Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-23

the Brooks House Wednesday, April 3
Ninety couples attended the ODD
Fellows dance Wednesday evening
There will be waltz party in the new
hall next Wednesday evening.
-Brattleboro people who have seer
the paintings Of Walter l.. Chaloner OF
Boston. who will exhibit here Mex
week, speak very highly of them.
The next rehearsal for the First
Regiment band minstrel show vii
take place in the band room Monday
evening. The work OF the chorus thus
far is very encouraging,
The Elliot street roller rink will
open tomorrow evening after being
closed this week Hereafter the rink
will be open Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons from , until . o 'clock.
Members of the Brattleborc
branch of the woman s alliance are in
vited to meet this evening with Mrs
Mary Warder mt The Colonial. There
will be business meeting at 7,30 fol
lowed by social hour.
Evelyn Blanche Lackey, nine
months.od daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lackey, died early yesterday
morning. Funeral services will be held
from the house Saturday afternoon at
o o clock, Rev. A. II. Webb officiating.
Esther A. Hammarlund, three
months.old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Hammarlund of West street,
died yesterday after brief illness
with pneumonia. Funeral services will
be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o o'clock.
The Brattleboro street railway
company showed Yesterday what il can
do in the way Of freight business by
hauling 10000 pounds of grain from
4. Crosby & company to J. l.. Stock
well of West Brattleboro. The con
signment filed one large fiat ear and
attracted considerable attention as it
went through Main street.
AT the regular meeting of Protec.
tive grange Wednesday evening Why
Should Parcels Post be Established
by the Government was discussed by
Colonel H. f. Taylor and Carl $. Hop
kins. A paper entitled, The Benefits
to be Derived from Good Reading and
How to Cultivate n Taste for II, was
read by Mrs A. J. Currier.
Jane A. Johnson, 67, widow of
Jason Atwater, died Wednesday even
ing at her home on Vine street after
brief illness with pneumonia. She had
been resident of this town for many
years. The funeral will be held from
the house this afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
Rev. A. III. Webb officiating, and the
body win be placed in the vault at
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Truman F. Barnes of Clark street
has fled petition in bankruptcy
with liabilities amounting to silica
and assets Of about 5000. The largest
creditors are the Valley Grain company
with claim of something over $500
of which $500 is secured, and Il. III.
Davenport, whose claim approximates
$3.50. There are other local creditors
with bills ranging from So to $40.
w. H. Welcome was seriously in
iured Tuesday afternoon by a fall
from the piazza roof of his home on
South Main street. He had been SHOW
cling snow from the roof and was
about to descend when the ladder on
which he stood slipped and precipitat-
ed him to the ground Mr.. Welcome
sustained compound fracture of the
left arm and was severely bruised. 1t
is thought, however, that he sustained
no internal injuries
- he ease of John c. Lee, trustee
of the bankrupt estate of George ..
against W. ID. Leavitt of ia
maica was tried in the Franklin coun-
ty superior court Tuesday. The suit
was brought to recover money alleged
to have been paid by George o. Leavitt
to his son, who is the defendant, the
plaintiff claiming that amount paid
should be part of the estate for the
creditors The jury found for the de-
PENDANT.
A meeting of the road commits
sioners of Windham county will be
held in Brattleboro Thursday, April .,
under the direction Of State Highway
Charles w. Gates of
Franklin. The morning session will be
given over to an explanation of the
of circular letter which
has been sent to the various commits
sioners and a discussion of plans and
of building improved roads.
The afternoon session will be devoted
to the consideration of our common
earth roads and the best method of
caring for them. All who are interest
ed in road building are invited to at
tend.
A conference between the officials
Of the Central Vermont railroad com
pany and representatives of the en-
ployes is being held in st. Adams for
the purpose of adjusting the question
Of a new wage schedule, and it is prob
able that an amicable settlement will
be reached within a few weeks. The
various phases of the question are be-
ing carefully considered and the ne
gotiations are said to be of an extreme
" friendly nature. The representatives
from the New London division, who
are attending the conference, are =.
N. Hayes, representing the conductors,
George Vassar, representing the en-
gineers, Leslie F. Walker, represent
ing the fremen, and Edward Cheese
man, representing the trainmen.
james Gilbert of Boston has been
secured to coach the coming perform
ince of the First Regiment Band min
,trels Mr.. Gilbert has had large |
and varied experience in everything
pertaining to theatricals having held
important positions in many of the |
eading professional companies. Being
l good singer and actor combined with |
l vivid imagination for making stage |
productions stamps him as one of the
foremost men in his line in Boston.
His services are in much demand at
Ill times. The famous extravaganza,
1892, was produced under his direction.
Mr.. Gilbert also played all the promi-
lent comedy roles in the Gilbert and