Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-08
00lindham county Reformer
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

The listers met Friday and begal
their annual job of taking inventories
The Ladies' Enterprise societ,
VIII meet with Mrs. c. G. Wincheste
Wednesday at o'clock.
The bailiffs have decided to put al
electric light at, the corner of Cana
and South Main streets.
The reservoir at the foot o.
School street has become useless ant
Is being filed with earth.
Dennis Rebekah lodge will initiate
| four candidates at its next regular
meeting Tuesday evening.
The Brattleboro lodge, New Eng
land order of protection, will have q
supper and dance in Red Mems hall
Monday evening.
"A number of people attended the
card party which Fort Drummer colony,
Pilgrim Fathers, held In Red Mems
hall Tuesday evening.
"A six pound pike caught in the
Connecticut river by Louis Demers
was on exhibition In III. M. Woods
store window the first of the week.
e. d. whitney has received two
Stevens Duryea automobiles of the
1904 model and expects to have them
in running condition within few
days. Mr.. Whitney has the local
agency for the Stevens-Duryea.
The body of Mrs. David, NJ.
Wright whose funeral was held in
Greenfield Friday afternoon was
brought here Saturday. burial taking
place in the family lot in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
--Ignatius Sullivan, a former Brat
tleboro baseball player and for the
past two years mayor of Hartford,
CT, was defeated by the Republican
candidate for that office Monday In
one of the hardest municipal cam
paigns that Hartford has ever known
The republican plurality was 557.
John T. Fenton. who has been
managing the Blondells in their play
"a Journey to the Center of the
Earth" this season, returned to Brat
tleboro the first of the week, the sea-
son having closed in Plttsburg. Mr..
Fenton has been engaged as manager
of the same company for next year,
The gross receipts of the Brattle-
boro postoffice on postal account,
during the year ended March 31st,
were s26,114.13; being an increase
over same period one year ago OF $l,-
1876; s2.S24.66 more than two years
ago; s5,013.31 more than three years
ago, and s6,749.74 more than four
years ago.
The next concert by the Choral /
union viii be held in the auditorium IN /
May under the direction of Nelson +.
Coffin. Several prominent soloists Will |
be engaged to take the leading parts
but the contracts have not yet been
signed The chorus is progressing
inely, at present studying THE Holy
City" and 1.-THE Erl Kings Daughter"
The Murray club held an enjoy
tble meeting In the Universalist YES
ny Tuesday evening. The program
of readings by Miss Edith
Tarr, piano solos and recitations. 1t
concluded with a novel form OF cake
Walk, the participants representing
ifferent kinds of cakes the names of
which were guessed by the onlookers.
John Fl. Gale. 81, who died In
N. H., Friday evening was
brother of DR.. George f. Gale OF
his town. He was native OF )
Teath, Mass, and went to Hinsdale l
, 1870, working there as carpenter '
nd contractor His funeral was held /
Ionday afternoon in charge of Col q
en- Rule lodge, +. & A. M. DR.. Gale a
the only one left Of family Of IL c
1lldren.. I
The suit of the Brattleboro street '
Lilway company against the Groton =
ridge company for $1,000 damages |.
aimed to be due on account of the y
,fendants failure to finish the u
.idge across milestone brook r
Main street on schedule :
me. has been withdrawn by a
e plaintiff this week. w. III. Vinton
i'll therefore pay the company $1,000
hich was withheld, the town having ii
zen trusteed for that amount. This G
lit was brought six years ago. r,
There was an unusually large at 81
ndance at the annual meeting Of II
e Vermont Wheel club Tuesday 6
'ening when the following officers h
ere chosen: President, C. H. Pratt p
ce president, M. J. Moran; secretary, el
c. Dewitt. treasurer, j. r. Ryder; N
ard of governors in addition to Of NJ
ers, C. w. Durham, C. Robbins, f. NJ
Barrows. The only other business F
rs the reading of the annual reports "
the officers. Following the busi- G.
IS session lunch was served. l.
THE April term of Windham 70
unity court will convene at New pt
ne Wednesday. Judge John H. Wat 81
n of Montpelier presiding. The III
st case to be taken up will probably
that of Prucius w. Manley against "
: Mutual Fire Insurance company, Fl
d. r. Stowe appearing for the ar
Iintiff and Waterman & Martin for to
. defendant This will probably be st
lowed by the case of John Phette- in
ce against j. o. Frost. BY mutual in
reement among the attorneys the ST,
Ter of cases as il appears in the In
,ket has been changed considerably. in,
suit of local interest that is set for stt
II among the first Is that concern 90
the revocation of the Valley Bot lea
lg companys license. Blu
An alarm of fire from box SO at liza
corner of milestone block was tire
e in about 6.15 Tuesday morning pu
account of blaze which was dis fer
cred in the Central Vermont pay SUI
at present occupied by the Of wo
ais who are in charge of the trestle
struction at West Dummerston. NJ;
. fire was first noticed by the por- o.,
who was preparing breakfast. He tor
d to extinguish the flames alone rh
could not do so, and a freight 80,
employe was sent to ring the az
m. The fire was confined to the 40
ID work underneath the roof and ng;,
lrge hole had to be cut In the roof. an
chemical engine went to the lao,
he and the contents of its tank was mo-
icient to get the blaze under con- ave
Ma
There is likely to be some trouble Geo
he special town meeting tomorrow has
At marking the ballots so as to ex- in
IS the intention of the voters. The fail
ot contains the following ques- unc
S: Shall license be granted for the is I
of intoxicating liquors of all tleb
e9 and. Shall license be granted sen;