Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-05-27
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

An examination of the bankrupt
, Richard IL. Tlmson, was held Wednes'
day afternoon before Referee r. ID. h
stowe.
, The graded schools will close Jun,
II for the summer vacation. The higl
school Will remain IN session unit
. June "a
The bailins have secured Pellet
Brothers to look over the hook and
ladder house on Elliot street with q
view 10 raising II to its original level.
The breaking Of belt at the S. A.
Smith factory Tuesday afternoon
threw about half the employees out OF
work for the remainder OF the day
and a short time Wednesday,.
Duncan g. Ross alleged champion
wrestler of the state who was thrown
by Thomas Lynch in the auditorium
last year is in training in Barre for
a match with Robert Even.
The following pensions have been
granted this week through Col Hunts
agency; Harriet \. Chase, Whiting
ham, original, $l2; Emily Corse jack
sonville $40; Thomas Martin Brattle-
boro, SIP.
"A delegation from Beauseant Com
mandery Knights Tempar, will go to
Wilmington today to attend the funeral
of Harry Corkns who died there Tues
day morning from injuries received
from the blow of an axe.
Wallis of Dartmouth, who was put
out in the semi-finals of the intercol-
legiate tennis tournament at Long
wood this week, played in Brattleboro
last summer while guest at the farm
of DR., Niles in Halifax,
I,nuY,pia ea af IJo,t1r IJ,ptIpg
ton Smith. son of Mr. and Mrs c. D.
Smith of this town. and Miss Florence
White daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James II, White of Meriden. CT. will
take place Wednesday evening, June
Is, at the home of Miss Whites par
ents, % Griswold street. The ceremony
will be followed by a reception.
Representatives of the Heath
Telephone company have been in /
town this week making inquiries /
about securing privileges to run their |
lines into Brattleboro. This company /
has been giving excellent satisfaction .
in the western portions of Franklin +
and Windham counties and hopes to
be able to extend its service to Brat
tleboro.
A large number of the friends OF
John Strand, who left yesterday for
Sweden, gave him a rousing send-off
afternoon. A procession
headed by a selected band of musi-
clans visited Mr.. Strands house and
called upon him for farewell speech,
out he was so overcome with surprise
md emotion that he failed to respond.
The house and lot on Canal street
owned by the late Robert Gordon Har-
lie was sold Wednesday afternoon at ,
auction by A. F. Schwenk, admins
rator of the estates of Robert Gordon |
md Amy s. Hardie. The property {
vas bought by Patrick Fleming for (
4025. The purchase was made for /
Mr.. Fleming's partner, Farley f. {
Crown, who intends to occupy the {
Iouse soon. There We're a number of 4
'ther local bidders Y
The first regular meeting of the S
Automobile club was held ]
n the Brattleboro Savings bank last
vening when a constitution and by G
avs were adopted and the following !,
Ulcers elected: President: Charles :
Ulcers elected: President, Charles +
V. Dunham second vice president, \
'errs r. Vaughan; secretary and +
reasurer Edwin d. Whitney; direc- .
ors, William B. Vinton, Charles A. i
mith and John B. Manley. The q
resident VIII appoint CollliIllllteS Oil 7
uns, good roads and membership. !,
The log drive of the Connecticut p
liver lumber company is now at the Il
) mile falls above Wells River and V
i'll probably reach Brattleboro within 81
week or two. George Van Dyke, d
resident of the company, is taking 81
ersonal supervision of the drive this
eason and expects to save about NJ
3d. 900 by so doing. The number Of IA,
yer drivers is only about half as large NJ
usual, Mr.. Van Dyke trusting to the a.
rye amount of water to bring the logs n,
own with little trouble The passing a.
the Brattleboro toll bridge with its 4,
,ntral pier removes one of the most te
'eaded places on the lower end of the a,
yer, and will save considerable ex- 4,
ense in the way of booming. "
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Ryder, Mr. and r
RS. f. c. Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. al
ice, Miss Edith Greene and Dr. c. r. to
drich returned Monday after a nine hi
Tvs fishing trip at the Averill lakes in vi
ssex county. During their stay they of
ok about 125 pounds of trout lake su
out and land locked salmon, the last al
Lmed variety being the most plentiful df
id furnishing the best sport. In two es
,urs the ladies' of the party took p da
lmon from Little Averill, the largest,
ught by Mrs. Ryder, weighing four ~;
unds A number of others were j.,
ken from the same lake weighing
0m 21a to 3la pounds. Miss Greene r.,
ught lake trout that tipped the "a
ales at five pounds, the heaviest fish ~ ~
the trip. The largest square-t tailed ~
brook trout was landed via the rod n, ~
Mr.. Adams. 1t weighed a trifie over ",
o pounds. wl
-Chauncey |. Knapp and e. w fa'
BISON were driving on the Bernard te
On road near the slate quarry yes ST
rday afternoon when a large auto fiv
obile on its way to Montreal sud W.
My appeared at the top of the hill pc
lie horse which Mr.. Knapp was du
wing at once showed signs of is
ght and he jumped from the car an
lge in an effort to get hold of the an
! The animal turned quickly. how an
er, overturned the carriage, throw an
? Mr.. Gibson upon his head in the
ld. and then ran toward Brattle- ca
ro being caught near the Gale %,
I'm. Mr. Gibson sustained several -,
-atches and bruises but aside from oi
severe shaking was uninjured. The ~,
,upants of the automobile were not ~
blame for the accident for the ma o.
inc was stopped as soon as 1t came ON
sight las
The fish commissioners for the POI
to of New Hampshire. Nathanie3 No
.ntyorth. Charles r. Clark and Mer- pal
Shurtleff. have given notice that file
Oxford lake in the town of Chester ito
Il is closed to all fishing for the am
nth of June. agreeable to chapter - As
the session laws of 1901 This VIII
ans that there will be no chance to SUI
. bass from the spawning beds as liv'
; done to such a great extent last yer
- when through some slip the lake by
- INSTEAD No