Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21

afternoon service in the Y. M. G. A
rooms Sunday.
All the go. Ladies shirt waist
made from Fenton's imported men
shirtings adv.
? The W. G. T. U. held its regula
, meeting in the Y. M. G. A. parlor
yesterday afternoon.
The w. r. G.. will give publ
clam. chowder supper at G. A. II. hal
Saturday, March %, at 80 O'Clock
Price 25c. adv.
j. G. Elder of Malone, N. Y, ha
been given the position of foreman o
the local railroad engine house to taxi
the place of G. A. Gregg
Increases of pension have beer
granted Clarence Goodale, Dummers
ton, 1927 to $50 per month, III. A. Car
penter, Newfane, So to $40.
The next meeting of the Alliance
study class will be held in the Brooks
House reception room Monday even
ing. The subject will be Ecclesiastes.
Shea, the shoeman, opposite u
lery Building has just put in a fine
shoe backing chair With each pair
of shoes he gives a ticket good for 20
free shines.
L. d. Taylor gave a gas stove
sugar party to the employees of the of
flee in Crosby block Tuesday after
noon. Refreshments were served by
II. II. Crosby.
BY the will of the late George II.
Newman, who died in Boston last week
the Bratteboro Home for Aged and
I IlIcabJ.J will aiua s,lll apH tho
Unitarian society of Brattleboro $1,000.
DIR. D. II. Calder will give paper
on "lnsomna' at the next meeting of
the New England psychological society
which will be held with Dr. Eben G.
Norton in Norwood, Mass, Tuesday.
W. II. Bracket has bought the
Devens place at the corner of North
and North Main streets of Charles
Miner and will soon begin extensive
repairs preparatory to occupying the
house.
Captain Marshall Eldridge, who
with six of his saving crew was
drowned Monday at South Chatham,
Mass, in an attempt to save the crews
of two stranded barges, was school
mate and long time friend of DIR.
James Conland.
The cloud of witnesses summoned
to testify in the CushmaD case at New
fame spent nearly all Wednesday morn
ing waiting for the train to start for
the county seat. The train is sched-
uled to leave at S a. m. but did not get
started until noon.
An unusually large quantity of
tobacco has been sorted and packed at
Sutter Brothers local warehouse this
season. About 30 men have been en-
ployed there nearly all winter and their
payroll will amount to about $1,000 at
the end of the season.
The body of William G.. LeRay.
who died in Halifax last week, was
brought here Saturday for burial in /
Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr.. LeRay /
lived in Brattleboro for many years.
He is survived by widow and one son /
Richard LeRay. He also leaves one I
brother, James LeRay of West Brattle /
boro.
The funeral of George H. Newman !
was held Saturday afternoon at ,. IL at
the home of Mrs. G. H. Ryder on South /
Main street. the body being brought to
in a special car. Rev. +.
J. S. Osgood otiiciated at the services
and Mary Howe sang three selec-
lions, The burial was in the family
ot in Prospect Hill cemetery.
The regular March meeting of
chapter, Daughters of the
american Revolution, was held in the
Brooks House Wednesday evening when
'eports from the delegates to the Ma
.ional convention in Washington were
cad An interesting part of the re
lorts>was the description of the visit
o Madam WI, wife of the Chinese
minister. II
The Brattleboro Woman's club L
lave secured Prof Hammond of Hol-
'oke, Mass, for an organ recital to be
leld in the Congregational church
ometime in the first part of April
The date will be announced later {
This entertainment will be free and
will be an unusual opportunity to hear .
me of the best organists in New Eng ,
and.
A Salt Lake, Uatah, despatch in {
he Denver record says that the Tono
ah Mining company recently refused !
n offer of 50, 900, 600 for the property I
or which it paid 1886, 600. There is |
bout 81, ZOO, 600 worth of ore on the
urface aside from that opened up as c
epth is attained. One of the four I
wners of the mine is John X. Ander- !
on, formerly of Brattleboro. q
Francis Truth, the healer, better II
nown in Brattleboro as Bemis, the "
iundry man, has opened in New York C
ity "temple of truth" where dis "
iples may worship and receive spirit
al refrpS hmppt verbally and from pub- %.