The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-04

ming today,
Mrs; q. II. Smith announces that
she will sell the remainder Of heI
Trimmed hats at less than cost. adv
The Grant Granite Co. has iusl
erected new double drum derrick
WIN wire rope rigging. II has a lift
ing capacity Of 20 tons.
The basement Of IIoughton a
simonds store presents an attractive
appearance. having been fitted np Il
represent n japanese bazaar with display
OF dainty holiday goods.
An office Is being fitted up In the
bank building for DIR, Harry T., Greene,
lie Will occupy II on his return from
New Jersey, where he In nj present
completing course Of study.
Shortly after noon Saturday n horse
owned by Luke Snow OF West Bratile.
horo dropped dead in front of the
Brooks House. The carcass was quick,
~ removed from the street and carried
away for burial.
The commissions OF the notaries
public and other offices over which the
county has jurisdiction expired at mid
night Monday, and Tuesday and We'd.
nesday the assistant Judges of the
county court and County Clerk =. ID. r.
stowe were busy making ont the new
commissions for the coming year.
Shortly after 3 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon an exciting runaway occurred
IN the Central Vermont railroad yard,
and as result the baled.straw market
took drop from which II has not fully
recovered. Roy Torrey was loading
baled straw from n freight ear onto a
team. when passing passenger train
frightened the two horses attached 10
the dray aud they bolted up the ward.
strewing the bales from one end 10
the other. They were stopped near the
store of Barrows q Co. and returned 20
their driver.
-Windham county court reached !
final adjournment AT Newfane Satur.
day morning. The session began Sept. |
s. but adjournment was delayed by two |
recesses. The business of the last day, |
Friday. was the trial Of divorce eases,
there being three 10 come before the
court. A divorce was granted TO Jos.
ephine M. Cook Of Brattleboro from
Joseph NJ. Cook for intolerable sever.
ity, and TO Edith l.. Gallup of Whit
ingham from Daniel Gallup for statu.
tory offense. Divorce was also granted
TO Norilla Strong of Brattleboro from
W. II. Strong on grounds of intolerable
severity. The court met Saturday
for adjournment.
The new issue of postage stamps
is out and a budget of the new varie-
ties was received at the local office
Monday of this week. The issue has
long been delayed, the haggling about
he stamps at government headquarters
IN Washington preventing its early is.
sue as had first been intended. The
Jew hooks of stamps will be placed on
sale Dec. 16 at the local office. and the
,igner denominations will be placed in
commission as soon as the present sup
by is exhausted. The new stamps are
beautiful in design, their main differ
snco being that. the numerals have
,een eliminated from the stamp in de-
its numerical value.
AT the regular monthly session of
he probate court Saturday before ,,
Judge A. F. Schwenk that official ex
'ressed his disapproval of the differ {
noes which have arisen between Mrs. !
Addie +. Greene and DR.. Harry p.
ireene, executors of the will of the /,
ate George E. Greene. relative to the
isposal of the Greene pharmacy, as
hown by the petition of Mrs. Greene I
or the removal of her co-eXecutor, {
err granting continuance Of the hear !
lg on the petition until Dec. 26, Judge n
chwenk said that it was apparent that s
lore or less family feeling entered t.
ito this controversy. and he should
OF tolerate such conduct from an of
Ger of his court. He added: "If the a
SecutOrs cannot get together in this n
after and work in harmony, / shall =
tx the resignation of both and appoint
n administrator with the will an
exed, who will take the estate and p
title it as it should be settled @
-Athol and Brattleboro have always "
cen quite closely connected in per- 81
nal way by reason of the large num- il
,r of former residents of the latter L
wn now living here. We think there hi
e upwards of 80 native Brattleboro- T
IS now residing here, not counting 81
cir families. At Thanksgiving and al
hristmas especially, there has always fl,
zen more or less visiting between the
70 towns. By general understanding,
,wever, there was scarcely any inter ! h'
ange of visits last Thanksgiving, on Ia
count of the extensive prevalence of :,
lallpox in the Vermont town. Sew q
al family reunions, here and in Brat "a "a
,boro, that had been planned for, were 81 81
ana, cd. OF course this was right III III
d prv, FOR at such times in the in az a.
rest o public the greatest pru- W
nee is advisable. There have been IN
my new cases in Brattleboro the past IN
eek, but all are of mild character, &c
d the authorities have the situation M
III in hand.-Athol Transcript. ne
"A wedding Of local interest took To-
ice in Vernon Wednesday evening at ia
9 home of Mr.. and Mrs John S. W,
ost, the contracting parties being on
ed c. Bailey of Sioux Falls, s. D., w
d Miss Harriet Mabel Stevens of ia
rnardston, Mass. The ceremony was bu
rformed before bank of evergreen I'll
ar relatives. Rev. d. E. Trout. pas be
of the Universalist church, officiated, VIC
ng the single ring service. The
lple were attended by Mr.. Spinney
Boston and Miss Cooper of Spring
ID, Mass. The bride wore gown of
tie and carried large bouquet of
roses and the bridesmaid wore a ice
hit blue gown. Mrs. Frost. Mr.. Bal is,
s sister, played the bridal march VIII
| O Promise Me during the service. moi
. Bailey is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. the
as W. Bailey Of Vernon and is now sht
marine engineer at Sioux Falls, and PIE
s. Baileys home has been in Ber PR
'dston, Mass She has many ac- dls
lintances in Brattleboro, having been ne.
ployed in the New England Farmer H. H.
ce and later in the Holstein- Friesian INA tma
ce. She finished work in the latter Il =
ce last June.
The friends of Michael Sherry, latl
,rattleboro boy, will be glad to know ney
t he has returned to town after an
ence of three years spent in the the
al C+o+ao ,,o;1;torv cervice Sherry ent