Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-25
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.


nj the Unitarian parsonage next Mon
day evening at 1880 o'clock Subject
Claiming and Ballou."
The Baptist ladies' have postponed
indeiiniteHr suseir supper and sale
which they had planned to hold March
81.
The Davenport Crowell case was
resumed In the county clerks once
yesterday before Special Master o.
NJ. Barber OF Bennington.
George II. Danvew and his broth
er-in-law. David Duquette of Russell,
Mass. are making arrangements TO
buy the Brattleboro House.
The ladies' Enterprise society viii
: meet Wednesday with their secretary,
Mrs. +. b. Hopklnson Cherry street
Supper Will be served at o.
All the leading styles In hats
4 toques and bonnets nj reasonable
+ prices at Mrs. II. f. Bascoms NIL
! inery rooms. SO Main street, End
/ floor. lS-H
A Humane society has been or
ganized In Walpole, n. IL, win 80
members Mrs Jennie b. Powers has
been engaged to act as agent, golns
iup from Bratteboro when necessary
The following sales have been
made nj Gilman's stable TINS Week
one horse each TO Fred Colwell, North-
field Fred Morris, West Brattleboro'
Ia wilder. Jamaica: Il. C. Dunklee,
Dummerston: l.. f. Jennison. whit
ineham. and combination saddle ana
harness horse to W. T.. Haskell, Brat
tleboro.
The Easter sale and supper OF the
Rrattleboro branch of the Woman s
Alliance will take place at Wells nan
Tuesday. The sale will begin at -FOUR
and supper served at $3.50 A mu-
steal entertainment will follow the
supper. A cordial invitation Is ex-
tended to all interested to be present
and make the occasion success
The local board of license com
missioners held n meeting last FIJI
day evening but especial business was
transacted An application was re-
ceiyed from p. L. Shea for a renewu
of his present license which expires
April 25. II is expected that appllca
tions for renewals will be received
from all other licensees within rev
days.
There was n hearing Saturday be-
fore Referee F. d. f.. Stowe on the ac-
count of f. II. Laughton, trustee III
the ]. r. Tones bankruptcy es.aee
The account showed balance OF sSo.
10 for division among creditors, ous
this is subject to preferred claim OF
Dennis OLeary for labor amounting W
SAT so II looks very much as II there
would be nothing to divide.
The following notices of issues OIL
pensions have just been received pA
Col John Hunts agency: additionais'
A
som w. Rand. Henry d. kilburn. New
fame. Preston S. Knapp, Wardsbero'
George H. Burns, William n. Fisher
Rrattleboro: George A. Waterhouse'
Townshend Horace A. Hull. Hins-
dale. Simeon Adams, West Rindge, ~
II.
The earthquake which caused
slight tremor through New England
early Monday morning was PLAINLY
felt in Brattleboro by several people
THE vibrations were of SUFFICIENT m
tansitv here to rattle windows ana
dishes, and they lasted for several
seconds One man who noticed the
shock looked at his watch ana notea
the time to be 107 Reports from al
over New England state that the snock
occurred between LOS and LILO.
-Rehearsals for the First Regiment
hand minstrel show continue activeiy
and the many details are rapidly
rounding into form. Prospects LOT
rafting good show are brighter tnan
ever and great interest Is Delng thk-
on In the event Miss Lulu Greasy
Who was to have begun selling tickets
this week, has been prevented from
doing so on account of illness but VIII
begin next week Tickets may be Or
aorad nf har by telephone.
Martin Green. who Is well known
in the vicinity of Bennington as the
hermit of sucker pond" was brought
IN the Retreat Tuesday, having become
Violently insane. He became deranged
because of an unhappy marriage
several years ago and since tnat time
had lived alone in small hut, work
ing in lumber camps in winter anu
cuItiyating a small garden In summer:
Oficers Nash, Russell and Godfrey OF
Remington came to Brattleboro win
him.
There was a hearing in the Unit
ed states circuit court before Judge
Fl. II. Wheeler Tuesday in the case
of Susan B. Soles of St Abrams
against the First National bank OF
Plattsburg. n. Y. over certain notes
which the plaintiff claims to have palo
but which have not been surrendereu
by the bank. f. B. Soles OF 81. Al
bans and f. L. Waterman of Brattie
boro appeared for the plaintiff, ana
Fuller C. Smith of st. Adams ana =.
G. Vert of Plattsburg, \. " Tor the
defendant.
THE warm weather of the past
several days has caused the snow TO
leave rapidly and the ground is get
ting bare in many places. the Con
nectictt river has been rising rapid
lv since Wednesday and the Ice is
gradually breaking up. The ice mas
NOT vet come out of West river al
though it has broken up in many
places and is forming in Jams. III
the warm weather continues during
the coming week 1t Is propaple INA,
the Connecticut will reach an unusual
WEIGHT as there is a vast quantity
If snow in the woods north OF mere
The American Kennel club has
anted the dates. September 20 ana
% TO the Valley fair kennel club Tor
lis first annual bench show which VIII
he held in connection with the istn
annual Valley fair. This means that
fine show will be held strictly Accord
ing to American Kennel club rules anu
that a win in the winners classes VIII
count one point toward Champion
.,,;r NJ record. The Valley fair kennel
ci,,h has been assured by the executive
COMMITTEES of the fair that proper
quarters will be furnished in which TO
hold the show, and 1t Is safe to pre-.
dict that more highly bred dogs VIII
be on exhibition this year than ever
before.