The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-24

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the afternoon al 0 clock.
Michael Lilhs severed the end OF
one of his thumbs while running Il saw
in the pipe organ department Of the
Estcy organ factory Saturday.
Judge james l., Martin Of this
town has appointed Warren Il. Austin
of 81, Adams United States commits
sionor for the district Of st, Adams,
F. NJ. Pike Of the state experiment
station nj Burlington has been at the
Retreat farm during the week past
making official tests of the llolstein-
Fricsian cows At the farm,
Sanford A. Daniels will move his
Office in the Crosby block TO the Offices
/ formerly occupied by the Twin State
Gas aud Electric company, as soon rs
the renovation of the offices is fin
| ished,
Another house on Cherry street
which belonged TO the Judge Iloyt II,
Wheeler estate has been sold TO out of
town parties by William c. Horton 5
agency. The house was bought for an
investment.
The regular meeting Of Brattlchoro
lodge, \. T.. o. r., was held Wednes'
day evening aud class of candidates
elected which will be initiated at the
next meeting which will be held next
Wednesday evening,
Edwin c. Davis has purchased the
house at 10 Clark street of Patrick
Fleming and Mrs. +. NJ. Thayer, Mrs.
Davis 5 mother, has purchased of Mr.
Fleming the house at II Clark street,
having sold her residence in Towns
hcnd to Russell Blood,
A meeting of the executive com,
mittce of the Valley Fair association
will be held at the Brooks House to.
morrow evening TO get the premium
list into shape to be printed, and the
manuscript copy will be placed in the
hands of the printer by next week.
When Secretary Cunningham
wrote letter to Governor Proctor ask
ing for statement of his expenses for
his trip here last Sunday, he received
in reply a letter stating that the ex-
penses were nothing to the association
and that it had been a pleasure for tho
governor to make the trip and address.
Several changes have been made in
the Brooks House dining room during
the week which have met with the
of the guests of the house.
New tables seating four persons have
been put in place of the old and larger
ones and as many ms possible Of these
have been placed along by the win
dows.
The alumni Of the Brattleboro
high school are invited to meet in the
high school room Wednesday evening
at clock to discuss the advisability
Of recognizing the high school alumni /
association. This is a matter in which /.
every alumnus of the school ought to
be interested and it is hoped that the /
attendance will be large and repre-
A lively brush fire in North Hins-
dale yesterday afternoon threatened /
in several places but owing to /
the fast work of large number of /
men from Hinsdale in putting it out /
no damage was done other than to the /
ground that was burned over, and to a .
large amount of hirsute adornment
upon the face of Louis Counter, the .
man who started the fire. The cottage
Of Gilbert Dix had a narrow escape .
but the fire was checked when within .
20 feet Of the building.
Robert Saunders, years old son
If Mr. and Mrs, Edgar Saunders, was
badly bitten late Wednesday afternoon
by two half grown dogs. The child
was playing hide and seek near his
home on Oak Grove avenue and as he
ran around the house the dogs jumped .
lpon him and knocked him down, bit
ng him in many places on both legs
and arms and in the face The dogs .
we're finally driven off by Mrs. George .
Martin. The child is still in bed as a
'csult of his encounter but the physi-
'ians who attended him say that he
will entirely recover. Mr.. Saunders
kinks he knows the owner Of the ami
mails.
Cornelius c. Billings of Brattle .
ooro, whom President Roosevelt has
appointed assistant commissioner of
patents, is we'll qualified through long
with the patent Office Mr.
Billings was graduated from the Unit
d States naval academy at Annapo-
is in 1856. and spent two years at
ea In 1855 he returned to Brattle
poro, and in 1889 he was appointed to
he patent office. He attended a night
aw school and was graduated from
he Columbia law school On the out.
freak of the Spanish war he offered
lis services Returning to the patent
flee he had several promotions, and
Examiner in chief Mr.. Billings's fla
her was Cornelius c. Billings, captain
f a New York company of infantry.
lie was killed in the battle of the vii .
erness. The son was born in New
Iaven Dec. ., 1864. Mrs. Billings
anne to Brattleboro soon aftcrward,
Ir. Billings grandfather was
'hief Justice Royal Tyler, author of
contrast, the first American play ever
tagged, and another ancestor was in
he Boston tea party. His mother was
sister of the late Lieut., Commander
ieorge W. Tyler of Brattleboro. On =
yov. II, 1906, Mr.. Billings married
IRIS. Dressed widow of a naval officer t
n Washington. !
Elias Prouty of Halifax appeared {
$ plaintiff in two cases last Friday ]
rhich were tried before Judge Frank c
yorden, at Halifax, Charles S. Chase |
nd William r. Daley acting as coun- I
Ell for the plaintiff in each case. The
primer of the two cases was to recover c
he balance of 500 on a promissory note L
-hich Greene Worden of Halifax had c
iven to the plaintiff for three head of d
attic. The defendant had refused to c
ay the balance on the ground that the c
lnintiff did mt own one of the cattle q