The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-02
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

"A. G. Carlton sold his house on
Canal street Tuesday to Henry c.
Stowell.
The women of the Universalist so.
eiety will hold sale of ice.cream on
the common Aug. 2s.
Warren Banks has bought a Buick
runabout through the E. X. Clark Au'
tomobile company.
The Vermonter for June contains
an interesting story of the Kurn Hat
tin Homes at Westminster and Sax.
tons River by Charles E. Bishop, SUI
perintendent.
-Sedgwick Woman Relief corps
will hold lawn party at Mrs. Bangs
on Green street next Tuesday after
noon. All members are invited.
Should the day be stormy, the party
will be held indoors.
Edwin D. Whitney of this town
was one of a number of automobiles
who were held up in Williamstown,
Mass, Monday for speeding. Mr..
Whitney furnished bail of S. for his
appearance in court Monday morning
and forfeited the amount.
Among the corporations that have
recently filed, papers in the Office OF
the secretary of state at Montpelier
are the Connecticut River Power com
pany of Vermont and New Hampshire
and the Loring n. Farnum company
of Boston. George S. Hewins is
named as agent of the latter concern,
The last payment for the removal
of the monument of the 10th Regi-
ment. Vermont Volunteers, to a more
suitable location on the Gettysburg
battlefield has been made this week
by Congressman Kittredge Haskins,
the work having just been completed
and accepted. The Legislature of 1906
appropriated $3.50 to be used in this
work, or such part of that sum as
might be necessary.
Three small boys were in the
municipal court Monday morning
charged with stealing junk from j.
sarvh, localHdealer 1.-THE boys plead
ed guilty and were sentenced to the
industrial school at Vergennes until
they should be 81 years of age. The
sentence was suspended pending their
good behavior, and they were placed
in charge of the probation officer,
At a meeting of the Brattleboro
+, LAWYERS Monday afternoon it was
voted to ask Judge J. L. Martin to IN,
yite Justice Harlan of the United
States supreme court to visit Brattle'
boro to deliver a lecture on George
Mason. member of the constitu
tional convention. If the invitation
is accepted another meeting will be
held and further arrangements will
be made.
A large sized kingfsher was
found lying dead on the sidewalk IL
front of Moran s store Monday morn
ING. The theory of the bird 8 death
is that it was flying along the street
in the night and became bewildereo
bv the lights and few against tn
piate glass, breaking its neck. Ihe
bird was purchased by Harry h. Piper
70 he mounted as it is a large ano
| handsome specimen.
George L. r. French, assistant
superintendent of the Connecticut ah'
Passumpsic division of the Boston anC
Maine. in charge of the line between
Springfield and White River Junction
has been promoted to the highly re
sponsible position of superintendent
Of the terminal division at Boston
succeeding G. H. Folger who las
week was appointed assistant genera
sunerintendent of the railroad, a new
Office William H. Ford of Lyndon
vile, VT. will go to Springfield
Mass. as assistant superintendent IL
succession to Mr.. French. The chang
went into effect yesterday.
-George W. Pierce, president o.
tho Valley Fair association, has ap
, ,n Gen. N. G.. Williams of Bel
lows Falls vice president in place o.
tbe late T. Nelson Hastings of wal
MOLE. N. H. The executive committee
IF IF the fair has appointed H. S. Nor
cross of West Dummerston superil
tendent of the poultry department U
an the vacancy caused by the reslgnal
+;on of Walter T. Goddard. An all
ooe champion stallion class has peel
a5dad to the horse department L
will be open to both standard-oTe'
and Morgan horses, and entries IN I'M
class are eligible to continued comPe
tition. Contracts have just bee,
signed for an excellent vaudeville bli
;nclnding the famous Royal Iedd
Tansnese troupe of 10 performers
The sequel of street fight oat
urdav night developed in the munlcl l
naI conrt Monday afternoon whei
fndce z. W. Gibson assessed Lyman
r Nav and John H. Allen So an
costs each for fight in which tne,
engaged at the corner of Nam am
FIiiof streets. The costs amounted u
AZ former case to 1910 and in tn
i 5ne 70 5000. Allen is Mays son
;n'iaw and May forgetting that III
danohter had passed the days OF ne
childhood attempted to chastlse ~ ne
On tbe street Saturday evening. IN
Allen resented and the two mixed
nm Frank Ryan, spectator, pecan
;ncensed at the, lack of chlValry "
tbe mart of May in striking womal
and EXPRESSED his opinion. This Ma.
resanted and started to whale Ryan
A. This stage of the game Poncemal