Today In Brattleboro History

Birth of Samuel Elliot Perkins; justice, professor, and author.

The new spiral staircase has been put in this week at the Elliot street engine house.

The Brooks House, American House, and Brattleboro House proprietors were prosecuted yesterday upon a state’ attorney’s complaint charging each proprietor with being a common seller of intoxicating beverages. Each pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $100 and costs, amounting to $109.51.

To rent - a tenement of five rooms, at $12.50 per month. N.H. White, 30 High Street.

Nine years ago Engineer Tuthill lost in the railroad yard a gold ring, in which was engraved his name. Tuesday John Pellett found the ring and returned it to the owner. It was in good condition.

The Murray club “guess party” Tuesday evening was well-attended and was quite an amusing affair. Guesses were made upon the number of kernels in a popcorn ball, number of peanuts and chocolates in boxes, length of a fish rod, etc. and prizes were given to those who made the best guesses.

The pews were well taken, mostly at list prices, at the annual rental at the Congregational Church Wednesday evening.

Clothes-line thieves were abroad Monday night. Two or three lines were stripped on Canal street, and several articles were taken at Mr. Herrick’s on Main street. On the same night two lighted lanterns placed as danger signals at a washout on Canal street were successively stolen, which, we should say, was drawing the thing rather fine.

Our annual village meeting, which occurred last Monday evening, was quite fully attended. The chief interest centered in the adoption of the new charter and the election of a chief engineer. The amount of money paid out during the past year, according to the treasurer’s account, was $6209.96, of which $1504.96 was for the benefit of the fire department.

What is the world coming to when even the babes exhibit such alarming precocity as did a little seven-year-old charmer, who the other day, sent her “beau” a love letter couched in the following apt and (possibly) familiar words: “They that seek me early shall find me.”

Boys, the bailiffs are after you! No more sliding on the sidewalks or in the streets.

Strayed or stolen from the subscriber, a large Brindle Bull Dog, with a large white spot upon one side of his head. Whoever will give information or return of said dog to me shall be suitably rewarded. Wm. E. Ryther.

Five dollar counterfeit bills, of the Dover, N.H. Bank, extremely well done, are in circulation in this vicinity.