The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-25

I lhr coming term 81 Nindhan count
court,
, There will be- no illustrated leclui
! IN the lnlNeFsallsl church Sunday eVel
ing 90 account 81 The anian Easier 81
vice TO be held In the baptist churc
, that evening,
- The annual sugar supper Was serve
~ The men Of the uniYrfsalisi ohuTc
~ tho church N.sify last evening an
me attendance aiiesied 10 the Iepula
Ton that this event has won for ih0s
In charge.
-.fesion Clarke, the actor, who ha
appeared Ia hIaiilebofo in Monsieu
lieaneaif. and The Power That Governs
died 81 tuberculosis In Asheyillo, n, o.
Tuesday, lie was nephew of Edwin
tooth and the grandson Of Iunlu
Booth aud began his theatrical eareeI
~ England, appearing rs Francois Il
the tichelien of the great Booth. oi
lat" he had been PLAYING in The Ser
want IN the House. Clarke was 81
years old aud IL survived by a widow
lie was faithful student OF the old
school OF acting and was a player Of
FAR more ability than generally cred.
tied by the public.
Laurence Sheehy, Leora Barker aud
Ray Robinson of the Washington street
school have not been absent or iardy
during the term closing TODAY Consld.
cradle interest was aroused among the
70 or more pupils of this school last
tall when the teacher. Miss Lillian Z.
Newton, announced that the name OF
each pupil not absent or tardy during
the term would boz published In a news.
paper. All kinds Of resolutions were
made but measles resulted disasirously
70 them aud the three pupils above are
the only ones that managed TO escape
the disease aud not lose session or be
tardy.
About May / David T. Perry. the
local road commissioner, expects 90
start upon the work of repairing the
sidewalks. lie will cNpend about $4,000
this year In repairs and new walks.
The bulk Of the appropriation must be
used IN repair work and II is useless 10
expect any great amount Of new walk TO
be laid this season. To give an idea
~ the amount Of work that must be
done on the sidewalks of this village
within a few years Mr.. Perry saws that |
he ought 10 have about $4,000 10 use |
his year 10 properly repair such Of the |
walks as need attention aud construct |
walks on certain streets where the need /
$ great.
"A hearing was held in the county |
Jerk S Office Saturday before Justice
J ID. +. Stowe in the ease of +. W.
Haskell vs.. G.. 5. Hopkins. The action
vas brought 90 recover the value of a
'ond of the Vermont Loan 4 Trust
ompany. purchased by ". Il. Haskell,
ather of the plaintiff. about two years
. Ia 80 . Ha hua 4 l..l
ond was registered in the name of the
on and Mr.. Hopkins as administrator
( the estate Of the plaintiffs father
neks 10 determine the ownership of the
ond. H. W. Gibson appeared for the
laintiff and 4. +. Carpenter for the de.
nndant.
A hearing took place before Pro.
ate Judge A. f. Schwenk Saturday af-
,rnoon in the matter of application for
ppointment of n guardian for Harry /
napp. minor, of Newfane. The pc
ton for the appointment of a guard /
N was brought by Ernest O. Wade on !
lie ground that the father was insult. /
Die TO act in the natural capacity of
iardian. Several witnesses were eN- '
mined and the court held that the pc y
toner had not shown sufficient reason n
II the appointment of such a guard c
n and the petition was denied. \
larles S. Chase appeared for the petit y
nner and the boys father, Elmer 9
napp, was represented by +. W. Glib. I
n. n
Deputy Sheriff Chauncey !. Knapp n
nounces that he will be candidate |
r high sheriff and asks the support of n
: friends He puts forward no other q
inns for the office than his experience 4
seven wears service as a deputy. il
II several months he has been asked a
manv friends throughout the coun-
to become candidate for the office =
/ has refrained from allowing his q
me to be used until this week. II is u =
derstood by Mr.. Knapp and his ~
ends that A. II. Thompson of Bel q
US Falls does not intend to be can =,
hte for reelection and accordingly \,
county convention will be asked by n
> Brattleboro delegation to name Mr. :. -
lapp as the nominee for sheriff, ~
Town Clerk William S. Newton NJ
lie going TO his home on South Main &c
Get about $50 Friday evening was su
by trolly car near the corner of w
nal and South Main streets and III
ocked down. He was taken to his N
ne but il was found that he had snf- VI
ed. no injuries other than being ia
ken up as he fell. A team directly at
lad of him was using the track of no
street railway company. Mr.. New NJ
failed to see the car when the team fla
{ the track and as it brushed past so
l he was thrown down. Superlntend- Gu
Arthur Trip of the street. railroad, liy
ompanied by physician, visited MI. rie
wton at his home but found that he we
les. He was back at his desk in the Br
n hall Saturday morning none the
'se for his fall. la
"A bloodless dispute between labor pre-
capital occurred at the Brooks ira
Use Tuesday morning and as a result ].
nix ,Jessup, Edward Fem and Cleo res
ose gazed upon the scenery for a AM
hours and returned to Springfield So,
IS. Business being rather dull dur to
the morning Manager Brasor asked ma
three young men, who occupied po- off
,ns as bell boys, to pile up few Gle
ks at the rear of the hotel. They to
.eeded to their work and all went raj
until one of the boys decided that tro
1idn t like to pile brick. He com me-
heated his desire to his companions arr
the three visited Mr.. Brasor in the kill
i Office and asked him what they tail
been hired for. General utility eve
k" was the response and they said dog
they preferred some other line. coll
axe it a trip out of town if you ing
err" was the suggestion of the man Fac
and the youngsters agreed to the dog
osition, packed their belongings, ing
their salary checks and shook viii
Is with the remaining office en- den
es. Four hours later their places pric
been filled. cen.
,t;,a Mohol p.rronlt 81 died Tines busi
of tuberculosis at the home -
Mrs. Eliza L. Adams on Myrtle com
It. She had been i'll for more than W.