The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-13

There's money in using less soap
clothes too
Scott IL Jones and. pnJordan n Van
Doom have put in cash registers thi
week.
Tho Hostein- Fricslan Register APP
pears this month in magazine form, 3:
pages.
"A. W. Childs Il Co., have PAID
out 800, 600 on endowment and lifo pol
icies in the last GO days.
H. M. Wood opened the bicycle
season with the sale of two Heating
machines Saturday night.
e. \. Tyler has some excellant
views from photographs taken by him
Of the ice gorge at West Townshend.
Rev. S. NJ. Crothers has been en-
gagged to deliver the commencement ad
dress before the North street school
june 8.
The postoilicc has issued a com
plete schedule of the opening and
closing of all mails, which will be
furnished to all who desire.
There has been a change in the
management Of the night lunch cart
this week, J. D. Kennedy who came
here from Bennington and who has
run it since it was established having
sold out to B. L. Everest. &T3 =: =
The electric road now sends man
after its snow pillow to clean off side
walks upon which the pillow has
thrown snow, and there is inquiry why
this plan is not followed on the south
side of Canal street beyond the sch DOL
house.
Elijah Miller who lives in West
Brattleboro towards Dummerston hill
had close call the ether day. He was
sitting talking in his house, when an
old gun in the corner of the room
slipped from its place struck the ham
mer OIL. and sent the charge whizzing
by his head and into bureau that
stood against the wall.
Already there arc several building
projects in view for next season. Mer
chant G. l.. Durham will erect
residence on North street just east of
n. |. Hawley, 8, l.. w Lord will
build a house opposite the one he
built laet year on Cottage street, new.
ly named, for the street running from
Chestnut by the Advent church. And
be talks also of putting up still an
other in Swedeville.
The Little River bridge is found
to have the ends of all its arches off as
a result of last weeks freshet. On the
large bridge the ends of the arches
were not only knocked off by the ice,
but the East span on the North end
has settled nine inches already. a
policeman is kept there all the time to
prevent fast driving. and the select
men are pushing hard to get an cXpe-
ricnced man and repair it.
Mrs. W. II. Phillips, for II years
in successful trade here, has sold her
ness to Miss Belle Emerson. Miss
Emerson who has conducted Il dress
making establishment for several years
will combine the two and the store is |
now going through the repairs neces
iary for the change. Mrs. Phillips and |
Miss Emerson are both in New York |
This week for spring millinery.
Myrtle Peek. the well known horse
woman who appeared at the Valley Fair
If "a, was arrested at Mendon, Mills,
. few days ago and fined 81 and costs.
She drove into town and ''set 'em up
o large party in popular saloon,
hen tried to run the place, and had to
1e arrested to keep quiet. A dispatch
rom Mendon her home. says that
hendon considers it a quiet week that
Myrtle Peck does not afford ii some
ensation.
The trolley road enc )untered its
irst serious breakdown Monday morn.
ng interrupting business for six
lours. The breakdown was at the
electric light station whence the
,ower comes, in an eccentric to the
'ngine, and it occurred Just after the
irst car had come down from West
But the company in
rider to take care of the travel, hired
wo hacks from the Bratteboro Livery
md ran them until the trouble had
been remedied, or until p. M, with
he footing OF bugle and fish horn
o notify the public of what it was do.
ng. The teams made about 40 miles
ach during the time and it cost the
about $40 above receipts, but
t served the public.