The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-06-25

Win MIS. Jonn ". DeWlCC JnlS a1ter'
noon.
During the summer season Poca.
hontas council will discontinue its
dances.
Mike Avolo has opened shoe re.
occupied by the late Hiram p. Stew
enson.
"A. j. Burdett received fine of So
and costs, amounting to $11.24, in mu-
nicipal court Saturday for breach of
the peace.
AT the regular meeting of the
Rebekahs Tuesday evening the mi
tiatory degree was conferred upon
three candidates.
WIN. G. Horton has sold for Mrs.
Catherine E. Sears of Winthrop Beach,
Mass, lot on the Michael Sears es-
tate to Margaret Brasor.
The recent posting Of notices by
the board of bailiffs prohibiting the
riding of bicycles on sidewalks is not
being observed to the extent that it
must be. Small boys are inclined to
take chances.
C. +. Thomas has removed the So.
da fountain from his drug store and
poses of displaying his stock. D. F..
Shea has purchased the fountain and
installed it in his store on Elliot street.
The regular meeting of the w. G..
7. U. was held Tuesday afternoon at
the rest room and as the meetings are
usually discontinued during July and
August the meeting adjourned until
the second Tuesday in September, the
executive board acting during this
period.
The recently organized Keene semi
professional baseball team opened its
season on the home grounds Saturday
afternoon, losing to Woodstock 3 to
in an interesting contest. Walter
Brooks of Hinsdale played left field for
Keene, getting two putouts Not hit
was made off Pugsley, the Woodstock
twirler.
Frank Manning, one of Greenfield 8
representatives at the recent triangular
track meet between the schools of that
town, Bellows Falls and Brattleboro,
has the record of being the best all
round athlete the Greenfield school ever
turned out. He has been the star for
ward of the basketball team, quarter
back on the football team, second base
man and first sacker of the baseball
team and a crack Splinter. having done
100 yards in 10 2-5 seconds. Manning
! is member of the class which gradu-
ated from Greenfield high school this
week and is son of Chief of Police
Manning.
The somewhat celebrated Raymond,
French case took on a new lease OF
| life in county court Wednesday at,
ternoon when F. E. Barber, counsel
for Tuffield Raymond asked for
Judgment to compel Watson S. French
| to pay the award Of Sill which a
board of arbitration gave Mr.. Ray
mond. A decision Of the supreme court
refusing to take up the case because
Of an alleged perjury upon the part
of Mr.. Raymond at the first hearing
was supposed to have ended the suit.
G. S. Chase, counsel for Watson French,
asked for time. to replead and an the
tension will carry the case over until
the September term and it may go
over to the April term.
Herbert B. Chamberlain of the
board of listers is looking for some
form of insurance policy that will cover
mistakes. After many days of mental
effort and Juggling of figures Mr.. Cham
berlain completed the work of making
up the tax book early in the week and
was congratulating himself that he had
finished good task. Laying the fruit
man John Calvin he suffered a shivery
sensation when Mr.. Calvin suggested
that Mr.. Chamberlain had reckoned on
the basis of 76 instead of 74-cent
tax. Mr.. Chamberlain had figured that
the town voted special highway tax
of 2 cents at the last March meeting
and accordingly his tax list was that
nothing to do but get busy with an
eraser and this Mr.. Chamberlain has
been doing since Wednesday morning
after he satisfied himself that he had
suffered lapse of memory or mis-
taken impression.
The annual drive of logs of the
Connecticut River Lumber company
was let out last Tuesday from the
boom at Wells River and will arrive
in Bellows Falls in a few days. How
soon it will reach Brattleboro is not
July 5. The annual drive of this com
pany this year amounts to 36,000,00O
feet and has been cut as follows: Four
and one-half millions on Perry's stream
in the township of Pittsburg, N. H.,
the northernmost town of the state;
100000 on what is known as the Cole
brook Academy Grant in Colebrook, n.
H.; 2O,OO0,000 on Paul s stream and its
tributaries in the town of CRANKY and
Ferdinand, and about 100000 feet
from along the east branch of the Null
hogan river in the town of Bloomfield.
These different lots were assembled in
the Connecticut near North Stratford,
n. H., and later doomed at Wells River,
and with few million feet bought at
various points along the route will be
brought down the river to the Holyoke
mills by next month.
Maj. Frederick Bush SO, who died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. P.
Chase, in Springfield, Mass, Wednes
day morning, will be remembered by
of Brattleboro people because
of his residence in Brattleboro for a
short time about Is years ago. Mr..
Bush was a native of Westfeld, Mass,
and from 1860 to 1869 was sheriff of
Hampden county. He was man of
powerful physique and made a splendid
officer. Later he went to South Caro-
lima and as president of the Columbia
and Greenville railroad was instrument
tai in rebuilding that line. After three
wears in the south he went to Massa
chusetts and was engaged in the hotel
business until his retirement in 1898.
Besides his widow,w whom he married Oct. !
20, 1S47, he leaves four children, nine
and two great-grandchil- |
lren. While in Brattleboro Major |
Bush made his home with his son-in-
aw and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Chase. |
who then lived on Green street in the |
house now owned by the Universalist !
society.
The summer train schedule on the
Boston & Maine railroad goes into eff
'ect Monday morning. The night train
rom New York will leave Brattleboro
It 2.2S a. m; local train to White River
function leaves Brattleboro at $50 a. |
H., the north-bound train now leaving |