Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-18

y The junior department of the Cor
! gregational Sunday school enjoyed
picnic at Brookside park yesterday.
Stockholders in the Snowflake cor
canning factory are smiling over a
per cent. dividend which they receive
this week.
The annual meeting of the stock
I holders of the S. A. Smith compan
will be held Tuesday morning in tn
office of the company.
: The committee in charge of tn
new bridge which will be built acros
the Connecticut have sent specification
to about l. bridge concerns and eXpec
to award the contract within a fey
weeks.
C. B. Kirwan was arrested on tn
island Sunday by Officer Fred c. Gal
on the charge of being intoxicated
Mr.. Kirwan was arraigned in the Hins
dale police court Monday and PLACED
on probation.
Officer E. r. Thayer shot two dog
Tuesday at the orders of the selectmen
The dogs were found chasing tiocks o.
sheep belonging to ID. S. Pratt and j.
G. Stafford and several of the animals
We're badly bitten.
About % members OF Sedgwicb
Post and the Woman's Relief corps at.
tended the dinner given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Camden Smith at Spotford lake
Saturday. There were several members
from out of town and an enjoyable time
was spent.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Catholic Union was held last Friday
evening when it was decided to have
the annual field day and picnic in Au
gust. \ special meeting will be held
this evening to make final arrange
ments for the event.
AT meeting of the directors of
the Peoples National bank Monday o.
L. Sherman of Williamsville was chos-
en- president to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of General Estey and Col.
j. G. Estey was chosen vice president in
place of Mr.. Sherman. c. l.. Stickney
was promoted to the position of assist
ant cashier.
Mrs. George Fisher was given a sur
prise yesterday afternoon at her home by
over 40 members of the Woman's Relief
corps. When Mrs. Fisher returned
from her work at ) o. clock she found
y
On account of the rain supper was
served on the piazza instead of the
lawn as first planned and an enjoyable
evening was spent.
The furniture factory of b. Souto "
company in Randolph which was par
TALLY destroyed by fire several weeks
ago was burned to the ground Sat
urday evening. Fire was discovered in
the upper story of the finishing build
ing and it had gained such headway
that it was impossible to save the build
ing or its contents. The building con
tanned large amount of finished fur
niture which.was packed and ready for
shipment.
The new issue of the one cent pos
tai cards known as the Mckinley cards,
have been ordered by the local post
office and will be on sale in few days,
or as soon as the old style cards have
been disposed Of In the Mckinley card
space is reserved in the upper part for
the postmark in order that it may be
more distinct, the lower half of the
card being used for the address. The
stamp is represented by steel en-
graved vignette of the late president
in the upper right hand corner, while
in the left hand corner Is vignette |
the United States coat-of- |
arms.
Colonel Joel G. Baker and George |.
Il. Lawrence of Rutland were in town |
Tuesday to appear before Judge II. II, /
in the chancery case of ID. ID. 7
Muir, receiver of the Merchants Ma
tional bank of Rutland, against Maria
Hodges of Clarendon. The hearing was
on demurrer filed by the defendant.
The case is bill in equity and is
brought by the receiver to recover
some property in connection with an
made on the defendant as
stakeholder of the defunct bank. No
decision was given by the court in re-
gard to the demurrer The lawyers re
5urned home on the evening train.
Mrs Jennie Powers, state agent of
he Vermont Humane society, was in
Vest Dover last week to attend the
rearing of will Cannon who was ar :
life charge being the failure to feed
lorse. Cannon was fined SO and costs.
The respondent had been away about
eft the horse in charge of his mother. {
I'D swale hay and had not been united
Turing the entire time Two dogs had [
,een shut in the kitchen for three G
weeks. Mrs. Powers gave the health t
fficer As hours to clean out the house. @
John NJ. Baker, 33, died at his {
ONE on Elliot street Saturday morn /
ng after an illness of several months
18th consumption. He was a native v
f Brattleboro and had spent his en- J
ire life here, working for many years t.
n the Estey Organ factory and later p
onducted the lunch room in Judge b
lock. He was obliged to sell his I
inch business last February on ac- |,
cunt of poor health and since then n
ad failed steadily. He is survived W
Y one brother, Nicholas j. Baker, Il
nd one sister, Mrs. Thomas Rouse. I
he funeral was held Monday morning t.
t 9 O'Clock from the Roman Catholic a
hurch and the burial was in the Cath O
lie cemetery. The services were at d
,nded by large delegation from the CO
atholic Order of Foresters of which ii
II. Baker was an esteemed member. ei
he bearers were H. B. Haus. John ii
ufficy, John Curry, Maurice Doyle, Ii
lillian Curtin and David O'Keefe. q
A grand opportunity to visit the ~ -
ashore at very low rates is offered by 81
lie Central Vermont railroad company ~
its grand excursion which takes -
ace Saturday, July 20 from Brattle- y
,ro. South Vernon, Northfield Mil &c
RS Falls, Amherst, Belchertown and II