The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-24

Tor nome to-day and will land the 3lst.
james Austin broke his wrIs, Tnes-
,.i,h ~ sportlve contest of chair lifting
with some friends.
~, Inc most exciting sport of the wear
VIII nc witnessed at the Wheel club race
meet, August rs. ' '"0'
=. Nlne wilcox " White organ work.
~ Meriden, Conn, were damaged $1,000
saturday by fire which originated in
the dry house.
Parties are here from Chicopec this
week negotiating for the rent of house
ior tne summer and are much impressed
WIN the beauty of the place.
-Ihe selectmen have closed a con.
tract Tor the equipping of the town hall
ana opera house with the Cushing sys.
'eh OF electric lighting at cost Of 5000
The Democratic county COMMITTEES
are arranging for some of the able state
speakers. John II Senter or Mayor Cor
oon or Edito jackson or some one OF
mat rank to address the county conven.
zion at Newfane next Wednesday.
Uncle" William Richardson, the
veteran marhetman, received copprat.
uiations Monday, the occasion being
MS SOth birthday and it was accom-
panied with the universal we'll wishes
OF his townsman. 49,
A lot of the papers have contained
this item this week:
ratrick Fitzgerald, a brakeman on a freight
tIaln, ana Joseph Acton, of Omaha, Neb, were
struck by an overhead bridge at Brattleboro
last Saturday and killed.
And now the mystery is, how tho mis-
take originated.
The Lyons Co received an order for
90 car loads of their granite in one day
last week. The narrow gauge officials
nave received notice to provide cars for
the movement of two million feet of
lumber ready at Jamaica for the New
Home Sewing Machine Co, at Orange,
Mass.
DIR. Smith will leave Lake Pleasant
with special car for Queen City Park on
Wednesday, July 30. Tickets 1915 for
the round trip. Good going THAT day
only. Good to return on any day or
train within two weeks. viii take
passengers at anv station.
Rev. Mr.. Merriam, a professor at
Hartford Theological seminary preach
ed in the Congregational church Sunday
10 the absence of Mr.. Day, who was at
Catskill, n. Y. where he was called by
the severe illness of his daughter, Ros-
anne, who is now, however, somewhat
The First Regiment band will give
their eighth summer-nigtt' concert next
evening with the following
March--El Capital, Sousa
Overture-The Siren, Auber
Concert Polka-Cuckoo and Cricket, Herzog
Selection No. 2--Faust. Gounod
Popular Medley-All the Rage, Boyer
Waltz Rheinsagen, Gung
Southern Idyl, Laurendeau
Fideles. Chambers
--Quoth the st. Adams correspondent
Of the Boston Globe;
There are plenty of Democrats all over the
state who, as they say, place principle over par
.y, and stubbOrnly refuse to accept the Chicago
ticket and platform. The able exponent Of this
faction is the Brattleboro Reformer, whose edit
.or, Chas II Davenport, is president of the
Young mems Democratic club of Vermont. Mr.
Davenport has bolted and no mistake, and the
ilobe correspondent is informed that he will be
,sked to resign the presidency In consequence.
No such call has been made on Mr.
Davenport yet, though he is the recip-
ent of many letters asking him not to
resign, in response to an offer he made
% do so nearly fortnight ago.
The trustees of the Brattleboro Re-
,reat are planning to remodel the Marsh
building, which was the first building to
be erected for the institution. 1t will be
converted into suites of rooms for the
principally of paroled pa
Sspnh do nnf nnQd inf
This building is to be made especially
attractive, while in the main building a
parlor-hall is planned with handsome,
in natural woods. principal
" in quartered oak, with rattan furni-
;ure. New library cases are to be
provided for nearly 1000 additional vol
lines, making in sall no less than 5000
volumes for the use of the patients.
Rev. C. O. Day has declined the
of Taladaga, Ala, college
recently proffered to him. This is the
institution with which the late G. B.
Rice was connected as treasurer and
which since its establishment in 1863
,as grown to be one of the leading in
,titutiuns of the south. with over 600
students, including those in its irdus-
rial department, in which agricul-
IRE. printing, drafting wood work
no. ect., are taught. The offer is
m evidence of the esteem in which
Nr. Day is held in the educational
world and in fact it is an open secret
hat Yale has it's eye on him for its
presidency one of tn csc days.
1t is an interesting symposium OF
,pinions and estimates of Candidate
3ryan which we present in another
column. Particularly interesting to the
,eople of this section is that OF Herbert
Davenport now of Sioux Falls, So.
Talk who was for several years located
+ Omaha. Neb. He was one of the
ripinal owners of the World Herald,
+ which Mr.. Bryan has been the
ditor up to within few weeks and
n this way had opportunities OF com
no in contact with him. 1t will be seen
hat Mr.. Davenport, while not intend
NO 70 vote for him and while seeing
er,oa. limitations in him, admlres
In, very much. In this connection 1t
nav be noted that the SIOUX ans
r9us- Leader, the only Democratic
aiiv of the state, and OF when one Vi
he editors and owners Z: NJ, lay
,ho married Miss Annie l.. Daven
ort. has bolted and gone clear over 10
RrattlebOreans and Others. /
Cbas Cox comes next week from
,rockton, Mass, for a, yisit.-m Wis
, ate Ketchum has returned from pos
an Mrs. VIM. Combs is visiting
lends in Springfield, Mass FRED
Lad brother of Larkin G. Mead, the
n nH and member of prominent
.un f;tect firm in Boston. was in town
: = week Mrs. Clara o. Rindge OF
Tomer. n. Y, has been visiting her
;star Mrs. s. Z. Tidd, and has gone
l' az summer school for teachers at
, lho III AZ X-Toe Kennedy, q