Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-29
wNDHAM COUNTY REFoRNER FRIDAY

--B. Mancini, whose shoe repai
! shop was damaged by last week
fire. is doing business again at tn
same place.
only 80 cases appear on the tria
calendar for the May term of suprem,
court. OF these only three are from
Windham county
Miller g. Morse have taken the
contract for the mason work on the
Robinson paper mill at Ashueiot, n
H., and began work on the job this
week.
--Donnell & Davis's entire stock OF
millinery goods, which went through
the fire of last week, has been sold to
out -of-t town parties. There will be
no fire sale.
Members of the Audubon society
and all others interested are invited
to meet at Lindenhurst Monday ev-
ening at 7.30 o'clock. Mrs. II. B..
Davenport will read n paper describ-
ing the birds of the Pacific coast
The w. C. Il. Z. held it's regular
meeting yesterday and transacted the
usual routine business. Next week
viii occur the annual meeting with
election of officers and annual re-
ports of secretary and treasurer.
The members of Sedgwick wo-
mans relief corps will meet in G. A.
r. hall next Friday morning at $50
for their trip to Hinsdale n. II. The
corps wiH have a sewing meeting on
a.. - sf1fa -.
ing. May u.
The Woman's auxiliary Of the Y.
NJ. c. A. win hold its regular meet
ing in the association parlors Tues
day afternoon at 8 o'clock. This is
the last meeting before the summer
recess and a large attendance is es-
pecially desired.
Branch No. 2, International Sun
shine society, gave Mrs. C. d. Nash. !
matron Of the Home for Aged and
Disabled a pleasant surprise party
afternoon, the occasion (
being her birthday anniversary. DR.. I
II. D. Holton In behalf Of the society, 4
Mrs. Nash with a substan-
.ial gift. The occasion was one of {
great enjoyment TO all.
THE official ballots for Tuesdays
village meeting contain the names
If only four bailiffs +. w Blodgett,
= r. crosby r. G. Bacon and c. f.
Foster SO II q fun board is elected
he name of a fifth man win have to
,e written in The board Of civil au-
hority win meet Tomorrow evening
ii the office Of Bacon & Hooker to
make necessary additions and altera-
ions on the check list Tuesdays
Meeting viii be called to order at Q
. m.
oliver Patenode Of Winchester,
/, H., charged with the manslaugh-
ar Of Frank KeHeher last October.
.as found not guilty 1T the Cheshire
ounty court last Thursday. the jury
amainug out two hours. Kelleher g
no was well known In Brattleboro ,
led as the result Of a blow on the a
cad alleged To have been inflicted a
Y Patenode, KeIleher was an em- :
loye Of 4. n Kingsley Of Ashuelot, t
I. H., and formerly came TO Brattle- c
orc TO drive Mr.. Kipgsley's horses /
q the fair grounds. q
Samantha Allen at the Court Of p
anne which win be given III the au- Y
torium Thursday evening under the
lspices of the women of the Uni :
srsa4ist church viii contain many y
atures including the Greek dancers, =
nan of Arc, Topsy, Mrs. Partington .
~ her unruly son Ike. the gypsy
ieen Miriam. ana Pocahontas. There 81
III be q large number of clever r.
Incing specialties including an up q
funny character sketch by m
-idget Topsy and Ike. Rehearsals Il
r the entertainment are progress p,
g rapidly and every detail will be s.
rfected in time for the performance. D,
Mrs Jennie b. Powers has been in ri
this week investigating 70
e of the worst cases of cruelty TO II
imals she has ever had in her long IN
perience. Accompanied by Con- tr
lble Dudley she visited the barns of of
II Hammond last Friday and found II
ven cows in a horrible condition. ne
ley had been kept all winter in Sc
IN full Of cracks. One COW had I'll
zen both ears and a portion Of its to
], two or three were too weak to en-
nd and two cows and one calf Sc
starved to death during the win
!, Hammond turning his hogs into :,
, barn TO eat the carcasses. He so
s arraigned before Justice Dean , Il
fined So and costs. and ordered %
clean the barns, and bury the .
lies Of the dead animals Much ~
re severe punishment ought to ~,
ye been his. Mrs. Powers has ~,
mt part of the week in Newfane "a,
connection with the Merton Doc D.
lie cruelty ease which is set for Ia
II this term. bis
L. w. Hawley received Wednes- of
: afternoon a letter from Edward Co
ans. agent of the Estey organ COM vol
ly in Shanghai, China, stating that 10,
had received cablegram from Sa
'. Francis c. Briggs announcing Ma
death of his wife, Mary Hawley mo
ggs at Kobe, Japan, April l. two plo
s after giving birth to a son. Mrs. the
gigs was a daughter of Frederick die
Hawles II Manchester, \. H.. and viv
sister of Mrs Fred S knight of Bo
town. She was married to Mr. Gle
ggs in September. 1902. and a car
nth later they left for Japan VIII
IRE Mr.. Briggs is a missionary OF pht
American Baptist missionary un- wa
Mrs. Briggs was a graduate of a.
lesley college and had previously f.
red six years as missionary in
johanna. Kobe, where Mrs. Briggs's 700
tn took place, is about 400 no
IS down the Japanese coast from Sat
.ohama. She and her husband had fo,,
4 there but a few months, hav- All
formerly been stationed at oho
If some distance inland -