Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-07
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
The Ladies' Aid society ~ m
episcopal church win hold a samni
sale during the last week OF July
The Young Peoples miss,o, c,ro,
OF the Methodist church served - ~
cream and cake on the lawn of : ,
Daniels on Canal street Tuesday even
ing The sale was well patronized,
The next meeting of the Vernon
l,ress association will be held n
,rattieboro July 81. Clifton Sherman
vi .he hartford. Conn, Courant vii
be the speaker of the occasion.
The First Regiment band vii
give Its next concert on the Common
wednesday evening. The women o
the Methodist church will serve ice
cream and cake during the program
H. G. and +. T.. Barber win NOV,
their law offices into the quarters II
crosby block recently vacated by DIR
George Y. Roberts. The pension boart
VIII meet hereafter in the room Jus
across the hall
"A. G.. Perry of the Union Realt,
company of Holyoke, Mass, has soll
TO Mr.. Raymond of Holyoke the farm
owned and occupied recently by ID. Il
Perry in West Brattleboro Mr.. Ray
mondgwill take possession In the fall
"A. V. Kerr appeared before JUS
tice f. ID. Il. Stowe Monday afternoon
complained of himself for keeping an
unlicensed dog and was fined SIS and
costs. receiving S. of the fine as the
complainant. He was represented by
John r. Gale of Guilford.
| Lawrence Brown was arrested foI
intoxication Tuesday afternoon by Pc.
| liceman w. B. Warren and lodged In
the recleaned lookup for the remainder
of his Glorious Fourth. He was ar
raigned before Justice w. S. Newton
Wednesday morning and fined IS and
costs.
j Gray Estey has bought the
Stevens Duryea touring car which Z.
d. Whitney had ordered for himself.
Mr.. Whitney has placed an order for
second machine which will be ready
for delivery about August l. Mr. Es-
teys car is expected next week.
IS. W. Edgett & company have sold
for Charles NJ. Wheeler his house and
lot on Canal street to NJ. o. Hodgkins
who takes possession August l. Edg-
ett's agency has also sold the George
w. It lSHtT DIoDtIiS pH NtStrTll dNtH-
ue to N. H. White who plans to build
several houses on the lot
Daniel Martin, a frequent offender
in the village police court, was ar
rested Sunday afternoon near the cor
ner of Birge and Elliot streets by Of
ficer James II. Evans for disturbance
of the peace. He was in partially
intoxicated condition at the time. Mar
tin was arraigned before Justice w. S.
Newton Monday morning and fined $40
and costs.
DIR. George X. Roberts has bought
the Burnham house and lot on North
Main street of Mrs. Albert H. Moore of
New Rochelle, N. Y, the sale taking
place Friday The transaction also
includes the large garden in the rear
of the Burnham house. which DR..
Roberts is occupying at present, and
the house on Grove street. The sale
was made through the S. w. Edgett
agency.
--Arvine H. Pike had miraculous
escape from serious injury at his home
on South Main street Saturday after
noon He was roofing his piazza when
the cross beam of the staging broke
and he was precipitated to the ground.
a distance OF over 10 feet, striking on
the side of his head. Luckily none OF
the heavy timbers on the staging
struck him and his contact with the
ground did nothing more than jar him
The black bass open season al
Spofford lake has not been productive
of much sport as yet and 1t is doubt
full If very many large catches Will be
reported this year. There seems 10
be an abundance of pike in the lake
this season and many fishermen are
devoting their time to trolling for them
in deep water. George Amidon. ). A.
Smith and Bert Borden each caught
several pike Tuesday, weighing from
three to eight pounds.
There was no formal celebration
At the Wantastiquet golf club TUESDAY
but refreshments We're served uurliis
The day and tennis match played De-
tween the local team and team from
n H.. the visitors VIM
ming three matches out of five with one
unfinished Rice and Pettee were de-
feated in singles, Green and DunhaIn |
n doubles. F. H. Harris won in sim
yles. Thompson and Tanning won IN
doubles and Cranes match was UNI
finished. In addition to the tennis o
arge number played golf both morn
ng and afternoon
The night before the Fourth III
was less noisy than usual
although people living on Nam street
,ound II difficult to imagine themselves
alone in the forest" from p. m. mon,
Law to a. m. Tuesday Inc usuai
of small boys were OUT ~
orce and many pranks were playeu,
mi no vandalism was reported 10 lne
,oIice although several youngsters
we're discovered rolling OH tne can
ION halls on the Common. Main stlee'
vas deserted most of the day Iuesuas,
everybody taking advantage VI az
inc weather and getting as iar
possible from business cares; ine
vas a large attendance at the Dano
o,,cert On fhe Common in the evening
mt explosions of various Kihus iii'e
cred sadly with the music.
DR. A. III. Lewis is in jail again
rbe notice station got a call this Ioie
oon from S. D. Sibley's house on per
in street, and Chief Brown respoHut
lie found that the doctor had coillioi 80
bly settled himself in a pe9rooh' a.
10 Sihlev house and refused TO va
ata He walked in this forenoon.
Srs Sibley ordered him out but ne
-o,,ldn't 90. She got two men 70 VI
ar him out, and he wouldn't go. ChIe.
, J.. found him sitting in a chalr
nd apparently as unwilling as ever
4 ,iu aet dp ppt. He refused to leave quietly,
- en- the chief used force. For a
III. there was a lively scrapping al
l L c;hIey house. Chief Brown land-
= on his feet at the bottom OF ths
taircase. and DR.. Lewis LANDED Oh
onyenient part of his anatomy, aioc-
be worse for the encounter. An e
.;o cor was used as a patrol wason
nc car ofter another struggle DR.. Lewis
no a iauded in jail. to await trial on
.as ,a,,a of intoxication. He eN-