The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-14
BELLOWS FALLS.
clos. of the CORPORATION Meeting.

ton meeting ook place at the opera
house Monday evening At $50
Moderator Weston raped the meeting
To order and the balance of the officers
were elected, G. l.. Wheeler, \. II.
Thompson and Arthur Coolidge being
reelected fire wardens; G. S. Moore.
+. II. Hobson and Arthur Coolidge,
water commissioners G. e. Capron,
Treas. John w. Barnard, collector OF
taxes: Dan n. Cray, Zina II. \lbee
and j. +. Pierce, auditors; g. .,
Moore, superintendent streets ana
sewers. Everything went OIL very
smoothly and all the above officers
were elected with no opposition what
ever. The furnishing of water Tor the
sprinkling of the streets was :eit to
The bailitrs. 1t was voted to pave the
square from the head of Canal street
to the crossing at Perces drug store
on Westminster street. There was
some sharp discussion on this but it
was finally adopted. The meeting
appointed committee OF five to report
at a special meeting to be held within
30 DAYS as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF chang
ing the water rates The article in
relation to purchasing a steam roller
for the streets was dismissed. The
bailitfs we're instructed by vote to
nav to the street department fund the
sum of $500 which was transferred
from said fund to the general fund to
pay for electric lights by the outgoing
board 1t was voted that the sum OF
$1,000 be paid to the water department.
for the use of hydrants. 1t was moved
by John Il. Moore and seconded that
the sum of $1,000 be borrowed ior
highway and said loan not to be maze
for not longer than two years. to be
paid back out OF the high way money:
1t was also voted to raise the sum OF oo
cents on the dollar ior tne ueiiay ing
OF necessary expenses ior the ensuing
year. The bailtfs and treasurer were
authorized to borrow money TO meet the
necessary expenses prior to the coliec-
ton of its taxes and the treasurer was
authorized to collect the taxes. on
motion of Fl. ID. Ryder the meeting :
voted to pay Geo. y. Weston the sum
of $50 for extra service as balm the ;
past year. The meeting then ADJOURN
ed and closed what has been !he
largest and most exciting corporation =
meeting the village ever held. =
Hett,'s Litigation. !
Mrs. Hetty Green. the richest woman ,
IN thn limited States. was a defendant =
TUESDAY hefore Chief Justice VanWyck +
and - inrv in thc New York city court. !,
Che a,ne.raI in = dress of black silk, i.
with heavy velvet cane trimmed with :.
Fur and a black velvet bonnet sur :"
mounted Inv a big bunch of artificial
yiolets. in Mace of the rusty black
dress and BAG and umbrella that used A
In form her Costume. The plaintiff in
the action was James O. Watkins, of
One Hundred and Sixty. first street at .
St AIMS avenue. He sued to recover "
$2S4 so for services alleged to nave =
been rendered in her suit against Henry ~ =,
A. Barring, as sole surviving executor p
of her fathers estate Watkins claim :,
ed that Mrs. Green employed him from :. :,
Feb. Is to April IS. 1899, at $40 =,
month to get certain evidence to be a.
used the action against Darling. Mrs. a.
Mreen denied that she mao hs b en9a pen P
Watkins, and SAID that II ne hao len er
dered any service IT was at inc request al
OF her lawyer She w alsa nn'i ,naht e
that whatever services watkins mig n
have rendered were of no value 10 ner h,
counsel. The jury was out ABOUT I'VE ri
minutes and then gave Veralct lor h,
the defendant, ana MRS. ureen ueP"r'- n,
ed with smile OF trumpn' ,u. n
MRS. Green also entered sun Ill YIN ro
cago Tuesday against the SCUM farh ar
Commissioners and PatricR M Mcclure in
anu DdTHty NIuA'huo ioi S-'ooo ~ III
ages. Mcclure and kruzenna i've on h,
a farm known as the Gage 1arm' owned tu
by her. She charges that the Two +,
men have sold soil taken from the he
property to the south Park Commis- he
sioners and have received thereior Fl
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Ed Porter, freighI brakemcn on st
he Fitchbury, barrel. ! scaped sudden nj!
ieath at Cold River wednesday night an
he was out on top Of the buggy PEI
when the train came to sudden stop lie
It Cold River station and he was nil
pitched headlong between the buggy
md first car striking on the back OF
lis head came tos stop or he would l.. G
'e mangled peneath the "heel So pro
's IL was ne came out "lth Scalp sey
round and some severe bruises about s snr
he body. con
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Enamel Mcdonald was arrested s wmdi
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