The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16
FRANKLIN COUNTY. MASS.
Powers Institute TrienniaI.

Powers Institute TrienniaI.
The sixth triennial reunion of the
teachers and pupils of this famous in
stitute will be held at Bernardston
Mass. Aug u. No exercise will bt
held in the forenoon, but dinner vii
be served at II o'clock in the commo
dious pavilion at Sylvan Grove, fol
lowed by toast and speeches. An in
formal reception will be held at the
town hall in the evening. The por-
traits of Edward Epps Powers, Mrs.
f. c. Jenness, and L. Mel. Jack
son will be presented to the associa-
( tion. Free entertainment will be pro-
vided for those wishing to remain over
night, but it will be necessary to mott
fly the secretary, Miss R. f. Bowker in
advance. Special excursion rates have
been granted by the b. Il NJ. r. R.. be
tween Springfield and Keene, \. H.
Also between Brattleboro and Bellows
Falls. All trains will stop at Bernard
ston on the DIST. Tickets will be good
to return on the 22d. A large attend
ance is expected, and the committee
are sparing no pains 70 make the re-
union a success.
Drowned in MilIers River.
The second drowning accident at
Orange within two weeks occurred
FRIDAY. About noon Wilfred McKenna.
the four-years old son of Martin Nc
kenna, was playing on the river bank
with his p.*t-nates when he slipped
from rock into the water. His play
mates gave the alarm and he was drawn
out of the water within few minutes
after falling in. Medical Examiner
Wright Was called at once and did all
that
Greenfield People Celebrate.
Greenfield people gave vent to their
pent-up enthusiasm Friday night when
the first electric car went through the
arch and up Clay hill. The track is
laid as far as the watering tank and
about 1000 people were packed into the
triangle at Court square and along the
sidewalks and greeted the cars with
cheers. fireworks, red fire and the
firing of cannons. The band enlivened |
and the opening was au
spicious. The work will be pushed |
rapidly to completion next week.
The Free Sellers of Franklin county 1
met at Greenfield Friday for their sew /
enth annual reunion. The day was
largely given up to stories and remi
niscent speeches. An amusing little \
furry was caused by several speakers
dipping into present day politics, which
showed that if united in the days of
the Free Soil movement, they differ
now. These officers were elected
President. Hiram a. Pratt of Gill: \
vice president. Lomis S. Abels of Con
way: secretary. Jonathan johnson of
treasurer. Reuben ". Field
IF Buckland,
7. NJ Austin. for many years the
lumber dealer at Greenfield, attempted
suicide Friday at Heath where he had
family of Austin Tanner. Mr. Austin
las been in very poor health and suf
ered considerably from melancholia.
rose from his bed and went into the
ard where he cut several gashes in
lis throat with jack knife. He died
Sunday. but from the effects of a par
Ilytic stroke instead of his suicidal at
empt.
Sheriff Fowler of Orange took Ever
tt A. Rich and Ernest Clark. both of
Wendell. to the county Jail SATURDAY.
" advice of Justice Hall of Orange.
Rich will sojourn at the Allen street
etreat six months for drunkenness and
wo months longer for assault on his
Mother in law. and his colleague Clark
,ill keep him company the first six
lonths of the time. he having imbibed :
90 freely.
The Charlemont ball club went to }
jacksonville. Vt, Saturday and was !;
efeated by the Jacksonville nine. a !
eturn game is TO be played at Charlie
lont Saturday afternoon. The blight .
as appeared in the potato fields at +
'harlemont.
Hattie Davenport. the girl who has +
cen missing from Colrain. has been !,
,cated at Wilmington. Vt, where she /;
at work. y
A project for the building of new :
leatre. in which New York parties are q
lterested. is under consideration at =
reenfield. In
Judge Fessenden of the superior court i
Greenfield, Tuesday refused to issue E
temporary Injunction against the New u
ngIand Spiritualists' camp-meeting
,sociation restraining them from hold a
10 anv further dances in their new n
lditorium at Lake Pleasant. There is q
, be a full hearing on the case be- u
yeen the two associations the 30th and h
len it will go to the supreme court.
Henry l.. Barnard, for many years L
.oprietor of the Franklin house at e.
reenfield and the Lake Pleasant no. e.
4. and a well-known man in the r,
,unty. died last week Thursday at b
Dwanda Park. Col. where he has il
zen located for the past five years. a
e was a native of Berlin and before "
ming to Greenfield kept hotel at fs
ilford. y. H. He was about D years
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