The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-12


10 a tsnement,
4 Several candidates teek the mAs
. ter mason iagTao Tuesday Night ia !
Hes,lns 81 CelamblsH lodge, y, a A. n
4 commencement exercises At Tbs
, paEechiai school will taka place We'd
p nesslay. Jane "a. on the lava Ia the al
leTnooH and reception aAd lagH party
! will follow,
The Democratic taHA committee
has issued a call for caucus ia lee
iiVal hall neat week Saturday even.
ing 10 elect delegates Ia the state aud
district conventions aud choose . demo,
cratic town committee for the ensu
Ing year.
DIR, ". II, Lane Office will d. Ia
ullrTy building, second faoT. Tho rooms
formerly occupied by Il, q, hacen. Dr.
Lane expects 10 oten them as soon a.
hls furniture and fixtures come, which
will probably be early next week. OF
fee hours will he from 10 .. "a J
and 20 = Residence. ~ Oak street.
"A caucus 10 nominate delegates for
| the district aud state conventions will
be held Thursday night. just where
the caucus will be held il not decided
upon although u il likely 10 be Grange
hall. The auditorium II hired by the
senior class Of the high school aud this
makes the use 81 Festival hall impos
sihle. The district convention will be-
held In ~. Johnsbury. June 80. aud the
state convention will be held Ia Mont
] laaNa 4 ~. -
MENTIONS i delegates will be sent,
Charles II. Clark and Henry 4.
Grover were suddenly thrown from the
wagon In which they We're riding ai
the corner Of Main aud Elliot streets
little after q clock Sunday even.
ing. The cause Of the accident was
the overiurning Of the seat. Clark re.
ceivcd broken shoulder but Grover
escaped unhuri The horse ran out Of |
Elliot street, freeing itself from the
wagon near the residence Of DIR. II. l.. |
Waterman. The frightened animal
proceeded down Elm street and up Ca
nal street but was thrown Mt the corner /
of Brook and Canal streets and caught /
at that point. Aside from several cuts /
no injuries were sustained by the ami
NAL. The wagon was partially demol.
ished.
The Bratilcboro selectmen Wed
nesday gave the contract for building
concrete bridge across Milestone
brook near West Brattlcboro 10 the
Ley Construction company Of Spring
field, Mass, for $4,000 The bid OF the
local firm Of Crosby a Parker was
si,6l6 and that of the Loring y. Far
mum company Of Boston $3.50. The
bridge will be a concrete arch. 80 feet
long nj the foot Of the arch, and 81 feet
wide. II will be re inforced with steel.
IL will replace the steel bridge which
now spans Milestone brook Just this
side of West Brattleboro village.
Work on the new structure will be-
gin in short time. The contract calls
for its completion within 40 days of its
beginning.
w. l.. Upton, postmaster at West
Dover, was fined 80 and costs amount.
ing TO $2l.02 Saturday for assaulting
4. X. Cook of the same place May 10.
The facts of the case showed that Cook
had told stories dcrogatory TO the char
acter of certain members of Upton
family. When questioned as TO wheth'
er or not he had made these statements
Cook replied that he did make them and
that he could prove what he had said
to be true, whereupon Upton gave
Cook several well aimed blows. Com
plant was made to States Attorney !
Bacon, who caused Upton's arrest.
The ease was tried before Justice j. III. i,
Kidder of Wilmington in the hotel at
West Dover. w. r. Daley appeared l
for Upton. The fire was paid. {
The executive committee of the
Valley Fair association met on the fair :.
ground Saturday and decided on the
location of the midway, which will be
a new feature for the fair this year.
The midway will occupy the land on !
each side of the road leading into the
fair grounds for distance of several
hundred feet this side of the present
ticket office. The fence on each side !
If the road has been taken down and
he ground is being leveled this week
lnder the direction of j. A. Taylor and
Il. G.. Clark. The building now used
'or a ticket office will hereafter be /
lsed by the secretary and a new ticket b
,ffice will be built about $50 feet near b
n Canal street. The space on each
side of the road between the present f
,ffice and the new one will be leased p
% amusement proprietors. b
Graduates of the high school are II
eminded that they should lose no time T.
II reporting to their class secretaries
heir intentions in regard to attend =
ng the alumni reunion next Friday y
light. An effort has been made to I
ave invitations sent to all the gradu i
ties, but on account of the fact that
here were no printed graduation pro I
rams back of 1882 very likely some Q
# the older graduates have been over d
ooked. These and any who attended II
he high school, but did not graduate, 4
nd do not know their class secretary
nay report to the general secretary,
v. A. Gilbert A contribution is So 81
icited to help pay the cost of refresh u
nents, and other expenses, and details d a,
oncerning this may be had of the gen. u
raj secretary. Glass secretaries are "
sked to report to the general secre-
airy as soon as possible. good num-
er of replies have been received, and m
is hoped that the reunion may be a fl
leasant occasion. 1t would be particu D,
arly pleasing to the general commit ell
ee to see large number of the older T
present. I'll
-The body of William Leavitt Har- al al
is, "a, was brought here for burial VI
[onday from Nashua, N. ii. He was Oh q,