The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-24

Reynolds, 10 George Riley Tower Fri
day, Jan, !, at their home at Churel
street.
Daniel l.. Cobb was brought from
the Boston city hospital 10 bratilebors
riday and he IL now IN the Brattle
boIo Memorial hospital temporarily
TN Nov. 1. he fell IRON the platform
Of an elevated station IN Boston 10 III,
bed OF the track, a distance Of foul
feet, causing angina pectoris.
William e. Horton ) real estat,
agency has recently sold TO Frank T.
Barber the new siNtenement block on
Clark street which was built by Mrs
u. II, Smith during the last year. The
block ~ among the most modern aud
well built houses In town. Mr.. bar.
Der has bought it for investment aud
will take possession Jan. l.
William +, Hudson has taken the
contract to cut 100000 feet of timber
ON the Thayer and Chase lot ia the
southern part of Guilford, aud he aud
work Monday. The timber is owned
by Frank Doolittle of Northfeld,
Mass. and the contract to deliver at
the ears has been given TO Frank L..
Wellman of Guilford, Mr.. Hudson con,
tracing with Mr.. Wellman for the
cutting. Mr.. Hudson S contract calls
for the cutting Of 10000 feet a day
%. j. Rowe, formerly station agent
for the Central Vermont railroad in
Brattleboro. left Satr lay morning for
his home at Bingham On, n. Y, where
he will remain through the holiday sea.
son with his mother before leaving for
Bocas del Toro. Panama. At the rail.
road station a large number of the
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Rove gathered
TO bid them goodbye. nearly all of the
employees at the local station being in
at the last moment To get handshake
with their former chief.
"A mail pouch bound from Mon.
trea 10 New London was run over near
the local station early Wednesday
morning by the owl train. the sack be
ing dropped out of the mail ear by
mistake. II was filled with newspa.
pers and Christmas postal cards which
were ground into hash and torn into
tricasee. The bag was taken to the
local postoflice where the least dam
aged pieces were sorted out and sent
on their belated journey. The contents
looked as if they had been set upon
by an army of rats.
Arthur Il. Pease. fireman ON the |
special train of q. e. Jones, general |
of the Central Vermont rail. |
road which passed through Brattleboro
Tuesday morning en- route for New |
London. Conn, with a number of the |
road officials ON board. was instantly |
killed Tuesday evening while walking |
along the tracks. lie stepped from be-
hind his own engine and was struck
by another coming from the south. He
leaves "A widow and a child in st. AL.
bans. Pease was well known in Bral,
man few years ago on the West
River branch.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Harvey have
been in New London, Conn.,. this week
attending to matters relative to the
settlement of the wills of Mr.. and Mrs.
). y. Simonds, Mrs. Harvey being one
# the heirs. The complications which
rose over the wills have been adjust.
ID, all parties have come to an ami.
able understanding and distribution
# the property will take place within
hree months. Mr.. Harvey says it ;
oOk considerable persuasion and STRAIT. ,
gy to convince the hotel proprietor I
nd other residents of New London 8
hat the presence of himself and wife Q
rom Brattleboro was no danger to the '
ealth of the community.
An incident took place on Main i
treet hill Monday which was shock
. the sensibilities of those who wit
essed it. A Chesterfield On. H. .
armcr was driving to the railroad sta l
on and had two cows hitched to his :
ed. One of them held back. but she .
as dragged by the rope around her Z
eek part way down the hill. Then /,
he fell down and she was kicked and :,
hipped, but she was unable to get up y
ntil the rope around her neck was re =
owed. Some bystanders suggested a.
nat the treatment the COW was receiv =
e might lead to trouble, but the sug I I
ok from the farmer. =
A hearing took place in the mu- ia
cipal court Tuesday afternoon in the I
Use of John Bolliger of Brattleboro OF
.ainst the General Accident and AS tC
rance company of Philadelphia to re- y,
'ver $l6S on a health policy for i'll b
'ss. The case was heard before JUS Sc
,e A. Z. Carpenters Gibson & Water ty
an appeared for the plaintiff, while a
e defendant was represented by Rob d,
t G. Bacon. The defense was that to
,lliger s notice to the company did co
t conform to the requirements of the BIZ
licy that notice must be given within pa
II days, but the defense allowed that co
effth of the amount asked for by 60
e plaintiff was due. Decision in the sn
Sc was reserved. The company was to
lde a defendant in a suit short
ne ago brought by Charles Kane, G,
10 of Brattleboro. Oh
Deputy Sheriff Myron p. Davis ar m;
'ted Joseph Moulton of East Dover te
iday afternoon on complaint of di,
ate IS Attorney Charles H. Williams or
Bellows Falls, charging him with as las
lit with the intent to rape Hazel pr,
'tcalf lO-year-old daughter of John Co
'tcalf. driver of the stage between int
yer and Willamsville He was ar IA
gned before Justice Fred Ryther of tw
st Dover, waived examination and fe,
S placed under bonds of $500 for del
appearance at the April term of cal
Windham county court at Newfane.
ulton is about % years of age is all
rried and has a wife and three chill pas
N. Five Of his townspeople signed res
ond for his release until the sitting cia
the court, fearing that if he were bei
en- to jail the family would be cal
own upon the town for support Mr.. BOZ
|liams appeared for the state vic
After Jan. l, 1909, post-office
ks, carriers and the minor officials
be put on strict efficiency basis, /
$ bringing about radical change end !
n the old system. Circulars have -
n sent out from the office of the as II
ant postmaster general, giving the
ills Of the change, and they make it at
r that promotion of the employees hon
n one class to another will depend I
efficiency alone. Rapidly and ac- N.
ICY in work will be one of the chief lily
S, and knowledge of the rules and A