The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-01

! temple this evening the hed 0ross de-
| gree will he worked,
Owing TO the absence OF selectmen
! John Calvin and j. g. Stafford no husi.
/ ness was transacted NJ the weekly
meeting of the board last evening.
Rev. r, NJ. Houghton has returned
/ from has vacation and will occupy the
pulpit of the Centre Congregational
church Sunday. His subject will be Co
ing Fishing
Howard, Young son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
| II. Y. Rice. fell while playing az has
home on Oak street "Wednesday evening
and sustained fracture OF the LETT arm
| lust above the elbow,
Services will be resumed in the
4 Uniyersalist church Sunday morning
! following the usual vacation period.
There will be preaching by the pastor
az 1890. Sunday school al ll.43 ana n
service at Vernon al y. m.
III. NJ. Newton, of Guilford has
brought snit against William ana
Mia T. Metze of that town for the
repevin of black horse valued az
$500 The case is retnrnable at the
/ September term of Windham county
court. c, Menzies Miller is attorney for
Mr.. Newton.
Motor. boat races on the river Will
constitute a part of the Labor day pro.
gram TO he held under the auspices OF
/ the Island Park company There Will
| be two events. one for speed boats and
! the other for slower craft, The races
will take place IN the morning, starting
/ 40 the Connecticut river bridge.
The local postoflice force is engag
ed in making another count of matter
passing through the office, The count
began Friday and is 20 end midnight,
Sept. %. Daring the month all second
/ class matter which il delivered through
1.-THE Brattleboro office NJ pound rates
lis 70 lie counted.
Archie STAY, bell hoy al the Brooks
/ House. sprained his LETT ankle Wednes.
| day while crossing Main street nearly
/ opposite the hotel and is off duty for a
| few DAYS. He slipped on the rail OF
| the trolley line which stands about two
and one.half inches above the surface
| of the street in the unfinished condi-
ton Of the thoroughfare and was
I thrown 10 the ground with considerable
force.
Evidently some thoughtless IN
| dividual was responsible for placing the
carcass of dead dog in milestone
brook Monday. The animal was prob
ably put into the stream az some point
north of this village II floated down
| through the holes in the dam below the
/ Main street bridge and for "a hours
|swirled about in the eddy north OF the
stone arch giving forth liberal
amount Of 0d0r.
Last week announcement was
| made that il was quite probable that
| Judge George NJ. Powers of Morris
vile would preside at the September
| term OF court in Windham county OWING
/ 10 the recent Illness of Judge Leb NJ.
/ stanton. Though nothing definite has
/ been done in TIE matter of making an
assignment il is believed that Judge
.Tohn II. Watson of Montpelier Will
come 10 Newfane Sept. ~ instead OF
Judge Powers.
Edward Knudseu has brought
| through his attorneys, II. G. a F. =.
| Barber. a bin in chancery against the
| Connecticut River Power company ask,
| ing that the defendant be restrained
| from cutting four poplar trees on Cher
| " street which the defendants clam
! is necessary in the operation of high
tension line furnishing current to the
1 Estev Organ company. Chancellor +.
| L. Waterman granted a temporary IN
junction in the matter Saturday.
DR.. Z. :. Bowen, Robert l.. Manley
and II. W. Sargent are building a
| house. boat N the Thomas place IN
! Hinsdale, n H.. which they hope to be
able to launch this fall. The craft VIII
/ he "a feet long. over all, and will have
! a single story house of three rooms.
| The house win be l6 feet wide and
there will be roof garden. A piazza
/ on each end 1.2x12 feet Will add 70
| the comfort of the occupants OF the
/ boat. 1t is planned TO run the, boat
with q gasoline engine which VIII pro
pel a pair of sidewheels. The details
/ Of the construction have not been work
| ed out vet.
An alienation suit for $4,000 was
| filed in the Office of County Clerk r. u.
/ E. Stowe Saturday by George Il; BEL
/ lows of Grafton against Luther Weeks
of Rockingham alleging that Weeks mas
won the affections of the plalntf 5
wife, Harriet Bellows, on various oc'
casions by inducing her TO leave her
| husband and by other actions of a
/ compromising nature. The writ was
served hv Deputy Sheriff George 7.
! Alexander of SaXtons River. The de,
| PENDANT being unable to furnish bail
was taken to Nrwfane Jail. The case
viii come up at the September term of
! Windham county court. Chase Daley
are attorneys for the plaintiff.
| IT is expected that the first ship
ment of machinery for the Fort DUN
mer mill will arrive next week. Will
| liam Worsnop of Pawtucket, K. l., VINO
| is to be the superintendent OF the mil;
arrived in Brattleboro this week ana
will superintend the installation of the
! equipment. Mr. Worsnop will bring ms
I wife and two children here next week.
| ,psno,fIpn tho hnnspG at Fort
Dummer Heights which are being built
! for the operatives of the mill the su,
perintendent expressed himself as well
pleased with the quarters. He said that
I he expected to bring so families to
! Brattleboro to start the manufacture
of cotton cloth by Nov. /. While the
experienced employees necessary to start
the mill will be brought here by Su-
perintendent Worsnop there Will be
openings for number of Brattleboro
people.
| Manager Eldridge of the New Eng
| land Telephone company reports that
special telephone directory is beng
printed and will probably he distributed
the latter part of next week, inns issue
is necessary on account of the large
number of changes in the telephone
numbers locally. About 65 per cent OF
these are changed to conform to the new
rate changes and the work is rapidly
being pushed to completion. Mr.
Eldridee states that it will be extremely
difficult to maintain satisfactory service
the coming week but expects to see a
decided change for the better as soon
as the new directories are placed in the
hands of the subcribers: The new sup
plement will contain a large number of
letter code rings instead of call numbers
now used. In the case of six-party
residence lines the letters, w. NJ, R, J.
Y and X will be used and there will
be divided ringing, the call number for
w and NJ being one, r and J two, and
Y and X three. Each subscriber will
be notified on the day the change in