Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

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v -Brattleboro lodge, F. & A. M.
t worked the Entered apprentice an
Fellowcraft degrees on several candi
a dates Wednesday evening.
n Mrs. +. II Chase will sell he
household effects at public auction oil
Saturday, May Sd, at | O'Clock at tn
. Park House, North Main street.
-Wantastiquet lodge and Dennis Re
bekah lodge will attend the Unitarian
, church in body Sunday. Member
are requested to meet at the lodg
, rooms at 10 O'Clock.
[ H. w. Boyle has leased the Lake
, side house at Spofford lake of W. X
, Ware and will conduct it the coming
season. He will 60 there next week tt
make arrangements for opening.
"A business meeting of the Fremt
Circle will be held at Wells hall or
Tuesday afternoon, April 20, at
O'Clock, to make arrangements for the
annual fair. A full attendance is much
desired.
The SD anniversary of Odd Eel
lowship will be observed by the local
lodge Tuesday evening with appropriate
exercises. Among the speakers will be
Rev. r. K Marvin and Rev. T. M.
Remission.
The |. b. Taft farm which was
sold by auction Wednesday brought
$500, the purchaser being G. +. Gil
man. A piece of land near the o. r.
Ware farm was sold to George W.
Pierce for S475.
The annual meeting of the Won
ans Alliance will be held at the home
of Mrs Osgood 80 High street, next
Thursday afternoon, May l, beginning
at 2 80 O'Clock. A large attendance is
earnestly desired.
A delegation of about l0Ograngers
will go to Winchester, n. H., by spec
! ial train Monday evening where the Of
! ticers of the local degree team will work
the third and fourth degrees. A large
delegation from keene, n. H., will be
present.
R. E. Proctor of Keene, n. H., has
been in town this week looking over
the livery stable of W. @. Powers with
| the view of buying it, He has not yet
come to decision in the matter but
will probably do SO the first of the
week.
The Brattleboro Gaslight company
will open its bids on the West river
dam and power station Monday and as
soon as the contract is awarded work
will be begun. Representatives from
several concerns have been here this
week investigating the matter and
making specifications
Rev. P. Z. Ashley, the new pastor
of the Swedish Lutheran church, is the
editor and publisher of "Zions Sta
man, a religious monthly which will
be printed in the job department of the
Reformer office. The paper, which was
formerly published in Salt Lake City,
has circulation of 5000 in this coun-
try and 1000 in Sweden.
Mrs. Caroline c. Knight, 70, moth
err of Mrs. Charles f. Thomas, whose
death occurred last week, died Tues /
day afternoon at the home of her SON
in-law in Milestone block. She was
for many years a resident of Burk, n. I
-, and had lived in this town only a
few years. The funeral was held |
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. |
r. X. Marvin officiating and the body |
was taken to st. Adams for burial
Senator Dillingham; has presented .
the petitions of the Howard Relief So
ciety of Vermont. of Quarrymep s I'm
ion No 1896 of Graniteville, of local .
union No S,692 of Brattleboro, of the
American Federation of Labor and of
e. L. Blodgett lodge No 495. Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen of ST.
asking for the enactment
of legislation providing an educational
test for immigrants to this country.
A delegation of 81 members of Wan
tastiquet lodge, |. o. o. F., went to
Wardsboro Wednesday TO attend the in
stitution of lodge of Odd Fellows in ,
that town. The delegation left here on
a special train in the afternoon, march !
ing to the depot in a body escorted by :
a drum corps The new lodge was in
stituted by Grand Master Waite of
Hyde Park, the initiatory degree was
by West River lodge of Lon !
the first and third degrees
by Wantastiquet lodge and the second 5
degree by lodge in Weston.
The grocery store of James A. Pull {
EN- was placed in the hands of Sheriff
5tarkey Wednesday under a personal I
property mortgage for $500 held by 4. i
]. Pullen of Fond du Lac, Wis. The I
store was attached Wednesday morn
ng by A. F. Schwenk in favor of A. |
}. Hunt Il company of Springfield, |
Mass, wholesale meat dealers, who
lad bill against Mr. Pullen, and |
Ifter this matter was settled the fore :
closure proceedings were brought by i
lawyer F. d. f. Stowe. Sheriff Star
Key will be in charge of the store until j
ome settlement can be made. u
Charles ID. j. Leach of Three Riv- +
rs, Mass. and Miss Laura Cutler o
laughter of Mrs Kate Cutler of this b
own, were quietly married Tuesday II
vening at the Elliot street home of S
he brides mother, Rev. H. r. Miles $
# the Congregational church perform Il
ng the ceremony. Only few relatives Il
nd intimate friends we're present. Mr.. c
leach was formerly employed as cleo 6
rician for the Brattleboro Gaslight
ompany but for the past few years has b
een in Three Rivers where the couple Il
ill make their homie. Miss Cutler is e.
member of the High school class \
f 1900 c,
-Luona Wood. So, widow of George s.
7. Knowlton. who died about six n
-eeks ago, died of consumption Sun Il
ay at her home on Chestnut street. n
he was native of Granville and had a
we'd in Brattleboro since her marriage p
} Mr. Knowlton. She is survived by \
ne daughter, a sister who lives in OF
and brother who is in the Il
Test. The funeral was held Tuesday \
fternoon, Rev. III. r. Miles officiating oil