Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-02
0Gindham county 9eformer
ANNOUNCEMENTS
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

William II. Vests big minstre
jubilee tonight.
Celebrated Providence River Oys'
ters at Shea's market today.
Frank ID. Waite will open the
Brooks house pool and billiard room
next week.
The fall styles in hats are hand
somely displayed in the two show
windows Of Il. j. Fenton & Co.
Mrs. Anne Benson of Centerville
has bought the Fred ii, Harris place
on Oak street and will move there IN
IA short time.
Miss Mildred Holland will open
her season in The Triumph of an
Empress at Burlington Sept. II. The
company will close sometime in June
in San Francisco.
There will be a service for men
at the Y NJ. c. A. rooms Sunday af-
ternoon at 4 o'clock, +. c. Crosby
president of the local association.
will give an address.
The Junior Sunshine society will
/ hold its annual sale of aprons, jelly,
candy, cake and lemonade Thursday
afternoon from until at the home
of Mrs, j. L. Martin.
Mr.. Doyle of Claremont, n. H.,
formerly employed by Morrison Bros.
& Prescott, will take charge of the
dress goods department of Houghton
q Simonds's store next week.
| &C. L. Cobb, clerk of Brattleboro
camp, Modern Woodmen of America,
has paid Alma T. Berg, widow of the
late Carl j. Berg, the sum of $4,000.
his insurance in full in the Modern
Woodmen of America,
The Sterling ale poster which can
be seen on a number of the local bill
boards won the first prize in the
poster competition held at st. Louis
at the time of the annual convention
of the associated bin posters.
A meeting of the Audubon society
will be held Monday evening at 1880
o'clock at the home of Mrs A. d.
Wyatt. Some proposed changes in
the bylaws will be offered for con-
sideration. A full attendance is de-
sired.
Examinations were held before
Referee f. d. E. Stowe Monday in the
cases of the bankrupts, Charles w.
Brooks and Demaster II. Wheeler,
both of Putney, r. C. Bacon appeared
for Brooks, Hon. II. II. Wheeler for
Wheeler and C. c. Fits for the cred
itors of both estates.
C. E. Gilman received at his FL
liot street stables Monday a full car
load of horses bought direct from
the farmers in southern Michigan.
These horses are right out of hard
work and ready for business. They
are a fine lot and are attracting con-
siderable attention among horsemen.
Carl Harwood was arrested last
Saturday evening at his home in Cen
terville by Chief Hall on the charge
of intoxication. He had come home in
an intoxicated condition and was tied
with bed cord TO prevent his doing
damage when the officer arrived.
Judge Newton fined him SIS and costs
Monday morning.
The September meeting of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
ton will be held Tuesday afternoon,
La Fayette day, from until o'clock,
with Mrs. E. A. Starkey at her home
on Oak street instead of as the year
book announces. The paper for the
afternoon will be prepared and read
by Miss Susan f. Clark. 1t is hoped
there will be good attendance.
Charles Cassidy, foreman at the
local freight house, is in serious
condition from an injury to his skull
which he sustained Sunday. He was
acting as marker for a number OF
his companions who were throwing
weight for distance, when the mis-
sile struck him in the side of the
head Cassidy was rendered uncon-
scious from the blow and has not yet
recovered from it's effects.
An italian woman with two
small children arrived in Brattleboro
on the late train Tuesday evening on
her way to West Dummerston. She
was unable to talk any English to
speak of. and did not seem to know
what to do when told that her train
did not leave until the next morning.
AT length Chief Hall secured a local
Italian to act as Interpreter and
found the mother and her children
nights lodging.
N. W. Cobb of the United States
government fish hatchery at St.
Johnsbury was in town Wednesday
with a consignment of 900 rainbow
trout fingerlings which will be placed
in some of the larger streams in the
vicinity of Brattleboro. This is the
first time that rainbow trout have
been tried in the waters of this sec
ton of the state and if they can be
made to thrive some excellent sport
will be furnished within the next
few years.
Sheriff C. |. Knapp has placed an
attachment on the goods in the gro
Gerry store of W. W. Macia on Central
street in favor of the Fl. p. Stone
company of Boston. The stock VIII
be sold by auction Sept. 20. Sheriff
Knapp has also attached the house,
hold goods of j. j. Rafter and VIII sell
them at public auction in front of the
American house Sept. II. There are
two attachments, one in favor OF +.
f. Connors for $23.3S and another in
favor of NJ. ]. Moran for $169SS.
When she comes to this town.
which will be very soon, to play
Viola in Twelfth Night, Miss Marie
Wainwright, famous the world over
for her histrionic versatility, will
show how playfully the great Shakes
peare could turn a charming woman
into a captivating youth, and mix
her up so badly that even she forgets
which she is. Miss Wainwright has
PLAYED the role over a thousand times
with a delicacy of touch which makes
her performance one of the most de-
lightful stage creations.
Mrs. Abby Dean Estabrook, 80,
died Saturday night in Gardner
Mass, at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. Charles Wall. formerly of this
town, from strychnine poisoning.
She partook of the contents of a bot
tie which she had bought for pare
goric and only lived a few hours. Be
fore her death she stated where she
had bought the medicine and said
that she had asked for bottle OF
paregoric. The employees of the drug
store, where the poison is supposed TO
have been sold by mistake, claim that
Mrs. Estabrook did ask for paregoric
but that nothing was sold her. The
matter has caused considerable stir