Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-08

Professor Mietzke's 32nd annual sonn
service which was held in Rockville
Sunday evening.
The marriage of John f Gale. the
well-known Guilford attorney. and Miss
Abbie Kerr of Dummerston. will take
place tomorrow at the brides home.
Miss Helen Warren Anger. q
daughter of Mrs Jennie Warren of this
Town. has been appointed instructor of
American literature in the BROOKLYN in.
stitute OF arts and sciences.
Ernest Pratt met with quite q
painful accident Monday morning.
While splitting kindling he stepped
on rusty nail which required the
attendance of Specialist Dr. A nderson.
Miss Christine Finling of London,
one or the principal speakers at the w c
1 U convention in Bellows Falls, ad.
dressed large audience in the Congre-
gational church Sunday evening on the
SUBJECT OF temperance.
Our Sons of Vermont news TODAY
contains news that will be interesting
to many county people in the candidacy
OF Edward Enright Of Kansas City for
the Republican nomination for governor
or his state. His father, the we'll
known Methodist clergyman, was for
several years stationed at Wilmington 30
odd years ago.
Jennings & Buffum, the well-known
winchester lumber dealers, have closed
the sale this week of their lumber in
terests in West Jamaica, Stratton and
Bondville including over 5000 acres OF
spruce and hard wood timber land west
OF the narrow gauge railroad. The buy
ers are Reed Brothers of New Boston,
ii, who will begin numbering opera
tons at once. In addition to their pur-
chase of Jennings Brothers they also
have bought the Kendall lot adjoining.
Both sales amount to $4,000.
--Beauseant Commandery, Knights
Templar, will convene at Masonic nall
tomorrow morning at 10 80 dressed in
full regalia and will leave on the II 10
train via Bellows Falls for Keen 9
where the annual field of the CON-
mandries of this town, keene, Wind
sor, Bellows Falls and Claremont will
take place. The knights will leave
keeDe at 1870 in the evening by
special car reaching Bellows Falls in
time to connect with the freight
which gets here about 1880. A spec
ial conclave will be held in Masonic
hall this evening for drill
George w Crawford, postal clerk be-
tween Brattleboro and New London.
was badly bruised about the head and
face Friday night in collision
between the boat train which leaves
here at 4,32 and the engine which draws
the Central Vermont pay car. The acct
dent took place in the New London yard
just as the passenger train was pulling
in. The pay car engine had left the car
and was backing up the main track to
the round house when it was struck hy
the passenger and pushed forward with
such force that with the lever reversed
as it was the single locomotive, struck a
third engine some distance down the
side of the track. Mr. Crawford was
thrown against the side of the mail car
by the force of the collision.
The final arrangements in the trans
fer Of the property of the late George A
Hall to the trustees Of the Thompson
will fund bring to public notice the
divorce of Countess de Jotemps, former
ly Miss Edna Hall Of this village, which
the death of the little daughter of the
count and countess. which occurred last
fall. the action of the count had been
such that his wife was obliged to leave
him last winter and divorce proceed
ings were begun soon after. Inc hnal
decree was granted June 20, by which
Countess de Jotemps was given full
possession of all her property and com
et-,, hnr h,t1h a
the mother and sister of the count tes-
titled for the countess at the hearing.
and the countess has spent the summer
at their place in Switzerland. She in
tends to return TO this country next
spring.
The first round in the is hole match
play tournament for the Wantastlquet
cup took place on the golf grounds
Yesterday afternoon, three pairs parti-
cipsting. Howard Wellman who had
handicap of four strokes over Clarenc e
NJ Miller, beat his opponent five up aud
four play; w E Hubbard defeated
Howard & Rice Oh even terms six up
and four TO play: James Fisk hooker,
with handicap of IS strokes, defeated
John Tasker, six up and five TO play and
G f Bingham detaulted to r 9 Bacon.
HAYES Bigelow and Louis Petite will
nlav their round today and the semi
finals will take place Saturday. BY the
matches of yesterday both the scratch
men. Tasker and Miller, have been put
out OF the 10 ornament ard the result is a
matter Of no little conjecture. Ihomp-
son drew the bye and consequently does
not play in the ii str)und butpartclpat-
es in rhe semi.tinals.
-Preparation for the opening OF the
winter gymnasium work at the M Z A
has beguu this week and classes Will
meet for the first time next Monday
probably. A number OF changes ana
improvements are being made and IL Is
ordhable that the facilities for good
work will be better than ever this year.
The punching bag has been moved from
the gymnasium floor to the floor b 'loW
where a special room has been fitted up,
this plan preventing the jar OF the Dag
from disturbing persons in the reaaihs
room. Three pairs of modern chesG
weights and a quarter circle have been
oiven TO the association by Mrs Lew n
Fuller and the apparatus Will De aug
mpnred ip other ways. New toors nave
been placed in the bath rooms and tne
locLers have received a fresh coat OF
naint The senior class work will be IN
charge of Harry Horton this year ana
Richard Averill has been engaged 10 L.
struct the juniors. The senior classes
will meet three evenings week prooaoy
although the nights have not been choSeh-
delegates to the state convention
90 tho Christi an Endeavor societies