Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-09
00lindham Qyountp Refoymer
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

page explaining our great %uaher
Grand Range contest.
C. C. Fits is the purchaser OF the
s. W. Richardson house on Oak street
which was sold several weeks ago.
The Cecilia string quartet and tho
Pierces will be seen at the Auditorium
Tuesday evening under the auspices OF
the Y. M. G. A.
Robbins & Cowles have moved their
Office to the rear of the store ana IN
stalled n Lamson cash carrier system,
the first in town.
The estate of the late Michael j.
Lillis recently received check lot
$1,000 through the Modern Woodmen OF
America of which Mr.. Lillis was
member.
The annual meeting of the Con
pregational society will be held this
evening in the chapel. The annual
meeting of the Sunday school Will be
held Sunday.
The Y. M. G. A basket ball team
will play the Montpelier seminary team
at Montpelier Monday evening. Inc
game which was to have been played
at Rutland this evening was cancelleu'
The check list to be used at the
special town meeting Feb. B, has been
posted in the town hall corridor. me
board of civil authority will meet jan
II TO make any corrections and reNis-
ions necessary.
The Congregational club VIII hola
its ladies' night Tuesday evening'Jan-
uary 27, in the Brooks House, the a..
traction being the Harvard quartet vi
Boston. This is one of the hnest lnu
steal organizations of its KIND ID eA-
istence. -,
-Brattleboro chapter, d. A. H., Will
hold its first meeting of the year Thurs
dav at 8 O'Clock in the Brooks House
parlor. The paper of the evening VIII
be given by Dr.. James Conland, whose
subject will be ga Brattleboro Royal
ist." Members may bring guests.
The firm of Crosby & Co., together
with all other eastern -four dealers are
much exercised over the recent refusal
of the railroad lines east of Chicago TO
handle the product of the Minneap oils
Hour mills. The amount of freight has
grown so much lately that the roa "a,
are totally unable to handle It, Inc
millers of the Northwest look upon the
situation as extremely serious and II II
continues the East may be seriously al
fected.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Vermont Wheel club was held TUESDAY
evening in the club rooms. Inc q ues-
ton of increasing the limit OF memper-
ship came up for discussion and a1te1
some talk a resolution was Introduces
increasing the limit from 100 to 2lU
This question will come up for action
at the next meeting. After the pus,-
ness a whist tournament was helu, +.
G. Gale winning the first prize and T..
E. Perry the second.
Harry Raymond Pierce who appears
in the Auditorium Tuesday evening
will be seen in several intensely anus
ing character sketches. He possesses
in a marked degree the power of con-
yeyipg thought and feeling through the
medium of facial expression and IN the
higher fields of dramatic reading is
ennally at home. Mrs. Pierce is also
clever in the impersonation OF charac-
tiers and will appear In several comedy
duos with her husband.
The MANY storms and spells OF warm
weather, which have characterized the
winter thus far make it doubtful If the
ice crop here will be large enough "
snnrlv next summers demand. Under
ordinary conditions the first crop ought
tn he all in by this time but such Is not
tba case The Brattleboro Ice Co., cut
between 200 and 300 tons last week be-
fore the warm weather put a stop tc
the work, but there ought to be pc
tween / ZOO and LOCO tons in the sheds
by this time.
On the first page of this issue o
the Reformer appears the hrst OF Sc
ries of articles by Charles ii. DaVen
= port relative to the question OF llcens'
\ VS. prohibition. In these articles Mr.
\ Davenport, who is thoroughly cohVers
ant with this subject. will answer I'M
arguments in favor of prohibition a
advanced by speakers and through Tn
press. Mr.. Davenport articles ar
timely and will no doubt have the care
full consideration of all interested II
this vital question.
A large buck was found dead Of
the ice beneath the suspension prlug
last Friday afternoon, the animal ap
narently having been killed by jump
mo from the bridge. The deer was dis
covered lying near the shore by Il. I
Matthews and NJ H. Chickering. Fror
the tracks in the snow 1t seemed as
the animal had jumped from about tn
center of the bridge and then run sev
eral steps before falling 1t was fu
GROWN buck with large spread OF AM
iers. and it was dressed by Mr.. MAJ
1 thews.
There was a hearing before Judg
J. M. Tyler in the county clerks ONO
y Monday on the petition of Nelson How
ard. now confined in Windham count
: iail, to vacate the close jail executlo
\ under which he is held. Howard wa
committed to Jail at the last term
county court on account OF the nor
payment of a judgment against hi
obtained by II. M. Burke of Newfan'
Judge TYLER denied the petition an
Howard was taken back to jail Mondl
night. C. G. Fits appeared for II
petitioner and Waterman q Martin ft
Burke.
Miss Stella NJ. Wilson, 10, die
Saturday afternoon at 70 Elliot stree
where she had been living for sewers
months. after long illness with tube
culosis. She was daughter OF Aare
y w. and Lizzie X. Wilson and was boz
- in Brattleboro although she had 1--we
, in Dummerston a greater part of b
j. life She was employed as stenograPh
in Meriden,s Conn, when her heal
an began to fail. Miss Wilson was 81
If; of strong character and during her ii
'id ness was cheerful and uncomplainin
The funeral was held Sunday afternot
= - 0 % o'clock. Rev. III. r. Miles o