The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

Tax Commissioners Foster Will,
mere yesterday as counsel for Gov,
Woodbury. in the deposition. taking
made a valuation of the electric road.
Mrs. Evangoline L. Joy, who with
her daughter had been in Peacham
since last October has Just brought q
petition into he Rutland county court
for divorce from her husband Herman
j. Joy of this place.
There was a session of the Y. s,
District Circuit court Tuesday at the
Brooks House for the settlement of ac.
counts. The court also confirmed the
report OF appraisers on the land taken
for Fort Ethan Allen. Tho owner, Mr..
Bryant claimed SIG, 600 for it and the
government offered $1,000. The APP.
praisers' report allows him only $40, 600.
j. NJ. Fuller of Boston is at the
Brooks house for a week or two. Other
registries this week include J. ID.
Belcher and wife of Springfield, Tues
day and Wednesday, j. I. Shurtleff of
bennington and A. W. Wilmarth of
North Adams who made a stay of two
or three days, f. ID. Fairbanks and
wife of Boston and W. b. Stickney
and wife of Bethel who were here Sat
urday. The over. Sunday guests were
Geo. G. Babcock, Portland, c. H.
Whitney, New Haven, ID. Mackenzie,
New London; Rev. c. b. Lynn of
Boston; c. G. Percy, New York: II.
Y. Fish, Washington; II. j. Cooper.
New York.
Engineer f. j. Leach of the n. l..
n. road has been laid up all the week
as the result OF rather ugly accident
at Palmer Monday. He was shaking
the lever to shake DOM the fire,
when his hand slipped on the frosty
surface and he pitched forward against
the boiler, cutting cash four o. five
inches long on the top of his head,
and rendering him unconscious for the
time. The cut was through to the
skull, but without any fracture; he
had on thick heavy cap or the con
sequences might have been more seri.
Gus. His wounds were dressed and he /
was brought home that evening, and !
ne is now able to be about tho house. 4
- Mrs. Harriet K. Head. widow of
The late Daniel Harrington, died Fri
lay evening at the Spring street home |
,f her son, Geo. Harrington, at s 80 |
o'clock after a short illness with !
a grippe. She was native of Athens .
md had lived at this place and at |
rownshcnd and Wardsboro where her
husband died about II years ago, since
when she had made her home with her
ION most of the time. She was a men,
Der OF the Methodist church and a
most estimable woman. The funeral
vas held from the house Sunday at 3
, m. Rev. a. j. Hough officiating
md the W. c. T. L., of which she was
member. attended in a body. The
nourners present from out of town
we're, Mrs. Abbie Ames, daughter.
rom Boston, Harry Stoddard, a half
'rothcr of Granville, n. Y. and L. II.
Reed, son of Albany.
The item is again going the rounds
| the secular press, as the trade
apers style 1t, about great competitive
ght IN the bicycle business which
he sewing machine manufacturers are
DING TO lnauguratc the coming season,
hrowing million machines on tho
larket at so apiece. The bicycle
Makers simply cachinatc over the re-
ort. While no doubt bicycles can be
lade and yield some profit for less
han go apiece, it will be more than I
he year before they are offered TO the .
ublic at any such price. The manu-
icturers have got the business ALSO
itley in their hands because the de- |
land is so far outstripping the supply.
asst year about half million wheels
ere made and sold and next years
roduct is sure to be fully 30 per cent
Irgcr, and still insufficient to meet o
lie demand. Contracts had to be
adc even last summer for next years h
apply of wheels and the manufac
irers in turn have contracted for all
lc tubing that can be turned out by
j the tubing works in the country,
nd no ono else can even get chance. G
The sclectmen have decided def .
tely not to grant the petition, though
bears over 700 names, to allow An
10 Gorborino to resume his old stand
front of the town hail. The ground
+ this action is that as the town must p
nploy janitor to take care of the
wn hall and opera house, he,,can Just
we'll DO the work, sweeping and
caring away the snow, in front of the
wn hall, which Angelo has done so b.
Ill in the past and appreciation of
lich was the reason for the heavy pc
ton in his favor, and that this
ing so, the town ought TO get money
ut for the privilege to help the town
y the cost of the ianitor and all the g,
st involved in this enterprise. At the :,
ry least, the selectmen hold. there is -
of value here which they do
t feel warranted in giving away, es-
cially as town meeting is so near
len the voters can do so if they s,
oose. They will put an article in the ~
rrant about it if desired. and then il
N vote as they signed Angelo will be