The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-15

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whitney sell them. adv '''o'
IL. W. Sanders has started the co,,o,
'o' " new mouse on Chestnut street.
-George \. Stone has o,enod :,
carriage painting shop in CentreylIc
The Brattlcboro Drum Corns h,vo
Decn asked to play In Jamaica Mcmnrial
Day. '''" "c'''or'a'
angelo Gorborino expects TO occu.
Ply ms new store on Main street tbis
week. se'ecl th's
-Ahoiher big lotlof s5.75,mcn's suits
10 on sale tomorrow morning at BARKER
the new clothier. w '''"e' ;
Geo Barker had successful o,o,
last Saturday evening. ''''N
DR.. and Mrs. II. ID. Holtop ond
MISS Susie Clark returned Monday from '
tneir trip to Atlanta Ga. '"'
There will be an insnection y
ruler Battery by Capt. Tutherlv to.
morrow evening at I; 30. All members
must be present. '''''
H: A. Weather head has closed on
ms gmst mil business in The ,Jellv
building and elsewhere he advertises
the equipment for sale.
The Boston and Maine railroad had
y car loads of new steel rails from
Northampton Friday night; they were
set OH at Dumn.erston and distributed
on the Valley road Sunday
Austin HWardsl horse got frightened
at the cars.near the depot Saturday and
ran, throwing out the driver. On the
bridge at South Main street the animal
halted as he got one leg thrust through
the bridge. Only slight injuries to eth
er driver or horse.
The Boston Traveller figures it that
"Brattleboro people consider Rudyard
hlpllng an attraction for their beautiful
town, which is rapidly becoming a pop
ular summer resort. and are trying to in
duce the novelist to reconsider his de
termination to abandon his home there
Miss Florence Baker. well-known
Lake with her mother and also with
friends in town and who has been play
ing with Frank Mayo in California, has
been given the leading part in that com
pany and plays it with the greatest sue
cess of any actress who ever held it.
Some 10 representatives from the
Congregational and Baptist Christian
Endeavor societies attended the cell
ebration of the 10th anniversary of the
Hinsdale society. Rev c. O. Day re
sponded for the local delegation and l..
W. Hawley assisted in the singing.
beginning Sunday the postollice
will canI mr. StnIn,r I'd IL,
letter carriers will make collections
from the main street boxes and from |
The hotels. The mail will close at the |
office at 3 "a p m and will include mail
for Boston, New York and Springfe Id
DR. Ketchum was called to Bellows
Falls Monday to aid Drs. llbee and
iossein in the autopsy which was
leld to discover if marks of violence
,ould be found on the body of j. c.
iiniry, who was drowned in the river
It Bellows Falls some 10 weeks ago.
Us the body was badly decomposed
autopsy could not be made.
nut no fracture of the skull was found
II any other indications tu indicate
oul play.
The death of Mrs. Jerome at Hart
ord, Conn, Tuesday was "A sad sur
rise to her friends as she was soon
xpected here for her annual summer
isit, in fact was stopping with friends
n Hartford while on her way here and
vas there taken sick with scarlet fever
which resulted in her death. Mr.. Je
ONE was connected in business with
yol. II. E. Chase IN Louisville. Ky.
,he remains were brought here for
,urial Yesterday. 4. S. jerome, Mr..
nd Mrs. Sage, Mrs. c. II. Cour, Mrs.
i. B. Redfield and Mr.. Pratt came up
rom Hartford with the body.
J. Burt Sutherland of Montreal
ave an interesting lecture last week
thursday evening in the Retreat
curse on "My Rambles in Italy.
tuesday evening he gave another, still ,
,ore Interesting and full OF vivid ;
nuches and instructive features, on
A Peep at England and the Cont f
emf - 1t included in its course, Llv- {
rpool, Straftord on the Avon. Oxford /
lenilworth Castle, London, Antwerp
BRUSSELS. the field ofWaterloo. Lucerne,. I
,erne. Geneva, Mt. Blanc, Lake OF I
Constance and Zurich. Mr., Suther- II
md is a veteran traveller, having 5
rossed the Atlantic &C times and Wis c
led every country in Europe, SO he is
ELI qualified for the work he does {
The funeral of the late Herbert ,. 4
,rowell was held privately Saturday r
ON the home of his parents at ~ a. d
Rev. L. d. Temple conducting Il
riof hut touching service. while the d
rnressions of sympathy for the grl eft \
.r;cken family poured in from every 8
de. All the later developments Vi Ii
,e case go to show that If 1t was 2 ,. su t
.ide. at least it was not a premedl,a'
n one. and afford ground for the be-
Of that it was an accident. The par p
!, ts received letter from him appar =
,tlv written only about an hour before y
;s death. though it did not reach q :,
,re until after the sad intelligence y
b;cb EXPRESSED unusual hopefulness, = !,
VINO njans for the future, telling :,
h Of he would do after graduation, =
I'd entering into many details for ms :,
other to whom he was devoted Win =, =,
tenderness rare among even tne :; y
ost dutiful of sons. lie mao no "
,owledge of firearms and SO iar as 7
~ friends can tell never fired a gun
n;stoI in his. life, and they believe te
~ he would not have known whetn "
+ho revolver he was handling sport n
civ was loaded or not. Il
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Rra,t,eboreans and Others. r
NJ r Robbins of this place has Deeh II
TOD business manager OF the Uni ST
,rs;tv Cynic. the leading paper OF the r
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