The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16

New workmen are arriving dali,
to hasten work on our new opera house
The First Regt. Band will give
their eleventh concert next "Wednesday
evening.
The Hooker, Corser, Mitchell over.
all works shut down Tuesday night fol
the rest of the week.
The Philharmonic orchestra play
at the dance at Lakeside house Thurs.
day night, August %.
Will Allen, who has been suffer
ing for the past few months with a
nervous trouble was committed to the
Retreat Saturday.
A large party of Methodists and
friends picnicked in Bigelow Grove,
West Brattleboro, Wednesday going up
on the electrics.
Department Commander b. Can
non Jr. says that about so G.. A. r.
men from Vermont are booked for the
trip to Louisville
Rudyard Kipling and Nine. Mod
jeska sailed Wednesday ON the North
German Lloyd steamer Havel from
Southampton for New York.
New signs designating the streets
in the village are being put up, and the
trolley conductors have been requested
to call out the names of the stree is.
Col. X. Haskins has been engaged
in writing historical sketch of Beau
seant Colnmandary for the Boston pa
pers to appear during the great con
clave there.
VIM. e. Horton shot IA blue her
ON on Frost's ice pond this week.
Its wings when spread measured 6 feet
and , inches from tip to tip. Its
height when standing was about 3 feet.
One of the inmates of the Re
treat.a Peacham man, escaped Sunday
night and was found Tuesday morning
in Marlboro after vigorous search in
all directions through the country.
We are able at last this week to
give our readers the portrait of Richard
Morris Hunt. the great architect. 1t is
the one we started to furnish. by use of
special delivery postage, two weeks
ago.
Mrs. O. Carlson on Frost street ex-
hibited beautiful night blooming
cereus last week Thursday night and
had many callers to view the beauty
and inhale its fragrance. 1t had six
blossoms.
Miss Elizabeth +. Moore of De
Lancey. n. Y, has been engaged by
the school committee as teacher in the
18th grade of the Grammar school, She
will have charge of the new division of
the 18th grade.
The Chestnut Hill Reservoir pipe
is being extended this week on South
Canal street. to form junction with
the pipe to the fair ground and to sup
ply the water there. The mains are
also to be run this season through
Howard and Forest streets in addition
to those just laid on Lawrence and Es
tabrook streets.
S. S. Hunt had shoulder dislo
Gated by being thrown from his buggy
near his shop Friday and as conse
quence carries his arm in Il sling. |
The accident was caused by the nut |
coming off and letting the wheel off. /
A lady was in the buggy at the time
and was thrown out over his head but I
was not injured,
Last week Tuesday Miss Elizabeth I
Sargent met with quite a painful acci
lent. She was going from the bath
room to her room at DIR. H. ID. Holton's
when she tainted and in falling
It is thought she struck her nose on a
able that was in the hallway. The
DCne of the nose was cracked and it
vas quite badly cut and several stitches
lad to be taken in it.
The Weather Bureau the first of
he month discontinued the p. m.
nap which used to be sent and in place
ssues postal card giving a forecast of
he next two days weather so far AS it
AN be formed from the data at hand
# that hour, and supplemented the
lext morning by a Geographic forecast
which is received here about II a. nj.
These are bulletined in the postoiiice
ype and forwarded to the 60 offices in
his section served by the local office.
This service, which is one of the pro
.ressive measures of the present admin
stration, is of great value to the farm
RS and highly appreciated by them.
he s a. m. map is still issued and dis
ributed as heretofore and is interesting
n tracing the course of storms but is
90 intimate for ordinary people, who
re much better satisfied with the
rinted forecasts.