The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-07-18
BRATTLEBORO.

udy dlteTnoOn ana evening IN the
new E. r. Lynch hospital in West
Brattleboro, and many people in
spected the new institution. The
patients were taken from the old
building on Grove street in the east
village earlier in the week. The
new hospital is the remodeled Mel
rose hotel. Besides numerous
changes in the main building, addi-
tons have been built on the rear
and the west side The main hotel
Office has been changed into a pri
vate consulting Office and the hall
has been turned into a reception
room. There are eight nurses on
The regular staff. DR.. E. r. Lynch
is superintendent and on the con-,
sulting staff are such specialists as
DR.. Maurice Richardson and DR..
Frank Harris of Boston and Prof.
Burrell of Harvard University.
Mrs. Annie nj. Hopkins of Brat
tleboro won in her suit against the
Boston and Maine railroad company
IN the United States court in Wind
Sor Thursday. The jury awarded
her damages in the sum of $3.50.
Mrs. Hopkins brought suit to re-
cover for an illness of acute rheuma-
tism and asthma which she alleged
was caused by being forced to ride
on the platform of car between
Gardner and Athol in the winter of
1904. She alleged that the day
coaches were full and that the doors
of the Pullmans were locked. Mrs.
Hopkins was represented by G. G.
Fits of Brattleboro and the rail-
road company by E. W. Gibson of
Brattleboro and George A. Weston
of Bellows Falls
William D. Lenihan will move
his barber shop soon from the Judge
building to the room in Ullery
building, formerly occupied as a
store by E J. Fenton & Co. Mr..
Lenihan will put in six hydraulic
chairs and the shop will be equipped
with boot backing stand and a
public telephone booth.
Dr. Charles S. Clark went Fri
day to Troy, N. Y, for treatment
in a sanitarium. He has been
troubled for so ne time with rheu-
matism.
Edward S Clark of West Brattle-
boro went to Detroit Friday to be-
gin work as inspector in the con-
struction of the Detroit river tun-
mel.
The Connecticut River power
company of New Hampshire, Or
gained for the same purpose as the
Connecticut River power company
of Vermont, namely, that of build
ing a dam across the Connection
river between Hinsdale, N. H., and
Vernon, Vt, five miles south of
Brattleboro, has recorded at Keene,
n. H, a first mortgage for $2,O0O,- |
600 1t is probably the largest
mortgage ever recorded in Cheshire
county, and is in favor of the Old
Colony trust company of Boston to
secure per cent. bonds which the
trust company will issue on the pow
er company's plant. The plant has
not yet been built, but the prepara-
tory work is now in progress. The
plant will be in Hinsdale, hence the
necessity of recording the mortgage
in New Hampshire.
W. S. Ingraham, manager of the
Swift beef company's Office in Brat
tleboro, was in runaway accident
Saturday night, but was not hurt.
His horse became frightened and
dashed up on the sidewalk on the
west side of Main street hill, pass
ing between the Ray building and
a telephone pole. The horse then
crossed to the other side of the
street, and the carriage came in con-
tact with another pole. The horse
was stopped at that point. The
carriage was badly damaged.
Roswell L Frost, county fish and
game warden, visited William Fan
ning's farm Saturday to investigate
4 complaint for damage done to
growing crops by deer. He award
ed MI. Tanning $25. Herds of
deer are numerous throughout the
country, and they are very tame.
The funeral of James B. Frost
was held Saturday afternoon. Rev.
L. M. Keneston, pastor of the Con-
gregational church in West Brat
tleboro, officiated, and Edwin H.
Miller of Dummerston sang. The
burial was in Locust Ridge Gene
terry.