Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-17

n. W.. panu cohcert TO nave been given
az west Brattleboro tonight has been
postponed. 'een
,-Nespers at the Roman Catholic
cnurch were held at ! o'clock instead of
'oo sunday evening in expectation thar
union service would be held in the
evening. ~ - '"'
Inc banks will be closed all day
thursday. The matter of closing The
stores has not been definitely settled
put IL Is probable that they will remain
open until noon.
The Greenfield fair management
nave decided to close the fair on Thurs
gay aod mold it Wednesday and Friday.
All or thursdays features will be gwen
day.
The High school and the grades in
the High school building opened yester.
DAY, the work Of putting in the new
heating apparatus having been conplet.
ed. A new physical laboratory and
drawing room have been built on the
third floor of the building so that there
are now increased facilities for work in
these departments.
The store next to Young & Knowl-
tons which was formerly occupied by
Pratt, Wright It Co. has been leased by
Goodnow Brothers & Co, who will put
in line of mems furnishings. The firm
will be Known as Goodnow & Pearson
and will begin business about October
l. Goodnow Brothers & Co, have stores
ln Hinsdale, Keene, Peterboro. Bellows
Falls and other nearby towns.
Ell Taft, 10, died at the town farm
Yesterday morning after lingering
illness covering period of many
months. He was well-known charac-
ter IN Brattehoro. having lived here
all his life. About four years ago he
was thrown from his wagon on Main
street and sustained serious fracture
Of one leg. His health since that time
has been poor. The funeral was held
this afternoon.
The stores of Fenton & Co and
d Shea have windows trimmed appro-
pirate TO the memory of late President.
In Mr. Fenton's north window is life
size painting Of bust of Mckinley sur
rounded by draperies Of black and white.
The south window has smaller portrait
appropriately trimmed, Mr. Shea's win
dow contains an oil painting Of the Pres
ident very effectively surrounded by
black and white panels.
1.-THE Power Behind the Thronen
which will appear at the Auditorium for
the second time Wednesday evening is
Intrigue" Mildred Holland portrays the
character Of Aria, daughter of a court
musician. and her opportunities are
81 ha -, 4 t.
Austrian province in the latter part Of
the eighteenth century, and the story
tells of the iLtrigues of the rival factions
in the petty court to obtain ascendency
over the reigning prince. Aria is loved
by young baron. and scheming duch-
ess, who Is infatuated with him, plots to
secure his hand. The production is un.
der the management OF Edward Z White,
who gives promise that the costumes will
be handsome and historically correct,
and that the scenic settings will be mag
nificent and prominent feature. The
supporting company is large numerically
ard of an even excellence. The princi-
pal members of the cast are Lillian Nor
ris. Rita O'Neal. Camille Porter. Title
Thompson, Rose Gadsbv, Wright NJ Lor-
inner, Samuel Lewis, VIM Fl Fender
CAST, Del DE Louis, Ellis Mcclellan.
Kenneth Davenport, and Edward K
Lewis.
The militia boys are roundly criti-
cising the paymaster's department of
tina militia organization. Previous to
the last muster Col Estey appointed c
NJ Brownell, late captain in the 26th
United States volunteers, paymaster.
Previously the men had been paid
through company officers who obtained
the funds from tho guartermaster gen
eral. At the time OF the last muster
the paymaster was willing to advance
to each company commander any sum
up to 1890 to be used in the payment of
the enlisted men and company officers,
but most of the commanders preferred
to wait until sll could be psij. t is
understood that the paymaster has as
certained that some of the companies
carried upon their rolls names of men
who were not in reality present at mus
ter, aud that others answered to their
names when mustered This has neces-
STATED an investigation and the pay
master has withheld the payment of the
men until it can be ascertained to what
extent the system was carried. Com
pany of this place is not in any way
involved in the matter, the company
carrying at all times straight roster -
Sunday Republican correspondence.
Plans are being made by the Catholic un-
ion for field day to be held in the early part
of October for the purpose of trying out ma.
terial to make up an athletic team to meet
that of the NJ G A. The association has 81
ready challenged the Catholic union to such
a meet and it is very probable that the chal-
lenge will be accepted.
The sale of tickets to "The Power Be-
hind the Throne" in which Mildred Holland
will appear Wednesday at the Auditorium,
began Saturday morning. Indications point
to a large audience for the return engagement
Of this popular attraction.
On account of Thursday being set apart
as a memorial day to the late President Me-
Kinley the business meeting of the association !
and board of directors of the NJ e A has |
been postponed to next Monday night.
The semi-annual election of officers of the |
Christian Endeavor society |
was postponed one week from Sunday even
ing on account of the bad weather.