Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20

liable pug dog of Mrs Mason Wood las
week Friday.
The case of DeWolf, Halifax, VS..
Clark, Guilford, heard before Justice
Merrifeld was appealed to county court
Harry Smith, about seven years
old, cut quite bad cash in his fore
head Wednesday, while playing with
an axe at his home on Vernon street.
The first regular passenger car on
the Greenfield Northampton electric
railway, of which E. c. Crosby is a
director, was run over the line Wednes-
day morning.
The men of Brattleboro lodge, New
England Order of Protection, served an
escalloped oyster supper in Red Men s
hall Wednesday evening.
Congressman Haskins has again
made glad the hearts of his constltu-
ents by a supply of seeds. The pack
age is not as generous as last year.
probably owing to the high price OF
seeds.
The date of the special village
meeting has been changed from March
81 to April 2, on account of the ina
bility of the bailiffs to obtain the
town hall which had been previously
engaged by the "Crisis" Co.
e. ]. Fenton & Co. have made ar
engagements to act as sole agents in
Brattleboro for the famous Halves New
York hats. They also have the exclu-
sive agency for the well known Lam
son & Hubbard hat of Boston.
Prospect Hill perhaps comes to the
front on spring vegetation. Mrs Blk.
by has a fine bed of pansies in full
bloom, and H. o. Coolidge who planted
some peas March y. reports that the
peas are sprouting in the ground as
rapidly as usual when planted month
later.
"A stone thrown at the passenger
train on the narrow gauge road above
Williamsville Monday morning broke
window, the pieces of glass cutting
the face and hands of passenger,
Mrs. A. J. Parks, of Roxbury, Mass.
quite badly. The Williamsville au-
thorities are huntinp for the culnrit.
A meeting will be held at the Y.
NJ. G. A. rooms Tuesday evening. Mar
"a, at o'clock, to organize for the
seasons base ball games and to elect
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able interest in the formation of local
! league has been developing of late and
large attendance at the meeting is
expected.
The Congregational club have Sc
cured the services of Prof. Arnbach
4 to give an entertainment at their last
meeting Of the season at the Brooks
House Tuesday, March &c. Prof Arm
bach is magician and stands at the
head Of his profession. He has been
paid as high as $3.50 night fol an en-
tertainment.
The sugar season in this locality is
failure and the appearance OF the
| buds on the naples indicates that ii is
near its close The farmers report less
than one fifth a crop. A Guilford
! farmer who has an average make OF
LOCO pounds Of sugar, gathered his
buckets to-day, with only 80 pounds
to the credit of his sugar orchard.
The case of Berry vs. Berry was filed
at the county clerk S Office yesterday. 1t
is suit for S, 1000 damages brought by
Charles Berry against his wife, Ellen
Newton Crouch, for inducing him to
marry her under false pretenses. Plain
IL
sented herself as single when at the
time of her marriage to plaintih she
had a husband living unknown to him.
The funeral of Edward Carter,
whose death was noted last week, was
held at Essex, Ia, March s, under the
auspices of the camp OF Modern Wood
men of which he was prominent mem
Der. Many beautiful floral tributes
were bestowed by the lodge and fell
low employees. He was sergeant of the
drill team, and had been presented
with the gold medal which he had won
in drill work three times during the
past year.
The claim to state championship
made by the Edmunds High school
basket ball team OF Burlington in the
Roston Globe Wednesday. is considered
utterly absurd by local teams. The
St Johnsbury quintet and the Y. Nj. c.
/ A. PLAYERS of Brattleboro. who are now
I in contest for the championship, are
the only two teams who have demon
/ strated any claim to the rank, and the
/ Edmunds team has never offered to
contest the claim with either of them
/ Last wear the Burlington players were
/ defeated by the White River Junction
/ five who were in turn defeated on their
own floor by our Y Nj. c. A team
I Considering these facts, it is rather
difficult to see what grounds they have
/ for a championship claim.
/ The local correspondent of the
/ Springfield Republican enormously
states that the tIike of the employees
of the American Bridge Co. is likely
( to seriously affect the completion OF
/ the new bridge across the Connecticut.
! The report goes on to say that as the
/ local bridge company IN the contract
taken by the United Construction Co,
placed no time forfeit in the contract
| the work was stopped as soon as one
abutment had been laid, and now there
/ is no telling when anything will be
done. First Selectman W. III. Nlnton
I informed the Reformer reporter yester-
day that the strike would not affect the
/ operations of the United Construction
Co, that all materials had been pur-
chased for the construction OF the
bridge, and that work would be I'M
mediately resumed after the water 10
the river had lowered a little and the
stream was clear of floating logs.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins
has been notified by the secretary OF
the navy that a vacancy exists at the
u S. Naval Academy for mldshlp'
man from the second congressional dis
trict of this state, and he is requested
to nominate a principal and three al
ternates for examination for appoint
ment to fill the same. Candidates
must be not less than 10 years of age