Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-30

have already begun work on the add.
ton to the Marley Brothers gurugc
and II Is their intention 10 finish mp the
brick work before snow comes ii posi-
BILE, The brick wall ON the west side Of
the building has already been torn
down.
John Manley has bought a ear
load of six Ford mnabouts which he
Is expecting TO receive within few
days. One machine will be delivered nj
Lebanon, y. H., TO c, a, jackson aud
the Others are already in this vicinity.
He has also ordered new siX.cylinder
machine costing $500 10 be delivered
next spring,
"A freight train coming down the
West River road Wednesday morning
behind schedule time collided with n
hand ear which had been left ON the
track by the section gang under the
impression that the train had passed,
The haud.car became wedged under
the cow.catchcr and some time was
spent in extracting it, The hand.car
was smashed up somewhat and slight
damage done to the engine.
The funeral of Mrs, 0rrin o. Ware
was held nj the Ware residence on Oak
street Monday afternoon at q clock,
Rev. IL. r. Miles officiating. \ large
number of floral offerings attcsted the
high esteem in which Mrs. Ware was
held. The bearers were l.. H. Richard
son. f. \. Richardson, G. W. Richard
son. William Richardson and Howard
Merrill of BrattIeboro and Herbert
Newton of IIolyoke, Mass, Burial was
in Prospect Hill cemetery.
The appointment of Eleazer l..
Waterman as superior court Judge nat
urally means the dissolution of the law
firm of Waterman 4 Martin, Mr.. Mar
tin holding the office of United States
Judge. 1t can be stated definitely, how
ever. that the quarters occupied by
Waterman & Martin will still be used
as law offices. Ernest W. Gibson Will
continue to practice law there and it
is not unlikely that he will be asociat.
ed with some other equally efficient
attorney
Prank y. f.. Stowe of Brattleboro
and Mrs. Sarah $. Stockwell We're mar
ried Yesterday afternoon at l.3D at the
brides home in West Brattleboro by
Rev. Luther NJ. Keneston, pastor Of
the West Brattleboro Congregational
church. The ceremony was entirely in
formal, only members of the bride S
family being present, The bride wore
travelling dress. Mr.. and Mrs. Stowe
left Yesterday afternoon for a short
wedding trip. They will be at home
mt 3I5 Western avenue after Jan. /.
Mr.. Stowe is a well known Brattleboro
attorney and has held the office of ref
cree in bankruptcy for several years.
The three candidates for the APP
pointmeut as postmaster at Bellows
Falls to succeed the late Barney Can
non were in Brattleboro Tuesday to
appear before Congressman Haskins,
present their petitions and make
any statements they wished. The can
didates are d. NJ. Thayer, J. II, Blakeley
and l.. S. Hayes. Mr.. Hayes appeared
at the hearing alone; Mr.. Thayer was
accompanied by G. H. Wales and {. K.
Robinson and Mr.. Blakeley by q. A.
Weston, +. A. Bolles, Z. l.. Walker
and DR.. j. S. Hill. 1t is expected that
CONGRESSMAN Haskins will make his
recommendation when Congress con-
venes next week.
BY the will of Benjamin ID. Weed
en-. one of the wealthiest property own
ers of Providence, r. l., requests are
made for favorite. mare, two dogs anu
parrot. Mr.. Weeden had possessions
valued at nearly $l,0OOOOO. lie was
great lover of animals. In the Will
which he executed May Is, 1898, he
provided that a special fund of $4,000
be set apart from the income, of which
payments should be made annually as
follows: For the support of his favorlte
mare Kitty, $50; his dog Laddie, 500;
his parrot, Captain Corcoran, 500; his
wife's pug dog Puck, 800. His per
sonal property is divided between his
daughter and his son, Henry c. Weeden,
whose family lives in Brattleboro
John T. Moynihan of this town and
Miss Elizabeth Enright of Keene, n. H.,
were quietly married in the Roman
Catholic church in Keene Wednesday
morning at 8 clock. Mr.. and Mrs.
.Tohn Donovan of Marlboro, n. H., at
tended them. The bride was gowned
in blue travelling suit. Immediately
after the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Moynl-
han left for short wedding trip which
will include a visit to Washington, ~
C. On their return they will begin
housekeeping at South Main street
where they will be pleased to meet
their friends. Mr.. Moynihan has been
employed with the Valley Grain com
pany for the past 20 years and since
1900 has held the position of manager
Mrs. Moynihan has lived in Brattleboro
about two years, coming here from
Keene.
A hearing on the proposed amend
ment to the village charter relative TO
the water question will be held IN
MONTPELIER next Tuesday morning be.
fore the house committee on municipal
corporations to whom Mr.. Gibson s
bill asking for additional power has
been referred. A number of Brattle-
boro men are planning to attend the
hearing but it is unlikely that there VIII
he as many people there as would have
been the case had the hearing been held
on the date first set. Hardly anyone
believes that the bill will pass IN ITS
present FORM and there is little DOUBT
that the sections which seek to legalize
the past acts of the village and con
tinue the water board in power will be
struck out or at least radically changed
A member of the water board said We'd
.nesday evening that he cared very
little what, the legislature did as long
as the idea Of an independent system
was kept in allegiance.
The Lorne Elwyn company which
is one of the best and most popular
travelling companies that visits Brat
tleboro will open six nj ght engage