Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

--Hadley s moving pictures at the
Auditorium tonight,
The officers of st. Michael s court,
C. o. f., will be installed Tuesday even
ing, Jan. 49,
The next Eastern Star sociable
will be held at the Masonic hall Thurs
day evening, Jan. Is.
The women of the Congregational
church will serve an oyster supper
Thursday at 6 o clock.
Two members were taken in on
probation, three by baptism and three
Inv letter at the Methodist church sun
day.
THE Woman S club will be address
ed by DIR. H. d. Holton on Pure fooaS
at the Brooks house Wednesday AFTER
noon. Jan. IL.
A regular meeting of Fort Drummer
colony, Pilgrim Fathers, was held Mon
dav evening in Red Men s hall, Mrs A.
]. Currier was elected representative To
the supreme colony which will meet IN
Boston. After the business session
dancing was enjoyed by large number
The first meeting of the creditors OF
the bankrupt estate of Charles H.
Thompson was held Saturday in the
office of r. d. T.. Stowe. Claims to the
amount of about S25, 900 were approved
and Robert c.. Bacon was elected trus
tee, the only other candidate being w
ID. Smith.
THE suit of Mrs. Carrie b. Richard
son VS. the Central Vermont railway
company has been settled through {. &
Fits for 500. The case was brought
for damages to a woodlot in south Yer
non bv fire which started from spark
from one of the Central Vermont loco
motives.
r. D. Waite s Elliot street skating
rink has been closed this week TO allow
the laying of a new hard wood floor
which will probably be ready for use
within very few days. When the rink
reopens it viii have as fine surface
as any rink in this section. Music VII
be furnished by hurdy.gurdy.
The body of Mrs, Daniel Cotfey
who died in Norwich, Conn, last weei
Tuesday. was brought to Brattlebor'
| Friday for burial in the Roman Catholi'
cemetery. Mrs. Coffey's maiden name
was Mary Glavin and she had lived IL
Brattleboro previous to her marriage
1 Besides her husband she is survived ol
six children.
AT the annual meeting of the Yer
mont National bank Tuesday the fol
lowing elections were made: Directors
III. d. Holton, w. II. Rockwell, G. c
Averill. G. 5. Clark, 5. f. Lawton, JON
T. Moore, Z. F. Amidon; president, u
C. Averill; vice president, W. ii, Rock
well; cashier, C. w. Richardson; teller
C. A. Boyden; bookkeeper, j. X. Ryder
The annual meeting of the Prospee
Hill Cemetery association was held IL
the town clerk S office Monday evening
when the following officers were chos
en-: President, George F. Gale; clerk
w. S. Newton; treasurer and collector
r. E. Gordon; trustees, George +
Greene. George A. Hines, R. E. Gordon
C. A. Boyden, w. II. Vinton, j. Ora.
Estey.
Next Tuesday evening will be OBJ
served as "ladies night by the Con
s-eyetionel club A banquet will b.
served in the Brooks house at 40, fol
lowed by an address on the Philippine
by Charles Hopkins Clark, editor OF tn
Hartford Courant. Mr.. Clark was
member of the Taft party which visit
ed the islands last summer and is sur
to handle his subject in an interestln!
manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Atkinson wer
pleasantly surprised by about dozel
of their friends Saturday evening, tn
visitors calling in a body at the AT
kinson home, $50 Western avenue, AM
reminding Mr.. and Mrs. Atkinson o
their 18th wedding anniversary. !
handsome parlor lamp was presented a
a gift to the couple, and the evenln
was spent socially Cake and coife
were served.
Edwin j. Hadley, whose exhibitio
of moving pictures has been unlvel
sally pronounced the best, promises I
surpass his former efforts at the Aud
forum tonight. Mr.. Hadley's program
embraces the very latest and best o
American and European subjects y
expense has been spared to uphold tn
reputation already established. Tn
best pictures, the best machine, tn
best staff of assistants
On three entries of Silver Duck
wing bantams at the Madison Squar
Garden poultry show in New York cit
last week +. D. E. Stowe won first coch
erel, second pullet and second hen. Las
Friday Mr. Stowe received the asst
citation challenge cup, which he won l
Springfield, Mass. for the best Whit
Plymouth rock male in the show, an
also cup for the best display of gam
bantams.
"A reward of 800 has been offere
nv the Chestnut Hill reservoir con
panv. the town of Brattleboro and Cro'
bv and Parker, contractors, for evidenc
leading to the arrest and conviction
the person or persons who attempted
wreck the dam across Pleasant Vale
brook Dec. 81, 1905. Notices of tn
reward were posted Saturday. The col
tractors state that the reward woul
have been offered sooner but for til
fact that they had evidence which the
supposed would lead to therarrest of I'll
criminals.
-Brattleboro chapter, D. A. R., bel
very successful meeting Tuesday {
the home of Mrs. C. R. Crosby, I'll
hostesses being Mrs. Crosby and Mr.
Bemis. Mrs. w. E. Hubbard sang III
Star Spangled Banner, after which Il
usual reports were read. The followin
delegates and alternates were electt
to attend the National Congress of ID.
r. to be held in Washington in Apri
Regent, Mrs. F. /. Swift; regent s fir
alternate, Mrs. A. S. Thompson, r
gents second alternate, Miss Mar
Stellman, regent s third alternate, MI
c. L. Stickney; delegate, Miss Susa