Today In Brattleboro History

Nuclear Regulatory Commission clears Vermont Yankee to make its final power ascension to 120 percent of its original output.

Court of Common Pleas. We believe there was but one criminal trial, and this for stealing a whip valued at 50 cents. By an over sight in the Revised Statutes the law gives no final jurisdiction to Justices of the Peace, in cases of petty larceny. The man was acquitted.

Summer Stuffs. Light, Fancy, French, Plain, Striped and Check’d Cassimeres, Union do. Fancy Tweeds Plain Plaid, and Crape Check’d Gambroons, Fancy and Check’d. French Linen Drills, Linen and Cotton Checks, Plaid, Ginghams, York Jeans, Methuens Denims, Amoskeng, Hamilton and Ashburton Fancies, Brown Linen Drills, Grass Cloth, Blue Drilling, &c. just received by C. Townsley & Son.

An Easterly Storm commenced here soon after midnight on Saturday, and continued throughout Sunday and a portion of Monday. During the later part of the storm considerable snow fell most of which immediately melted. Two or three inches remained on the ground Monday morning. The mountains were as white as any time in January.

The spring examination of teachers for this town will be held at the High school house on Saturday, the 27th inst., at ten o’clock A.M.

The cornet band, after a long silence, are bestirring themselves for the coming campaign. Their music will be welcome these warm summer evenings which will soon be here.

The listers report 945 cattle, 321 horses, 382 sheep and 328 hogs, or about three-quarters of all the live stock in town, exempt from taxation on account of debt.

If the person who stole a lady’s shawl, last Saturday, from Vinal Keith’s wagon, while standing under the town hall shed, will return the same to this office, we know of two individuals who will be made happier.

It may not be unworthy to note, as a record of the unusual forwardness of this season, that the grass in the little park in the rear of the Brooks House, much of which has already reached a height of six inches, was mown for the first time on Wednesday, 24th inst.

The Catholic society have bought the Miner house, next their church, on Walnut street for a parsonage. Rev. Mr. Lane has already occupied the property, and on Monday evening Bishop de Goesbriand came to town to complete the purchase. The price paid was $2500.

There will be the usual gospel temperance meeting at the Y.M.C.A. room on Sunday afternoon.

Cutting has begun at the Brooks House for the elevator shaft.

Wednesday afternoon is a good time to visit the High school. The half-hour from 1:30 to 2 is devoted to singing under the direction of Miss Wyman, and the remaining hour to rhetorical exercises. This week the chorus was ably assisted by an orchestra of boys from the school, and the result was most satisfactory, though it seemed as if the young men might have taken a more prominent part in the singing. The recitations, taken all together, were very good, and some of them exceptionally so.

The plate glass for Crosby block arrived early this week and is being put in place as rapidly as possible.

The Rural Improvement society has done good work this week in making two curved gravel paths to the soldiers’ monument on the common.

“Jack, the chaser,” has been heard from again. He followed a young woman a few evenings ago and frightened her by his attention and sentimental remarks.

The directors of the Brattleboro Street Railroad company contracted yesterday for the construction and complete equipment of an electric railroad over the route recently located. The road is to be in running order June 15, and work will begin about May 10.

The rest room will hereafter be open each week-day night until 7 o’clock and on Monday and Saturday evenings until 8 o’clock.