The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-08

The executive committee OF W"
BrattlehOro Civic Improvement league
will meet at the home Of the president
DR.. II. u, llolton, Wednesday evening
~ 1870 o 'clork
Mis-. Harriet Fisher, y, of foWnshvud
died at the lirattleboro Memorial hospl
tai about N o'clock last evening She had
been under Treatment for Il numher 81
weeks. The body viii be taken "a Town
shend today,
Leo council will hold an eAemplih'
cation of the second degree az knights
of Columbus hall Sunday evening \
class OF Is viii take the degree ana tlt
work will be In charge OF Grand Knight
NJ. y. Lawlor aud staif OF Bellows Fails.
Ellen {. Anderson and Edward Y Nc
Cullough. both ot Springfield, Mass, Weit
married AZ Sacred Heart church N that
elN al 5 o'clock Yesterday morning Rev
Thomas SMITH oliciated The witne-st.
were George Anderson aud Catherine
Dugan oi Braiteboro. The bride formerly
lived in this town,
A large force OF riyermen arrived ~
Bellows Fails Tuesday 10 meet the Van
Dyke drive az the Jam piers, hnt the
wind of that day had sent what logs had
foated there NJ the river. To-Day the
rear of the 2j,0OO000 feet viii pas. the
falls at Wilder on It's way south. There
have been complaints in Bellows FALL
that the drivers should boom the logs
until the entire drive j. ready 10 hc
sluiced over the dam and action was
taken Wednesday, when "a suit was en-
tired in the Cheshire county solicitor
office against the connecticut valley
Lumber company
Word was received boz Rrattlehoru
Wednesday that il would be impossible
TO assign supreme c0urt Judge TO pre-
side az the September term Of Wind,
ham county court which was scheduled
10 convene Tuesday morning AZ New.
fame OWN. 20 recent Illness of Judge
Zed stanton il became necessary To
find substitute and this could not bc
done among the superior court Judges as
an of them had assignments ~ tins
time. il was suggested that member
OF the supreme bench Opcn court and
preside until such time az superior
court nudge could relieve him. but the
work Of the higher court makes u lm.
possible for any member 10 be SHARED
for even "a few weeks. and accordingly
Windham county cOurt viii not convene
until October Il 40 9 q clock.
An roads theatrical will lead 10 the
auditorium next week SATURDAY night,
laughahlc aud sensationallv successful
French Importation. The Girl In The
Taxi. which comes with the envlabl&
reputation Of being the greatest enter
tainment concOetcd for the purpose OF
endowment ever produced on any stage.
Paris and Berlin greeted n a. the
climax 10 all fun.making plays wit
messed in those cities in wears; New
York and Chicago theatre soers would
not permit IL 10 DEPART until II had
broken an records for attendance anu
boX.Oilice receipts known IN those cities
for farce productions. Boston praised
II in hattering terms and turned out
en- masse 10 applaud its laughabie
situations for nearly six months. Win
these endorsements The Girl In The
Taxi NAV he sure of receiving an over
Whelming reception. Actors of the best
regulations rs comedians Of the nrsi
rank compose the company.
William q. Powers. 81, whose death
took place IN Cobleskll. y y, last week
Thursday evening, was born IN Newiane
Nav 5. 1858. the son OF Holland and Rhoda
Ingram Powers and spent ms early HE
in town For several YEAR, he was EN-
ploved at the Brattleboro Retreat. and
afterward worked ior II NJ Burke, then
proprietor oi the livery stable now owned
hy Howard & early, and for George =
White Mr. Powers then bought the
Brooks House stable, disposing Of that
business IN Nav 1902. 10 become proprie-
tor OF a hotel in Montague, Mass, \ few
months later he sold his Montague prop
elty and bought the Mapewood hotel in
East Whately. Mass where he remained
for about two years and half Since then
he had been empoyed by the Rhode Island
WOODEN Mills company az Stafford Springs
Conn. although for the past lev years
his health had prevented active work In
july he suffered slight shock ApopeXy
was the cause OF his death, which took
place at the home OF his only daughter
Mrs Blanche Mains Mr. Powers was
man of unselfsh nature and hls genial dls,
position made him many friends who Will
regret TO hear Of his death Funeral
services were held in South Newfane Sat
urday afternoon and burial was IN the
family lot in the cemetery IN that town.
The hearing in the chancery mat,
ter of J. Q. Frost of Vernon against the
Connecticut River Power company
which was held Tuesday was resumed
this morning in the Office of County
Clerk +. d. Z. Stowe before Special
Master T. f. Q 'Brien of Bellows Falls.
The defendant asked that the tempo.
rary Injunction against the company be
vacated, hut Chancellor Waterman de-
chned to make such an order and the
hearing was resumed before Special
Master O'Brien. The court and attor-
news with several witnesses visited the
premises in Vernon Tuesday afternoon
and spent several hours going over the
ground and in taking the testimony OF
witnesses for both the orator and de-
PENDANT. j. o. Frost. Elijah Stebbins.
Elias Johnson and Isaac Is. Bascom
testified relative to the trees upon MI.
Frost IS land and Supt. f. j. Richards OF
the power company explained the ne
cessity for cutting the trees as has
company had started to do. lie told OF
the danger to the public from the wires
of the company coming in contact with
the trees in question. Charles A. Cas-
well. who was employed upon the build
ing of the big dam at Vernon, came TO
Brattleboro from South Carolina TO ties
tify in the case, but gave no testimony
Tuesdays hearing was held IN the once
of the power company S plant at yer
non. It was resumed about $50 'eioe
that evening in the county clerk S ONCE,
but no further testimony was taken.
The defendant sought to show that the
contract which the Connecticut River
Power company had with j. o. Frost
for a right of way over his land inciud-
ed the right to cut all of the trees on
the land if necessary. NJ. p. Davis, X.
G. Bacon and II. G. Barber appeared for
the orator and Clarke C. Fits and Har
old E. Whitney represented the defend-
ant.