The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-07


honse which y, \. Hall Is building 81
ufren street and will move ini0 ID n
soon ~ u u completed.
1t l. hoped that fully 100 young
sleIs will participate ia tho third an
hnal baby meet - which Is scheduled
10 take place On the common t0mafH0a
afternoon at $50. There will be music
by an orchestra,
N the meeting On the common
Sunday afternoon IT there will be- Ia,
hifumunial music hy several member,
Of The First Regiment baud aud sing,
lns by q chorus Of men, Mr., kikef. a
Tenor OF somu prominence, from New
York city, who 10 stopping IN town,
viii sing solo,
Fred II, Harris will 20 10 NJ.
Johnsbury Monday 20 participate In
the state tennis tournament which bo,
gins on the courts of the Old Pine golf
club Tuesday morning. There has been
good entry for the tournament and
many exciting matches are expected.
semp Russ 81 Texas, the present title
holder, will be on hand TO defend the
championship,
Deputy sheriff NJ. T.. Davis round,
cd np two umbrella members yesterday
afternoon. aud as the itineTanis were
unable 90 give satisfactory accounts Of
themselves they were taken 10 the Of
ice Of States Attorney X. q, Bacon
for further examination. Finally IL
was thought best 10 show the wanderers
the exit 20 the town and give them q
gentle hint 90 skidoo. This plan was
put into operation and worked Co per
feetion.
james II. Burke. who has been the
proprietor Of Hall s restaurant on
Main street since March. 1907, sold on,
Yesterday 10 James 4. llondlcy and 4.
X. Rice of this town, who will take
possession tomorrow. Mr.. Burke tx.
poets 90 leave within q few weeks for
central America where he will have a
position on one of the railroads oper.
nied by the United Fruit company.
Mcssrs. lloadley and Rice have both
more or less experience in the rcstnu
rant business and can be depended
upon 10 maintain first.class cstab.
llshment. The sale was made through
the agency Of :. W. Edgett a company.
Tho accommodation train which
reached Brattleboro az eos y. m. struck
and instantly killed Paul Lcpine.
section foreman, near CIRCUITS Wednes.
day afternoon. The man stepped 10
one side TO get away from the up train |
and was caught by the down train. |
His body was hurled from side 10 side |
between the two trains and terribly |
Lepine was 40 years old and |
is survived by a wife and two children |
who live in North Walpole. Engineer |
William Peach was in charge of the |
engine which struck the foreman. Mr. |
Peach has been an engineer for Is |
years and this was the first time he |
ever killed man.
L. - A.
Lumber companys log drive is he.
.ween Bellows Falls and Brattleboro
and will be past this town within
few days now. The rivermen are find.
ny il slow work cleaning up the shores
IN account of low water. One of the
of the rear crew, Jean La
'osse, 81, was drowned Wednesday
While at work in the swift water be
ow the dam at Bellows Falls. The
'oung man was attempting TO dislodge
/ log when he lost his balance and fell
nto the river. His home was in Que.
zee and he was planning to quit the
o be married. The body was sent to
Quebec.
There is every indication that the
snowflake corn canning factory VIII
DON begin the most prosperous season
n its history. Fully 49, acres of corn
re ripening for the factory this year
at least 100 acres more than has ever
cen promised beforehand the owners
ope to put up 100000 cans. The fac
Dry will probably begin operations be ,
ween Aug. 10 and 20. and will employ
bout $50 people for four or five weeks.
!. C. Griffin of Walpole. n. H., foreman
f the local factory, is now at work I
18th a small force of assistants ma king !
,ady for the opening. Most of the I
Drn will be brought to the factory by
,am but that which is raised in south !
ernon, Mortified and Northfeld {
arms will be shipped by freight I
The Vermont Missionary society,
{ which Rev. c. II. Merrill of ST. /
is secretary and Rev, II K.
lies of Brattleboro a director, has set !.
side an appropriation for the, purpose =
helping to increase. the salaries OF f
he Congregational ministers of Yer i
ont to a minimum of 500 and par. y
mage. To the churches now receiving y
missionary grant from the society an y
fer is made to add to the missionary
ant a percentage ranging from 20 to
} per cent according to conditions, of y
] increase of salary up to $500. In
her words, the society will pay 81 for e
Ich SO of increase in the case of the \
mailer per cent mentioned, and from \
at up to 81 for each dollar of increase i i
the case of the larger per cent men 4
Dned, as circumstances warrant. 10 a.
churches not receiving missionary \
ants the same offer is made provided !
be shown that the standard of Civ 7 7
o bv the church members is as high :, -
that required from the missionary W
Ids. The appropriation made for this - =,
rpose is limited this year, and W
nrches will receive the benefit of the W
'er in the order of their application, 10 +,
to the extent of the appropriations p
John J. Thomas, mulatto en- "
,yed as coachman by 0. NJ. Lawton, lii
IS arrested Monday afternoon by
Al. Mckay of Northampton, Mass, &c
4 taken to that city to answer to a at
arge of larceny. He pleaded guilty fiji
the Northampton city court Tuesday tn
larceny of gold ring, valued at $40, mi
m Miss Helen II. Langley of Am ed
ST. Mass, and was fined $50. gu
omas stated that he spent the night at
the Langley home June "A at the w
nest of Mr.. Langley and that a we
q was on the bureau in the room in fir
ich he slept. In some way the ring of
md its way into Thomas s pocket of
he was not in condition to take of
urate notice of what was going on fol-
The time and consequently was I'M A
O TO account for the phenomenon. No
mas returned to Brattleboro Tues dol
, afternoon. When it was known eia
t he had been arrested for larceny mir
re was some suspicion that ne might an,
with the local burglaries 70
State Is Attorney Bacon began an the
estigation, Thomas, however, told Lie
light story and the authorities think Co.
Is in no way connected with these $50
mes. Thomas himself says that the Bu
.ies which have been circulated Pr