The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-20
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

the American hhh""E'
| -Wantas,ianet lodge ~ Odd Fellows
will sonfer the second degree nj It's
meeting Monday evening,
Rev. n. N. IIoughton will conduct
the service al the Retreat chapel next
SUNDAY afternoon al J o'clock
A meeting Of the Bfatileboro boat
club will be held in room II OF The
American building this evening al ''au'
Til. rector Of 81. Michael's Eplseo'
nal church will ofliciat. al Christ Epls'
eopal church, 6uilford, sunday nj s'so
=, ~,
-Bishop J, !. Rice of this Catholic
diocese will b. in Bratileboro Thursday
10 hold confirmation and make an
official visitation.
The regular prayer meeting nj the
Baptist church Friday evening was led
by Capt. Bessie lloke ~ the local Sal
walton Army corps.
The Ladies Aid Of the Methodist
church will hold n special business
meeting in the church parlor Wednes'
day afternoon At : o clock.
The regular meeting Of the Ladies
| Enterprise society was held "Wednesday
afternoon at Mrs. l.. W. Lords. Mrs.
:. A. Richmond WAS elected secretary
The state public service commission
will hold hearing nj the Brooks
House Thursday morning on the peti'
ton 10 abolish the Bridge street grade
crossing.
Arrangements have practically
been completed this week for the sale
of the Farley starr property on West
ern avenue 10 II. y. Haskell OF West
Brattleboro.
The vanDyke Lumber company
Connecticut river log drive has nearly
reached Barnet. About d0.0O0.oO0 feet
are in this years drive and 500 men
are ON the payroll.
The annual meeting of the sun
shine society, branch !, will be held al
the home Of Miss Mary Stearns IN
West Brattleboro next Friday at $50
p. m.
The Woman's Relief corps are re.
auested 10 meet in Grand Army hall
next week Friday and Saturday after
moons TO make wreaths for the deeora-
| ton. 4 full attendance is desired.
Monday morning was one OF the
coolest of the season. Frosts were re-
ported ON Western avenue, High street,
| Thomas street, and in other sections OF
the village. At $50 o clock that morn.
ing the thermometers on Prospect hill
registered only two degrees above the
freezing point.
For the second time this spring
horse owned by pedler named Antge'
we're of Guilford made bit of excite
ment on Main street yesterday after.
noon. The animal ran down Canal
street and up Main TO Flat street where
he was caught. While no damage re-
suited several persons narrowly es.
capped being run over.
Rev. Flint NJ. Bissell has accepted
an invitation 10 become pastor OF the
Universalist parish AT Wilmington, be-
ginning his work June ]. Mr.. Bissell is
graduate of Tufts college in the
class of 1897 and has held pastorates at
Spencer and at the First church, Spring.
field, Mass. Compelled by failing
health to give up the latter pastorate,
| Now. while he has not fully recovered,
he feels that the condition of his health
will warrant his taking up pastoral
work again.
In some unaecountable manner a
al the rear of the residence of o. III.
Ellis on South Main street Tuesday.
The chimney, which was built partially
outside of the building, was entirely de-
molished. The top of the structure,
weighing about 800 pounds, was blown
through window in the Elmwood
house in the rear of the Ellis house and
fell upon a bed No other damage was
done. Ii will be necessary to rebuild
the entire chimney as il was reduced to
heap of brick between the two
houses. No one was injured in either
house.
The population of Brattleboro will
be increased nearly 100 by the add.
tions made this week to the schedules
already taken. On Monday Hugh Ag-
new, one of the enumerators was given
list of people that the other enumera.
tors had failed TO locate He rounded
up over so persons that day. During
the week several other names were re-
ported to the board of trade as having
escaped the ennmerators. With the
$50 or more patients at the Brattle-
boro Retreat, which the enumerators
failed to get on their first trip, the pop
ulation will be increased about $50 over
the first count.
A cottage at Spofford lake owned
by Matthew Howard of Brattleboro
and known as Dewdrop Inn, was burn
ed Saturday noon with its contents.
Mr. Howard had been putting the
building in shape for occupancy and
the fire originated, it is supposed, from
the chimney as a fire had been started
in a stove in the building. The cottage
was totally destroyed. f. c. Crosby
and Clarence W. Reed of Brattleboro
were passing in Mr. Crosby's automo-
bile and assisted in preventing the
spread of the fire through the grass and
pine needles to other buildings
nearby.
The county court case of Francis
Morse against Barney Magee, which
was begun before Judge Willard W.
Miles Friday, was finished Saturday,
the Jury awarding the plaintiff 5000
damages for personal injuries inflicted
by Magee when the latter assaulted the
plaintiff at the plaintiff s home on Dunn
merston hill year ago. The evidence
tended to show that Magee was intoxi-
Gated when he assaulted Mr.. Morse,
who is an aged farmer. While the de-
PENDANT acknowledged that he used
MIR. Morse roughly he maintained that
he did so in self defense. Haskins &
Schwenk represented the plaintiff and
Magee was represented by H. G. & F.
E. Barber.
An unusual treat is in store for
Brattleboro next Friday evening when
Rev. William Sturgeon of London,
England, will deliver lecture in the
Centre Congregational church on the
subject, An Englishman's View of
Brother Jonathan and His Country.
Mr.. Spurgeon is cousin of the late
Rev. C. H. Spurgeon and his record is
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