Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-02-19

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at the Wheel club next Tuesday even
ing at s o'clock.
Several OF the village hydrantl
succumbed to the cold weather u
first of the week and were found FROG
en- Tuesday. They were thawed gu
by one OF the steamers
The Harvard quartet gave con
cert In Mortified, Mass. last evening
the 18th engagement II has secured II
this section as result Of It's frs
appearance in Brattleboro.
Rev. Merrill c. Ward, forme
Brattleboro boy, recently began ser
vice as pastor of the Southbridge
Mass, Universalist church, having for
merly been pastor of the Universalfs
church nj Quincy, Mass. At recen
meeting OF his Quincy parishioneri
resolutions appreciative Of Mr.. Wards
work were passed.
There was a large attendance al
the meeting of the Murray club In th'
/ Universalist chapel Tuesday evening
A shadow pantomime entertainment
was first given and the remainder Of
the time was spent in ID silhouette
guessing contest Miss Addie Warn
er sang two solos and Miss Zetta
Weld gave a number Of readings.
Herbert w. Eddy, who has beer
connected with the Brooks House as
clerk and manager for the past IL
years. has rendered his resignation to
take effect May /. Mr.. Eddy has not
vet decided what he will do but ex-
poets to engage in other business. Be-
fore coming to Brattleboro he was
clerk in the Rutland post office for IL
years.
Fred S. knights new shoe store
which will be opened about March
is nearly ready for the stock which Mr.
Knight has already purchased. The
walls and ceiling have been re-finished
and a new hard wood floor laid. Mr..
knight will carry a different line of
goods from any other shoe store In
town, most Of 1t having been manufac-
tured especially for his trade.
In accordance with an order OF the
postmaster general, rural letter car
riers are granted permission to observe
Feb. 90. Washington's Birthday, as a
holiday. and no delivery OF mail to pa
irons will be made by them on that
day. The local post office will be open
on Monday next from to IL a. m.
and to p. m, and the letter car
riers will make the first morning de-
livery and collection.
One deer has been killed by dogs
in the southern part of the town or
Guilford and several others have been
chased and more or less seriously IN
ured. A Guilford farmer recently saw
full grown buck trying to trample
dog near the highway. The present
conditions make 1t easy for dogs TO
catch deer as the crust is of sufficient
thickness to hold canine but viii
not bear the weight of a deer.
The case OF Giovanni Milese a
gainst the Readsboro chair manufac-
turing company. which was TO nave
been heard al the session OF the Unit
ed States court in Rutland this Week
was settled for $4,000 few hours
previous to the time II was set for
trial. Young Milese sued the COM
pany for the loss of his right hand
while working in the defendants MILL
C. C. Fits was the counsel for the
plaintiff.
The heirs of the Willard c. Win
kins estate OF Baltimore. who have
been expecting a division of the prop
erty, may not get the amounts they
expected as II is understood that a
large amount of property owned by
the estate was destroyed in the Bal
timore fire last week. Attorney John
f.. Gale. who has been acting In the in
terest of the heirs hereabouts. has
heard nothing from the Baltimore at
torneys since the great confiagration.
Tuesday was one of the bitterest
DAYS Of the winter on the hills. Rural
Carrier Fred p. Wall started as usual
Tuesday noon but was caught in a
snow drift near the Hale post office
and was obliged TO spend the night al
a farm house nearby. He finished ms
delivery wednesday morning ana
reached the West Brattleboro station
sometime wednesday afternoon. The
Jacksonville stage got no nearer Brat
tleboro than Green River Tuesday. IL
remained there all night and made the
rest of the trip Wednesday morning.
The Wilmington stage made its regu-
lar trip but its driver reported enor-
NOUS drifts.
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