Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-13

dressers.
The knights and Ladies of Honor
will meet Monday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. W. II. Sargent.
The annual griddle cake supper o.
Protective grange will be held in grange
banquet hall Wednesday evening fol
lowed by social dance.
Miss Mary Howe will sing at con
cert of the students chorus of Arms
academy which will be held in Ber
nardston early in March.
The steel castings for the cylinders
which are to be used on Sewall Morse s
new automobile arrived yesterday and
work on the machine will continue at
once.
Carl Sanderson, who spent sum
mer in Brattleboro, is the trick piano
player with Quinlan e. Wallis Ministries
who will appear here Thursday even
ing.
The women of the Congregational
church held missionary meeting yes
terdav afternoon in the chapel, Mrs. r..
L. S. Patton reading paper on India.
After the meeting it was decided not to
hold fair and festival this year but
to raise the necessary money by sub
scription, as was done last year.
The performances by the Rhe Lor-
raine Co. at the Auditorium this week
have been attended by good audiences
and in the main have seemed to give
satisfaction. This evening the COM
pany will present "a Royal Prisoner, "
TO- morrow afternoon Dads Girl''
and to morrow evening 1.-THE Two Or
phans.
A number of local sporting men are
planning to attend the boxing bouts at
North Walpole, n. H., Thursday even
ing. Austin Rice of New London, Ct. !,
and Jack Hamilton of Troy, n. Y.
will meet in the principal bout, and
Jack Garter of Charlestown, Mass, and
Bob Roberts of Lynn, Mass, will take
part in six round go.
The Young Peoples Home Mis-
sion circle of the Methodist Episcopal
church will hold valentine party at
the parsonage, - High street, tomor
row evening. A general Invitation is
extended and pleasant time is antlc-
mated. Home made candies and lem
onade will be on sale to help on the
work in which the circle is engaged.
The basket ball team which repre-
sents Co. d of st. Johnsbury disputes
the right to the state championship
which is claimed by the Brattleboro
Y. M. G.. A. team, and it Is probable
that a series of three games will be ar
ranged Immediately TO decide the ques,
ton. At least one of these games Will
be played in Brattleboro. and it is like
ly that it will take place Saturday
evening, Feb q, although this date is
not certain.
Henry G. Marsh, former resident
of Brattleboro, died at the Soldiers
home in Bennington Wednesday morn
ing after short illness. He was a
member of Company A, Third Vermont
Regiment, enlisting from Reading in
July. 1861, and serving until July,
1865. Since the war Mr.. Marsh had
lived in Dummerston and Nottingham.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs
c.. s, Wilkins Of Puiney, and one son,
Ned Marsh, who enlisted from here for
service in the Philippines.
The work of tearing down the Flat
street wooden building which Is to
furnish site for II. l.. Emerson's new
block will be begun probably about
March by Leslie Smith. +. l.. Parker
who has had job shop in the building
for 20 wears, will close out his bust
ness. Oscar Smith will move his reno
waiting business into the building nc
the corner of Flat and Elm streets near
Leslie Smiths wood working shop
Mr.. Emerson has the plans for his new
block nearly completed and Will begin
haf a uFn an
structure is out of the way,
There was a hearing before Judge
II. II. Wheeler in the Brooks House
Yesterday afternoon in the case OF
Frances Hallett Of Boston against
Frank l.. Fish, receiver of the Farm
ers' National bank at Vergennes to re-
cover S25. 600 loaned to ID. II. Lewis,
formerly cashier of the bank and now
serving a term in the house OF correc
ton. The plaintiff claimed that the
loan was made TO the bank instead of
to Mr.. Lewis personally and therefore
brought suit against the receiver OF
the bank for the recovery of the
amount III. II. Powers of Morrisyille
appeared for the plaintiff and +. j.
Ormsbee of Brandon for the defendant.
The bill authorizing the Connec-
ticut river railroad company to acquire
the stock of the Vermont Valley rail-
road, which was reported from the COM
mittee on railroads in the Massachu-
setts state senate Tuesday, caused a
decided clash, Hon. Rufus A. Soule of
Bristol, former president of the senate,
being the principal figure in the con-
troversy The trouble arose over an
amendment providing that the Connect
icut river road should not issue a greater
amount of stock lat the market value
thereof" than would be required TO
purchase the stock of the other road.
After considerable argument and an
unsuccessful attempt at postpone
ment of the hearing the bill was passed
to engrossment as reported by the COM
mittee.
There was hearing before Judge
Wheeler in the Brooks House yester-
day afternoon on an order of court
for II. p. Farr and Walter NJ. Ware OF
Putney to show cause why they were
interfering with the trustee in posses
sion of the property of the Walter NJ.
Ware bankrupt estate. 1t appeared
from the evidence that about 10 tons
of hav were cut from the place where
Ware is living, that III. p. Farr placed
about 30 cows on the farm last spring
to be cared for by Ware, and that on
Jan. 0 after Ware had been adiudged
bankrupt and allowed only 10 tons OF
hay with his exempt assets he had con
tinued feeding the cows, claiming that
he owned all the hay growing on his
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