Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-17
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LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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The Sunshine Bulletin for June,
published in New York, has very fine
nalf-tone portrait of Mrs. Harriet
brasor Pratt Of this town.
The first meeting of the creditors
OF the bankrupt estate of Leopold j.
BETTING was held Saturday. f. w. Nc.
Clure was appointed trustee.
A. V. Mays agency has sold for
Horton j. Eames his house on Chest.
nut street to Dwight Horsford of Hins-
DALE N. h., who will occupy it about
August /.
Rev. Mr.. Lawson, a returned mis-
sionary from India, spoke before the
Christian Endeavor society at the Con
gregational church Sunday evening.
and at West Brattleboro in the morn.
ing.
The usual cake sale will be held
at the 7. NJ. G. A. rooms tomorrow
afternoon under the auspices of the
woman's auxiliary. The ladies Of the
West Brattleboro Congregational church
have charge of the sale this week.
j. W. Prouty, who went to Albany
April l, to carry on printing bust
ness left to him by his brother, has
sold his photograph studio in Brattle-
boro to Mrs. India f. Clark of Otter
River, Mass, whose husband will con-
duct it.
"Wednesday afternoon thunder
storm raised the very dickens in sur
rounding towns but gave us only few
scattering splashes, though the air was
cooled at once Big hailstones fell in
nearby districts and the crops were con-
siderably cut by them.
II. W. Plimpton of Dummerston
vas badly hurt in sawmill at that
place Sunday forenoon, a rolling log
crushing his knee. Bedding was put
in spring wagon and he was brought
here for surgical treatment. His in
jury. will lay him up for six weeks or
more.
Leroy F. Adams has sold through
the agency of Edgett & Co, his recently
remodeled house on Oak street, known
as the Brooks property, to E. W. Glib
son. The figure is private, The same
firm has sold for John F. Hurley of
Bellows Falls, his cottage house and
lot on Beech street to Patrick Moran,
who takes possession at once.
Daniel s. Jones of Derby Center,
and James A. Austin of this town have
been appointed railway mail clerks.
The postoffice department gives notice
of the establishment of rural deliv-
cry route soon at Putney, Windham
county 1t will be 221a miles long and
will serve population Of 1863 people.
The postoffice at Putney Falls will be
discontinued and mail sent to Putney
instead
The new searchlight on Mt. Tom is
20-inch protector, made by Charles
j. Bogue of New York city. 1t takes 30
amperes of current, and is operated
about s 80 each night from the summit
house. The new attraction is exciting
much interest, as the beams of light
are very strong and illuminate places
at a considerable distance from the
house The shaft of light has illumin
ated the evening sky here several times.
-Roadmaster ". P. Elrod of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad and F. G. Brown
of the Passumpsic road finished Satur-
day trip of four days on foot on the |
Brattleboro il Whitehall railroad,
which they made for the purpose of
the ties between Brattleboro
and South Londonderry. Their fig /
ures will be used in affidavits in the
action of the Brattleboro Il Whitehall
road against the Central Vermont.
They were not greatly fatigued over
their journey of 36 miles.
Referee Stowe has filed his findings
in the claim of H. G. Barber, trustee
of the E. A. Starkey estate, which was
that the stone in diamond ring which
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Indicated bankrupt was changed before
the ring was turned over to the trus-
tee. The trustee received the ring
from pawnshop in New York; The
referee finds that the stone had been
changed as claimed, but that the bank
rupt did not see the ring when 1t was
shipped from the pawnshop.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of bailitfs was held Saturday
evening. All members were present.
F Fifteen sewer assessments were levied.
The board voted to have the MILESTONE
brook cleared and to establish signs
the dumping of garbage
and refuse in the stream, under the
penalty of the law. The request for an
electric bulb somewhere in the stretch
IF Washington street, which is pitch
dark o'nights owing to dense touage,
was referred to a member OF the board
who is going to try to find his way up
here and report later.
John L. Knowlton, formerly of the |
clothing firm of Young & knowlton,
1as bought half interest in cloth
NO store in Lowell, Mass, formerly
owned by the late Collector Beard of
he port of Boston. 1t is one of the
arge and prosperous clothing stores OF
New England. Mr.. Knowlton will go /,
% Lowell to take the inventory about
July 20. He retains the store he re- !
,ently bought in Keene, but VIII De
by circumstances as to wheth- !
r he sells or continues to operate III.
The Knowlton family expect to leave :
3rattleboro for Lowell in season for the I
BEGINNING of the next school year. :
Some Vermont postmasters are
inping the song of six-pence, others :
;gh. because of the news which v
,as come from Washington regarding
heir salaries, the changes all dating !
rom July l. Among them are: Brat I
leboro from 81, 600 to g, 700; Putney, .
rom 81, 200 to 81, 100: Saxtons River, :
rom 81. 200 to 81, 100; Wilmington,
rom 81. 800 to 81. 600: Chester. from ST. I
90 to 81, 300. These increases or reduc- .
ions. as the case may be, are based on r
he receipts of the postoffice in ques- .
ion for the past II months and thus +
how that the increase of mail receipts +
n Vermont continues and therefore h
h AZ business is in a prosperous condl-