Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-05

get I'll the news each week.
Chief of Police Hall and Officer
Thayer and Worden were in Montpel
Ter Saturday to assist in maintaining
order at the station there.
Eight freight cars were derailet
at Putney this morning on account o
a defective switch. The accident viii
delay traffic for several hours.
There was good attendance al
the dance which was held in Grange
hall Monday evening Music was fur.
nished by Letsinger's orchestra.
w. H. Haigh announces in his ad
vertisement that he has returned from
/ his summer vacation and is now ready
for fall business. Mr.. Haigh has his
stock of fall and winter goods on hand
and invites inspection
james A. Muzzy of Jamaica has
sold his goods. stock and fixtures to
Lyle o. Pierce of South Londonderry
and Carroll Robinson of Jamaica. The
inventory is now being taken. The sale
was made through A. Y. Mays agency.
The six years-old daughter of
M ichael j. Lynch was run over yes
terday afternoon by one of SCOTS de-
livery wagons and badly bruised about
the abdomen The child ran in front
the team and was caught beneath the
wheels.
During the past % years the speak
err of the house of representatives has
been Windham county man over half
the time, and already the names of
DR.. Conland and j. H. Mortified are
men toned in connection with the hon
or at the coming session. Dir. Con
land and Eli II. Porter of Wilmington
wi be among the leading Democrats
IN the body.
A report was circulated generally
on the street yesterday that man had
been held up and robbed near A. ID.
Wyatt's house on North Main street
the previous evening. The story orig
mated from the fact that a man was
seen lying on the sidewalk at that
point. Officer Amidon was notified,
but when he reached the scene the
man had disappeared.
The West Dummerston base ball
team was defeated by West Brattleboro
in 10 inning game the score
being PIG. West Dummerston lost by
poor fielding and throwing. Clune
pitched a fine game but had poor sup
port. West Brattleboro tried three
pitchers in the box. The features of
the game were one handed catch by
Frank Baldwin and Hopkins home run.
The score;
Innings .........l I : . 10
West Bratto....4 8 5 . 0 ? 0 3 -2l
West Dum'ston . o 0 3 4 dc
George Reardon, who has been EN-
ployed in Cakes barber shop, was Civ
en- a hearing before Justice Newton
this morning on the charge of intoXica- /
ton and disturbing the peace. He
was arrested Yesterday morning by Of T.
ticer Hall and was To have been ar
raigned at that time but he was in
such a pugnacious mood that it was .
necessary to place him in the lookup. .
Reardon participated in fight with .
The Chinese laundryman on Elliot .
street Wednesday afternoon and Bert
Sargent, who tried to separate the con
-estants, received a black eye. Rear
Ion was fined SO for disturbance and
so for intoXication.
People who depend solely on the
Jrowell reservoir for their water sup
lly have been put to much trouble the
)aSt two days by the bursting Of the
main which feeds the town south of
Milestone brook About 3 O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon someone made the
discovery that the entire length of pipe
beneath the Main street bridge had
allen into the brook and that the
water was pouring from each end in
enormous streams Mr.. Crowell was
lotifed Immediately and as soon as
losslble the water was turned off at
he corner of Main and Elliot streets :
The break so reduced the pressure that
10 one on the north side of the brook
ould draw any Crowell's water last :
yening while the supply was entirely
ut off to those on the south side, The ]
Brooks House elevator was also put out .
+ commission by the accident a .
tagging was built beneath the bridge /,
and the pipe will be relaid
: soon as possible. i