Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-04-16
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and took him to the bath room to give him
his regular bath. The instructions OF the
asylum are that the attendant shall not leave
the bath room while his patient is in the tub.
While Sanctuary was in the bath room he
heard noise on the outside. 1t continued,
| and thinking it was his duty to quel it, he
stepped outside. He had to go some distance
and was gone several minutes. When he re-
turned he found the patient standing up on
| the floor, picking IF the skin from his limbs.
The sight was so horrifying that young Sane
| tuary tainted away. The inmate had almost
been parboiled. The scalds were so terrible
that the patient did not rally and died six
hours later.
Drs. Chandler and Bisbee performed an
autopsy and decided that death was due to
the scalds. Jacobs has wife and one child
in Roxbury. A relative of the deceased went
to Waterbury on learning of the occurrence
and endeavored to find out about it, but could
obtain no information.
Rev. j. X, Thompson, the evangelist who
has preached occasionally for the Holiness
people on Berlin side, was arrested by Sheriff
Bancroft last week on body writ for non
payment of a tax amounting to SO on the list
of 1897. Both the sheriff and the reverend
gentleman lost their temper and used such
vigorous language toward each other that the
crowd was highly edited.
The dwelling house formerly owned by
Grafton Brand and since the arrival of the
Third cavalry band at Fort Ethan Allen
occupied by several families of the organiza-
ton, was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday
morning at time when all the male men,
bers of these families were getting ready for
guard mounting and were away from home.
DIR. L. M. Bingham of Burlington has sent
to Gen. L. s. Peck a cane from the battlefield
of Seven Pines, or Fair Oaks, which was the
nearest point toward Richmond reached by
the Union army in the Peninsular campaign
in raft a hoy oft ho
Second Vermont regiment, which was part
of the Old Vermont Brigade, Dr. Bling ham
did gallant service for the Union.
The Vermont Epworth League state con-
vention IS to be held in Burlington June 81
%. very attractive prospectus illustrated
with views of the Queen city has just been
issued by the executive committee, and
second one will appear in May, containing
the order of eXerc ises. Rev. l.. W. Munhall
will be the evangelist of the convention.
The sudden disappearance of Nina Green.
IA years old, of Northfield, the daughter of
the condemned murderess, Mrs. Marsh, is
now accounted for, the girl having flown to
bore the postmark of Albuq and Los An
geles postal route, which is conc usive evil
dence that the letter was mailed in the south
west region.
William Mitchell, hoy about IA years of
age, was arrested in Waitsfield Wednesday
morning on the charge of horse stealing.
He is wanted in Shelburne, where it is said
he stole a horse from his adopted father,
named Peabody, the last of the week Be-
fore reaching Warren he had disposed of the
animal. Constable E. A. Heath, assisted by
A. E. Eldredge, followed him to Waitsfield
and returned with him to Warren just before
noon. The boy is a graduate of Vergennes
reform school, and had been adopted by Mr..
Peabody.
A strong committee, composed of the most
influential business men of New York and
Boston, has been formed at New York for
the reorganization of the Central Vermont
railroad company. The following are the
men, Richard Olney, Boston L. jefferson
Coolidge, Jr., president of the Old Colony
Trust company, Boston; b. P. Cheney, Bos-
ton; James A. Blair of Blair & Company,
New York James Stiilman, president of the
National City bank, New York, and DR.. W.
Seward Webb, New York. Richard Olney is
chairman of the committee, John B, Dennis
secretary and Charles S. Gleed and l.. S.
Dabney, counsel. The committee represents
a large variety of interests and will probably
put out plan Immediately having in view
the unifcation and consolidation of the sys
tenn on an independent basis.
The clapboard mill and warehouse of Par
ker & Slayton and the butter tub factory of
H. w. Lyford at Warren were burned to the
ground Wednesday night. The fire occurred
about 10 o'clock and caught in the clapboard
mill, probably from stove. AS there were
shavings and inf1ammable material the fire
spread with great rapidity, then caught in
the warehouse between the mills and reached
Lyford's factory. The citizens fought the
fire valiantly, but it was impossible to save
either of the buildings. The loss included
the buildings, quantity of stock and coarse
lumber in the clapboard mill and warehouse
and 5000 butter tubs all ready for shipment
in Lyford's. A portion of the machinery in
Lyford's mill can be used again. The loss is
estimated at between $4,000 and $4,000
Lyford carried small insurance. Parker &
Clay ton were we'll insured.