The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-26

Brook House in Guilford and will take
possession May |,
The officers and marching stan Of
Protective grange will 50 TO Westmin.
ster this evening at the invitation OF
State Master G. W. Pierce TO confer
the degrees upon a large class at an
initiation in Boyden grange.
The first and second degrees will be
conferred by Protective grange upon
large class of candidates the even
ing Of May s. The meeting will open
| at I o'clock instead of 1870 and the
initiation will be held at $ o clock.
Walter Brooks of Hinsdale, n. H.,
went Wednesday to Nashua to try out
with the Nashua team of the New
Hampshire state league. John Grady
was in town the first Of the week on
his way to Manchester to join the base
ball squad of that city.
There was a special meeting Of
Brattleboro lodge, n. Il. o. T., last Fri.
day evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. Haywood. Following the
meeting a box supper was held at
which a tidy sum was netted to the
lodge treasury.
At a special session of the pro
bate court held before Judge a. F.
| Schwenk Saturday petition was pre-
scented by George b. Williams asking
| license to sell the real estate of the es
tate of John IL. Merrifed. The hear.
ing on the petition was set for May
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Several went from here Wednesday
night to have a try at the smelts which
were said to be running at Spotford
lake. About all that anyone got was
back and but one man is known who
caught enough for breakfast. Last
night the smelts were running better
and some good catches were made.
&C. II. Boorn has started a new
bakery in the Retting block next door
to Barber s music store. Mr.. Boorn has
been working for j. +. Jacobs for the
past year and a half. He win do a
general family bakery business and de
liveries will be made by boy He
expects to enlarge his present shop If
business warrants.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins,
senior deacon of the vestrymen of st.
Michael s Episcopal church, received
letter from Rev. W. J. Hamilton of
/ Delaware City, Del, Wednesday stat
ing that he had decided to accept the
call to the pulpit of the local Episco.
pal church He will occupy the pulpit
for the first time June 8.
r. C. White of Springfield, Mass,
who will be the manager of the new
garage in the Milestone block, has
been in town this week showing
Cadillac runabout of this year s model.
The machine differs but little from last
year s model The wheels are 80 inches
in height and the machine has wheel
base of 70 inches, or two inches great
er than last year.
Two giant locomotives of the com
pound type manufactured by the Amer.
lean Locomotive company at Provi-
dence, X. l., passed through here We'd
nesday consigned to the Rutland rail
road. The engines weigh about Us
tons and have six drivers. They are
the most powerful of any engines man.
ufactured. and will be used in the
freight service.
The local plumbers held a meet
ing in the Brattleboro House Monday
evening and voted to present an or
ganized demand to their employers for
an eight hour instead of a nine hour
day. John Barton was chosen secre-
tary of the gathering and the plumbers
signed a paper which will be presented
to their employers tonight Most of
Ia, m ha fa w
able to the change.
The young people had charge of the
program at Wednesday evenings meet
ing of Protective grange The program.
was entertaining and included piano
solos by Misses Eloine Franklin, Ger
trude Barker, Florence Barber and
Ethel Streeter; readings by Misses
Helen Rohde and Zetta Weld; instru-
mental music by Misses Alvena Walk,
err, Marion Simonds and Blanch Drown;
songs by Misses Celia Lamson and
Mamie Hooker and a violin solo by
Floyd johnson. The remainder of the
evening was taken up with dancing.
Mrs Bridget Long IS years old,
and mother of Rev. FIR. p. j. Long of
Proctor, sustained severe injuries Mon
day afternoon by falling down a flight
of steps in the rear of her house. She
was engaged in house cleaning and was
carrying a roll of carpet down the stairs
when she tripped and fell to the bot
tom. Her daughter, Miss Bridget Long,
heard the noise of her fall and came
to her assistance. Help was procured
and Mrs. Long was carried into the
house. DR.. E. r. Lynch was summoned
and an examination showed that the
right shoulder was dislocated.
james Clune was arrested Monday
evening by Policeman James Evans on
complaint issued by Grand Juror
Freeman Scott. Clune became intoXi-
Gated and gave his wife beating. She
swore out the complaint and he was
arrested on the charge of drunkenness.
He was hailed into the municipal court
Tuesday morning and his case was con
tinued until yesterday morning by
Clerk William D. Smith under bond of
$50, recognized by Clune's father. At
the request of his wife, the charge was
changed to breach Of peace and Clune
was fined So and costs by Judge E. W.
Gibson. The fine was paid and Clune
was released under bond of 5000 to
keep the peace.
James Donahue, who for the past
few weeks has been employed as a
brakeman in the Central Vermont
freight yard met with painful acct
dent Tuesday morning, sustaining
crushed foot which will keep him
AWAY from work for some time. He
was working on the switch engine
which ran up the tracks back of the
American building to connect with