The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-25

4 farm property by fire was settled an
paid Saturday She received 5000 a
it was total loss. The insurance wa
, through Sherman 4 Jenne's agency.
The new box car for the electric
| road and the snow pillow will be shipped
from the factory at Wilmington, Del.
, next Tuesday or Wednesday. This in
creases the company's equipment t,
three open and three box cars.
The Peel's Food Co., has sold it
grist mill in the ell of the Jelly Co
building to Henry Weatherhead O
Guilford who will do the grinding fol
the Food preparation and also custom
corn grinding, renting additional space
for this purpose.
Mrs. Reynolds, home missionary,
was present at the basket social
which the ladies of the Baptist
church held Tuesday afternoon al
which time they prepared a box tc
send to missionary out west. In the
evening at the Christian endeavor
meeting she gave an interesting ac-
count Of her work out west, delega-
ton from West Brattleboro being
present.
The "West Eagle" brewery, owned
by O. II. Ellis & Co., was raided
Tuesday evening. The officers seized
a bottle or two of beer, according to
the New Hampshire practise, to con
sole themselves on the way home, and
Orlin and Fred are to appear for trial
at Hinsdale tomorrow. The East
Eagle" brewery was also visited, but
no one called for by the papers could
be found there and SO nothing was
done.
--Bailiff Calvin and Fire Alarm Su-
perintendent went to Rutland Wednes-
day to look over the fire department
there and they are satisfied after study
ing it carefully and getting what points
they conld for use here, that on the whole
there no better department in New
England than Brattleboro has. At
Rutland where the horses have been
in training with the hanging harnesses
for year and half, the best time
that has been made in hitchipg and
starting is IL seconds, while here
already it has been done in ID at a
trial last evening. 1t is proposed
now to complete the training by
hitching and starting them out as if to
a fire, and Tuesday night they were
ready and waiting by the time the
driver got there.
There was a hearing at the Brooks
House Tuesday before Judge II. II.
Wheeler in the case of Wah Yam, a
Chinaman who came across the line
from Abercorn to Richford September
26. 1t appeared that he was laborer
in Boston where he was registered
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country for China Oct. ), 1894. On
July Sd of this year, he made applica-
ton to Col. Smalley for admission and
was refused, came over and was ar
rested. The commissioner. f. W.
McGettrick, at a hearing at st Adams
held the decision of Col. Smaliey to he
final and ordered him to be detained
for 30 days and sent back to China.
He took an appeal and Judge
Wheeler Wednesday affirmed the
decision of both Col Smalley and
T.. w. McGcttrick.
1t is worth coming out to view
each morning. the can can which the
postoffice employees execute in a DIES
perate endeavor TO keep warm in a
structure that was intended to keep
them "only six weeks while the for
mer Office was remodelled for them in
the town hall repairs. 1t is likely
that the government will take decisive
action immediately. all the more 50
because work seems to be Ut stand
still there because of al disagreement
between the contractors: and the town
as to what is required OF the former
by the contract. The walls and ceiling |
are left with their notified patching,
the doors are not all in, the water not |
put back, nor the furniture replaced, |
nor the heating or lighting put in. |
though the latter items are provided |
for. Those who know say the govern
ment, which pays 1925 year rent, will |
never accept the office as it is left, |
make it satisfactory.
Mary f. Wilkins has done some
thing new in the piece of work last |
from her pen and just completed by |
her. Ii is series of "Neighborhood
Tpyes.' These 'tpyes" are the most |
unique characters which are found in
4 supposed New England village, and
TO the portrayal of each 'tpye" Miss
wilkins devotes a separate sketch.
Thus she portrays a striking male
character in THE Wise Man of the
Village; - one Of the most natural of
children in THE Village Runa-
way - familiar figure in 1.-The Neat
Woman of the Town with three other
characters equally distinct. There are
'ix TYPES" in all. Miss Wilkins pre-
'ents these. simply as characters por
royals, and naturally she is very
trong in them, since they display her
peculiar gifts of character portrayed
II their best. The series will be pub
ished in one of the popular magazines,
Illustrated by Alice Barber Stephens.
he Philadelphia artist, who is max
ng such rapid strides in her work. -
edward X. Eok's Syndicate Letter.
welcome. Welcome, DO ! Sing. II
William Ahcr of Fitchburg, Mass,