The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-06-05

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Two New Workers have been In tow
this week looking about to buy summ
places. "92
The New England Tariff Reform club
Its annual meeting at Boston elected Cashit
o. A. Marshall one Of Its vice-presidents.
There are rumors of a proposed reorgal
ization in the Central Vermont management
consolidating Its different branches MOI
closely into one system and putting youngt
men at the head.
The Baptist Sunday school has chosen .
| K. Hall, s. w. Edgett, Mrs. 10. p. Smitl
Miss Nettie Cheney and E. H.. Van Door
are delegates to the county convention .
Jamaica next week.
The Wet Weather Club held q; yer
happy meeting at the home of A.
Combs on Main street last Friday evening
The evening was pleasantly spent. Refresh
| ments of Ice cream, cake and coffee wer
| served and the party broke up at late hour
The new postal card to ne known as tn
"LadIes' correspondence card" Is made from
very fine board known as pearl gray, whic
as better described as blue.white. The print
ing upon the transverse side Is In rich Dlu
Ink. In spite of the prevailing c0iOrs tn
new card is not likely to become FASHIONABLE
with blue-bloOds.
The Geological survey of the Interio
Department Of the Federal government ha
written to Secretary H. B. Chamberlain ask
ing for Information about DR.. James Deane'
work on s'Ichnographs from the Sandston,
of the Connecticut River" book of scienti
fic Importance which is In the Free Library
here.
"A John Hopkins University circular ha
been issued giving full unavailable report o.
the scientific expedition into Southern Mary
land under the auspices of the University
the Agricultural college and the U. S. Geo
logical survey. DR.. w. B. Clark. 1t will bt
remembered, was the chairman of the com
mlttee having 1t In charge.
The meeting of the horse railroad corpor
ators called for Wednesday afternoon brought
toxether just three out of the fifteen and after
waiting half an hour or more they gave up
hoping for better success sometime In the
future. Such neglect is too bad In that |,
will strengthen the suspicion already Ak
pressed of a disposition to play the infanti
eide game. We do not believe any such dis
position exists, the trouble Is simply lack OF
interest on the part of the cOrp0ratOrs. But
1t Is their duty to themselves to energlze suf
ficiently to get together and agree to open
the books. Then If there Is failure to raise
the required capital, nobody will have any
cause TO blame anyone else.
"A divorce case that eXcites considerable
attention down In Connecticut this week Is
that of Rev FL Gleason, of Somers, against his
wife, for intOerable severity. Mr.. Gleason
Is well known In Westmoreland, where he
married daughter of Dea. Cobb She died
some four or five years ago, and afterwards.
satisfied that he suffered from nervous eX-
haustOn, he went to Northampton to be
treated by faith curist, and marriage was
the result. He has managed to live with her
most OF the time since, and though a good
sized man, he now claims that she treats him
with a severity so intolerable that the law
must come to his relief by severing the nup.
tial bond. 1t Is one of those cases that Judge
James Barrett would relish presiding over.
Yesterday a continuance till September was
granted on the application of Mrs. Gleason's
counsel.
The architects drawings have been re-
ceived here this week for the Troy postoffice
building, for which the Lyons Granite ON.
pany has received the contract to furnish the
granite. 1t Is to be structure with $50 feet
I, ont, three towers reaching an altitude of
200 feet of solid granite, and 10000 cubic
feet of cut stone will be required for it,
There Is to be great deal of fine work on It,
in pillars, has relief, architectural ornaments,
etc. But the dressing and carving Is all to
he done at Rochester, N. r., the stone being
shipped from here In the rough. The Dunn.
merston granite was selected for the build.
ing on the recommendation of Supervisor
Architect Windhim who has has had repre-
'entat'ves here and at other points to look I'D
he matter thoroughly. He reports that this
granite has the greatest powers of resistance,
hat is, has the most durability, of any he has
ever tested. 1t Is certainly the freest from
ron, and so with no danger of rust ng, the
pest looking and most servtceabIe of all the
GRANTEES, and 1t Is no wopder that 1t IL push
ing its way to favor wherever 1t is known
above all others.
The community has been considerably
stirred up ms week over the dog poisonings.
H. q. Coolidge's dog. whose poisoning was
reported last week, died Friday night. as al
so one belonging to j. H. Holden, both ami.
mails of which the owners thought great
deal. Saturday the valuable black spaniel,
belonging to Col. w. Z. Holbrook, which took
first prize at the New York bench show and
which +. w. Weeks has the care Of, was
taken with the same symptoms as the others.
DR.. HolbrOOk was called In season to save its
life by energetic work, and he pronounced it
a case of strychnine poisoning. Monday Tom
O'Connor's dog turned mp its heels and died
and the valuable trained hound of W. H. Kin.
son, which he wouldn't take$1OOfor came very
e %aesd n1' c. saved By bG%"sgps
and Charles Spring found their dogs
poisoned, both animals that they
valued at $25, and the latter trained hound.
There have been rumOrs of finding pieces OF
meat with Paris Green on them Ia the GENE.
ery and In other places. Evidently some
coward Is at work to be mean. for q manly
man, If he has any reason to kill a dog will
come out like man and shoot 1T, instead of
'neaking round with poison that Is more than
ikelv to do what 1t was never Intended to
10. Messrs Coolidge and Thompson have
offered 5000 reward for proof against The
)oisoner,
A singular thing, but true, Kirwan has
he best Refrigerators in town for the price.
Cfi cd H. l. n
Jhamber Set for the price. Seeing Is be-
ieving. Aft
~ was In hurry Monday. Frank came
'ver and wanted me to do some business Tor
lin and done 1t as quick as / could" Thus |
David DoWner, when reporter interviewed |
lin. The facts seem to be that Frank Reed |
ot a deusion that Downer had agreed to lay |
Q ONE stone for him and went oven In fury
o inquire why he hadn't come to do 1t. Dow
er replied in surprise that be hadn't made
ny such agreement. Then Reed began to |
mpty himself Of adjectlves and epithets un-
In his usual style. "Liar" was the
entlest Of them: David says he might have
allied him that all the week and he wouldn't
ave fought; but another followed that raised
Is Ire, and he knocked the man down. Then
e knocked him down again and would have
ept Knocking him down until this time II
he wOrkmen hadn't interferred. He was
lad clear thu Ough. Reed picked himself up,
OF on a pile OF boards by the side of the
Dad, pulled out his jacknife and invited
owner out there. but David concluded that
Reed would keep of his premises that was
i he wanted and told him So. There has
zen report that Downer went up street,
implanted of himself and paid 81 fine; but
seems that he didn't waste money in any
lch way.
BY the way, how much longer Is this Reed
ling 10 be allowed to run loose. 1t l. liza.
e TO become serious matter one of these
Tvs and 1t is "A shame il there isn't law or
forcing power enough somewhere to deal
IT'D such a ease.
As announced last week an evening session ,
the Urinary schools was held In Mr.. McLach-
is room at the High school building Weones-
" evening A large audience of pnrents and