The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-12
FRANKLIN COUNTY. MASS.


| The baccalaureate sermon TO the graduating
classes of Mortified seminary and Mount Her
Moody of Northfeld Sunday, at 10: IS a M. The
other exercises connected with the graduation
of the class of 80 at the seminary will he fol-
lows, Tuesday, st5 m. concert by students;
"wednesday, III a NJ. commencement exercises,
address hv Robert L speer; m, meeting OF
the students aid society at the Mortified; Z 80
tos, RECEPTION at the Revell. At Mount Her
mon the prize debate will be held Saturday
evening, and at 80 p m. sunday the Young
Mems Christian association meeting will be led
by the class of 81. The other exercises follow :;
Monday, reunion OF sons of Hermon; : IN,
class dag exercises. 80, prize declamations
Tuesday, II a NJ, graduation address by DIR Og
den and granting OF diplomas; 80 p m, alumni
reunion at Sorthiield. The commencement
number of the Mennonite will be issued Tues
| day, the 10th.
| Powers Institute Graduation.
| commencement exercises at Powers institute
AT Richardson began with the annual debate
I in chapel hall at 80 O'Clock Saturday night.
The baccalanreate sermon was preached Sun
| day by Rev b Everett at 10 so IN. The sen
ior middle exhibition took place in the town
asil M S evening, and Tuesday was s class
exercises were held in the town hail al p m.
The graduating exercises were held Wednesday
evening IN the town hall and the exercises OF
dinner In the town hall at pm. Editor vii
liam Dwight of Holyoke acted as POSTMASTER
There were seven in the graduating class.
William Taylor of Montague was brought be.
fore Trial Justice Martin Tuesday. charged
with larceny OF s69 from the person of Austin
VI Rice and held under $500 bonds.
" Clark, hardware merchant at Greenfield
for - years, assigned Wednesday for the bene
tit of his creditors.
A panther wild cat was seen up the Green
River road by Milkman Bragg OF Greenfield
the other evening.
The insolvency court at Greenfield Friday APP
pointed Lawyer + l. Greene of that place as
signee OF the estate of Preston Baker Of Charlie.
mont
George W Davenport is negotiating for piece
OF property in Greenfield, where he intends to
build comfortable cottage. He will not build
on the tract of land which he has purchased in
the land syndicate deal until next summer, when
he intends to erect three cottages.
l. Glynn OF Bellows Falls will open gen
eral store in the Hibernian block at Turner's
Falls the middle of this month.
Officers Davis and Parker raided the place of
sidet last week and seized 10 gallons of cider of
which he admitted he had sold 10 barrels the
past winter. He WAS fined so.
South Deeriied was visited by professional
burglars Friday night who broke into the depot
and the pos, office. AT the former place after
looking through the papers and documents they
left without taking anything of value. But ut
the post Office between ssua and $500 In stamps
and currency was taken. Entrance was gained
by prying open aIback window. Everything of
value was taken, Including a small combination
case which contained all the matter pertaining
to the registered letter department, receipts and
other private documents.
The selectmen of Northieii have filed a pc
tition in the probate court for the appointment
of q guardian over Sarah Porter of Northfeld,
rhe petition is returnabe the first Tuesday in
Jlly.