The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-16
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

George E. Selleck has been allowed
reissue of pension at the rate OF wv
a month.
The regular meeting OF the Brat,
tleboro Mutual Aid association was held
Monday evening.
Work has been commenced upon
the finishing off of a new room for the
commercial department in the hlgh
school building.
During the fiscal year ended June
80, 1909, the gross receipts of the Brat
tleboro post office, on postal account
were $43,6S7.09, an increase of $3,6o0.G'
over the year before: The net revenue
to the government for the period was
$23,094.4S.
The Brattleboro Cabinet company s
baseball aggregation defeated the Brat
tleboro Cubs on the Valley Fair grounds
by a score of ID to IL Saturday after
noon. Tomorrow afternoon the CUBS
will meet the Putney team at that
place.
-Windham county court opened Tues
day with the Niles Carleton case which
will probably occupy the attention OF
the prudential committee expires, is 1T
several hundred items in the account OF
Mr.. Niles and the most OF the items
are to be contested.
poration of Greenfield men having its
plant in Sherman, Vt, has made an
assignment this week to William A.
Davenport of Greenfield. The assign
ment comes in the nature of surprise
since the concern was supposed to be IN
a prosperous condition.
1t is expected that there will be a
large attendance at the annual school
meeting in the high school building
Tuesday evening. The articles relative
to the purchase of the Wilder property
will provoke some discussion no doubt:
L. F. Adams, whose term as member OF
the prudential committee expires, is 1t
is understood candidate for reelection.
Over so members of Sedgwick Wo,
man s Relief corps met at the home OF
their president, Mrs. c. B. Lamson,
Wednesday afternoon for their first
lawn party of the summer and all re-
ported as having very pleasant time.
Mrs. Elizabeth Retting of Detroit,
was present.
Charles T. Studd of London, one of
the lecturers at Mortified, Mass, this
summer, addressed the open meeting
on the common Sunday afternoon. He
was accompanied by William r. Moody,
who brought the Mount Hermon quar-
tet. The quartet sang several selec-
lions. Mr.. Studd spoke from the text
Watch We, stand fast in the faith,
quit you like men, be strong: The
speaker was one of the celebrated
cricket players of his day in college.
Local criminologists are inclined to
attribute the recent wave of activity
among the local cracksmen to the hot
weather. Monday evening between
and CLOCK some one understanding
the combination of the cash drawer at
Howard & Yearly s livery stable opened
that receptacle and distracted between
SIS and $40. The usual crop of suspects
are under surveillance. This makes
four attempts that have been made at
experimental craftsmanship in less than
three weeks.
The annual picnic of the Baptist
Sunday school will be held on the Val
ley fair grounds tomorrow afternoon.
at 1890 will take passengers through to
the grounds and there will be special
car returning at or $50. Dinner will
be served at 2 clock followed by ath
letic sports and a baseball game between
the class No. team and team made
up from the other classes. The commit
tee in charge Of the affair is composed
of Fred Holmes, E. j. Eddy, A. L. May
nard, E. V. Morse and Harold Newell
Fred H. Harris of this town figured
IN the tennis finals at the Mortified CON
ference Saturday, losing to b.. n, Dell
of Princeton in an exceedingly hard
fought match. Harris hurt his knee on
the Mortified courts earlier in the week
and so was hardly at his best, but the
outcome would have been doubtful in
any case. Dell, who is left handler
and wonderfully accurate in side-line
placing, won 2-6, Cd, 4-6, GA, GA.