The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-09

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T ,rnsrp, party y from here spent the Fourth
tho nonrr. uregg had his hand badly torn h
Fourth. ''""'" "re cracker tn
msherman A. Jenne completed tho od;,s
Ing at $500. '''"es""! mori
,,r nA Dnryea horseless carriage. the first on
!" tne circus parade. " "
oid school house building on Flat ,tr. ~ ~
'he Chinese laundry. '''' ~
-Putncy has bought a sinole.t.,r ~ l..
~ chemical engine from Tic Racine Lir'
Engine Co. of Racine. wis. ' '"'
1t has been decided that Gen w n ~
oorhe snail succeed Joe Manley MS secret,r,
vi INC republican national committee.
i. A.. Slack has broken proun fo,
amc 4IlIeway leading to his new residence
nnu nc mast landscape artist from Roston
laying out the grounds. "'''''
mere Is a case of scarlet fever ON UuJ,
son street IN the family of Frank Lnfrinaa
ne case, however, is II very mild one IN,
mas been strictly quarantined.
Major Bee L announces the openiny of h
~ cream parlor at the West Village Satin
hay evening, Two large incandescent light
nave Deen placed on the piazza.
The Brattleboro Gas Co.. is putting i,
new set OF machinery for gas making. Mt
oost vi ABOUT $1,000. and is raising the roof n
room. ~ - "e'essar.
According to the report of the Wheel
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company for bicycles. l3,O6S wheels wnr,
stolen last year, and $50 were recovered h,
the efforts of this association. ~
John Riley. Il Western Union messenoe,
boy, got into too close contact with a cannon
trucker IN the depot yard Friday and the ton,
ol ms myers were mashed and some of tbf
"esh torn from the palm of his hand.
-W.J. LAWN landed ut New York. Satur.
day, and has joined his wife here,EMary
rowe Lawn. who arrived about Il month
ago. Mr. LAWN remained behind TO fulfil
some professional engagements.
-The Republicans will have a rally at
Upera nan next Tuesday evening. with DR.,
lotto to tell about the st. Louis convention
Col. Hooker to announce the tariff Jo~ma,
ee cothedrd, and Hon. j. l.. Martin to dis.
cuss tne money question. to which he has
peen giving some careful study.
-OscarT. Ware was driving over the Main
street bridge on a blackboard Wednesday and
leading II horse behind, when the latter was
frightened by the trolley. Jumped upon the
wagon and demolished it. But neither Mr..
W are nor the other horse was Injured, though
the mlN'up looked threatening for a moment
-Ihe narrow guage mixed train down ran
INTO Il landslide at the Estey meadows
Wednesday Throwing the engine off the track
ana tipping 1t over Il little, and it was o.lJ
the next morning before the passenger train
out could leave here, while the morning mixed
traln north did not get Il start until about
eleven O'Clock.
The Nermon delegation of Christian
Endeayorers, numbering some 100 MEM
Ders, on their way to Washington passed
through here Tuesday afternoon. They were
to stop over II train and were to be enter
tanned ~ the local Endeavorers with Il car
ride to West Brattleboro, but arrived too late
and had to pass through without stopping.
An attempt was made TO fire the narrow
guage engine house about l.30 Saturday
morning, Chief Turner. however, was on
the watch and discovered the blaze almost as
soon As it had started and pulled out two
hose carts and quenched it without an alarm.
He hurried Il man to the Main street box to
prevent an alarm, and the man got there just
as Il youngster was pushing his elbow through
the glass.
What was at first feared TO be an attempt
to fire the uarochial school-house was dis
covered about half-past twelve o'clock Friday
night by Arthur Roberts, who,was watching
in that part of the village. A pile of ews
papers and sawdust was blazing only about
three or four feet from the building in its
rear. Everything had been carefully cleaned
up about the building to guard against fire.
But it turns out that the sisters. who were
going away on their vacation Monday, had
claarpI ont this yuh1ish aud thrown it
there and one of them, up about midnight,
heard two fellows coming down the bank
and saying "We've got just Il dozen bottles.''
and later they returned smoking. and it is
believed set the fire accidentally.
The antics of the might before the
Fourth We're much less serious this year
than usual. The worst thing was the burn
ing of a wagon belonging to G. B. Kirwan,
and he has presented a claim of S25 to the
village for it. There were a number of bon
fires at different points in the village, and
of the letter boxes are somewhat the
worse for exploding crackers about them.
Perhaps the best joke of the season was on
the youths who stole a barrel of tar from the
stone-crushing station and hid it by the
brOok-side several days in advance. Com
missioner Eames got track of it, thought they
needed Il bath and so substituted an empty
barrel. According to calculations, they got
a team Thursday night. and a plank and all
got on to pry out the barrel and took their
bath. Then to r~etaliatn they stole seven or
eight empty barrels. aud DR.. Webster put
Chief Hail on the case. he located one of the
bows at once and sent him to visit the Doctor
at the selectmen's room and within an hour
it was all owned up.
The selectmen have filed their findings
and the survey in the Maple street case at the
town clerks office. They decided TO widen the
road. as petitioned for, and make it three
rods wide, taking from five to twenty feet
from the north side but the larger part from
the south side. They award Annie Powers
$500 and George H.. Clark 1925 land damages,
allow none to the Auditors on the south
side. The land owners are given until Janu-
arv | to remove their fences, timber, wood
or trees. They have effected an amicable
settlement with Mr.. Powers OF the Cana
street side of that property. and work VIII
begin next week in charge of Commissioner
EaInes in Strengthening the highway there.
The wall is to be taken dow for the straight
ening between the two driveways and some
eioht feet added to the highway to take out
the bend ana Il sidewalk put in, the town
doing tine work and the land being. given;
Mr., Powers is to take down the hedge and
put in a granite curbinglbetween his line and
The highway.
Brattleboreans and Others.
G. NJ. Taylor and wife of Washing
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