The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-06


day and hurt her spine so that she ha
to he shot.
-,Joe BAILEY, leading comedian wit
Nellie Mcllenry last season, is play
ing the Base BAH friend" will
Special Delivery"
The law suit on the liquor agenc,
business has been brought by tn
state against Brattleboro this wccl
and entered on the docket
E. +. MacFadden. leading man o
the Special Delivery Co.." has tn,
same position for several seasons il
Frohman's's "Gir! | left behind m,
Co"
The Vermont Wheel club tourna
mont for the week ending March 9Th
Duplicate whist. Harris and Smith
100, kimball and Perry, lA7. origina
play. No other games on account o
preparations for the Minstrel entertain
mcnt.
The line up for the Wheel club
MINISTRIES sale of tickets was interest
ing, places bein, held all day from !
a: M, to the to tho opening of sale al
1sp.m. Every seat is taken. The club
gave parade this noon with lao men
IN line sporting canes and plug hats,
and evering promises to be rich, rare
and racy. -
Bradley G. Newell. the vermont
Schlatter, was in town Friday and
treated large number of people at the
Brooks House, where DR.. Owen, tho
oculist, again offered him $50, 600 for
his services one year. which Newell re-
fused, saying he would not sell himself
for million. He said to Bellows
Falls Times reporter: Il don't like
this business very we'll. and am going
to give 1t up pretty soon the fact is
lam in debt some of my creditors are
pushing me. As soon as can raise
enough to pay my debts | am going to
stop He is now at Athol where he
went Wednesday with Prof. Buttcrfeld
his manager, and where he treated
nearly so people the first day at - a
head.
Word was received here Friday af-
ternoon Of the death, from pneumonia,
after only weeks illness, of Miss
Margaret Madden at her homo IN An.
trim, N. II. that morning. The re-
mains were brought here Saturday
night and left in St Michael's Catho-
lie church over night A Requiem
High mass was celebrated at nine
O'Clock Sunday morning after which
the remains were inferred in the Cath
olic cemetary. Miss Madden lived
here until a few years ago, when, with
her mother and brother, who survive
her, she went TO Athol and from there
to Antrim. She was lovely young
lady and had many friends here who
were grieved to hear of Ger death
1t ought TO have been evident to
any citizen with some five hours spent
Tuesday in balloting for one officer
after another, no one knowing how
much longer it would continue, that
the Australian ballot would have been
factory way of doing it. Then every
man could have voted, returned to his
work or business and came back at q
fixed hour to attend TO the remaining
articles of the warrant. As it was he
had to stay the whole day through
because there was no knowing when
the bal!oting would end. And some
citizens who used to object to the Aus
tralian system that 1t made Caucus
King wondered how much better
it was Tuesday. With the Australian
ballot, if he didn't want to vote for
the candidates whose names were
printed, he had to write in a name,
and it was Just the same Tuesdaysif |
he didn't want to vote for any of those !
for whom printed ballots were distrib |
uted.
Use less soap; you use 100 much.
Fridays Fitchburg, Mass, Even:
ing Mail contained the following:
"Rev J Ilough OF Bratteboro. Vermont, |
will give an original poem entitled "The Coun. |
Try Parson" in the Methodist church, next Mon |
Ter the auspices of the Epworth League Mr. |
IIough will be pleasantly remembered by al!
who attended the Fitchburg Union of iEpworth |
Leagues ut the Methodist church last fall. He |
IS q poet of considerable renown, and the life OF |
country parson as pictured by him in his |
unique original style cannot fail to interest al.
The Vermont Union of last Friday
contains The following item under its
St. Johnsbury news:
u g Corser, OF Bratteboro. was in town Mon.
lay selling ovcralls manufactured by his firm
n Brattlcboro Corser was a former resident |
N town one OF the best merchant tailors who
aver set up business In ST bloomsbury. Mr. Cor.
Ter left here Il or Is years ago, was o while at
lebanon, then NJ 81 a ADAMS y snort timCI ana
inally settled in Brattleboro, where he piled his
xiii while with the shears and then took an
in his present prosperous business.
e II hdahan, an Armenian from Marash
Turkey gave an address In the Congregational
hurch Sunday evening in which he portrayed
most interestingly the atrocities 20 which the
rmenian people are subject At the hand. of
hetTurks and konrds, confirming the statements
n the newspapers. Mr. Adallan came Ito this
country some three years ago for the purpose
# lettering his education, and entered Andsyer
-hcn n heal Seminary. lie has wife and sew.
raj Oh dren in Armenia who cannot leave the
ountry nor is he allowed to return TO Thorn.
the discourse collection was taken
ID for the benefit of the cause. Mr. Adalian al
o addressed the prayer meeting at the Baptist
hurch Sunday night and spoke at the y NJ & 4
meeting Sunday afternoon.
A Louise Puinum, the new Department
PRESIDENT of the Woman's Relief corps, has is
ned her first general orders, appointing on her |
iicial stan: Secretary, Calista III Bangs, Brat |
leboro; counselor, Della NJ Needham, Rutand,in-
pector sarah j Adams. st Johnsbury; insttu-
Inv and installing officer, Francis NJ Baily, Put |
eS; press correspondent, Hattie u Richardson,
I Chester, senior aide. Annie Spaulding, {
Bradford; aides, Annie bush, Ncwiane; Abel. ,
m Coffin Montreal; Martha NOycs, Chelsea; =
,ottic Carpenter, Brook lield; Annette forsythc,
Vest Concord; LestiBa Wellmen, Readsboro;
da Wilder, Jamacla; Salomc knight, tost
ILLS; Rosetta Edwards, Newport; iielen NJ |
Weed, HinesburS
fence at the opera house Saturday night. The I
. 81 lart of the entertainment was the wonderful
erforniancc f the Arabs, in pyramids, etc, !
howing the extraordinary strength OF the Y
,ader who holds up the whole troupe, and the g
fork OF the Japs which was marvellous. The
,instrcl part OF the show did not come up to j
being 4 great deal of IL = repet- I
OF, of their work here 1T previous visits. t
N w Carpenter representative of the stcr a
nr Cyclc Go, OF Chicago, III, has been in town s
lis week and placed the agency OF the wheel s
'itb Mrlicu n Proctor. The president of the Z
company, { " Dickerson is "A v
ra,IIohoro boy and was educated in our q
;hools here being 4 c!assmate OF W Cmlds. b
II !, Randall and c Spencer had quite Z