Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-06-20
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

+ rom now until October / tn
store of d. P. Dewitt will be CLOSED
Saturday afternoons.
E. d. Whitney is making extensiv,
repairs and alterations on his Greer
street residence
C. P. Spencer is fitting his print
ing office for electric power and vii
soon install St Louis motor.
Saturday was observed as flag da,
and the stars and stripes hoated from
all of the public buildings and many
/ private Sesidences.
The baccalaureate sermons at Nor
witch University and st. Johnsbury
academy were preached Sunday by Rev.
Charles o. Day and Rev. H. R. Miles.
"A. V. Mays agency has sold for
Harlan H. Howe his farm in Vernon
known as the Warner place to Charles
L. Stacy of Brattleboro who will take
possession at once.
Proprietor James A. Pullen will
have his opening dance at Silverdale
his opening dinner on Sunday. See
today's Reformer.
j Harry Estey has this week
bought a valuable pair of bays of II.
r. Brown. d. Frank Shea is driving
an extremely handsome chestnut PAGER
which he bought recently while in the
northern part of the state.
The bailitfs have posted warnings
about the village in regard to the VIC
lation of the village ordinance prohib-
iting bicycle riding on the sidewalks
Any person who is found violating this
act will be arraigned before Justice
Newton.
Harry Wilson, the Bay State rug
drummer who was arrested last week
for intoyication. was arraigned Mon
day before Justice Newton and plead
ed guilty. He was fined s. and costs
and the fine was then suspended.
States Attorney Weston appeared for
the prosecution
The secretary of the Wantastiquet
golf club has received an invitation
from the secretary of the Ekwanok
golf club of Manchester inviting mem
bers of this club to attend the state
tournament which will be held in Man
chester July 3. and ) and to send two
delegates with the power to join in
founding state golf league.
james f. Hooker and Percy Grow
ell of the Wantastiquet golf club de-
feated J. A. Lawrence and Rev. Alfred
Hammatt of the Bellows Falls Olym-
plan tennis club in a tennis match last
Friday afternoon, the score standing
10, 1-6, GA, 1-6, 6-3 After the match
two more sets were played both of
which were won by the Bellows Falls
players.
Richards NJ. Bradley was in town
but nothing more was done
in the way of progress on the hospital
question. Mr. Bradley told DR.. Hol-
ton that he and Dr. Cobb We're in con
sultation with a Boston architect and
that the plans were nearly completed.
DR.. Cobb was to have accompanied MIR.
Bradley and also the architect but /
the former was detained on account of !
the illness of his wife.
A Washington despatch in the New /
York Sunday World says that President |
is planning an extended New /
trip for August and Septem /
Der and will stop at Brattleboro among
yhe home of Representative Littlefield |
and on his return trip will stop at
Niers. n. H.. to attend the soldiers
at Concord, n. H., at Cor
bins park and at Brattleboro.
The annual meeting of the Catho-
ic Union was held in the club rooms
Friday evening and the following list
If officers elected; President, NJ. j.
Moran; vice president, Daniel Shea;
ecording secretary, James f. Dun
evy; financial secretary, Joseph Mar
in: treasurer, HI. B. Haus; directors,
VI. j. Moran, Daniel Shea, James Dun
evy. H. B. Haus, Il. A. Austin, e. j.
1enton and Charles Mann. H. b. Haus
vas elected manager of the baseball
cam and six new members were voted
nto the organization.
An alarm of fire from box No. 80
vas rung in Monday evening shortly
before 8 o'clock on account of small
,laze in barrel in Ramsdell's paint
hop on Canal street The fire was
of incendiary origin for !
nly few minutes previous to the dis
overy of the blaze Mrs. ii. F. Brooks
ervant girl saw man enter the build
NO. remain few minutes and then
un out and disappear between the
buildings. A telephone message was {
ent to the department headquarters
,efore the alarm was sounded and the
started at once. a mistake '
vas made as to the whereabouts of the |
re which resulted in the chemical en- l
inc rushing up Main street as far as !
be Unitarian church. Steamer No. /
promptly but its services
ere not needed as the flames were ex- {
inguished in a few minutes.
The Boston IL Maine railroad has !,
ssued its summer time table which !
oes into effect Monday. The usual
ummer train from the south will
each here at 6 a. m, and reach Wind |
Or at I 40. The north bound train
-hich now leaves at IL O'Clock will /
GREATER leave at IL 90. The White a
train from the north will ar T
i've in Brattleboro at l 40 and the /
anne train from the south at , :23 in L
cad of the train which has been t
,aching here at , :32. The mail train t
ON the north which has been reach 5
10 here at 2:l0 will now arrive at :
.02 and remain here about one hour. n
he 5:45 from the south will now i
ZACH Brattleboro at 80 and the mail g
hicb formerly closed at , 30 will now d
ose at 5:l5. The north bound Mon [
cal express will reach here at l0:l0 5
lstead of 1910 as at present. Inc r
20 new trains between New York and "
uebec begin running Monday also, T
,e south bound leaving here at IA a. 1