Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-05
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP,

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LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
District Attorney James l.. Mar
TIN VIII deliver the Memorial day ad
dress In Mortified, Vt.
The people of the Methods
church will give reception to thei
new pastor, Rev. A. ii. Webb, in tn,
church parlors Wednesday evening
-Liston G. Ketchum, formerly o
this town, was recently elected secre
tary Of the Merchants and Manufac
turers board of trade of New Yorl
city.
20. ID. Stowell intends to build {
house on the Canal street lot which
he bought last week of Mrs. L. x
Fuller. The sale was made through
the agency of Edgett & Co.
Arthur C. Spencer, for the pas
four years in the employ of Clarke C
Fits, has given up his position ant
opened law office of his own in EN-.
erson's new block on Elliot street.
The selectmen have made a con.
tract with the Lyons Granite com.
pany to furnish the granite blocks
to be used in paving Main street
The young son of John Curry, who
is employed at the local depot, ran
away Friday afternoon and was not
found until late in the evening neal
the William Tanning farm in the
Ware district.
john B. Manley received three
Rambler touring cars Saturday. One
of the machines Is for George Ami
don of Chesterfield. N. H., and the
other two for owners in the northern
part of this state.
Michael Hennessy. ir., was ar
rested last Friday afternoon for in
toxication by Chief of Police Hail.
He was arraigned before Justice
Newton Saturday and fined SIS and
costs, which he paid.
A consignment of 10000 brook
trout fry from the government hatchery
at Nashua. n H.. was sent to Brat
tleboro Tuesday, reaching here on
the afternoon train. The fish will be
distributed in the various streams In
the vicinity of this town.
A. " Mays agency has sold
for A. w. ]. wilkins his farm in Put
ney, known as the Puffer place. TO
A. F. Nathan of New York city, who
will occupy it as a summer residence,
taking the stock and tools. Mr.. Will
kins is planning to remove to Brattle-
boro.
John F. Mccarthy, the Newfane
bank robber started Monday in
company with Constables Hart OF
Springfield and Taylor OF Windsor
on another tour of the south to act
as states witness in number OF
cases where members of the gang to
-
dents. He will go first to Norfolk. va.
An alarm from box 81 on Canal
street was rung in at o'clock tues
day morning on account of a fre IN
the chimney of the house occupied BY
Louis Counter. Before any of the de-
partment, except the hook and ladder
wagon, had arrived the blaze had
burned itself out and recall was
sounded An alarm was rung in for
fire in the same chimney a fe"
months ago.
The selectmen at their regular
meeting Saturday decided to pave
Main street from Elliot street to the
corner of Flat street The street De
tween the electric car rails will be
paved from Elliot street to theMaih
street bridge, the street railway COM
pany standing the expense. Inc Sc
lectmen also decided to stop the
dumping of coal ashes IN tne nigh-
ways on account of the injuries IKE
ly TO result to horses and automobile
tires.
A special meeting of the Wantas-
tiuuet golf club was held Molluay
evening in the Brooks house. James
= Hooker was chosen president IN
place of Walter Fl. Childs. resigned,
and Ernest ]. Waterman was elected
vice president to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Mrs. .
A Boyden. Walter E. Hubbard was
elected a member of the Doaru ol
governors. After the meeting the
Governors held special session ana
! voted in three new members.
The experiment station at Burning
ton has Just issued six bulletins-Nos
mo TO 115 inclusive. These discuss
No. ITO. feeding stuffs; Ill, plant dls
eases. seed inspection; tomato, let
tuce and rhubarb culture; grating
bordeaux mixture making; and DAIRY
Feeding: 112, commercial fertilizers
liza preparation and use or sprays
| ia, alfalfa growing in vermont 10
disease resistance in potatoes. any
or all of these bulletins VIII be sen.
without charge to any address upon
request.
But for the timely presence OF
George w. Pierce on the valley ran
grounds Sunday afternoon SERIOUS
damage might have resulted lroln :
fire which started in Richarusoi,
meadow to the west OF tne sioui. e.
When Mr.. Pierce discovered the 1re
Il was rapidly nearing the fence. He
secured the assistance OF iuillos,
of hovs and young men, VINO Were
MA Wing baseball on the fair grouilas
and succeeded in extinguishing IN.
aames Meantime a still alarm nau
haen sent to the engine house but tne
services of the chemical were no.
neaded The fire is supposed TO nave
heen started by boys and had II Ilo'
been discovered would probably nave
Sestroved a large portion OF the renee
az we'll as some of the bufoliiss'
Tho annual parish meeting OF u
,s;ohaars Episcopal church was heiu
Mnndav evening and the following
n@ners were elected: Vestrymen' n
Haskins. E. W. Gibson. f. W. SI,la Mus
w p Haskell c. r. F'rink, Carl III S;,
r. s Nichols. VIM. Cain, +. w; UP
con X. Haskins was appoin.ed w
ior warden by the rector .' anu var
Gibson was then elected junior wal
S w F. Haskell was elected
treasurer. and c. R. Frink seca nnd =
L. H. Parker c. w. har pe,egates ia
L. 4. I dionasan convention to be held az
Woodstock next June were eieIIeu
s WGous'K K. Haskins. w. E. Haskell e
III II w Childs; alternates. n.
Gibson. carl Cain and ;. u. Hoiplu ,.nd
The report of the treasurer shom rct
Inc l during the year the chure y
, ina had been entirely refurnisneo,
,.i. aIoctric lights at cost OF aoou.