Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-10

y nut party Thursday evening In
Universalist church parlors. Mrs.
: /. Swift will give talk on Mary w
kins Freeman, and light refreshmer
will be served.
Henry Perry of this town W
defeated by John Walsh of Holyol
Mass, in pool match at Keyes's pc
rooms Tuesday evening. Perry, who
mark was 100, made rs points to i
opponent $50. The match was for s
n side.
"A hearing took place before judi
Wheeler yesterday in the case of +,
mer Il. Miller of Burlington, bankruI
the matter being on the allowance
the claim of r. Adams. Max Powe
appeared for the trustee and Ladd
Bright for the claimant.
Chief of Police Hall arrested an II
year-old boy for petty thieving Wed
nesday. The lad stole several boxe
of cigars from Shea's fish market an
IL number of articles from the stor
of Clapp & Jones, disposing of ther
to various people for small amount
of money.
The regular st. Patricks da
celebration of st. Michael Romal
Catholic church will be held in Festi
val hall next Friday evening. Rev
Father Mccoy of Chicopee, Mass
who has strong reputation as an ora
tor, will deliver lecture. and Their,
will be the usual sale conducted b,
the women of the parish.
DIR. R. A. Hume of India, who
speaks at the Congregational church
Sunday morning, was chairman of the
committee to distribute English and
American relief funds in the Ahmed
magyar district during the recent fam
inc. The work was done so efficiently
that the British authorities bestowed
the Victoria cross upon DR.. Hume, an
honor that has been shown to very
few foreigners.
The annual masquerade ball Ct
camp, Modern Woodmen
Of America, took place Monday even
ing in Festival hall and was very
largely attended over rs couples par
.icipating in the grand march. The
lall was handsomely decorated with
,repe paper streamers of different col
,rs and the stage was banked with
evergreen. Music was furnished by
4eitsinger's orchestra of eight pieces,
Many of the maskers appeared in elab-
rate costumes and much amusement
vas furnished by the DISCUSSES, which
we're laid aside after the fourth figure.
he prize waltz was won by Earl
Woodward and Miss Kayo of Bellows
all. Frank Crosier and Miss Flora
'ellerin, who won the event last year,
eing second. During the evening re-
reshments of ice cream and cake
ere served The ball was a success
rom a financial as well as a social
The committee in charge
onsisted of Horace Miller, S. w.
might, C. A. Borden, Charles Cook |
nd A. E. Taylor.
-Ex- Representative Daniel L. Mil |
ken, editor of the Maiden, Mass, |
utlook, died Friday at his home, Ala
alem street, Maplewood. He APP
cared to be in his usual health in
lie morning and had just finished
riting an article for his paper when
? was taken i'll and died from rheu-
atism of the heart in a few minutes.
r. Milliken was born in Walpole, N. /
:, 6S years ago. When quite young
S parents moved to Springfield VT,
Id he was educated in the SPRING
Id seminary. He was editor of the
rattleboro Record and Farmer and
company with George E. Crowell
publishing the Household. Forty /
ars ago he moved to Midway. He
d been a resident of Maiden 35 ,
ars, For some years he conducted {
e Cottage Hearth magazine Last ,
ptember he started the Maiden z
ltlook, with which he had been quite {
ccessful. He represented Maiden a
the legislature for two years and c
d been a trustee of the public Ii
airy since its Incorporation, He :
IS one of the original members of :
? Maiden deliberative assembly =
d was warden in precinct 2, Ward
He was member of the Maple
'od Congregational church. He :
YES widow and two daughters, u
$, Edward C. Winchester and Mrs. Il
lory F. Bennett, and a son, Pro- n
sor Carl F. Milliken, of Ripon Col y
e, Wis. n
Edward l.. Hutchinson of Felch- a
lie was arrested at Townshend Sat
lay by Sheriff F. w, Mcclure on a
charge of forging the name of q
IJalifov 70 ~ a
,ck which he cashed at the Peoples n
ional bank during the latter part of {,
8. Hutchinson distracted the =,
ok from a mail box and afterward h,
re himself up to United States Dis II
It Attorney ]. L. Martin. Judge !,
eeler sentenced him to eight -,
nths in the house of correction for =,
lpering with the mails and he was a,
sased after serving five months in 9,
institution. Hutchinson was ar ~
ted for forgery on complaint of \,
ties Attorney H. D. Ryder of Bel
s Falls. He was arraigned before
tice Newton Monday and bound II
r to the spring term of county OF
TT in the sum of 500, ]. L. Martin 81
oming surety. In view of the fact m
t Hutchinson paid back the amount AZ
the check and has served time on Sc
charge it is doubtful if he will be of
1t with severely by the state. w
When The Mummy and The Hum or
g Bird appeared here last Sep &c
Der the Reformer had the following ~,
ay about the production: The story or
he busy husband the young wife IN
\ a desire for companionship, the ha
dsome and bewitching interloper ~
the inevitable result is an oft-told 90
but it is seldom told to better adj a.
tage than in The Mummy and The al,
mining Bird, which was presented ~
he auditorium Tuesday evening
company headed by W. A. White