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GROTON.

Mr.. Rogers has moved his family
from the village to his farm lately pur-
chased of L. b. Hall.
Hall & Cochrane shipped last Mon
day 1000 pounds of poultry.
SeWall Carpenter lost his pocket
book one day last week with eleven
dollars in money in it, also a check for
$25 and a $3.50 note.
Mr.. Taylor has opened a frst-class
barber shop in Manly Clark's store.
lie has everything that is first class to
work with, and he solicites the patron
age of the public.
Moses Whitehill is having a furnace
put into his dwelling house. Muliken
q Davis of Wells River are doing the
work
Mrs. Charles Weber visited friends
in st. JOhnsbury last week.
Cyrus Welch is having bath room
with all the modern convenience add
ed to his house. He now has a new
furnace which heats every room in the
house, also hot and cold water in every
room, making it one of the best and
most convenient boarding houses in
town.
John Dunn was found dead in the
road last Saturday near the dwelling of
Herbert Darling. He left home that
morning in his usual health, and it was
great shock to his wife who has the
sympathy of the whole community in
her affection.
Mrs. Harry Stevens and Mrs Ruth
Wallace of Bradford visited last week
at Mrs. Sophronia Chamberlain's
Miss Emily Corey was in Wells River
and Woodsville last week Wednes day.
Mr.. Newton and wife are stopping
with their sister, Mrs. Silas MOI rison.
Rev. Mr. Hamilton of St. Johnsbury
preached at the Methodist church last
Sunday. w
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woodchopper's Peculiar Death.

Rockland, Mass, Nov. 22.-News of the
peculiar death of Frank Robinson, a
French woodchOpper, whose body was
found in the woods near Hanover,
reached here today. The body was lying
on the face with the mouth and nose
buried in Il leaves and pine needles
which covered the ground, and death had
resulted from suffocation. 1t is thought
the man fell while in a helpless state of
intOXication, and was unable to raise his
head afterwards.
The cause of death was discovered by
Medical EXl, miner Spooner of bingham,
who was called as soon as the body was
found. From evidence given to the exam
liner it appeared that a bottle half full
of liquor was found near the body and
from the tracks in the woods it appeared
that the man had wandered from the path
and had caught his foot under the pro-
jecting root of a tree, which caused him
to fall.
1t seemed as if the fall threw the man
head first into the soft earth, dead leaves
and pine needles, near the foot of a tree.
and the face was pushed deeply into the
yielding compound. In this position he
had evidently strangled.
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FOR WIFE M JISD EIs.
tssipee, N. H., Physician Accused of Ad-
ministering Poison.

minislering Poison.
Osstpee Center, N. H., Nov. 23.-As the
result of the report of the chemist who
for two months has been examining the
stomach of Mrs. John r. Hatch, whose
death occurred here on Sept. II under
suspicious circumstances, the police last
night arrested DR.. Hatch, the husband
of the woman on the charge of murder.
III arrest caused a tremendous SEN
satlon, especially as Dr. Hatch is very
we'll known, and it was thought that his
explanation of his wife's death as that
of suicide by taking laudanum would be
confirmed by the autopsy.
The long delay of the chemist, DR..
Angel of Derry in making his report was
also thought favorable to Dr. Hatch S
theory, but the police state that the evil
dence points directly to the contrary.
An hour after receiving DR.. Angels re-
port the unfortunate man had been taken
into custody and charged with causing
her death.
The doctors story of the death of his
wife, which he related to the police at
the time, was substantially that after
returning home on the night of Sept. II
he found Mrs. Hatch lying in an I'M
conscious condition on the bed, fully
dressed, with an empty laudanum bottle
by her side. He at once used the stom-
ach pump, but as he failed to obtain re-
lief he sent for another physician. The
latter did not arrive in time to render
additional assistance, and Mrs. Hatch
died shortly afterwards.
The neighbOrs who had seen Mrs
Hatch earlier in the day in an apparent
ly good state of health were greatly
shocked at her death. and as there were
numerous stories of domestic troubles in
the Hatch family an Investigation was
urged and obtained. Dr. Hatch, how
ever, was not detained, but under the
direction of the coroner an autopsy was
made and the stomach of the unfortunate
woman afterwards sent to DR.. Angel.
About a month after the death of his
wife the town was again startled by the
news that DR.. Hatch had attempted sui
eide by taking morphine, but medical
assistance came in season and his life
was saved. Even with this attempt to
end his life, there were few of his friends
here who believed that he was guilty of
a far greater crime
The exact nature of DR.. Angels report
on his examination of the stomach of
Mrs. Hatch has not as yet been dis
closed by the police, but they admit it is
sufficient TO hold the doctor and war
rant the terrible charge which has been
brought against him.
He was arraigned in the local court
this morning; as he had had no time to
engage counsel the case went over.
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THETFORD CENTER.

Rev. A. H. Baker gave a lecture on
B. Fay Mills Sunday evening which
was very entertaining. He also lee
tured Tuesday evening ON India.
Judge and Mrs. Gleason were in
Lebanon Monday.
Blanche Bliss spent Thanksgiving
with her uncle, G. w. Bliss, at West
Fairlee.
Mr.. Kibbey of Newport is enter
tanned at w. H. Messer's.
Abbie Porter is visiting relatives in
Lyndonville.
Stewart johnson and family spent
Sunday at r. H. Harvey's.
Fred Burr was in town a few days
last VT elk.
Mr.. Simonds and family have re-
turned from Hanover, where they have
been engaged for several weeks.
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WATER OF OLD NEW YORK.
Wells That Served the City Before the
Day of the First Aqueduct.


Day of the First Aqueduct.
The present city of New York has
500 miles Of water mains, and when,
on Jan. /, are added Brooklyn s $50
miles Ct water MAINS the records of all
other cities will be broken. New York
has now daily water supply of $780,
900 COO gallons; Brooklyn has 50, 000,
600 gallons and the combined water
supply of the two cities will be in ex-
cess Of 300, 900, 600 gallons day, or
more than 100 gallons for each inhab-
liant. Yet before the opening of the
Croton water system New York, so far
from being an important city in respect
to its water supply, had primitive
system, far behind Boston, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and other places.
Prior to 1868 there were in New York
no public wells. The inhabitants were
supplied by private wells and it was
the custom for several families to join
in the expense of constructing a we'll,
which was used in common by the mall
The first public well in New York was
constructed on the Battery. This was
petitioned for in 1868 by the burgomas-
ters. 1t was the great resort of the in
habitants during the period of Dutch
rule. In 1877 an order was given that
"wells he made in the following places
by the inhabitants of the streets con-
cerned One opposite Roelof Jansen, the
butcher S; one in Broadway, opposite
Van Dyck s; one in the street opposite
Derrick Smith S; one in the street oppo-
site John Cavalier S; one in the yard Of
the city hall; one in the street opposite
Cornelius Van Borsum s. In 1857
seven other public wells were ordered.
The system of constructing public
wells during the earlier part of the last
century was by means of a contribu-
tion of G8 by the city government the
remaining expense being betrayed by
the people residing in the neighbor
hood none of whom was allowed to use
the well until he had contributed his
proportion of the expense.
In 1850 pumps came into use, and an
act was afterward passed by the assem-
bly, to enable the city to raise tax for
constructing and keeping in repair the
wells and pumps The subject of pro-
curing a supply of water by means of
large wells, pumped by machinery, and
thrown into an elevated reservoir from
which it might be led through the city
in wooden pipes, was brought before
the common council as early as 1774 by
Christopher Coils, who is sometimes
styled the father of improvements in
the water supply of this city The rules
established by him and altered from
time to time to conform to the growth
of the city must seem at this day oner
GUS to many, for they appear to have
been based upon the idea that water
was a commodity to be. dealt in, pre-
cious commodity, and that it should at
all times be used as sparingly as posi-
BILE. A failure to recognize the truth of
this entailed penalties, the most serious
of which was incarceration in the pub
lie lookup. New York Sun.
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THETFORD.

Died suddenly Nov. 10th, in Mime
sofa, Presby W. Moore, aged 81 years
He leaves a wife and nine children,
eight daughters and one son, to mourn
his loss. He was native of Thetford
Rev. Mr.. McDuffee will preach a
Thanksgiving sermon next Sabbath.
Mrs. Freeman Bond and daughter
Alice came home this week.
School at the Academy closes this
week. Winter term commences next
week.
Lila Cummings and Sarah Senter
came home to spend Thanksgiving.
Frank Bond is wishing friends in
Massachusetts.
Mrs. Frary is visiting at Post Mills.
Mrs. Leslie Vaughan has two sisters
visiting her.
Wedding bells are ringing.
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Nav lie = Mnrder.

Greenwich. Conn. Nov. 24.-An assault,
which may develop into a murder was
committed at Quaker Ridge, the victim
being a farmer. Henry Oates. aged Ga
His assailant is an unknown negro.
The colored man asked Oates if he had
work to give him. and the farmer re-
piled negatively. The negro then seized
a stool and fslled Oates to the floor with
a fierce blow. The stricken farmer
was unconscious for some time, but final
ly managed to crawl to the farm house.
The physician expressed the opinion
that the man is likely to die at any
time.
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Tamrnanv Aids the Needy.

New York, Nov. 2O.-The executive
committee of Tammany hall met Fri
day and arranged for the annual re-
organization next month. After the
transaction of this business Mr.. Croker
made a speech in which he asked the
committee to subscribe 1000 for the
starving people of Cuba and like sum
for the poor of this city. The sugges-
ton was promptly acted on. The Cuban
check was handed to members of the
junta who had called to seek aid from
Tammany in behalf of their starving
conntrymen
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Raising Coru and Cotton With Rock.

Old Hiram Howard of Saline county
was the champion corn raiser of central
Missouri some years ago His fields
were amazing When the crop was
ready to LAY by" old Hiram hitched
horse to a fiat rock and set boy driving
up and down the rows The rock left a
layer of fine, packed dust. That dust
not only closed the soil pores and kept
the moisture below from coming up,
but it absorbed moisture from the soil
above
The five weeks drought imperiled the
cotton fields of Arkansas this year A
northern man was perplexed by the con-
f1icting advice of his native neighbors,
some of whom told him to cultivate,
while others recommended that tlR soil
be left alone He came to Mr.. Strother.
and the latter, recalling Hiram How
ard trick, said:
Follow neither. Get a fiat rock,
hitch horse to it and let your boy
drive through the cotton rows.
The northern man got two fiat rocks,
and boring holes in them fastened one
behind the other and had them hauled
tandem between the rows. When c.
ton was vii ng in all of the adjoining
fields of t. natives, the plant stoc
fresh and bright ON the land of the north
ener. The deighbors came, and polk
ing through the dust found the soil I'M
derneath thoroughly damp. They CON
cluded:
"That doggone rock of Suother's
must have one its work st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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Funeral Customs.

''It is strange that with the common
sense ideas that are being developed in
so many of our customs, said a woman
the other day, that the custom of 60
ing to the grave should not be given up
by mOurners at a funeral. 1t is a har-
rowing experience The associations are
all unpleasant, and the sight of the
earth around the newly dug grave gives
us the feeling that we are cut off from
our friends forever Every creak of the
cords as the coffin is lowered is like a
stab wound. The only comfort is that
we feel that we are going as far as pos
sible with our dear ones. In the west
they have a pleasant custom of lining
the grave with flowers or, at least,
with vines, evergreens, or something CT
that kind. To see our friends laid
away in beds of flowers is not so horri-
bly, significant "
Another strange thing about funeral
is the curiosity which it arouses AS a
funeral turned into a cemetery the 9th
er day woman standing at the gate
a woman who from the bundles in her
arms, was evidently just returning from
a shopping xpedition-turnedi in with
the procession, followed the carriages
and stood at the grave just opposite the
mourners. The lack of delicacy in such
thing is surprising, and that there can
be any satisfaction in witnessing such
sad rites is equally surprising, particu-
larly in the case of this woman, who
was dressed in black, as if She too, had
been a mourner ON a similar occasion
not long before. New York Times
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Boston, Nov. 22.-Antone Sofmanie, 81
years old, attempted the role of peace
maker last night between two fellow
countrymen, but only received a bullet
in the abdomen for his pains, and little
hope is held out for his recovery from the
wound. The man who fired the shot is
probably still at large, although a man
somewhat answering his description
was arrested in Chelsea late last even
ing, but has not yet been identified
The shooting took place in house on
South Margin street occupied by Bernard
Pitchon. Solmanie was visiting Pitchon
and while there Vincent AcquaIo APP
peared and soon became involved in
dispute with Fitchon. The two men
grew warm over the subject of the dis
pute, which is said to have been
Pitchon's wife, and before long they
were exchanging blows, although with
nothing more than their fists. Solmanie,
however, thought that more serious
weapons might be used so he rushed be-
tween the two. This seemed to intensity
the anger of both the men, but Acquaro
mere especially. He pulled a revolver
from his pocket and fired one shot at
Solmanie. who fell to the floor, while the
blood poured from an ugly wound in
the abdomen.
A few moments later the police were on
the scene and, after sending the wounded
man to the hospital began a search for
Acquaro. No trace, however, could be
found of Solmanie's assailant. althCugh
all the out Of town police stations were
notified of the affair. About II O'Clock,
however, word was received from Chel-
sea that man apparently answering
Acquaros description had been arrested
on an electric car bound through the
city from Be ston to Lynn.
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Practically Life imprisonment.

Aust NOV. zO.-L. W. Fisher and
Felix W If pleaded guilty yesterday to
robbins an International and Great
Northern train at Mcneil, II miles above
here, on the afternoon of Oct u, and were
sentenced to so and As years, respective
ly. in the state penitentiary. They were
expecting light sentences if they pleaded
guilty, which actuated them to do so.
There were four charges against them.
The other two train robbers are still un-
tried.
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Young Woman Took CarboIic Acid.

Boston, Nov. "a young woman,
who under pressure said that her name
was Bertha Miller, attempted suicide
in the waiting room of the Old Colony
railroad station last night by drinking
carbolic acid. She was hastily put into
a herdic and was hurried to the emer-
gency hospital, where it was found that,
although her mouth and face were badly
burned by the acid, she had not swal-
lowed much. and was in no immediate
danger.
She had no money in her possession,
nor was there anything about her per-
son which would assist in her identi-
fication.
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TWO SETS OF BOOKS.
How Names Bank Examiner Was De-
ceiVed at Lub G,

Augusta, Me, Nov. 24.-1he books of
Cashier Foster of the Lubec Savings
bank are in the possession of State Bank
Examiner Timberlake, and examination
of them shows that Fosters alleged de-
falcations may have been begun as far
back as 1876.
Foster kept two sets of books, one of
which was never shown to the bank eX-
Rminer On this set were entered about
$1,000 which, it is asserted were never
put on the books of the bank. During
these years the total amount Foster Is
accused of stealing was probably not far
from $4,000, and this money he is said
to have used in the support of himself
and his family. Ostensibly Foster kept
a store, but the business was so sn al
that the profits would not have supported
even one small family with the neces-
saries of life There will not be over
$4,000 in assets of the bank, and so the
loss to the depositors will practically be
about total.
The feeling against Foster grows more
bitter but he is over 70 years of age,
broken down in health, and probably
can live but short time. 1t is believed
that the bank trustees can be held for the
amount of the defalcation. Fosters
bond was $4,000. 1t seems very strange
to many that the bank examiners could
have been deceived by Foster for so long
a period. 1t seems he was in the habit
of presenting, as part of the assets of
the bank, notes which had been paid.
Instead of giving up these notes, he re-
tanned them, giving receipts to show they
had been paid, and telling people he
wished to keep possession of the notes
as part of the records of the bank.
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Thrown From n Tr,p and Killed.

London, Nov. 24-The countess of
Latham, while returning from shoot
ing party yesterday, was thrown out of a
trap and killed near Wigan, Lancaster.
The countess was the second daughter
of the fourth earl of Clarendon. The earl
of Latham is the lord chamberlain of the
household of Queen Victoria.
The countess was driving a pair of
spirited ponies. Suddenly the animals
SHE'D, and the countess and three ladies
who were with her in the trap were
thrown out. She fell into ditch full of
water and the trap fell on top of her.
When she was eXtricated she was still
alive, but she died almost Immediately.
The other ladies escaped unhurt. The
deceased countess was immensely popu-
lar in Lancashire and prominent in
charitable work
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great pleasure to be able
to effects mother and feel like
troubled with falling
and
% and
suffered for almost 1t different
while before,
help other person,
gratitude,
7, A. EastSt Indianapolis Ind"
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London, Nov. 20.-The oldest inhab
liant never saw and cannot recall fire
as disastrous as that which laid waste
a small portion of this city Friday after
noon and paralyzed the British COM
panies doing fire insurance. Records
would have to be traced as far back Is
the seventeenth century for parallel.
There have been disastrous confagra-
tons the present century, but they
lacked the destructiveness of that which
ragged for four hours yesterday and
which nearly baff1ed the best efforts
of large portion of the department
to stay.
A strong wind and highly infiammable
stocks of fancy goods and flimsy dress
materials of all descriptions, that crowd
ed every floor of six-story buildings,
famed the flames.
When the control signal was sounded
at 5:45 about so warehouses and dozen
or so minor structures had either van
ished or remained only in blackened
walls, a chaos of fallen girders and smok-
ing piles of bricks and stone.
Though the fire was under control,
volumes of flame were still pouring out
of many buildings. The most serious
aspect of the disaster, after the question
of the enormous loss incurred, is that
over 1900 employees have been thrown
out of work and many of them have
lost all of their belongings. The property
loss is now estimated at G3,OOO,OO0
The confagration was caused by the
explosion of a gas engine en- the premises
of Waller, Brown e. Co., mantle man
ufacturers. Their large factory was
ufacturers
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~ Claim For Heavy Pension DisaIlnwad.
Washington, Nov. pa pension
claim which has ben pending q years
and which, + admitted, nUuld carry
back pay of $25 900, was decided today by
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Da-
Wis. 1t is the case of Gottlieb Ellersick
of Missouri whose claim for alleged to-
tai blindness was due to disease of the
eyes contract ted during the military SER
vice in 1864 is rejected. The case has at
tracted much interest and presented
many perplexing features, but it was
found that no record of any disease of
the eyes in the service existed nor was
there competent testimony to show the
incurrence of any such disability in the
service.
The claimant was discharged from the
army in 1865, and did not lose his sight
until 1868 No effort to establish his
claim, presented in 1870 was made until
$780, % years after his discharge, when
most of those who could have testified
from personal knowledge were dead. The
decision holds that the claimants own
statements We're inconsistent and fatty
contradictory of his most important wit
nesses, aside from which the physicians
and Oculists decline to accept the cause
of his present blindness as due to any
service origin.
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TRYING URDEALS FOR WOMEN.
Mrs. Pinlzham Tells How Wo'
mon May Avoid Painful
Examinations.

To modest, sensitive, high
strung young woman, especially
an unmarried woman, there is
no more trying or painful ordeal
than the examinations, which
are now so common in hospitals
and private practice.
An examination by speculum, or
otherwise, is sometimes positive
necessity in certain stages of
many diseases peculiar to women,
so at least it is declared by tn
fession. This would not be the