Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


Gillivray's adv. on another page. adv.
Palm Sunday will be observed at
ST. Michael's Roman Catholic church
next Sunday.
An examination for sergeant cor
poral of Company will be held tomor-
row night at Waterman d Martin IS law
office.
Opening of spring and summer
Millinery, Saturday and Monday, Apr.
4th and 9th. Mrs. W. f. Neal. No
cards. All are cordially invited. adv
A. V. May has sold for Mrs. Isaac
Foster her place in Jamaica, known as
the Daniel Stocker farm, to Andrew
Berg of New York city. Possession
will be taken at once.
Louis Henkel has bought f. E. War
ner's residence on Prospect street. Mr..
and Mrs Warner will soon move to
Bellows Falls where Mr.. Warner will
open paint and paper store.
The Brattleboro Street Railway Co.
have ordered two new 27-inch turbine
wheels from the Electric Supply Co. at
Orange, Mass, to replace the old
wheels, which were worn out.
AT special meeting of the Catho-
lie Union Sunday afternoon James
| King and Harry Haus were appoint
ed as special committee to look after
the baseball team the coming season.
Col. j. Gray Estey has been APP
pointed by Governor Mccullough to
represent the state on the staff of Gen.
Henry c. Corbin, chief marshal of the
parade ceremonies at the st. Louis cen
tennial exposition.
The third ladies' night held by the
Vermont Wheel club at their club
rooms Friday evening was most en-
joyable affair." Leitsinger's orchestra
gave a concert from to 8, after which
there were cards and dancing. 90
The regular meeting of the Brat
tleboro Woman's club will be held at
the Brooks House Wednesday, April 8,
at 3 80 o'clock The president, Miss
Susan Clark of West Brattleboro, will
read paper giving an account of her
trip abroad Is months ago.
DIR. H. d. Holton and DR.. 7. r.
Stiles of st. Johnsbury, of the State
Board of Health, met Friday night at
the Van Ness house, Burlington. and
made arrangements for the program of
the annual school for health officers to
be held in Burlington June ID to Is.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins
has been invited as guest of the Wash :
ington County Veterans association at
its annual reunion at Montpelier June
"a and % Other invited guests are
Senator Dillingham;, Gen. W. w.
Henry and Col Albert Clarke of Bos-
ton.
&C. H. Bagley of st. Johnsbury re-
turned Friday from a weeks stay IN
town where he secured IS new names
for the Merchants Association. This
association at their last monthly meet
ing put SO names on the cash custom
ers' list, which shows that some peo-
pie are not paying their bills as prompt
" as they should.
New passes and books of the Brat,
tleboro Street Railway Co. were issued
Wednesday. The directors OF the COM
pany have received from the state rail-
road commissioners report on the APP
peal from appraisal. The appraisal has
been reduced from $4,000 to $40, ooo.
Although this is a material reduction
it is still $500 in excess OF last year.
The store of E. j. Fenton & Co.,
the up to date clothiers, has put on a
very spring like appearance this week
with beautiful display of the choic-
est and most exclusive creations In
mems and boys clothing, hats,
shirts, gloves, etc, from the represen-
tative houses in the country for whom
this reliable firm have the exclusive
sale in Brattleboro.
States Attorney Schwenk was In
Jamaica Monday on the case against
Merton Williams, charged with the lar
ceny of three hens belonging to S. Il.
Rawson. On the evidence produced by
the state, Williams was found guilty
and fined S15 and costs by Judge Rob
inson. He appealed and was put under
5000 bonds which he was unable to fur
nish and is now in Newfane jail.
The seven social of the Daughters
of Rebekah Friday evening drew an
unusually large attendance. AS the
name may imply, novelty of the So
c;al was furnished in seven courses of
refreshments and seven kinds of games.
There was a recitation by Mrs. Luther
Miller. Mrs. Eric Landry read poem
and Miss Louise Coates prose selec-
tion. Vocal and piano selections were
given respectively by Miss Laura Lett
Singer and Miss Florence Stigglns. A
dance was the closing feature of the
entertainment.
-Rudyard Kipling has sailed from
Cane Town for England and his new
volume of poems, consisting OF the pa
triotic verses which he has been con-
trimming of late to the London Times,
will be published this year. Mrs. Mary
wilkins Freeman is also to have new
hook out soon. 1t is collection OF
GHOST stories entitled 1.-THE Wind IN
the Rose Bush" and she has wisely de-
cided to retain her maiden name tor
literary purposes, so the new book VIII
bear the name, Mary E. Wilkins, on the
title page.
F. ]. Bailey's agency completed
the sale Yesterday and passed the
deeds on the Herman Harvey farm in
chesterfield to Charles G. Abbey OF
Chicopee. Mass. The fine location OF
this farm and its extensive buildings
make it an attractive summer home,
and Mr.. Abbey expects to use 1t IN
This connection with the Silverdale
hotel of Lake Spofford, which he re
Gently purchased. Mrs. Harvey takes
a house on Calhoun street, Springfield,
Mass, in part payment, put expects "
remain in Brattleboro until her son
finishes school.
DOC Owens, we'll known in Brat
I'D whose reputation is not