The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-24

The nsat nesting Of Psoteetiy,
Ing.
"a. II. Rice bought Don II, seoyeil /,
restaurant ~ 20 Main street Saturday
NJ hieo took immediate possession,
MI seovell 10 planning 10 leave town
The y, II, stonghton Relief corn,
: OF Bellows Falls has invited the sede
Wick corps 10 picnic al Barber parl
heht Tuesday. Dinner will be served
nj IL clock.
Fort Dummer colony, Pilgrim I'm,
thefs, met NJ the home Of Mrs. w. a.
Norris Tuesday and elected seven can,
didates TO membership. lee-cream aud
cahe were served after the business
There will be the usual service ON
,he common next Sunday At 8 clock.
viii be singing by a double auartette.
" stormy, the service will be held in
the Congregational church.
State Treasurer T.. II, Dcayitt Of
Montpelier sent Saturday TO the towns
ana cities OF the state their portion of
the s250.000 Of state school money.
Brattleboro received 81 1881 as from the
state school fund aud siiO.Q5 from the
permanent school fund.
George Sumner knight and Miss
Carrie Edna Stone We're married Wed,
nesdny evening nj 3 clock by Rev. l..
NJ, kcneston AT the Congregational
parsonage. They were unattended and
The. bride wore white gown. Mr..
gan factory and Mrs. Knight Is a
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stone
OF Williams street.
The open track events at the Val.
ley fair will be as follows: Ella pace.
FL trot, purse $500: ELI paee.2.i4
irot, purse 500; 2.29 pace.225 trot,
purse 5000; 2.3i pace.2.30 trot, purse
5000; go pace-2.36 trot. purse 5000; |
free for all. purse $500. In addition 10 |
these are the Els pace, ESQ pace and |
2.35 trot stake races the entries in |
which have already been announced.
Since local burglaries began 10 be.
come frequent the sale of small firearms
by local dealers has greatly increased.
Many men and. II is said. some women
have purchased revolvers and cart
ridges in fear rather than expectation
that they will have occasion 10 use
them. Two heads of families were seen
going home one night this week with
brand new pocket.guns bullying from
The rear Of their coats.
Deputy Sheriff NJ. p. Davis made
thorough search of Vernon. South Yer
non and Hinsdale Friday for the miss. i
ng Joe Macdonald. who is wanted in q
White River Junction for obtaining I
money under false pretences at bank n
n that town. Authorities there be.
ieved that the man was still in the
southern part of the state but no trace y
4 him could be found. Some advance !,
he idea that he went from here TO the Z
A m in N NJ ~ If
'ew Hampshire.
Someone attempted to burglarize S
he home of Leon Mixer on Western n
venue, Tuesday night. Shortly after il
lidnight Mr.. Mixers mother, who
ne walk by her window and then at a
empt to unfasten the blinds. Mrs. a
lixer went to the window and inquired y
hat was wanted but the intruder did ~
OF stop to reply. He ran as fast as OF
e could toward the street, Mrs. Mixer 81
citing only glimpse of his fast re- %
eating form in the darkness. w
The inmates Of the Home for the W
ged were given an automobile ride
tuesday, by Clarence +. Clisbee Of
evere, Mass, who with his family is ia
lending few weeks in West Brattle- AT
,ro at the home of his sister. Mrs. u,
lice Richmond. 1t was an act of Ia
oughtful kindness which was fully IN
'preciated by the participants. Sew an
al had not been on many of the prin. 40
pal streets of the town for several "
ars. Would it not be well for our To- re
| ear owners to follow Mr. Clisbee g OF
ample and give an occasional hour S ~
easure to the aged and those who are NJ
ut in by i'll health for weeks and
,nths at timef M,
The rains Of this week raised the no
yer few inches and the problem of an
lding the Van Dyke log drive over err
e dam and past Bellows Falls does he;
t appear quite as difficult Before OH
Q rains the river was unusually low. II
actically all of the available water Be
IS sent down the canal for the use of w.
, mills and below the dam the river er
embled a rocky gulch with small ne
places it was almost possible to Wi
mp from one side to the other and so M
ny rocks projected that it would Sil
We been impossible to float a single Bel
Below the rocks big stretches of Ih'
als made passage just as difficult, ran
owe the dam it was almost as bad tril
even now. unless more rain falls inc
raise the water the log company will mes
ye one of the most serious times for =
eTal years. Ht loSs OuShb w itdCH |
e sometime next week. Fl.
The woman's auxiliary of the Y. par
C. A. has issued its year book for OF
500 The next meeting will be held Gro,
/. 6 at p. m, in the rest room when Givl
IS Mary Ritter Shea will give an Eye
strated lecture on Japan and the pa,
anese. Mrs. c. c. Fits will give a eral
er Nov. 3 on Cuba and Her Carnival ing
there will be Cuban music. Our the
ional Parks will be the subject of wer
j. A. H. Webb IS paper at the meet wei
of Dec. l. There will be New has
r s reception the evening of Jan. men
an auxiliary tea Jan. 5, Mrs. G. W. mlr'
God of Bellows Falls giving paper ana
The Keepsake. On Feb. 2 there will IS Q
/ musicale in charge of Mrs. Francis mon
Blake with o CLOCK tea Mrs. l.. INST
Hawley will give paper on The Y a
+. Land of Bermuda March 2, and at Bell
annual meeting April 6 Rev. A. M. -
is of West Brattleboro will speak Twi
Student Y M. G. A. Work. fled
A bold attempt to wreck the pas cour
.er train that arrived IN South Lon aaUn
of last week by partly turning the brou
CHI in the yard of that station was tor !
tratad nv some section men who agai
], returning from work shortly be- acco
O clock. The workmen found New
the switch had been turned so on
the train would be guided to nei- a al
the main nor the spur track. In. en-
igation showed that the lock had oy
broken with large stone. The slou
or men who did the job stood in 1or
grass instead of in the gravel so upon
Stho WHITE of their shoes would plain
/ eno ,paons of Identification. Moth fend
nv which the men can be appre exist