Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-08

4 land. One of his legs was caught II
the cogs and drawn in nearly to his
/ body. tearing the flesh from the bone
in a fiightful manner.
Miss Elsie Higley. 20 years old, com
mitted suicide at Bristol Monday b,
taking dose Of strychnine, The caus,
of the act was melancholy and deSpon
dency from which she had suffered a
times for several months. She was I
daughter of Mrs. Harvey Orvis of Bris
tol.
At the Ekwanok golf course at Man
chester Tuesday Findley $. Douglass
former amateur champion, and Craig
NJ. Hamilton both broke the amateur
record for the course, both getting 10
which is remarkable golf The profes
sional record is Is and is held by Geo.
Low, the clubs professional.
d. L. Nichols general merchandise
store at Roxbury, seven miles south OF
Mortified, was entered by burglars
Saturday night. Two suits of clothes,
two or more pairs of shoes. rings and
other Jewelry were stolen. The bur
glars evidently changed their apparel
in the store, for they left couple Of old
and Worn suits on Il counter. Entrance
was gained by prying open the front
door with an iron bar
Stillman Willis, a prisoner at the
house of correction. was found dead III
his cell Sunday morning, the result OF
apopleptic commissions. He was com
mitted from Rutland about three
months ago for vagrancy and had but
about two weeks longer to remain there.
He had been subject to commissions for
two years past since being kicked by a
horse and during the same period had
not been right in his mind.
Fontana Bros, the second largest
granite manufacturing concern of Viii
Jamestown, has made an assignment to
James X. Lynde of Williamstown.
The liabilities are about 81. 600 with
assets of about $1,000. The creditors,
who number about 100 including the
workmen, are largely Barre people,
The reasons given for the assignment
are slack work at present and poor col
lections The Fontanas formerly con
Quoted business in Barre They EN-
ploved about GO men 1t is hoped the
business will be started up again with
the same workmen under Mr.. Lynde.
go
0lhcefs faideu the ehlral Vernon
railfoaa station at barre SATURDAY ana
9elzeu 10 parieis' hall-naffels ana kegs
OF peer ana ale consigned 10 score or
more lnalFiduhls IN barre Inc rald
was mace so late that II was llhprac-
ticable To cart the STUN 10 the iockup
that night and it was left in the freight
depot III charge OF Keeper. Had the
rand been made IN the afternoon or
early II the evening much larger
quantity would nave been secured. as
three carloads OF beer and ale were I'M
loaded INTO the irelght depot during
Saturday. y search OF the Montpelier
~ Wells River railroad freight depot
~aii in Dennt ~ sn,'ara vas D barren If re
snity iN WA ''' ' ~ N
Frank +. WEIGH of Rutland.a brake
man on the Rutland Canadian rallw.y
was found outside the burlington de-
pot Sunday night IN an unconscious
His train left the city
without missing him. His left hand
was badly crushed and there were four
scalp wounds on his head while his
dirty and bruised condition lndl-
Gated that he had been subjected to
some violence The man was taken to
the Mary Fletcher hospital where it
was found necessary to amputate the
three large ringers OF ms left hand.
The tip Of his thumb was also cut off.
When he recovered consciousness he
said that he got off at the switch and
in attempting to get on again he
slipped and fell the wheels of the train