run from the june
ton of Main street and Washington
street on Washington street toward
East Barre as far az the cemetery gate.
Nelson Pickering, Is years of age,
an accomplice of Louis Gentle, OF
Burlington, who last week was sent to
Windsor for five years for robbing
freight cars, Monday received Il sen
tcnce of two years in the state prison
for the same crimes. He was taken to
Windsor Tuesday.
A sale of that portion of the Ca
madam Pacific railroad lying between
Newport and Richford 10 the Boston x
Maine railroad has been accomplished.
1t is said the Boston ~ Maine will
move their shops and Offices from New
port to Richford. This would give the
town quite a boom.
G. n. Payne Of Bridport lost two
head of cattle recently in IN unusual
manner. The floor of the stable broke
through and let them down and they
were hanging by the neck when
found.
Joseph Seymour of Randolph, about
10 O'Clock Friday morning, December
81, left her home, near the Gray place.
A pathetic story is told of the young
lad who was drowned at Newport last
week. His father, Lewis Currier, a
Frenchman who had lived in Barton
and vicinity for several years past,
moved to Vest Derby, where he has
been at work about one of the mills.
1t seems that the boys father had
pounded him, and choked him. and
Practically driven him FROM home.
The boy started from home with the
intention of going to Newpor. to see if
he could get something to do. In
crossing the bridge he saw, AS it is
supposed, q pair of rubbers on the ice,
and he got down to pick them up,
when the rotten ice gave way. and he
into the water. His cries we're
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him he went down. His body was res
cued and the marks of his fathers
were found upon it.
Barnet, McIndoes Falls and vicinity |
were the scene of q well worked fraud
a few weeks ago. \ young man can
vassed the locality, claiming to have
found a pair of gold bowed spectacles
value he said the jewellers esti-
from s. to $40. but which he
would sell for 81 as he could not find
the owner. Several citizens bit. The
spectacles were worth about 10 cents.
The French Canadian people of
Newport have organized the Lafayette
Naturalization club, the purpose of
which is to encourage and assist all
foreigners to become citizens:
to educate its members in political
economy; 10 keep them posted on the
of u Legislators. both state
and national, and on all other social
tonics of interest.
r. b. Jaqulth of Weston has con
TO furnish the New Home
Machine Company of Orange,
GaSs O00 foet of cpr,tra having |