Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-22

He was sitting IN a room NJ ms HuiHs
n few feet from telephone, wheh
the lightning struck the wire, came
into the room, and exploded with "A
noise like a rifle dischnrging. lie felt
the electricity pass through his hody
and legs, but suffered no III eHects
from il, on the contrary, he was ben
Gifted as the rheumatism had entirely
disappeared, leaving his legs Hinper
and pliable.
Marshfield Man Faces Serious Charge
Hiram Bean of Marshheld Is under
arrest at HaverhilL Mass, ON Sc
rlous charge. -Four years ago Mr..
Bean, who is a married man, took into
his family Josephine Kent, a girl
then 10 years old. Four weeks ago
she refused to dive longer with Mr..
Bean, and after she had left ms
home. charged him with repeated fell
onlous assaults upon her AS soon
las the girl left his home Bean became
suspicious and went away, He was
finally found at HOverhill and VIII
soon have a hearing.
The annual meeting of the spirit
ualists M queen city park Burling-
ton. wiz open Sunday, July 81, and
continue until Sunday. September 4,
A long list Of speakers Is announced.
John Harris of Bennington. 10, was
seriously injured In a peculiar man
uer Friday night, July 10. While play
ing with some other boys one OF
them seized and threw him down. A
sharp pointed pencil, which had In
. 10 nsA
back OF the coat, entered his body d.
recty back of the right lung and II IS
feared that the point OF the pencil
pierced the lung.
The beautiful residence Of Peter
Griffith, near Fair Haven, was burned
to the ground early Monday morning,
July IS. Mr. Griffith was awakened
Inv the smoke and barely saved the
lives of his children His wife was
away. The fire is believed TO have
been Of incendiary origin. The loss Is
S6.O 900 with an insurance OF $4,000.
Mr.. Griffith bought the place Of
Charles Westcott, n barn on whose
place n few miles away was also
burned Sunday night
\
farmer of Lincoln, committed suicide
Friday night, July 10. by taking
strychnlne. He and his wife had been
to Bristol. on his return he took care
of his horse. went to the house and
took the dose, kept for killing crows,
Hammer was dead before the arrival
of a physician. His age was about Al
years. He represented Lincoln in the
Legislature of 1902, He leaves a wife,
one son. a mother and sister. He had
been respondent at times.
An unknown man was run over by
one Of the night trains near the How
ard park crossing, Burlington, his
body being found Monday morning,
July Is. Apparently he was about %
wears old. and weighed goo pounds.
He had a gray beard and n short gray
moustache. was fairly well dressed, but
wore no shoes. There were no arti-
cles In his pockets and nothing by
which TO Identify him except the In
itfals ]. c. on his shirt. The body
was badly mangled. 1t was identified
later as that of James Corcoran.
Charles Millett, Burlington la
horer, aged 80 years, was drowned
Sunday morning, July II, In Half
Moon cove. Millet in company with
James Francis and Jake Marcia left
the city Saturday evening TO pass
Sunday at the cove fishing. The
three men went out in a row boat TO
fish. Millet feh overheard and being
unable to regain the boat was drown
ed. Millet was married and leaves
beside his wife five small children.
The family Is in very destitute cir
cumstances.
Ray Miller, is, son of William Miller
of Concord, Mass, formerly of Swan
ton. died Thursday, July IA, as the
result OF an accidental shooting AZ
West Swanton the day before. AL
bert Abendschein of New York, VINO
Is boarding Mt Frank Fosters farm in
West Swanton. was shooting black
birds with a 32-caliber rifle. 1t was
somehow discharged at close range,
the bullet entering Miller's back near
the waist line, passing through the
body and puncturing the skin near the
navel The bullet was removed. but
Miller did not rally.
As the result of the campaign Of the
police department at Rutland four
places We're raided Saturday evening,
July 16, and liquor enough was Sc
cured. to stock a wholesale house. The
officers arrested Henry A. Barrett, \,
G.. Baisner John f. McGuirk and
Martin +. Brown Barrett, McGuirk
and Brown appeared In city court
Monday, July IS, and furnished bail
in the sum of $500 to appear for trial
later. Baisner did not appear and il
is believed that he has skipped from
the state. A large crowd of men was
found drinking at the store of John
McGuirk.
Justice La Franchise of Bennington
has decided that payment for liquors
purchased while the prohibitory law
was in force cannot be collected under
the present law. The case was the
suit brought by Kennedy and Muir
ply against ]. j. Morrissey to recover
$500 for liquors sold when the prohib-
itory law was in force. 1t was proved
that part of the liquors were pur-
chased in New York state, and judg-
ment was given for the value of these
and costs. For the liquors bought in
Vermont no judgment was given. The
plaintiffs were not satisfied with the
decision and took an appeal to the
county court.
Seventy-four teachers were present
at the opening of the summer school
for teachers at Rutland Monday,
July 49, and several additional en-
rollments are expected later. Four
lectures were given; Lyman B. Allen,
of the Massachusetts
State Normal school at North Adams,
Mass. spoke on Geography and Re-
lated Subjects; Bert E. Merriam, SUI
of schools at Bellows
FAILS, spoke on School Law; Anna d. |
Pollard of Stonington, Conn, superin- /
tendent of schools, made an address
on Primary Methods and Miss Mary