The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-03
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

Manley Brothers unloaded a new two
ton Federal motor truck Saturday and the
vehicle is now on exhibition at the new
garage on High street.
The parcel post business at the local
office is steadily increasing, the incoming
mail of this class showing slightly more of
an increase than the outgoing mail.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Thomas have
sold their store in Guilford Center to Ell
mer Goodnow of that town. Possession
viii be given April list, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas will return to their home at %
Washington street.
The West River train due to leave for
South Londonderry and way stations at
$50 o'clock this morning did not get
started until an hour later. There was
nothing unusual the matter.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hescock of 70 South Main street died Fri
day afternoon. The burial took place Sat
urday.
The Manning house owned at present
by the Central Vermont railroad com
pany, which has been run as a boarding
house by Mrs. L. Rich, is to be vacated
at an early date.
The windows of the American express
Office on High street have been replaced
with larger ones to correspond with others
in the block and wOrBmen are engaged to-
day in changing the window in the Postal
telegraph Office.
The approval of the very great majority
of people who attend dances will be given
to Marion and Spaulding and Spaulding
| Brothers in their announcement that all
| the exaggerated dances, like the Boston,
bunny hug and turkey trot viii hereafter
| be eliminated from their programs.
| Z. r. White of Springfield. Mass,
! through his attorney, William r. Daley,
has entered suit in county court against
! Ellen /. Ware Smith and James Smith,
| both of Wardsboro. to recover on prom
issory note of $500 signed by both The
| note was a six months primissory paper
dated Dec ,, 1910, and was endorsed by
B. w. Beers to the plaintiff three days
later. Property of the defendants has
been attached.
Erecting Engineer w. Fl. Reynolds and
a number of the men of his crew who have
been at work on the Boston & Maine rail
road bridge across the Connecticut river
have gone to Paris, Me, to rush the work
on a big bridge there before the spring
high water comes. A gang of riveters are
still at work on the local bridge and will
be for two weeks or more and Mr. Rey
nolds will come back here before perma
nently making his departure.
J. J. O'Neill, who was so seriously in
jured about the head in an accident at
Hinsdale last Monday, who was unconscious
at the Memorial hospital 90 hours, is now
considered to be on the road to recovery
He has no recollection of going to worI
on the morning of the accident DIR. Har
ry 2. Greene. his attending physician, j,
now confident that Mr.. O'Neill will fully
recover.
Sherman S Wizards many friends il
this locality will be interested in the fol
lowing from an Exeter, \. H, newspaper
Manager c. s. Willard Is conducting the
Squamscott in a manner which compel
warm praise by its patrons, one VISITING
drummer expressing surprise at finding 81
excellent hostelry in a town of Exeter
size. Mr.. Willard aims to make tn,
Squamscott homelike and to meet ever!
reasonable desire of his guests He ha
done considerable renovating work and ha
improved the kitchen by laying a new foo
and making other repairs
Within two or three days rails viii b
laid on the trestle being constructed nort1
of Bridge street for the purpose of enablin
Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins to dump t
advantage much of the material being eS
cavated in Hinsdale where the Boston |
general advantage much of the ma
terial being excavated in Hinsdal
where the Boston and Maine branc
road is being built All of the dir
necessary for Use just north of til
! new railroad bridge has been used ther
and the contractors are rip-rapping nov
The dump trains will switch on to til
trestle near the old round house and bac
! down. The wires now on poles on I'll
i east side of the railroad will be hung on
cable and attached temporarily to the poll
on the west side and the poles win be 7
moved until the work of making the f
3 has been completed.