The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-13


was taken violently III this mornin,
with what rs feared to be inflammation
of the bowels.
There will be- IN exhibition o
: water colors anc decorated china b!
Miss Florence Maynard of Boston
Mass, at the Brooks house, room >
Dec 10th and 18th, from II II. m. to
p. m. Miss Maynard is pupil of tn,
Cowe's art school Of Boston, and tn,
Art Students League of New York.
In the billiard. pool and whist
contests at the Wheel club Tuesday
evening A. II. pettce and Chas. Shat
tuck were the victors in the whis,
contest winning by IL points ". S.
Pratt defeated S. ". Knight in tn,
pool contest. the score being 100 tt
IS: W. II Childs gained the victory
over {. 4. Harris in 3.ball billiards
by score of $50 to 90.
Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury. of the A.
NJ \. addressed the meeting at the
Congregational church Sunday ever
ilg. She took for her subject the
needs of the negroes in the south and
the mountain whites in the west,
! dwelling particularly on our RESPONSE
bility in the educating and Christiani-
zing of these people, Mrs. Woodbury. is
a most earnest speaker and dealt with
her subject in manner to convince
her audience that she understood full-
what she was talking about.
The financial troubles OF DIR. }. G..
Moore. long ii Democratic leader in
New Hampshire, brother of Mrs.
Henry Tucker formerly of this place,
and owner of the Halifax mills
at Laconia. \. H., of which
climaXcd yesterday in DIR. Moore
committal to jail ON old indictments
in connection with the failure two
bank and Peoples Insurance Co.. of
Morrill,. the cashier aud treasurer q.
these institutions, who WAS also indictf
ed. fled the country some time ago,
DR.. Moore has been under bail since
/ but his bundsmrn surrendered him.
| The trouble was prccipitated by the
discovery of $40, 600 shortage in the
Merchants National bank at Man
chester represented by bad checks and
drafts which the cashier, ID. w. Ian e
| had cashed for Moore. Lane resigned
and turned over all his property but
still expresses his belief that Moore,
who has remarkable power of inspir-
! ing confidence, will save him from
| loss. Moore is also accused of over
| issuing the stock of the Manchester
Union of which he was treasurer. but
this is not certain, and of squandering
the property of ward. He published
a statement early in the week denying
all charges of dishonesty and avcrring
that everything would he settled in
the usual course. An attachment was
placed on the Halifax mills this week
but the money has been raised and
the attachment discharged.
"Wcicome. Welcome, DO 1 sing
Mrs 4. V. Hartley Of Bridgeport.
/ Conn, is visiting her sister, Mrs. +.
t. Hopkinson. Miss Annie Whalen of
Claremont is spending the holidays
here with her parents. Daniel Whalen
and wife, i. Elmore Humphrey, Jr..
of Syracuse, \. J., spent "a few days
last week with his aunt, Mrs. T. W.
Barnard. Mr.. Gilchrlst OF Boston is
the guest of Ned Ranncy at the Ranney
farm in West Brattleboro. Miss Craig
of Rutland is here visiting friends.
Will Hammond of Torrington, Conn.
called on old friends here this week.
James \. Boycc of Keene, n. II. , is the
guest Of Merchant +. Il. Durgin.
Mrs, Minnie Talcott and son of Coun
ell Bluffs, Ia, are the guests Of her
brother, r. r.. Vaughan. A. III.
Cheney of Morrisville is in town, called
by the serious illness of his sister. -
Geo. Spaulding and wife of Ludlow
are visiting friends here and also at
tending the state grange meeting
Horace S. Homer of Boston is the
guest of Stanley Smith this week.
Merton G.. Robbins of the University
of Vermont was in town few days
this week, coming down to assist Prof
j. L.. Hills IN his stereoptican eXhibi.
OF the Agricultural college. Ira
French, the old time photographer. is
the guest of his niece, Mrs. Ira Hig
gins. DR.. and Mrs. f. S. Snow of
New York city have been at the
Brooks house several days this week.
Mrs. Snow, who was formerly Mrs. II.
p. Duclas, daughter of the late =. b.
Francis, found many of her old friends
here. Other guests at the Brooks
house this week have been: Mrs. $.
ID. kendrick and daughter Of Glens
Falls, n. y, who have relative at
the Retreat; Moses Greenwood and
wife of Ashburnham, Mass, who made
stay Of couple days; Willard \.
Fox and wife Of Cincinnati, who were
there several days, and \. \. Thomp
son of Boston who has spent the week
here. Over Sunday guests were: Geo.
II. Drake, II. NJ. Gordon, J. &. Don
nell of Boston. H. c. Taylor of Rut-
land David MIX op1in of Nnu on
don. {. L. Dexter of Philadelphia.
E. F. Stratton of Northampton was