Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-03

ny engaged to deliver the Memorial dt
address in Brattleboro.
he Edwin J. Hadley's moving pi,
t. lures will be the attraction at Il
auditorium this evening.
lie Glass of the Baptist Sunda
r, school will serve n griddle-cake sur
. per Thursday evening at o'clock
in the church parlors.
l. The bailiffs yesterday signed tn
Is commission of Ernest s. Hall as chic
n of police under the new law. Chic
Hall now has all the powers of
If deputy sheriff, being authorized I
e serve papers In any part Of the state
o Charles b. Dillingham's list OF at
: fractions takes in practically ever
phase Of dramatic entertainment. o.
r Maxine Elliot, Lulu CHASER, Franz
n Daniels and Louis Mann, who will b,
4 seen in the auditorium Feb. 16.
The testimony in the case of Mrs
. Mary Blakeslee Pigott against DR.. II
/ ID. Holton, trustee, was completed
{ Monday afternoon before A. e. Cud.
worth, special master. The opposing
, counsels will make their arguments
, next Monday and the master will Their
report his findings to the county
court.
Through the efforts of the Wo-
mans club and friends the Free
kindergarten has moved from the
Water Cure building to the new EN-
erson building opposite Grange block.
The new quarters are larger and
have all modern Improvements, and
they will be much enjoyed and APP
preciated.
Nicola Mongiel has brought suit
through A. f. Schwenk for $4,000
damages against John Taft on ac-
count of an accident which the
plaintiff sustained to one hand last
January while at work in the de-
| PENDANTS mill Mongiel claims that
his employer had agreed not to start
the machinery on any morning until
II o'clock but that he sustained the
accident to his hand as early as
| $40, being at work around a circular
saw at the time and not expecting
that the machinery would be started
until the usual hour. The suit is re-
turnable at the April term Of county
court.
Leroy F. Adams, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at the
Brattleboro Memorial hospital Mon
day evening, is in very comfortable
condition and his rapid recovery is
expected Mr. Adams was taken sud-
denly Ill Sunday night and his symp-
toms were such that an operation
was deemed advisable. DIR. B, II.
Wells of New York was sent for by
telephone Monday and he arrived In |
Brattleboro on the 5 80 train, Upon
examination he stated that an imme
date operation was necessary. and |
the condition in which the appendix |
was found showed that it would not /
have done to delay the matter.
Thieves entered o. j. Pratt's
dry goods store sometime during
night and escaped with 81
which they found in the cash drawer
They entered through a door in the
rear Of the basement, knocking off
some boards which covered the
door panels and turning the lock
from the inside. There were no tracks
in the snow to indicate that the
thieves returned by that route and 1t
Is thought that they went out by
way of door on the second floor, :
which leads into the corridor from
Red Mems hall. The matter was re- Z
ported to Chief of Police Hall We'd
lesday afternoon and he is investi-
eating the case. 1t is thought that
he break was made by the same
person or persons who recently en-
md ALSO broke windows in the rear
If Ambrose Knapp's and George E.
freene's stores.
A damage suit for $4,000 has been
by Michael Black, the junk
lealer, against the local livery firm
# Howard & Yearly on account of
INJURIES which Mr., Black sustained
darch 2S of last year by being
brown from a team owned by the
efendant. The team was hired by
'hief T.. S. Hail TO convey Mr. Black
o Newfane. the latter being under
rrest on the charge of having re-
eived stolen property. In his dec
lration the plaintiff asserts that the
ole TO the sleigh was attached in an
lsecure manner and the accident
'as due to this neglect on the part
{ the liverymen of whom the team
,as hired. He further states that
e was thrown to the ground and
nat his back was broken bruised,
ant and torn, his arms, legs, sides
nd neck were bruised, wrenched, cut
nd torn and his head was damned,
ruised and cut in additional to in
,rnal injuries from which he will
ever recover" The case is return
bic at the April term of court.
After being out five hours a jury
the superior court at Worcester
lass, Tuesday returned verdict
not guilty in the rape case against
laude r. Taylor who was arrested
Bellows Falls about four weeks
20 and who is supposed to be the
an who committed a robbery in
uilford a short time previous. The
ry found Taylor guilty of fornica
on and larceny. Judge Holmes
ntenced him to one year in the
,use of correction on the larceny
large and to three months on the
arge of fornication. Taylor was
arged with rape on Mrs. Alsina O.
ard So at Petersham Jan. 3, and
e larceny of SO in money. a cape
ID quilt. the property of Mrs Ward.
ne court instructed the jury that
lylor could not be found guilty of
rceny i'm a building, and could only
convicted of simple larceny, on
) own story and that of the gov
nment witnesses. He instructed
e Jury that If they believed Taylor's
Try he must be found not guilty on
e charge of rape. but guilty of for
,ation After the verdict was re-
rned District Attorney George S.
fit said that probably no steps
,uld be taken against Mrs. Ward
fornication.
The IA travelling statesmen who
present Durham Brothers in New
gland and New York are in Brat
boro attending the annual school
ich began yesterday and will con-
ue until this afternoon, closing
tn a dance and sociable in the
ooks house this evening. The
esmen are given instruction by
aries w. Durham, George L. Dun
m and o. d. Stowell in the various