The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

4 d. McGillivray has nice holly 70
the Christmas trade. Order carly, n
ii is going fast,
The petition for Angelo is to b,
presented to the sclcctmen and commit
tee and contains between 700 ant
800 names.
The ball at the top of the tlal
staff ON the town hall has been gildec
and the staff painted this week, Mich
ael Cavanaugh doing the work at that
giddy height.
Many people who want 10 send q
remembrance to distant friends are do
ing it in the shape OF a Souvenir Re
former 1t certainly is an appropriate
thing for Il little Christmas present
and we can still supply copies
The Lynch Bowler Martin case
came to 4 settlement Saturday so far as
Bowler is concerned. he paying enough
to cover the fine and expenses which
Mrs. Lynch paid for Pats drunk.
Mrs. n. G. Sawyer had a good
audience for her Familiar Talk on
Zoology" at the Unitarian church
Monday evening and il was a very in.
tcrcsting and instructive evening that
the hearers had.
Willie Roleau took the prize at
North street school for the best written
essay in general history. The number
of competitors were Il and the prize
was two volumes of the history of the
French Revolution.
"A new Sunday time table will go
into effect on the electric road Sunday
by which the cars, starting at the same
hour will run on half hour time, except
at the church hours, going to and
from: then extra cars will be put on
to meet the demand.
DR.. j. G.. Moore is still in Jail in
New IIampshirc. unable to procure
bondsmen, and Wednesday the grand
Jury in the L. S. district court at
Concord returned an indictment of
four counts for aiding Cashier Lane of
the Merchants National bank at Man
chester in abstracting and misapply-
ing funds The Halifax mills at La
COMA, of which he is chief owner and
DIR. Henry Tucker. formerly of this
place is manager, have been closed
this week as consequence of the Doe
tors financial troubles. attachments to
the amount of s1j, 600 having been
placed ON them and POO operatives
thrown out of employment
The brass pole from the second TO
the first floor in the engine house was
put in Tuesday and the boys find
great fun in sliding down it, as would
be done in case of Il night fire alarm.
The repairs in the house are nearly
completed ard they make about a
model establishment The electrical
appliance, entirely the invention of
Geo. II. Niles, which at the first
strike of the alarm releases the horses,
turns on the gaslights. lights the fire in
the steamer, and stops the clock, is GER
tainly worth attention 1t is different
from anything ever made in its light
ing features, and in the chance it
affords to increase the size by az many
lights as desired. An electrician in
town this week said that the man who
could get up such device ought to
have future in the electrical world
The jacksonville stage was stand
ing in front of the Guilford postottice
when the horses were
frightened by sliding snow and an
down over the iron bridge which spans
the Broad Brook, turning up the bank TO
the right towards the Episcopal church
where the stage struck the church
steps overturning and dcmolishing it
and scattering express and baggage on
every side. Considerable of il was
glass and was badly smashed. The
horses ran until they reached
Reeds house where they struck
tree, and one of the horses back was
broken and it had to be killed DIR. |
Eathbone was called and pronounced !
it necessary. No one was hurt, but the |
loss falls particularly heavy on G.. p. |
Warner who had only just got started.
Kitchen clocks. Chas. \. Trip 4 |
Co adv.