Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-06-24
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mrs. j. II. Ryder ana MIS- II. u
Rice will serve tea at the Wantasti-
quet golf club tomorrow afternoon.
The ladies' aid of the Methodist
church will hold their regular business
meeting Wednesday afternoon in the
church at o'clock.
H. |. Dyke has sold his restaurant
on Elliot street to Mrs. c. /. STAFFORD
who win take the management imme-
diately. The sale was made through
a. " Mays agency,
Brattleboro chapter, d, A, r., are
invited by Mrs. w. II. Bigelow of West
Brattleboro to be her guests July 4.
This will take the place of the basket
picnic as announced in the year BOOK
-Myron p. Davis has postponed
his concert until the latter part OF
August. the singers whom he had en-
gagged wishing rest after the sea
sons work. Mr.. Davis VIII be their
guest at Spofford lake for several
| days.
Russell Parker, who is staying az
his cottage al Spofford lake Is SAID TO
have broken the automobile record
between Brattleboro and the lake TINS
week making the trip Monday with
his White steam car in y minutes
remarkable time considering the ma
ture of the road.
Judge II. II. Wheeler has granted
tbe discharge of Gilbert II. HARDWOOD
from bankruptcy. In the bankruptcy
case of Walter NJ Ware Judge Wheel
i. Of referee,
disaEowing the w F. Wallace note OF
$500. Hearings in both these cases
took place last week
A 72-hole medal play handicap
tournament will be begun at the wan
tastiouet golf club tomorrow. Eight
cen holes will be played each Saturday
for four weeks and the participant
having the best net score for the -
holes viii be awarded a pewter stem
suitably engraved The handlcaps
will be posted tomorrow morning.
Max Streeter who recently es-
caned from the Cheshire county farm
NJ Westmoreland \. H.. where he was
confined for breaking and entering
was arrested on Main street carry
Wednesday morning by Chief OF fo-
| lice Hall Streeter made no resls-
| lance and agreed to return to West
moreland peaceably. He was taken
there by Superintendent Whitman
who was notified by Chief Hall OF the
mans capture.
Nathaniel Niles, who spends his
summers in Halifax, and mas pIayea
\ tennis several times on the Wantas-
tiouet golf club grounds, Went
through TO the semi finals OF the
T.onpwood tournament for the Massa-
chusetts state championship last week
| After downing several crack players,
Niles was defeated Friday by K, O.
Saver Ga 6-3. Seaver afterwards
lost to e. E. Leonard in the final
round.
Chief of Police Hall received last
week letter from the wilmington
Mass authorities asking him to be
on the lookout for an Indian lad Oh
about IS years who was wanted for
breaking and entering. The boy had
been given lodging in the lookup
several days previous. He was III
town with his mother and younger
brother and left for the north seVeral
DAVIS before Chief Hall received the
letter from Wilmington.
The old vault in the Peoples Ma
tional bank has been torn out TINS
week. and representatives OF the
Remington. Sherman company OF New
York are here ready to erect the new
structure. which arrived from the fac
tory in Philadelphia early in the
week While the work of changing
vaults is in progress most OF the
banking business is carried on IN
what was formerly the directors
room. The work of removing the
heavy steel sides of the vault has at
tracted considerable attention
otto Nestman, who broke the rec
ord for climbing Mt. Washington IN
an automobile Saturday. passed
through Brattleboro Tuesday on his
wav home to Springfield, Mass He
drove the same car which made the
record trip. seven horse power
stevens Duryea Of a similar model 10
that owned by John Harvey OF TINS
town. The climb was made by au-
toists who had been sent to inspect
the course at Intervale, n. H., where
the meeting scheduled for July VIII
take place. Conditions were favor
oble for the trial and Nestman sue
ceeded in driving his machine up tlie
eight miles in IS minutes. 80 seconds
The best previous time was one hour
So minutes.
Henry Knapp, 60 died Tuesday
morning at his home on Chestnut
street after an illness of several
months with tuberculosis. He was
horn in Marlboro one of six children
of Asaph and Relief Higley Knapp, his
father being for many years a resident
of Dover. Mr.. Knapp engaged in the
photograph business in wilmington
for several years and afterward took
up the trade of jeweler He came TO
Brattleboro a few years ago and since
had not engaged in active business
Besides widow he leaves four broth
ers. Clark and Frank of Keene, \. H.,
Horace of Winchendon, Mass, ana
Fave,te of Newfane, and one sister,
Mrs. Alfred Titus of this town. Fun
aral services were held from the
house Yesterday afternoon. Rev. r. X.
Marvin officiating and the body was
taken TO Newfane for burial TINS
morning.
Mrs. Helen Rand, 10, widow of
Howard A. Pratt. died at her home
on oak street Wednesday morning
from heart trouble aggravated by an
attack of grip which she sustained
several weeks. She was born in Dunn
merston August "a, 1880, daughter OF
Davis and Nancy Willard Rand. AT
tho age of II Mrs. Pratt removed to