Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-11
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Our New Minister at the audito-
rum on Tuesday, Dec. 0. 4b-3t
The Ladies' Enterprise society
Will meet with Mrs. Evans Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock.
Florist Alexander Whiteley has a
fine display of chrysanthemums for
sale at the North and Tyler street
Conservatives.
A regular meeting of the Ladies'
Catholic Benevolent association Win
be held Tuesday evening. All members
are requested to be present,
The Springfield papers were
brought from Greenfield to Brattle-
boro by automobile Wednesday morn
ing. arriving here between and 8
o'clock
George S. Perry will lead the 4
o'clock meeting at the Y. Nj. Z. a.
rooms Sunday afternoon. His sub
ject will be our Partnership and
Fellowship.
Star lodge of Masons of Athol,
Mass. and Republican lodge of Green
field have been invited to Brattleboro
December |, and large party from
these towns is expected.
The members of the Vermont
Wheel club will hold chicken-pie
supper in the. Grange banquet hall
Wednesday evening followed by the
first in the series of card nights,
The three months son of Mr..
and Mrs. Michael Fleming died sun
day evening after brief illness the
funeral was held Wednesday morn
ing, burial being in the Catholic Gem
etery.
A meeting of the Y. M. c. A. and
board of directors was held In the
association rooms Monday evening
when a report of the summers work
was read by General Secretary Reed
and II new members voted in.
A business and professional mems
gymnasium class Is held at the Y. NJ
c.. A. every Monday and Friday AFTER
Moons at o'clock All wishing TO
ioin are invited to come in at that
time or notify the secretary In adj
vance.
Joseph II. Soliday, who was elect
ed representative to the Massachu-
sets legislature from Dedham, Tues
day, is well known in Brattleboro
through his marriage to Miss Hattie
Jones. daughter of Mrs. w. p. Jones,
of this town.
The Brattleboro academy foot
ball team met defeat at the hands OF
Brattleboro eleven on the island
Tuesday afternoon, the score being ~
| to 6 in favor of the east villagers.
Johnson made four touchdowns for
the Brattleboro team by long END
runs.
The local license commissioners
will hold their regular quarterly
meeting at o'clock tomorrow even
ing in the selectmen's rooms. Reports
will be made by the police officers anu
constables at that time. The meeting
is open to the public and all VINO
wish are invited to attend.
Charles Affair, who is employed
on the new Hooker building, was
painfully injured while at work there
Monday. In jumping from staging
his left leg caught on a rusty SPIKE
deep in that member. The ACCIDENT
kept him from work for several days.
| The Science of Cooking will be
the subject of Miss Maud e. Fields
address before the Woman's club
wednesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
| in the Brooks house, The program
will be varied by music. Miss Field
is from Leverett, Mass, and for
number of years has been teacher
in a cooking school in New Haven
| Conn.
The boys of the high school have
raised a considerable sum OF money
| for the support of basketball team
the coming season, and the Retreat
| gymnasium has been engaged for
practice 1t is expected that strong
| team can be organized as some or the
best of last years players are SUN III
school and there is quantity OF eX-
cellent new material.
A hearing on the account OF
Frank E. Barber trustee of the pahK-
rupt estate of John r. BigeloW, was
held Monday in the Office of Referee
r p %. stowe, who declared a final
| dividend of 1877 per cent. At the same
time was held the first meeting of the
creditors of the bankrupt estate OF
John e. Morse of Newfane. r. e.
Gordon was appointed trustee,
The Neal Dow quartet of Boston
will sing at a second series of meet
| ings through Vermont beginning in
Rrattleboro Dec. 4. George w. Nor
row. Superintendent of the Vermont
anti saloon league, will accompany
them and give an address on pledge
signing and no license. The former
trip through Rutland and Bennlng-
ton counties was exceedingly popular
| Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Robb were IN
iured in Washington "Wednesday OF
| last week. They were driving span
belonging to Colonel Staples OF the
Riggs house when one OF the tugs
dropped, causing the horses 10 run,
Tn turning corner both Mr.. ana
Mrs Robb were thrown to the ground.
Mrs. Robb had her left arm broken
above the wrist and Mr.. Robb had
two or three ribs fractured. Both are
rapidly recovering.
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers has nm
ished six months special engage
ment for the Keene, N. H., Humane
society during which time she gave
"a DAYS to the investigation of 1875
cases killed a number of suffering
animals. and made five arrests IN
Guiding one woman who beat tne
child of a neighbor. Mrs. Powers Sc
cured % new members to the society
during her work in keene ana maze
20 visits to adjoining towns
Benjamin F. Dana. so, who dleo
at his home in Springfield, VI Weu-
nesday afternoon, was IN the ia.. s,,
,sos the operator of WOODEN mill
IN what is now the Fletcher saw-mlil
building on Brge street. The nrm
,ame was whittemore & Dana but
tha p,ant was owned by Jordan &
Marsh. Mr.. Dana afterward con-
dmcted a shoddy mill in Saxtons XIV
ar moving later to Springfield where
he became one of the early stocknoid-
ers in the Jones & Lamson machlhe
company.
Alexander Burpee, who. has been
nioyad on the new Hooker build
ing was arrested Friday morning Dy
ngicer Thayer for intoxication. On
Saturday he was arraigned before
Instice Newton and fined 80 anu
costs Being unable to pay ne was
/ -. nHnar Thayer to NeWfane