The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-05

ing OF white hats at Mrs. q. Fl
smiths Monday. ADV.
-W.k. W arc will open the Laleside
mouse at Chesterfield tomorrow. Omen.
ing danes later on.
The Stickney cohorts of Brattle
nofo aie confident that they will carry
the Republican caucus for him lG TO i.
"A peculiar coincidence was found
tnls week in the shape of an annie
twlg which cont aimed both il BLOSSOM
and fruit. ''''''
The Grange Dramatic club will
have special meeting next Wednes'
day evening to listen to the renorts nj
ane play given Tuesday. night and to
act on several amendments.
he new Fitchburg engine for the
eie cure hight station has arrived and
rs being put on its foundation and
VIII DE ready for service in few DAYS.
thus completing the wholly competent
equipment for DO tn lighting and now
or purposes for our town for lono
time to como as we'll as the powe1
or the Street Railway company.
A friends of the North str ee,
school are invited to be present at the
services to be held in the Unitarian
church Sunday evening. June 7. he.
ginning at 5 O'Clock. To such OF the
former students as still retain an in
terest In the school, cordial invita-.
tioh is extended to the exercises.
cards for Monday evening will be
furnished such students on applica,
u on at North street at any time be
fore Monday noon.
Ed Morse is usually quiet, peace
able man. but quarrelsome broth had
flowed so freely Saturday night that
there was quite Il circus at his house,
His sister called in Officer Hall and
f'o was lodged in the lookup. The
ram, however poured into that orpa
mental structure so that Hall released
MN Sunday morning. Monday he ap-
peared before Justice Newton, pleaded
guilty to intoxication and paid the
regulation fine of s. and costs
Arthur Thompson, the Macintosh
man, here last fall. was arrested at
Laconia. n. H., Wednesday and held
in 5000 bail, under the United States
process for sending ont circulars
through the mails for one of his fraud
ulent schemes in pretending to buy
cancelled postage stamps. When here
he cut great dash and sold and col
lected pay for lot of mackintoshes
which he was long time in deliver,
ing. But he finally appeared and &c
livered after some of the purchasers got
track of him elsewhere. Then, pofess
ing to represent Wannamaker a. Brown,
he rallied off lot of suits. which the
fellows never got.
Col Hooker has been in New York
most of the week and as he is the kind
of man for whom the reporters always
have out their graphing irons. the
Times had half column interview
with him Wednesday. The gist of it
was that THE Republicans will have
to hustle as never before" if they pro
nounce for gold and the Democrats for
free siler. The colonel was always a
good al:of silver man.himself
But he diagnoses the situation very
shrewdly. Being asked if he sup
posed Mckinley would veto free coin
age bill, he replied
"No suppose not. He would probably bow
to the will of the people and sign it, II looks
as if a silver bill would be made the price of \
tariff bill. believe that would not
be very bad thing. The thing needed to st art
up business is a protective tariff and when that
has been.ionc the currency question Will settl
itself"
The new monocyclic power and |
lighting machine recently purchased
by the Gas Light company is now in
order. power having been
furnished to Messrs. Crosby 4 Ad
ans beginning yesterday morning at
I O'Clock. The motor for Crosby &
Adams in their Harmony block is 20
six feet square. doing away with both !
engine and boiler and is always ready ,
Inc simply turning on OF a switch to
instantly puts in motion all the ma
,hinerv in said block. We have seen !
the operation of this motor and in this /
ease as often seeing is believing. Any |
me can readily comprehend the many
advantages connected with this system
If supplying power. All risks of ex
1losion or fire is done away with; in
,urance is being much lessened clean
mess takes the place of filth and
where room is valuable great point is
,ained. We believe that all these IN
crested will quickly perceive many
advantages of this new system of pow
n now introduced into our villa &c.
three other two horse power motors
ire about to he installed, one each for
\ |. Howe, Mrs. W F Russell and \
r. Miller.
Wire Fly Killers are only Zoe. now
{ Robbins & Cowles.-adv.
BrattIeboreams and Others.
p. J. Fenton and +. J.Fenton were
n Rutland this week to attend the
Wedding of Mr.. Fcnton's brother, John
). Fenton. who is quite well known
,ere where he has visited several
ines. Mr.. and Mrs. Fenton will re.
ide in PittsfieId, Mass. Prof l. A
3utterfield and Bradley Newell are IN
Iaine this week. ID S Pratt and Il
Boyden are on a business trip to
Minneapolis, Des Moines and Chicago
Mrs Nj J Draper left yesterday for a
,outu IS sojourn with her brother at
;rand Rapids. Mich, stopping Oh the
,av at Warren. Mass. Herbert Clark
as returned from Boston. DR. II u
Waterman has gone to Ogunquit,. Me- !
,r the summer as private physician to d,
gentleman from NewIork. Dr. hob
rts and Hamilton attended tue meet \
no of the state homeopathic assocla-
ION at Montpelier on Friday Il " !
.oodnar of Pierre, S. ID, formerly OF !