The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-09-18
Several county towns reported heavy
fr0ats last week |. i. . ~. wa .-----

fair grounds Sept. 80.
-BalIfr Geo. W. Fuller Is out, after 81,
or seven weeks sickness.
Nicholas Heaphy who has been an inval
SO long and confined TO the house, Is reported
as not improving.
Nicholas Baker came near losing his ey
the other day while playing ball. He has beef
disabled from work all the week.
- Mrs. Henry W. Knight of Providence
r. l., Is spending her vacation at her father
John S. Wood of West Bratteboro.
The annual meeting of the Fort Dumme
Rifle Club, will be held at their range IL
Vernon Sept. Goth. II. c. FRENCH, Sec.
Rev. A. McGeorge was announced for al
address Tuesday before the missionary SEES
sion of the Vermont Central Baptist associa
ton at West Randolph.
-Windham County Pomona grange, p. OF
Fl. will meet with West River grange al
Townshend, next Thursday, sept. "a. Ar
Interesting program has been arranged. Din
ner will be served on the picnic plan.
| News was received here Tue sday morn
Ing of the sad death of Mrs. VIM. Fitzgerald
at her home In Windsor. Mrs. Fitzgerald
was born In Walpole, N. H., and married
Mr.. Fitzgerald two years ago In October.
She was bright and loveable woman and
leaves hosts of friends In Windsor, Walpole.
DcIIOW6 EdIIS anu ucTcs 11cT luuCId al wan
held this morning In Windsor and the burial
was at WaIpole. She leaves a husband and
infant daughter, besides mother, father and
two sisters to mourn her loss. She was "a
years old.
The annual meeting and book sale of the
Forestvile book club was held at E. L. Park
e,'s on Cedar street Monday evening. The
following officers were elected president,
George s. Phillips: Vice president, Fred
Brown; secretary, Miss Nettie Cheney; as
sistant secretary, Mrs. Jennie A. Parker;
mittee, Mrs. w. W. Walker, Miss Alice
Phillips, Miss Lila Drown. A good sum of
money was realized from the sale Of the perl
odicals. and the secretary's report shows the
finances to be In flourishing condition.
-Amidon Bros. failed Friday. Mrs. Joseph
Wilder who held $4,000 mortgage on their
stock and fixtures entered and took possession
and they followed by an assignment. This
was followed by an assignment OF FL. G.
Clisbee & Co. the predecessor of Amidon
Bros. in the store. because the affairs OF the
firms were SO mixed. Sheriff Gordon Is the
messenger In charge until an assignee can be
chosen and G. w. Wyman Is In the store as
agent. The liabilities OF Amidon Bros. so
far as now known are $1735 besides the mort.
gage. or 1875 in all, and of Csbee & Co.
about $500. The assets are the stock
of goods Inventorylng trife over $1,000,
the fixtures worth perhaps $l75, and Sl39S
of book accounts due Amidon Bros.
and 1874 due Clisbee & Co. These accounts
are not figured as worth over $500 at the
outside. for they are largely against ne'er
pays, who seem to have been riding the store
In great shape. The stock will not halt salts
fy the mortgage, on which Col. Estey Is sure
ty, so that the balance will have to be added
to the other debts making about $4,000 towards
which the avails of these accounts must go
less the expenses. Fifteen or 20 cents on the
dollar Is all the creditors can hope to get.
When the firm of Clisbee & Co., of which j.
A. Amidon was member, sold to Amidon
Bros. the latter assumed the debts,
as Clisbee claims though 1t is understood
that the Amidon Brothers deny 1t. amount.
Ing to some $1,000, and have been pay
ing towards them, supposedly from collections
difficult to determine positively because no
cash account has been kept since May 10.
The failure Is the second one that has oc.
Cured In Brattleboro for over two years.
Superintendent Foss of the Central Yer.
mont railroad was here Saturday to look over
the Vernon road matter In connection with
the Indictment against the railroad corpora.
ton for encroaching on the highway just
below the depot. He had consultations with
States Attorney Hit. the selectmen, Super. |
intendent Brooks and leading citizens. AS
usual there was no definite outcome. but
there Is 3 shadow Of hope for one Mr.. Foss
admits what the surveys have conclHsively
demonstrated, that the railroad Is tres.
oasser, and that the matter is in shape that
ought to be remedied. He did not find our
people in an unreasonable mood. They wish
o extend to the railroad any reasonable ac-
and to give any ressonabe
ne town expended $4,000 to construct this
BAD, they do not of course want the railroad |
take 1t without compensation. narrowing
be highway to an extent that makes passage
here constant peril to life and limb. The
ase against the road was continued on the
understanding that the trespassing track
hall be taken up whenever the town de.
lands II, or an arrangement concluded to
rovide an equivalent. A petition Is already
efore the county court to call out court com.
lissioners. What the railroad should now
o is to Join with 1t, have new road laid out
ssessing Its equitableishare the cost against
be railroad. The company Is apparently
Wiling If 1t can be done, to nay the whole ex.
ense Of running through the Wood farm.
'ut this Is hardly satisfactory, for 1t means
DING up and down two hills. What should
long the bank of the cemetery down to the
Wood place and thence to the Drummer farm.
his would leave as little hill as 1t Is possible
D have by any route, would get the highway
ntireIy clear of the railroad yards and would
i've the railroad all the land below for which
las CNCu INV piCooiuS hCCus WIN tbO SCi-
ainty of much greater pressure as business ,
eyeIops. Undoubtedly such a road weuld
e very expensive to construct, but the rail-
Dad could afford to pay literally towards 1t
Or the sake of the land, and the division of ,
he balance of cost between Brattleboro and
'ernon ought not to leave 1t serious bur. ,
en- for either.
erly returned Wednesday to their home In ]
pringield, Mass, after spending the sum- t
Ter with his brother.-Mrs. Chatfield of |
Vest ardener, Massachusetts,, Is visiting her ]
hildren here. - Miss Mollie Austin i
as returned from Chesterfield lake where j
be spent the summer.G.E. D: Whitney and
,miy, with their guest, Miss Minnie Brooks, t.
sturned Monday from five weeks at the lake. v
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Mansfield and Miss Al Il
e of Natick, Macs, and Miss Lillian Hoar r
Lincoln, were guests of Miss Gertie Miller I
st week.-Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Greene a
1T Wednesday for visit with relatives In L
pringfeld, Mass.-Mrs. H. g. Clark is visit. t,
lg her sister In Glens Falls.-Mrs. E. NJ. a
Iontague Of Boston. Mass, IL visiting Mrs. v
ohm Tucker.-Mrs. Simeon Jones Is at her G
Id home In Bethel.-Nr. and Mrs. A. A. r
learns returned Saturday from their three \
eeks' visit In northern Vermont.-Miss Flor. \
,ce Alien visited In Vernon this week.-Mrs.. Il
Z. Lindsey visited In BroOkllne this week. D
Frank Wheeler Is visiting In Wilmington. G.
Mrs. o. A. Alvord Is stopping In Whining =
N with frends.-Dr. Hulburt returned with Al
3 children to their Stamford home Monday. S
Miss Mollie Cabot returned Monday from
n extended drive in the Adirondacks. Il
re-. Jehn Vinton Is employed at Mrs. + u
oodnow's dressmaking rooms.-Mrs. N. G. n
iyor has returned from her visit to her b
,me 10 Manchester, VT, and Is also In Mrs. X
oodnow's emplOv.-Mrs. j. G. Wells Is Wis. Ia
ng friends IN Hartford for few days. RI
scar SherwIn leaves to-day for visit to his Il
u home In Grafton.-EnJoyingB rattlebore's Il
ptenIber weather at the Brooks House are II
+ Knight and wife of Rhode Island. W. OF
Darling and wife of Kings Park, II. l., d.
RS. A Ressequle and Miss Phillie Dubois of W
dgefeld Conn., D. and Richards Brad. h,