Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-01-22
0dlindham (ountg Reformer
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

| The regular monthly meeting Vi
the Epworth league will be held In the
leagues room Thursday evening at
80.
The postponed annual meeting OF
the society for Prevention of Cruelty
to- Animals will be held at the Brooks
library, Tuesday evening at 7.So o'clock.
The junior class of the High school
went to Winchester, N. H., Friday
evening to meet the Keene High school
juniors A very enjoyable evening was
spent.
-Brattleboro branch, No. l, Interna-
tional Sunshine society, will hold its
regular meeting Friday afternoon, Jan,
30, with Miss e. C. Udall at the home
of Mrs. j. e. Lawrence, "a Green street,
The examining board of the YER
mont National guard will meet In
Burlington February 8 and 10. Among
the candidates to be examined Is Sec
ond Lieutenant George f. Mosher of
Company l.
Miss Florence Putnam of Alstead,
| N. H., a graduate of the High school
| in the class of 1908, will take the place
of Miss Alice Colt, now Mrs. White
more, was teacher in the Chase street
primary school.
Il. e. Wrisley formerly of Brat
tleboro, has bought ID. F. McMahon's
unexpired lease of the Elm house bowl
ing alley in Greenfield, Mass Mr.. Nc
Mahon has signed with the Jersey
City baseball team of the eastern
league.
The first meeting of the creditors
of A. w. Campbell was helL before
Referee f. D. f. Stowe Saturday. No
trustee was appointed, there being no
assets in the estate of the bankrupt.
A hearing on petition for discharge
will be held lated
The Marion Francis Co closed its
engagement here Saturday evening with
a large audience which gathered to wit
ness "The Price of Shame" On Fri
day evening an amateur speciality con-
test was held. II was won by Frank
Crosier in his baton swinging act
The 4.S6 train from the north came
down in two sections Monday after
noon the. latter arriving here about .
o'clock in the evening. This was oc-
casioned by the failure of the Central
Vermont train to connect with the Bos-
ton & Maine at White River Junction.
r. w. Mcclure and II. B. Chamber
lain, commissioners of the estate OF
Michael Brosnahan, have decided 10
disallow the claims of Patrick and Jo-
hanna Brosnahan for 500 alleged to be
advanced to the deceased in 1864 when
building his house on Elliot street
-Brattleboro and vicinity expert
enced another taste of extreme cold
weather Monday night, Thermometers
hereabouts registering from l6 to 20
degrees below zero Tuesday morning.
The mercury was extremely sluggish
all day Tuesday but rose gradually
toward night.
L. C. Houghton is negotiating with
several people for the sale of his deer
park in Halifax and expects to part
with the property within a few weeks.
Several men from Philadelphia are ex-
pected here within day or two to ex-
anime the preserve. Mr.. Houghton's
price on the park is $4,000.
One of the chimneys in Mrs. F. A.
Whitney's Main street house burned
out about 6 o'clock Monday evening,
The flames attracted the attention of
T. A. Austin who notified Mrs. Whit
ney and a still alarm of fire was sent
in The blaze was put out by the con-
tents of two or three extinguishers
withor much loss.
A special freight on the narrow
gauge was delayed most all of Sunday
afternoon between Winhall and Jamai-
ca on account of the breaking of
journal on the rear truck of the tender
The freight was on its way to London
derry when the accident occurred. IL
did not reach Brartleboro on the return
trip until about 6 o'clock Monday
morning
A man who has kept close watch OF
the local conditions under license and
prohibition makes the statement that
since the granting of the last licenses
the number of arrests for drunkenness
has been about half Of what it was dur
ing similar length of time under pro-
hibition. This is certainly a good show
ing for the new law and will have its
effect in influencing the voters next
March.
Acting under instructions from the
state board of health, Health Officer H.
ID. Waterman made an inspection OF
number of public buildings Tuesday TO
ascertain their equipment in case of
fire and their facilities for the escape
hlii
were the Brooks House, the Auditor
ium, S. A. Smith Co. factory and the
Hooker, Corser & Mitchell overall, rae
tory. All were found adequately pro-
tected and equipped with methods OF
escape.
News was received in town the first
of the week of the marriage in san
Jose, CAL of Miss Mary n Blakeslee
of Brattleboro and Scott 5. Pigott OF
Oakland, Cal. Miss Blakeslee and her
mother. Mrs. H. 0. Coolidge, went to
Oakland about five weeks ago to spend
the winter. The groom is nephew OF
Mr.. Coolidge and is employed in ship
ping bureau at Oakland. Mr.. and Mrs
Pigott expect to come to Brattleboro
in the spring but they will make their
home in Oakland.
-Ansel Nash, IS, died Saturday at
his home in, Jericho after proiong-
ed illness. He had always followed
the occupation of farming and had
never been away from his native town
longer than three days. Mr.. Nash was
a man of unusual intelligence and was
nroninent in the affairs of his town.
He is survived by four children: Chas.
P. Nash of this town, Collins H., Tnom-
as j.. and Mss Jennie S. Nash all OF
Jericho. Mr. and Mrs. C. p. Nash re-
turned from Jericho Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the Con-
hold Eridn Y