Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-31

Order coal today or pay 25 cen
more per ton. This Is straight tip.
The bankrupt stock of Leopold .
Retting was sold at public auction Sa
urday morning to John Retting.
The A. V. May agency has sold Il
z: ". Lyman Of Greenfield, Mass,
Fisk G. Rogers building lot at Wes
Dummerston.
Wednesday evenings thunderstorm
which lodged all about us, did gres
damage all through western Massachr
sets, especially in Pittstield and Leno,
Mrs. Powers, agent of the Human
society, has gone to Chesterfield today
where she will prosecute woman c
that place for cruelty beating he
daughter.
Owing to the full page announce
ment Of E. j. Fenton e. Co., which oc
cupies page of this issue, the Hins
dale news appears on page and othe
Cheshire county news on page 7.
Shea, the shoeman, announces
clearance sale of particular interest
He has bargains in footwear seldom
seen hereabouts, and the prices which
he has put upon the goods are remark
ably low.
A Brattleboro resident boasts Of ,
remarkable brood of no less than 81
healthy chicks. The hen, it seems
stole her nest and her whereabout.
was unknown until her appearance tn,
other day with her phenomenal brood
"A dozen of the log drivers spen,
Tuesday evening in town, making {
tour of the saloons and in other ways
INDUCING their fancies. They are 6
hardy but good natured set of men anc
they created no disturbance. Those
who predicted trouble were disap.
pointed.
Coal has taken another Jump of %
cents per ton in Springfield, Hartford
and the lower Connecticut valley, max
ing a rise of 81 per ton since the price
has changed in Brattleboro. But the
local dealers say that tomorrow, Aug.
l, will probably bring an advance OF
25 cents hereabouts.
From the last United States cen
sus the following figures concerning
the Brattleboro Street Railway are
gained: Number of miles of track,
five: capital stock, $4,000; passen-
gers carried in 1902, 364, 9S7. The only
accidents reported we're two killed and
one injured at Barre, one injured at
Bellows Falls and one at st. Adams.
-Four tramps, so called, were
brought before Judge Newton Monday
on charges of vagrancy. James Smith
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
four months in the house of correction
at Rutland. Euly Dryer of Athol,
Calvin Rawson of New London and AL
bert Patterson of Springfield pleaded
not guilty and proved that they were
not tramps. They were discharged.
About score of small boys made
a playground of the railroad tracks at
the crossing Wednesday afternoon, and
Ferriter was nearly crazy.
An express came over the tracks, a
special backed up, the Narrow Gauge
brought in a bundle of kindling wood,
and in the whole mixup, with the small
boys lodging about, it is a great Won
der that this item is not twice as long.
-Brattleboro is coming into favor as
, town for theatrical visitors during
;he summer rehearsal season. Last year
Mildred Holland g two companies spent
several weeks here and this year COM
)any of % actors will come to prepare
he pastoral comedy "Our New Min
ster, )" which has been written by Den
nan Thompson and George H. Ryder.
They will give their opening perform
'nce at the Auditorium August %.
Uniforms for members of Co. l.,
7. N. g., have this week been issued
~ Sergt. Horace Miller, and the com
,any will present spick and span APP
Fort Ethan Allen next Thursday. The
rain will leave at 6 o'clock that morn.
ng and the boys will be away eight
lays. Special drills will be held fire.
uently to trim the rough edges and
,et things exactly right.
The roads and highways were in
,ood condition until last week, which |
Dotted up cobble stones and made ev-
ry thing go the wrong way. On the
ill sides in particular, where the
own pour was the heaviest, there was
nuch damage and it will take some time
o put things in shape again. Auto
nobilists have found it difficult to
nake time, and the rest of us who
ide in chaises have expressed the reg
lation sentiments.
H. G. Clark has recently purchased |
bay colt, five years old, which is said |
y experts to be the most promising
seen hereabouts in long
ime. He is sired by Madison Wilkes,
rho has % or more colts below the 2 20
lass, and his mother is mare sired
y Mercury, an imported thoroughbred
INNING horse. Mr.. Clark's colt has
lready shown remarkable speed for his
outh and he is expected to develop in
, quite wonder within couple of
ears.
The discussion of the question of
lacing markers at various points of
istorical interest has been under way
Or a period of years but recently re-
ewed interest has been manifested
nd Gen. T. S. Peck has arranged a
st of places where such markers
,uld be fittingly placed. Gen. Peck
lggests that the markers be placed
here the soldiers of the civil war
ere mustered in. These places in
ude st. Johnsbury, Burlington, ST.
lbans, Randolph, Montpelier, Brat
eboro and Rutland.
The board of bailiffs has found it
apostolic to carry out their recent {
tie to clean Milestone brook for the s
ason that no laborers are available. S
II hands heretofore idle are now work.
g for farmers in harvesting the hay
OPP. But within week it is hoped 7
at something definite may be accom-
ished in beautifying the brook, and i
soon as that is done the Village I'm /
oyement society stand ready, with ,