Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-01-01

held thursday evening with Mrs. Hat
q tie r. Mcclure at 7,30 o'clock
n The regular meeting of the w. c
! r. u at the Y. M. c. A. rooms Thurs
day afternoon will be business meet
2 Ing at which reports from the treasur'
err and superintendent of department.
Q will be in order
; States Attorney SS-uenk was II
Bellows Falls yesterday . appear
, against Ezra Rolling and Mrs. }. ary
r McMurphy who were arrested in the
charge OF adultery. The hearing was
, continued until Wednesday.
--wantastiquet lodge, l. o. o. r., viii
) hold its regular meeting Monday even
ing at which time District Deputy
Grand Master A. l. Miller Of Spring
field will be present for the purpose OF
installing the officers Of the year.
: Red Feather" in which Myron
p. Davis is appearing, will close its
run at the Lyric theatre New York
city, tomorrow night. 1t will be seen
for a few weeks in Boston and will af-
forwards make tour including Roch-
ester, Chicago, Buffalo and .Pittsburg.
"A. F. Roberts e. Co.. have this
|, week bought c. w. Puffer's grocery
store and will begin a marked-down
sale tomorrow as advertised on page 4
of this paper. Mr.. Roberts will move
his business into the Puffer store but
has retained a lease Of his former
quarters. Mr.. Puffer, who has been
connected with the grocery business
In this town for a number of years,
will retire.
christmas day was observed by
three Masses at st. Michaels Roman
Catholic church, Special Christmas
music was rendered and the church
was beautifully decorated with ever
green and the altar with roses, lilies.
carnations and many other potted and
cut flowers. and many lights. In front
of one Of the side affairs was crib
representing the birth of the Infant
Jesus at Bethlehem.
Five new cases of diphtheria Is the
/ record of this week, those III being the
son OF C. j. Goodale, the coupe driver,
\ two dodgers at Gustav Bomans on
4 Birge street, the daughter Of Axel Lar
I son on Chestnut street and son OF K
/ II. Briggs in Centerville. The young
son of Col and Mrs. ]. Gray Estey and
/ the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
/ Il. l.. Hildreth have both recovered
4 from the disease and the quarantine
/ has been removed Miss Florence Put
nam, who also had the disease, has re-
covered and has resumed her teaching
/ "A meeting win be held tomorrow
evening In Bacon & Rockers office for
the purpose OF organizing the Valley
Fair kennel club and electing a board
of officers for the coming year As soon
as the organization is perfected appli-
cation win be made to the American
Kennel club for admission TO that body.
The kennel club win have charge of
the dog show at the Valley Fair next
year. and IL is expected that new
building viii be erected for the accom-
mediation OF the CANNES. II this Is done
the dog show can be made one OF the
most important rs well as interesting
departments of the fair
FORFEIT r. orkins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. T. Orkins of this town, and
Miss Annie Maynard were married Fri
day evening at the Baptist parsonage
by Rev. G. b Lawson They left sat
urday for New York city where Mr.
OrlSins has a position as bookkeeper
In the office OF the Arlington Manufac-
turing company The wedding was
complete surprise to the friends and
many of the relatives of the young
couple The bride has been attending
the Mortified schools this fall and the
groom recently graduated from Albany
Business college Both have been ac-
lively connected with the Baptist
church here.
Ten newly elected officers Of the 1
Vermont National Guard took examin- /
ations in the. Brooks House Monday af- I
ternoon and evening before the state I
board q examiners: Col. j. Gray Es- I
tey. Maj 4. f. Dyer Of Rutland. Cap 1
tain C. f. 3urnham OF Burlington and (
Capt G. r anderson OF this town. Ad-
iutant Gene. ] Gilmore of Fairlee and
Mai. II. w. ovey OF Mortified were I
present at tho examinations TO rep
resent the state and the United
States The Officers examined We're !
C. II. Senter, H. b. Moulton and f.
r. Thomas of &C II, Montpelier j. 4
w, Tinker. G. r. Parks and w. G..
Ide Of st, Johnsbury; +. l.. Smith,
Grout Lincoln of Brandon, r. w Glib
son and Charles H. Davis OF Brattle-
boro Applicants were examined on
subjects of geography history. arith-
metic, spelling and English in ad-
dition TO the regular drill regulations,
outpost duty. rife practice map draw
ing. field engineering and sketching.
Daniel Donaghue, 80. died shortly I
before noon yesterday at the American 4
House after an illness OF nearly two
months with jnilammatory rheuma-
tism. Although he had suffered great
~ during the last part of his Illness
he was given the best of care, Miss 4
Bailey. the traited nurse, being in 1
charge during the past two weeks 4
The body was taken to Holyoke. Mass, /
this morning and the funeral will be
held there tomorrow morning Mr.. (
Donaghue was botr in Holyoke and had /
lived there until I ming to Brattleboro (
few years ayr During the past
spring and sunni he had been en-
Moved rs barteu at the American .
House He is sui ed by three broth /
ers and three sist s. They are Joseph .
and Hugh Donashue of Holyoke, John
Donaghue of Chicago, and Misses
Mary, Ellen and Elizabeth Donaghue
of Holyoke. Mr., Donaghue had made
a large number of friends during his
life here and was exceedingly popular
among his associates.
A recent Greenwich, Conn.,, des-
match in the Ner fork Herald gives
some interesting aws concerning the
Ranta Hill Con. iidated Mines com
pany. a considerable amount of whose
stock was sold here a few years ago
through the fundamentally of A. s.