The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-09

next Wednesday evening.
The Ladies Enterprise society
will meet with Mrs. George Fuller,
Estey street, Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock.
The carpentry work on the add
ton to the courthouse at Newfane has
been completed and the building IS
now ready for the plasterers. The ad'
dition is 10 by 40 feet.
The Keene golf and tennis teams
will play matches with Brattleboro
Saturday, Aug. "a on the Wantasti.
quet club grounds, The matches will
be open to the public.
The agreement between George r.
Crowell, ON the one hand, and w. II.
Vinton, ]. II. Hooker and Il. W. Glib
son, on the other, relating to the vii
lage water system, has not yet been
signed.
w. C. Beede of Marlboro lost
tobacco bag containing over $40 in
money. in front of J. Il. Bushnell's
store Wednesday, Charles Cassidy,
who works for Dewitt Grocery com
pany, found it and returned it to the
owner.
Mrs. Il. II. Putnam and Mrs. Her.
bert Bangs entertained 40 members OF
the Woman s Relief corps Tuesday af'
ternoon. Tea was served on Mrs
Bangs s lawn. The guest of honor was
Mrs. Elizabeth Retting of Mount
Clemens, Mich.
james G. Bagg successfully passed
the state bar examinations held June
% in New York and has been admit
ted as an attorney and counselor-at-
law to practice in the courts of New
York. lie is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
A. Bagg of this town.
"A new self.feeding cancelling ma,
chine has been installed in the local
postofice this week. The machine
will cancel over 400 letter or postcards
minute. 1t is similar in principle
to the cancelling machine which has
been in use in the postoiiice but re-
uuires no one to feed it,
A pine line has been laid this
week from the water main on Nam
street TO the boilers of the Twin State
Gas and Electric company in the pow
or station on Arch street. While
blasting for the trench pieces of rock
were thrown which broke several
windows in the company's building
The directors of the Young Men 5
Christian association have received
several applications from candidates
70 succeed Charles T. w. Cunningham,
general secretary, who will become as
sistant secretary of the association at
/ Pawtucket, r. l., September l. They
will meet TO take action in few days
Work was begun this morning at
macadamizing Canal street. ABOUT
$1,000 of the state money will be spent
and the street will be macadamized as
far as the money will pay for 1t. inc
work will be rushed in an effort 10
complete it before the Valley tair'
Owing to the other work which he Is
overseeing Road Commissioner Pres'
colt Eames refused to undertake the
charge of the work and it is in charge
Of County Commissioner D. I. Perry
whose son, Harold Perry, will have di'
rect supervision.
AS he was taking out what he sup
posed to be a discharged carbonlc gas
tank in the basement of the candy
store in the American building, Phil
in Thomas met with n painful aeci
dent Saturday afternoon. He hat
disconnected the tank from the pip(
which leads to the soda fountain
when suddenly the gas rushed out
forcing off the connection between
the pipe and the tank. The connection
hit Thomas a hard blow on the lef'
side of the face, knocking him down
A deep cash was cut but his injuries
wer not serious.
There came very near beng
head.on collision between two freigh
trains on the Central Vermont railroad
Monday morning near the Spite brdg
, between Amherst and South Amherst
, The brakeman of the south-boun,
, train was fortunately on the lookout
, and saw the smoke of the engine com
ing in the opposite direction SOM
time before the train itself appeared
, in sight. He promptly applied tn
brakes, and the train stopped betor
. the other appeared. This in turn wa
signaled and brought to standstll
$50 feet from the engine of the south
bound train. 1t is said that both had
f on paper, the right Of way.
. H. X. Waite, the local station
agent, has promised the board o
| trade that in the future the tran
e which is scheduled to leave the loca
/ station every Saturday night at 1913
5 will leave on time. The train is
S special which was put on at the re
f quest of the board Of trade so that tn
{ men working at the dam might hav
| an opportunity to come to this tow
Saturday afternoon to do their trad
e ing. Last Saturday night owing
:. some inadvertence the train did no
y leave until nearly midnight. Much dis
G satisfaction was caused among thos
4 who waited to take the train. III
t travel on the train has made a notabl
s increase. On the first trip but eigh
5 passengers were carried and on tn
e second there were 30.
c After keeping out of the clutche
a of the law for almost two years, Dar
$ iel Manning was arrested Wednesda
+ morning charged with drunkenness
He was placed in the cooler by II
). liceman Evans. Later in the day Pc
l. err Donery of Barre was arrested
J. Centerville by Constable M. R. Mico
e and also lodged in the cooler for bein
, drunk. Yesterday morning there We
t no officer to try either culprit and tt
4 time was rapidly approaching the 2
,e hour limit when State S Attorney b
/ con hove into town and arranged