Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-21
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

'. braSS loSt three fingers {
ms lert hand on jointing machin
d. S. Cooley had two fingers on on
hand badly lacerated the same day.
The regular business meeting a
the Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
odist church will be held in IN
church parlors Wednesday Afternoon
at O'Clock. A full attendance is de
sired.
The firm of Cabot, Holbrook {
Daily of New York has dissolved OF
account of heavy judgments that hav,
been rendered against it for damage
TO property during the building o
the East river subway.
The mems meeting at the Y. NJ
z. A. next Sunday will be lead by Rev
r. A. Goodhue. who will speak on The
Power of His Resurrection. The ad.
dress will be followed by reports from
the delegates who attended the state
Y. M. c. A. convention.
International Day will be observed
by Branch l of the Sunshine society
on Friday April rs. by the holding OF
Birthday Party at the home of Mrs
Henry Jordan, "a Green street. 1t is
hoped every member will be present
and bring her birthday money.
| eopie VINO claim 10 be IN posi-
ton to know what will be made In the
way of assignments at the Methodist
conference say that the next pastor of
the local church will be Rev A. II.
Webb of Bradford. who was in charge
of the church here for three years
ending i'm 1892
The funeral of Mrs. Edna Elmer
Clark was held Monday morning at II
O'Clock from the home of Mr.. and Mrs
0. +. Bailey on Canal street, Rev E. s.
Q. Osgood of the Unitarian church Of
floating. The body was taken TO
South Newfane for burial.
Col j. Gray Estey has resigned as
treasurer and a member of the board
of directors of the Brattleboro Memo
rial hospital and his place will be
filled at a special meeting of the cor
porators to be held within a few
weeks. Col Estey resigns for lack of
time to attend to the duties connected
with the offices.
The town of Dummerston has Of
fered a reward of $50 ito the person
who will recover the dead body of
Thomas Mcveigh," who disappeared
from the West Dummerston power
station of the Brattleboro gas light
company three weeks ago and is
thought by some to have been drown
ed in West river.
Hunts agency has received notice
of the granting of the following pen
sions: Originals, Minnie Abbott Lon
donderry: increases, H. A. Chase, Lon
donderry; Edward Wood, Winchester,
n. H; Milton Perry, Wardsboro;
Francis Phillips, Dummerston; J. A.
Titus. Brattleboro; Barna Phelps
West Brattleboro.
E B. Batchelder, county fish and
game warden, writes the Reformer
that he intends to hold all fishermen
strictly to the provisions of the new
laws and will make prosecutions
wherever violations are found. Mr..
Batchelder does not wish to make
public the names of deputies appoint
ed in different towns.
The funeral of Charles d. Brooks
was held Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock from his late home on South
Main street. Rev. Fl. r, Miles officiat-
ing. The bearers were e. F. and G.
S. Brooks of Gardner Mass, A. l..
Brooks of Fitchburg, Mass, and A. E.
Merrill of Brattleboro. The burial was
in Prospect Hill cemetery.
"A pony belonging to Prucius Man
ley of Dummerston detached itself
from a hitching post on Main street |
afternoon and started to lope |
Town toward the depot. Before the
animal got under Roadway Chief Hall
it to a stop and started to take
t to a livery stable. AS soon as Mr..
Marley saw what the officer was do
ng he claimed the pony as his own,
hereby saving a livery bill and pre-
renting the creature from getting
square meal.
The second-class licenses of the
Brooks house pharmacy and Charles
:. Thomas's drugstore, together with \
he fifth-class licenses of George =.
Greene and F. H. Holden & company
Expired Monday night, and no liquor
AN be sold at these places until they
re granted fifth-class licenses under
he new law. Hearing on the applica-
ions for these new licenses will take !
,lace Monday, May l. before the sell ;
ctmen. The first-class license at
he American house expires May 4
hat at Shea's saloon May 20 and at
he Brattleboro house May 81 Sheas
econd- class license also expires May '
i.
Horace D. Smith of West Chest
rfieId. n. H., sustained a fracture OF
he small bone of the right leg, just
bove the ankle, yesterday afternoon
ear the railroad crossing. He was
Waiting to drive across the track
yhen one of his horses became /.
frightened at the narrow gauge en- !
inc. The animal jumped forward
uddenly, breaking the tugs, and Mr. :
mith was pulled out over the DASH !
oard. falling on his leg in such a
raw as to cause the fracture. He was
AIKEN at once to the Brattleboro c
memorial hospital where the fracture 6
ras reduced and will probably be '
bile to go to his home in West I
hesterfield inside of two weeks. L
Protective grange held regular e
netting Wednesday evening. AFTER
ne close of the meeting a flne pro-
ram prepared by Mrs. Dearborn, A d
Miller and others. was presented. v
he first part was Minstrel snow
/, which there were several new $
,ngs. a. large chorus and many r
right local hits. One of the best
rmbers was a speech by A. q. Miller
n tbe benefits derived from being a Il
,ember of the grange. A1ter ehe
now was a program consisting OF
iano solo by Gertrude Barker, d
landolin duet by Misses Drown ana
uttle, an Illustrated song py MI. am
IRIS David Perry and Mrs. George II.
,arris. a character song by Messrs.
yiIson and Goodenough, the enter
,inment closing with dance III
as voted to change the date of the $
ext meeting from May to May ~ e
A. F. Schwenk will bring SUIT
yainst the Windham county savings
INK of Newfane for the purpose OF $
atermining who shall have the re
ard of $500 offered by that lnstltu e
an for tbe arrest and conviction OF 7
~. on or all of the criminals connected e
,fb the bank robbery last August q
= Scbvenk. who was states at
II. oeh 49, claims the reward s.