Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-06

Manic the little daughter of Michael
Lyhch Tell from milk wagon in which
she was standing 10 front of her home
onsElllot street yesterday forenoon and
was quite severely injured by wheel
OF the vehicle passing over her.
w r Strong of Landgrove or Lon
donderry has filed his petition in volur-
tary insolvency. 1t shows a value of
S4S6S9 liabilities OF which SOLO are
taxes, 1882 mortgages and ventor's lien
and Sl44.79 secured. Assets set ut 1920,
of which S475 Is in real estate, all mort
gagged and homestead of 5000 claimed,
and S4io of personal property, of which
S3O3 is claimed TO be exempt.
-Selectman Vinton Saturday notified
Road Commissioner Perry that any
further extension OF the Canal street
surface sewer, which has been carried to
the top Of the Washington street hill
must be made out of the highway
money and the rest of the towns Ap-
preparation of $1,000 used for the Main
street sewer which it is proposed to run
from the bridge to the High street cor
ner. The worl. on Washington street is
therefore stopped temporarily, though
Perry hopes to be able to complete it as
far as the Bingham place out of the
highway fax,and connection has teen
made with Highland street The tile
for the sewers has already been bought,
costing about $200O,and after the work
already done on the Canal street job
there.will not be over Sl000.i if that much
left for the digg ng work on Main street.
n connection with that j,b Conmi ssion-
er Perry has the paving stones bought
for the paving OF the part of Main street
from the bridge as far AS the north side
of Flat street.
-lsssc B Taft, u. for more than
generation a leading and successful
farmer and a charter member of Protec-
tive Grange of which he was Past
Master, died Saturday morning as the
result of the successive shocks of
paralysis he has suffered and after a
final illness Of three weeks but more
than year of falling health, eliminating
in a fall and injury to his leg several
weeks ago. The funeral will be held
from his late home north of the village
tomorrow at Jpn. Protective Grange will
attend in the body and conduct the
burial service at w Dnmmerston, where
the interment will he. + Ii Miller will
sing and Rev H r Miles will otliciate If
he reaches here in season. Mr. Taft was
a native of Newfane, the son of Caleb
and Mary (Burnett) Taft. His fathar
was afterwards landlord of the we'll
known Taft hotel, the old stage chang
ing place at w Dummerston which | B
Taft owned at the time of his death with
large tract OF land connected. Young
Taft began life as a contractor in the
construction: of railroads and then in
the sixties bought the Selah Chamberlain
place, where the wife of DR. Wilson, the
supposed Thunderbolt. was born and now
now owned by d NJ Barber. From here he
run milk route to the village for a
number of years, the first one established
here, selling it to L Il Smith about lS7i,
but after the latter's il Jury and death TAX
ing it back and maintaining the milk
business until his sale to Mr. Barber in
1850. After selling out he built the nice
place where he has since lived and turned
stump land into one of the finest farms
in town. He was a tremendous worker
in his early days, ''doing three mems
work" as old residents tell, and was
also a man of excellent business judg
ment and capacity. square IN deal with,
and one whose word could always be
depended on. He was most accom-
neiehbor. He married
Harriet Champion of Woodstock,
who survives with three sons, loon of
West Dunmerston, Burr OF Norfolk,
Neb, and Guy of Brattleboro, and a
Mrs Nora Pratt of Nebraska
He is also survived by one sister, Mrs
Pratt of Massachusetts.