The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-17

1
opened Saturday night. Although tn,
night was very cold good sized crow,
was present,
One Of the II, ii. Wheeler houses
on Cherry street has been sold thil
week through Horton s agency to out
of'town parties,
"A conference of teachers an,
parents of high school pupils will b,
held in the high school room mex
Thursday evening,
William b. Vinton and 4. Il
Vaughan are building a garage to hole
their two automobiles in the rear OF
Mr., Ninton S house ON Green street,
DR. Ii. ID. llolton, secretary of the
state board of health, was in Barre
Wednesday to visit various sources OF
the city water supply for the purpose
of determining the likelihood of con
tamination.
Carl Frithof Carlson and Miss Jen
ME Julia Bayard, two young people
from West Chesterfield, were married at
the Baptist parsonage by Rev G. b
Lawson Saturday evening, They left
for short wedding tour after which
they will live in West Chesterfield,
The Windham county trespass case
of William Tudor VS.. George Tudor
which involves the title 10 Il tract of
timber in the town of Stratton was ar
gued by J. X. Batchelder for the plain
tiff aud c. c. Fits for the defendant
before the Vermont supreme court in
Montpelier Tuesday.
L. J. johnson of West Brattleboro
received last week consignmcnts of
trout fry from a private hatchery in
Plymouth, Mass, numbering nearly
100000 in all. The fry were lively lit
tie fellows and much larger than those
received here from the Vermont state
hatchery.
Roy Potwine of Brookline paid the
fiddler in the municipal court last Fri
day afternoon for a good time which he
enjoyed in his native town last week.
If reports speak true Potwine was in
toxicated. At any rate he was arrested
ON that charge by Deputy Sheriff G. /.
Knapp and brought here where he paid
the usual So and costs.
The caretaker of DR.. T. w. Gwy.
err s summer home at Sunset lake dis
covered Sunday that the house had been
broken into. DR.. Gwycr, who lives in
New York, was notified, and Wednes-
day reward of 500 was offered for
the arrest and conviction of the person
who committed the burglary. Little
damage was done inside the house.
The West River railroad made n
record for three wrecks within -
hours when the extra freight went off
the tracks near West Dummcrston Fri
day night. The southbound passenger
went oil the rails the same afternoon
near Jamaica. As usual no one was
hurt owing to the slow speed OF the
trains but several hours passed before
the ears were put back upon the iron.
Tho grounds about the house of
Mrs. Levi X. Fuller on Canal street are
being much improved this spring. New
walks are being laid out and rows of
small trees have been planted along
the walks and along the front side of
the grounds. The grounds in front of
the hospital have also been graded and
filed in. Opposite one another the two
properties have n very attractive ap-
pearance.
A service of 40 hours devotion
began in st. Michael S Roman Catholic
church Wednesday. Rev. Father NJ. }.
Carmody and Rev. Father Thomas
O 'Donoghue are assisted by the follow
ing visiting priests Edward Reynolds
of Bellows Falls. J. p. Shannon Of Mid
dlebury. X. J. Cahill of Pittsford, John
Dwvcr of Ludlow, E. J. Drouhin OF
Woodstock and 2. j. Cahill of Hins-
dale, n. H. The service closed at s
o clock this morning.
The strawberry supper served in
the Baptist chapel Tuesday evening by
the Young People s union left nothing
to be desired for excellence. The room
was prettily trimmed and the tables
each held a shaded candelabra of light
ed candies. The younger married men
Of the union acted as walters and the
tables were in charge of their wives. a
large number attended the supper and
the Strawberries as well as the rest Of
the menu met with a ready sale.
"A Thomas automobile driven by
Ernest Dix up the Canal street hill
from Milestone bridge last Saturday
baked when near the top of the hill
and Mr.. Dix got out of the machine to
ook after the trouble, forgetting to set
he brakes. He had no sooner alighted
when the machine began to run back
wards. 1t mounted the curbing in front
If Rate S barber shop and then
smashed four large window panes before
t brought up against the building and
,toppcd. No other damage was done.
The annual state convention of
he knights of Columbus was held in
Fair Haven Tuesday with large at
enhance, DR.. F. H. O'Connor, J. L.
Martin Austin, jr., J. II.
Burke, f. W. Condor, E. j. Howard
md C. +. Mann representing Leo coun-
Ill of this town. A feature of the con
yention was the working Of the third
legree on a class Of 70 candidates by
District Deputy O'Connor and his team,
he class being the largest ever worked
n this state. At the business session
Tuesday afternoon DR.. O'Connor was
elected state deputy, the highest office
within the gift of the convention.
"A brisk blaze destroyed the dwell
NC house occupied by Charles Spauld- |
no on South Main street Tuesday. The
,laze was discovered by passing team
ter and he telephoned an alarm to
he central fire station. The chemical
and played a stream upon
he blaze. The nearest hydrant was
600 feet distant from the burning
IweIling and one line of hose was con
Iected. This played a stream on the