The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10

60 10 Mrs Thomas for bargains I'D mlllin-
cry for the rest of the season.-adv.
The Estey,Guard chose their usual commit
60 for camp duty at muster, last evening"
Collector S II Sherman has over one half
of the village and school taxes already coilect-
ed.
Tx Willis Is a candidate, strongly endors-
ed by the local Democracy, for postal Clerk
ship. :,
ANY one that has old gold beads to sell, ca !
on Chas A Trip & Co. They give the highest
price.-adv. pN
--Geddis conundrum Who was the iirst
man of nobility mentioned In the BiDle bar-
rem Flgtree. :,
Rev g E Martin of st Louis will preach at
the Congregationalist church next SUNDAY
morning and evening
-Blueberries have appeared in the market.
The prospects for the raspberry and blackberry
crops are reported good
The Ceres club pcnicked with Miss Minnie
Pettee at West Brattleboro on the fourth,
making delightful day of 1t.
n N Burnett is dying of old age at West
Brattleboro 1t is believed to be hardy posSl-
BILE that he can survive the day.
1t IS said that some people came down on
the owl to join the press excursion lnursoay
morning. an hour after the special train lett.
Everybody is set westward by the rate cuts
of the railroads. A party Of fifteen from chester
and another of eighteen from Bellows FAILS is
started by it.
An exchange informs us that "Col Geo W
Hooker has been engaged to denver sne ADDRESS
at st Johnsbury Memorial day, 1850. Isnt
St Johnsbury rather previous
The item fishing this week seems. to be
about AS dry as the "fuent and accomplished
from Wilmington says the editorial trout flsh-
ing up there was. Too much fishing and press
supper.
Lizzie Schuster has on exhibition at Che
new & Clapp's O very beautiful and character
istic piece of work,-a pastel representing an
ideal head. 1t is attracting much attonuon ana
winning deserved praise.
"A heavy safe which was being hoisted to
the third story Of the Carpenter organ compa,
nv's new factory Yesterday fell to the cellar with
a crash. but without serious damage, and nhas
since been raised without trouble.
-Intellipence was received this week OF the
death in Salisbury, South Carolina, OF Orrln
Dean. His mother received letter announcing
his sickness and started for there, when tele-
gram soon followed giving the news OF Ills
death.
Several of the shining editorial lights
throughout the state have discontinued thelr
Fourth of July issue this week ana gone 10
Brattleboro to be examined by commission
HSPS 49,
Huntington Clipper.
The Burlington Free Press did itself credit
last week by issuing an illustrated euillon ue
scribinp the public institutions and business
firms of the city. 1t is printed on me r., pook
naner and looks very neat and attractive. Thirty
Illustrations of public buildings and men are
given in the number.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs L Housh
intends to go to Chicago next month, having
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leading publication there. She leaves about
August /, and her brother, Frank = Housh, re,
mains here to conduct his printing business anu
continue the publication of the Woman Mag
azine.
There ought to be an improvement in the
railroad connections north OF mere. feopie
coming over the Rutland road cannot conhees
have to wait two hours for the O'Clock. EX-
press coming from Rutland can come through
only on the morningtrain. SO with three
trains day. we can have practically only one
come ctiOn.
The roof and cupoa are now on for the
new factory building which Editor Crowel Is
building for the Carpenter Organ Go. II Is W
be a most cemmodious structure, containing H;ne
30 900 feet of floor room, and exceeos III sly
the old melodeon factory to which it is attacn,
ed. Its capacity will be very nearly eq1a. 49,, ~
that of Estey & Co.'S shop before 1917, ana tle
company has every prospect OF suinclen' ou'''
ness to fill it. ar,
~Ivsander J circuit of Cummington, Mass,
, hrotber of Mrs DR. Gale Of this place died
last week Wednesday at Boston, 4rss weInef
tar tie operation, which was performed unoeI
The adnainistration Of cocaine, he returned Ia 70
his hotel, and after experiencing considerable
nausea he was attacked with paralysis OF the
heart and died in short time. Mr. Orcutt was
IS years old and widely known. He had served
several years in the legislature OF Massachu-
sets.
Rev A c Stevens, pastor of the Methodist
church here in ls65-6-7, and before that at Put
new, died at Riverhead, L l, last week Wednes-
day. He had suffered from lung trouble for
several years, but his condition was not sup
posed to be serious until within few days OF
bis DEATH and he had been corresponding with
friends here with view OF spending his vaca-
lion in Brattleboro. Mr. Stevens was one Of the
finest men ever in Brattieboro, able, eloquent
and scholarly, and highly esteemed by people
Of all sects and classes initown. He preached
with great success in Brooklyn for years after
be left here.