Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16


A special meeting Of the local
branch of the United Irish League
will be held at the school house hall,
Walnut street, Sunday. at 4 p. m.
The meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held at the Unitarian
parsonage Monday evening at 7.3C
O'Clock. Subject, "The Martyr Spir-
it,"
There will be boys reception at
the Y. M. C. A. rooms Tuesday even
ing. Rev. L. M. Keneston of West
Brattleboro will give an illustrated
lecture.
A mothers meeting was held in
the Congregational chapel Wednesday
afternoon, Mrs. Charles p. Spencer CIV
ing paper on "The value Of hobbies
in child's life.
The Pilgrim Fathers will hold the
first of series OF card parties IN
Grand Army hall Tuesday evening.
All members are requested to attend
with their friends.
-Houghton & Simonds expect to oc-
cupy the Starkey store about Feb. l..
They will make extensive improve
IntutS al lldU piilO NChhSSe'h6 sAAN - =
stores by large archway.
The W. G. T. U. held its roll-call
meeting and supper at Mrs. Reeds
yesterday, there being large attend,
ance. The next meeting will be held
in the Y. Nj. G. A. parlors Thursday.
A. C. Aldrich is making extensive
improvements on the North Main street
house occupied by Dr. Fremont Ham
ilton. A broad piazza is being built
around the front and much is being
done on the inside in the way of reno
walton.
Lieutenant Fred Dunklee has ten
dered his resignation as second lieu
tenant of Company / and the document
is now in the hands of the adlntant
general. As soon as the resignation Is
accepted special meeting of the com
pany will be called to fill the vacancy.
Thirty members of the junior de-
partment of the Congregational sun
day school will be advanced to the in
termediate department next Sunday.
| Public graduating exercises Will be
held in the church at the close OF the
church service. Diplomas will be
awarded.
Kendall Winchester, who died In
! Newfane Sunday of pneumonia, was a
brother of C. G. and II. III. Winches-
ter of this town. He was the eldest
son of the late Hart II. Winchester OF
Wilmington and is survived by wild
ow and five children. The funeral was
held in Newfane Wednesday.
-Sutter Brothers opened their local
ware house in the Crosby storehouse
building Tuesday and force OF men
is at work stripping and sorting TINS
wears stock. The firm has bought
comparatively little tobacco hereabouts
this season as the farmers have been
holding it in anticipation OF higher
prices.
The Ladies Catholic Benevolent
association met with Mrs. p. l.. Shea
Tuesday evening when the following
officers were installed: President, Mrs.
ID W. Shea: vice president, Mrs. I.
W Murphy; treasurer, Miss Agnes
Calvin. secretary, Miss Mary Leahy.
II was voted TO hold a social and dance
in Red Mems hall Monday evening.
After the business refreshments were
served.
Clarke C. Fits has brought suit
for the Employers Liability IDsur-
ance company of London against
| O'Brien & Sheehan, the contractors
who built the Rutland Canadian rail.
road, and has trusteed the Rutland
railroad companyhnd P. w. Clement.
ETbe suit is for slhOO0 for premiums
on policies Of liability insurance and
| is returnable before the United States
circuit court at Burlington.
At n meeting Of committees FROM
Brattleboro and Columbian lodges
Tuesday evening it was decided to hold
a Masonic ball in Festival hall Tues
day evening, February II, and the fol
/ lowing committee was appointed From
! Columbian lodge. K. c. Bacon, Z. r.
X. JENNIE and j. B. Randoll: from
Brattleboro lodge. F. /. Swift. r. ii.
Thomas. W. B. Vinton. The Mason'
are enthusiastic over the prospects fol
a ball and intend to have it eclipse al
its predecessors.
4 The present winter has been thu
most severe in the history OF the Brat
tleboro street railroad, and nothing
but continued hard work has kept thu
line open through the severe weathe
which has characterized the past tw'
months. Since the first snowstorn
four DAYS of successive pleasant wealth
err is the longest respite the employs
of the road have known. Although oil
several occasions schedule time ha
been out of the question only once hay
any trims been lost For the past tw'
weeks the employees of the road hav'
been busy clearing the surplus snov
from Main, High, Oak and Contra
streets.
The annual meeting of the Grapg
store association was held in Grang
hall Wednesday afternoon and the fol
lowing officers chosen for the ensuin,
wear. Directors, T. j. b. Cudworth
10. T. Ware, A. Marshall, c. 5. Hop
kins. ]. e. Dewitt; auditors. Georg
f. Crowell, Nj. /. Reed, ". II. Brack
ett. A dividend of per cent. was de
clared on the capital stock and pc
cent, on the stockholders trade. Tn
past wear has been the largest IN tn
history of the store, the bushes
amounting to about siS, 600; FOLLOWING
this meeting was held that or IN
Grange block association at when IN
following officers were chosen Direct
ors, T. j. B. Cudworth, w. r. GOD
dard, ". Z. Banks, P. S. Eames, M
|. Reed: auditors, W. II. Bracket, M
|. Reed, d. n. Mather. A dividen
of 3 per cent was declared on the car
ital stock.
, Mrs. Jeanette Brown Holton, Is
died at the home of her sister, Mrs
Martha Cheney, on Western avenue
.o-l,y r,ornipp ne the result of