Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-18
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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The village caucus has been post
poned from Tuesday evening until tc
morrow night.
Branch | of the Sunshine societ
will meet with Mrs. Albert Rockwell
next Friday afternoon.
The next meeting of Bingham
chapter, o. +. S., will be held Frida
evening. A short entertainment vii
follow.
The net receipts from the annua
st. Patrick's day entertainment givei
by the Catholic society amounted
to $685. 80,
The Greenfield, Mass, postoflic,
beat Brattleboro the past year in it
total receipts, doing "a business of S24,
22S against this towns SOB, 2S9.
The sale of seats for Thomas JEFF
ferson who will be the attraction at the
Auditorium presenting that everlasting
success Rip Van Wrinkle, opens tonight.
King Jollity' was presented in
Keene this week under the direction
of E. Wales and son Harry. This is
the list, production of the play this
season.
H r. Brown has bought "a acres
adjoining his Dummerston farm, the
lot being formerly owned by the French
/ estate. Mr. Brown now has a farm of
about 100 acres.
The management of the Barre hos
pital which is now being fitted have
engaged as nurses Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Sawyer. who were formerly employed
by DR.. f. r. Lynch.
Seats are on sale tonight for Thorn
as Jefferson, who comes to the Audi
forum and will be seen as-that lOvable
drunken yagabond RIP Van Wrinkle. y
The performance will be given with all
the scenic effects and an able company
of players,
In the case of Mrs, Leroy Willis
against the estate of John NJ. Willis for
services rendered during his last i'll
ness. the commissioners, John K. Gale
and NJ. j. Moran, disallowed the claim
in full The hearing took place last
week. Bacon & Hooker appearing for
the claimant and Schwenk for the de
PENDANT.
George A. Kimball, who died in
Greenfield, Mass, Monday morning
after a short illness with pneumonia,
was native of Walpole, n. H., was
for a number of years engineer on the
Vermont and Massachusetts road be
tween Fitchburg and Brattleboro, and
was afterwards master mechanic of the
Vermont Valley system with headquar
tiers at Bellows Falls.
The case of p. Fleming against
Frank Larrow on an action of trOver to
recover a Highland range was held be
fore f. d. e. Stowe in the county
clerks office Monday. The plaintiff
introduced evidence tending to show
that the stove was his property, but "A
settlement was effected before the tes-
timony was finished. Schwenk APP
peared for the plaintiff and Barber for
defendant
A meeting was held in the rooms .
of the Catholic Union Sunday after .
noon for the purpose of etfecting per- (
manent organization of the local branch .
Of the United Irish league Eighty .
three members were taken in and the .
officers elected: President. /
Timothy Aher: vice presidents, T. a.
Austin and John Eckles: secretary,
Daniel Shea; treasurer, John Calvin:
trustees, H. B. Haus. John Flood and .
NJ. J. Dineen.
On account of the rapid growth of
the pipe organ department of the Els
-ey Organ company the firm is contem
plating the erection of a new building
for the accommodation of this branch
IF the industry. No definite plans have
vet been made but it is probable that
he structure will be in the rear of the
present row of shops. Since the firm
began the manufacture of pipe organs
,rders have been received so rapidly
hat it has been almost impossible to
i'll them with the present force work.
ng over time.
"A gentleman residing at the Brooks
House was the recipient recently of the
most remarkable plant ever seen in
his locality. The green of the plant /
esembled that of an Easter lily, but !
rom its branches were growing carna
ion pinks, white roses, pink roses,
elbow rosebuds, English violets, black
oses and two or three other kinds of ,
lowers. If local florists or botanists ,
an explain this phenomenon the gen. +
leman would be much pleased as the :
anne of the donor did not appear so /
hat he could obtain the desired infor- :
nation. +
Mary Z. Knight, Al, wife of a
'harles F. Thomas, died Friday noon t
n Milestone block after an illness of t
yer year with cancerous trouble. t
he funeral was held Sunday after 7
Don, Rev. R. X. Marvin officiating, t
nd the body was taken to st. Adams t
Or burial Sunday evening. Mrs |
'homas was native of Burke, n Y, a
nd previous to coming to Brattleboro o
ad lived in st. Adams. Besides her
who is a conductor on the &
entral Vermont railroad, she leaves a
ne son. Harold. An older SOP was I
lied on the railroad about two years s
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The session of the United States Il
rcuit and district courts which was
, have begun Monday in Rutland and v
uring which Lieutenant Governor V
[artin F. Allen of Ferrisburgh and ?
ohm W. Ketchum of Vergennes were fl
, have been tried for completely in I
rocking the Farmers National bank e.
Vergennes, was postponed for the p
fth consecutive time United States ii
arshal Fred A. Field received a let st
r Saturday from Presiding Judge a,
oyt III. Wheeler of Brattleboro, in ia
hich the marshal was instructed to al
ljourn the session of the federal court ev
1til Monday, the 21st. 1t is expected e,
lat both of the Vergennes bank cases n,
i'll surely be tried at the session next it
onday. Judge Wheeler gives no rea- tr
n for the order, but it is understood b,
have been issued at the request of sy
q district ATTORNEY James T., Martin m