Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-16


John Affair and Elonora Lowell
! both of this town, were marie,
Wednesday afternoon by william s
Newton, Esq.
Charles c. Dunbar, the magician
who will appear at the auditorium Nov
10 under the auspices of Bingham
chapter, o. T.. S., is very highly rec
commended.
Motion has been made to the
county clerk for new trial In the case
of c. C. Bartlett against d. p. Pres
colt which was heard before Judge
Merrill referee, last winter
&C. p. ellison is to sell the house
hold furniture and fixtures at the AL
exander place, 81 Canal street, at auc-
ton Saturday afternoon, Oct. "a, at
one o'clock sharp. 42-2t
"A number Of local people went to
Halifax Saturday to give Mr. and Mrs.
Winfield Whitney surprise party. the
occasion being their Goth marriage an
niversary. They were presented with
number of handsome gifts, Mrs. W.
f. Mixer doing the honors.
"A special meeting of the Brattle-
will be held with Mrs. e. @. S. Os-
good, Saturday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock, when a report will be given by
the delegate to the National confer
ence, recently held at Atlantic City.
One of Stockwell G. Putnam's liv-
cry teams driven by w. II. Haywood
collided with an electric car in front of
Halls restaurant Friday afternoon.
The wagon got decidedly the worst of
the mix-up, all four wheels being
smashed and one shaft broken. No one
was hurt.
Albert Fessenden, engineer for the
Brattleboro overall Co., was badly
burned about the face and arms Mon
day afternoon. He was mixing chloride
of lime and started to draw some water
from the boiler BY mistake he turned
on the steam valve and the lime and
steam were blown into his face. 1t was
at first thought that his eyes were
injured but at present they seem to be
unframed.
United States Marshal Fred A.
Field of Rutland, who yesterday re-
ceived notice from Washington of his
removal from that Office for dereliction
of duty, is well known in Brattleboro,
having been here repeatedly in con-
nection with cases heard before Judge |
Fl. II. Wheeler. His removal is due |
to the escape of three Cinnamon at
Providence last June The celestials |
had been intrusted to Marshal Field |
under orders of deportation and were |
on their way to New York city They |
We're placed on a steamer at Provi-
dence and escaped while Mr. Fields |
son. into whose charge the Cinnamon
had been committed by Mr.. Field was
at supper. Mr.. Field has commune
Gated with Senator Proctor and will
ask for an investigation.
Mrs. Edmund Carey of Canal street
saved a young child from being run
over by an electric car Wednesday
afternoon. The little tot strayed into
the road and started to cross the track
Just in front of the car. The motorman
saw the child and applied the brakes
but on account of the wet leaves was
unable to bring the car to standstill.
Mrs. Carey who was on the other side
IF the street took in the situation at
glance and rushed across just in time to
push the child out of danger.
The Brattleboro football team will ,
inc up against an eleven captained by ,
Daniel Riley for practice game tomor- ,
'ow afternoon on the island. While no /
ocular games have yet been scheduled 6
regulations are in progress with teams
n Gardner Fitchburg and Shelburne
falls and it is probable that next Sat ,
lrday will see the team in its first reg
liar contest of the season. There is an !,
unusual amount of interest in football
his season and a number of juvenile !,
cams have been organized in various :
'arts of the town. Every class in the !;
Iigh school is represented by an :
leven, and many of the grades are
kewise represented.
The case of C. d. Pease against T
'harles Duntley, both of Brattleboro. +
fas heard Saturday afternoon before n
Justice F. d. f. Stowe and a jury com r
osed of G. H. Bond l. S. Higgins J. T
L. Newman, S. NJ. Yeaw, Frank Bur- "
EFT and w. C. Mitchell. 1t was an 3
elton to recover a balance of s1I35 h
LEGGED to be due the plaintiff for per- n
onal services he had rendered to the II
efendant, the defense being that the g
laintiff had left without suitable no. p
ce The jury first brought in a YER q
let of $685. in favor of the plaintiff n
18th a division of the costs. The attor- II
eys of both sides objected. however q
nd after another session the jury de- +,
ded in favor of the plaintiff to the
mount of s1.35 with the costs against
lie defendant. A. C. Spencer appeared =.
,r the plaintiff and H. G. Barber for :,
lie defendant. !,
The Brattleboro Woman's club be- io
an what is sure to be a season of ac- ir
witty Wednesday afternoon at the d.
ONE of Mrs. Abby e. Fuller, when the L
rst meeting of the year was held. p
art of the afternoon was spent in So m
ability and the remainder was given Al
yer to the reports from the delegates cs
the state federation meeting Tea di
as served, Mrs c. A. Harris and Mrs. OF
Z. N. Thompson pouring. The fol- ii
wing young women acted as wait C
,sses: Mrs II. L. Waterman, Mrs. c. i'd
Stickney, Mrs. c. A. Boyden, Mrs. n,
r. Ryder, Mrs. H. C. Rice and Miss tt
dith Greene. Music was furnished vi
' Leitsinger's orchestra The club H
i'll meet in the Brooks house next F
evening to hear a lecture m
Y DIR. Edwin Grosvenor, professor of E
odern government and international p'
W at Amherst college, upon "Old fir
eerfield With Its Arts and Crafts" ID
Everyone with any desire to see -
lie interesting sights of Montreal =,
lould take advantage of the extreme
low rates to that city and return ~
fered by the Central Vermont rail-