Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20


The Woman's Alliance is planning
to have sale and supper at Wells hal
April 2.
The Valley Grain Co. are advertis
ing seeds and farm machinery in an
other column.
when Knighthood Was in Flow
er,' begins as a serial in today's issue.
Don't fail to read it.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Catholic Union will be held Thurs
day evening, March %.
The members of the w. G. I. Y.
held mothers meeting in the Y. Nj.
C. A. parlors yesterday afternoon.
Ralph Cain will lead the O'Clock
meeting at the Y. M. G. A. rooms Sun
day. A male quartet will furnish music.
&C. L. Stockwell has purchased a
barge to replace the one now running
between the Brooks House and the sta
ton.
Miss Anna LIGHTER, wife of VIM.
Schuster, is one of the cast in 1.-The
Prince of Pilsen," now appearing at
the Broadway theatre in New York.
DR.. H. L. Waterman reports case
of measles on Canal street. 1t was con-
tracted out of town. and as the house
is auarantined he does not anticipate
that there will be other cases.
The hearing on the report OF Ref
cree George W. Deberville in the mat
ter of the discharge of Knott d Clos,
son, bankrupts, which was to be held
in town this week, has been postponed
to March %.
The listers give notice that they
will take up the tax inventories for
1903 at the following places: Town
hall, Wednesday, April /; Melrose no,
tel, West Brattleboro, Thursday, April
3. Blanks may be obtained of Town
Clerk Newton.
DOC Owens has lost his suit
against the Earl of Rosslyn to recover
on $50 note paid him for gambling
debt. The note had been turned over
to innocent parties, but the court de-
cided against its collection on the
ground that Owens was a professional
gambler.
S. A. Smith, F. L. Smith and G..
II. Smith of the S. A. Smith company
have been in New York this week at
tending a meeting of the manufacture
ers interested in the National Novelty
CORPORATION. There is no further prog
ress and probably no definite steps
will be taken for some weeks.
About 30 members of the Brattle-
boro Lodge, y. f. O. P, gave sur
prise party to Mrs. B. II. Herrlck at
her home on Elliot street, the evening
of Mar. 10. Refreshments of cake, Ice
cream. candy and chocolate were served
and the visitors presented Mrs. Her
rick with an upholstered rocker and
stand.
Mrs. Mary Jane Brayman, 10, died
at her home in West Brattleboro
Wednesday of heart disease. The fun
eral was held from the house yester-
day. Rev. II. II. Shaw officiating
Mrs. Brayman was widow and the
daughter of Elliot Higley Of Brattle-
boro and was a native of this town.
She leaves five children.
Warren Kittridge Eames, aged Is
wears. died in Council Bluffs. Ia /,
March IL, after a long illness with
Bright's disease He was the son OF
4 the late John Eames of Dover and left
for the West about 45 years ago. He
leaves widow, two sons and two
daughters, all residents of Council
Bluffs, also a sister, Mrs. W. IL.
Adams, OF Brattleboro.
e. j. Devine Of this town, who
has been in the theatrical business Tor
several years, has formed partner
shin with Z. A. Woods, a we'll known
manager, and they will put out big
spectacular comedy entitled The
Green Eyed Monster carrying com.
pany of 80 people and carload OF
scenery. Mr.. Devine is at present IN
Yonkers, n Y, where the company Is
in rehearsal preparatory TO It's opening
near New York city next week.
The regular weekly accident on
the narrow gauge road, happened on
schedule time last Monday, when No
80. the mixed train from the north,
due at 1 ID p IN. met with delay OF
several hours owing to the breaking OF
a truck on a box car near Bradley
meadow. The car was derailed. The
engine was sent down for the wrecking
train. but the passenger train due to
leave Brattleboro at 40, was held Up
until midnight before the track was
cleared.
M embers of the keene board OF
trade have been in town this week in
an effort to induce the Brattleboro
Hosiery company TO locate their p liant
in keene. A handsome proposition
was made and the matter will come up
for discussion and decision at spe-
cial meeting of the board of directors
which will be held shortly, but some
members of the board have al
ready decided that Brattleboro is
good enough. The name will be
changed on April l to Brattleboro
Manufacturing company, and plans
are being made to increase the line oil
goods manufactured by the company.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution held a regular meeting
| Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs,
E. d. Whitney. Mrs. Annie G. Cobb,
delegate to the National Congress al
Washington, gave concise and yer!
, entertaining report of the business OF
the congress The total Membership
of the national society ID. A. k. Is
42,643, including 800 real Daughters.
At one session of the congress sll,oV
.. was raised for the proposed Continen
!, tai Memorial hall, $1,000 of this sun
J being in cash deposited IN box on
the platform. Mrs. Florence G. Es
tev. the newly elected vice presiden'
!, general. also gave her yearly report o.
the d. A. r. of Vermont. The socia
side of the congress was very ably re
ported by Mrs. Laura ~ Wiggin.
, William E. Bardwell, aged 10 year
{ died at his residence, 80 Canal street
/ about four O'Clock Saturday after