Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-12
COUNTY REFoRME,

; -Egbert Brasor has broken groun
for new house on Pine street.
The Ladies' Enterprise society wi
{ meet with Mrs, c. II, Evans on Mar
/ street Wednesday at3 y. m,
/. George u. kimball has sold hi
house on Washington street to Fran
| Dunklee and Mrs. J. b. Randoll.
! Tickets for the illustrated lectur
J by Commander Peary go on sale a
Thomass drug store Tomorrow tSat
, urday) evening at I O'Clock.
/ j. A. Titus has taken the agenc
!, for the Singer sewing machine. form
erly held by w. q. Collier of Vernon
Mr. Titus will have his headouarter
AT Sawyer's jewelry store.
The matinee lecture by Command
er Peary at 2.45 Wednesday afternoon
gives everyone. young or ola, an op
portunity to hear this famous traveller
Tickets at Thomas's drug store.
The rooms In the Houghton blocl
over +. w. Kuech's store, formerly oc
cupied by NJ. w. Eddy. are being re
fitted for an office for DR.. w. ii. Lane
who has just come here from Reads
boro to practice medicine.
Reduced rates on all trains from
Bellows Fails, Northfield and Noun
Hermon. and South Londonderry. anC
all intermediate points for the Illus
trated lecture by Commander Peary II
the auditorium Wednesday Afternoon
and evening,
William Shea OF Keene, n. H., viii
take charge of the store of his broth
er-in-law, the late Angelo Gorborino
until some arrangements are made fol
the permanent conduct of the bust
ness. Mr.. Shea is an employe of the
Holbrook grocery company.
A bulldog belonging to John Lar
row was run over and killed on Elliot
street yesterday morning by Cadillac
touring car, operated By chauffeur
from Springfield. Mass. Mr.. Larrow
was greatly attached to the animal
and recently refused an offer of s2t
for her.
| Saturday will be a field day OF
| the Audubon society. Members and
Central and Pine streets promptly al
| Q a, nj. The walk will be over the hills
from the Richardson farm to Broad
brook. and return from Guilford by the
| old road
Bert Bull of Montpelier. division
roadmaster for the Central Vermont
railway company. has been engaged by
the West River railroad company to
have charge of the work of building a
broad gauge track between Brattle-
boro and South Londonderry About
% carloads of chestnut ties have been
distributed along the line of the Brat
tleboro & Whitehall road, and 1t is
expected the work of laying them will
begin next week.
Patrick Mcguire was brought
home from Amherst, Mass. Wednes-
day morning with a badly sprainei
side as the result of an attempt to
board a moving freight train the pre-
vious evening. In trying to catch one
of the cars he was thrown heavily,
striking on his left hip and bruising II
badly i'm addition to wrenching his
side severely He was picked up by
some of the trainmen and made as
comfortable as possible during the
night being sent home on the train
which arrives here at II o'clock.
John Herbert, so, died at his home
on the Brook road Saturday morning
after a long Illness with tuberculosis
He was q native of County Clare, Ire
land and came to this country when
a young man. being employed for a
number of years as night Waterman at
the Estey organ factory. After his
health failed Mr.. Herbert worked for
a short time on the Dickinson farm
but recently had not been actively en-
ployed Besides a widow he leaves six
young children three boys and three
girls. The funeral was held from st.
Michael's Roman Catholic church
Monday morning at o'clock. Rev.
Father Carmody officiating. The bear
ers were d. S. Carey, Michael Lynch,
Dennis Duggan and Martin Burke.
la" No holt In for
Commander Robert E. Peary. Arc
tic explorer. will lecture In the audi
torium Wednesday, May II, under the
auspices of the Congregational club.
Some time ago Commander Peary was
engaged to lecture in Wilmington
through Major Child's efforts, the date
being set for next Tuesday evening.
AS soon as ii was learned that this
lecture was to be given In Whining
ton. the committee of the Congrega-
tional club made arrangements to have
the lecturer come to Brattleboro on the
following day. There will be a matt
nee in the afternoon at 2.45 O'Clock,
and the schools will be closed to per-
nit the attendance of the scholars
and teachers The evening lecture Is
at s o'clock, and al the extremely low
prices advertised the auditorium
evening.
At the March term of Chittenden
county court last week there was
hearing on the petition of DR.. George
B. wilkins, the magnetic healer for a.
reduction in the alimony which ne
pays his divorced wife. Mr.. wilkins
stated that owing to the publicity
which had been given his case and a
law passed at the last session of the
legislature he was able now to COM
mand only an average income of W
per week Formerly it was from 500
to 500 per month. He said he had to
borrow money to pay the alimony re-
quired Prof. wilkins was questioned
infinitely as to how much his ads cost
in the Brattleboro papers and the cost
of free bus across the river to New
Hampshire town where he was receiv-
ing patients. H. S. Peck. Mrs. Will
kins's counsel. asked wilkins how
much he got for restoring the blind to
sight, but the court would not allow
the question.
William Cummings died Saturday
morning at the Brattleboro memorial
hospital after an illness of six days
with pneumonia. He was born in Ire
land about 20 years ago and when a
Young man learned the trade of tailor
from his father. He came to this
country about 33 years ago and was
first employed as pressman for Cune
& Bracket He afterward worked in
the same capacity for F. A. Whitney.
Young & Knowlton and +. l.. Perry q
company. being employed by the last
named firm at the time of his death.
Mr.. Cummings was man of retiring
nature but was well liked by those in
timately associated with him in bust
ness. The funeral was held Tuesday
morning at o'clock from st. Mi
chaers Roman Catholic church. Rev.
Father Carmody officiating. Burial
was In the Catholic cemetery. The
hearers were Charles nehemiah.
Iolp Dayine William Martin and