The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1879-05-30
Local Notes and Gossip


Howe, photographer, is out with
elegant new sign, painted by 5. u Dav
= The post Office was closed from tv
rs to four o'clock this afternoon.
~ Rev. Geo. f. Piper of Cambridg
m port, Mass, will preach in the Unitarli
\. church next Sunday.
', The annual meeting of the Westel
u Aqueduct association occurs Mondt
as evening at the Vermont Savings bank.
er The spring meeting of the Fo
es Dummer Rifle Club, will be held at i
of range in Vernon Wednesday.
ri The Amherst college sophomore
:, have their class supper at the BROOK
" House, June 9th.
-Selectman Pratt left Monday for
brief business trip to Chicago and othe
parts of the West.
Very large assortment of fancy shirts
neck wear, straw and felt hats in ne'
and fancy colors at J. j. Rays.
: Rev. M. II. Harris will take his an
nual vacation about the middle of mex
month He prt aches in exchange a
Worcester, Mass, Sunday.
Sam Morgan, Frenchman at worl
II for l.. M. Adams, cut bad cash in hi
1t foot while chopping Friday.
e. Wales, Jr., thinks he can ''g'
one better" on any egg record yet re
|" ported. He has four brown leghorns
which Matched "A chickens out of As
eggs set under them.
: Mr.. G. B. Rice and wife reached
town Wednesday, after several weeks
soiourn at Aiken, S. G. We regret to re
1, port that Mr.. Rice's health is yet very
delicate, though there is reason for hop
. ing that Vermont air will improve him.
AT the meeting of the creditors of
C. F. Thompson & Co., Wednesday, F.
!, W. Books and Chas. N. Davenport were
elected assigEees. Eighty two claims
were proved, aggregating about $14, 900.
During the summer months the SER
mon. not the service, will be omitted in
st. Michael's EpiscopaD church. Even
ing prayers will be said as usual at 7 80,
P. NJ, beginning with June LIST.
There will be meeting of the Su-
perintendents and Text Book Commit
tees in the County at Newfane on Satur
day next, May 31st.
Mr.. q. P. ellison left again Tuesday
evening for st. Lawrence Co., New York,
and Canada, for another lot of those fine
horses which he will soon offer at great
bargains.
MIR. Jerry Davis has sold the we'll
known trotter "Lady Wilmouth," to
Attleboro, Mass parties, for $780,
Miss c. NJ Dalton has purchased
the residence of the late Mrs. Judge Cults
the price being understood to be $1,000.
Only six or eight voters turned out
to the special village meeting Monday
evening. Peleg Barrows was elected
clerk and treasurer in place of Henry
Glover, resigned.
Mrs. G. w. Holbrook is arranging |
to bring out "H. M. S. Pinafore" with a |
class of 25 or so juvenile singers, whom
she is now training.
-Quartermaster-G General Kingsley
names Saturday of next week, June 9TH,
as June training" and inspection day
for the Estey Guard and Fuller Battery.
"A fine oil painting of the old Blake
homestead has been presented to this
town by DIR. Blake of Boston. The
the remnants of which were
destroyed by the large fire in 1869, used
to stand at the corner of Maine and
Elliot streets.
Prof. Alexander announces a very
choice programme for his concerts at
the town hall Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, and we doubt mott hat it will
be real treat to our people of musical
tastes. Tickets 25 and 35 cents, and
can be obtained at the Professors rooms.
A good many Brattleboro people will
he named to learn of the death of the
did favorite trotter, "Slate Rock" which |
occurred bv an accident in Guilford iastD
week. Mr.. T. L. johnson. who OF li.t !,
vears has owned the horse, turned M
Inf to past,lre and in some way ne leI1
, ledge into a slate quarry, wher
vas f9nnd doad Thursday morning.
A drunken row with much
wearing and some choking, in one
ne liquor saloons. Sunday afternoon. by
company of beer guzzlers. among
whom was tie editor of one of our To-
'al papers.-Record.
Why, Chandler. who'd a think ftp,
You and your wicked partner" should y
Keep out OF such places!
The 18th N. Y. Regiment passed c
through Brattleboro again Monday morn
ing in their IA special cars, on their re-
turn from the celebration of Queen Vic
toria's birthday at Montreal While
passing near the Connecticut, $50 men
of the Regiment were dumped out of
the cars to take their morning wash in
the river. They were bauquetted at
tn RI ford Monday man |
About 40 Sir Knights of Beause- ,
ant commandery, acco npanied by the !
Meacham drum corps, and Bellows Falls ,,
Dretheren, will attend the annual CON !
,lave of the Grand Commandery of /.
K night Templars of Vermont, to be :
leld at Burlington, June 10th. =,
ANOTHER FREE FIGHT r
Occurred Sunday between Tom Con a
Tor, who seems to be winning good !
iea of local celebrity, and Patrick i
Iorr, a railroad hand. They had been G
thinking cider at Trendal's house. near o
he camp ground, and got to quarreling C
IS to who paid for it. After they had 0
Iccused each ether of lying back and q
or:h for time, Connor knocked the u
abroad man down, and his hoy jumped u
IN him and kicked him, until a crack in U
lis skull 2 or 1-2 inches long had been tt
made above his right eye. Dr. Gray, d
owever, attended the wounded man, Il
nd he is now upon the street, though e
'erhaps one of his eyes may not be very
erviceable for time. Il
The following is the list of the let II
ers remaining uncalled for in the post u
flee under date of May 23rd: u
Lades-Miss l.. B. Armstrong, Mrs. d
ella Butterfed. Miss Ella Crownng- n
HELD. Miss Johanna Flavin, Miss jeanette 81
towels, Maggie c. Pre- ston, Mrs. Aman-
la Smith, Mrs. Henry F. Stevens.
Gents-Wm. Crosby, VIM. Cain. Ru- c
ert DeVere, John NJ. Flynn (2), w. p. 5,
Usher, Dexter A. Deggett, l.. H. Reed, S
}. +. Stearns. Willie Sanderson. Chas. q
!. Thorn a., Frank Webster, l.. A. q!
Witt. ;,
Miscellaneous Whitehouse & John I
on. Newton & Thompson. al
Saturday evening about 10 O'Clock, D
ylile James Griffin was meandering u
long Elliot street in state of intoxica-
on, he tipped from the sidewalk above Y
he bulletin board into the old Revere ii
louise cellar, striking his Uranium on a tt
ock at the bottom. He was picked up
,sensible soon after, from quite po"l of 2