Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12

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change in time and place.
Il. l.. Hall, formerly proprietor of
the restaurant in Odd Fellows block,
opened roller skating rink in Ludlow
last evening lie is planning to open
a rink in Rutland next week.
The annual meeting Of the Centre
Congregational church will be held this
evening at 1880. The business will be
followed by n roll call of members and
a social hour at which refreshments will
be served. All members are urged to
attend.
The women employees Of Durham
Brothers wholesale department took a
sleighride TO Winchester, n. H., last
saturday evening. The men employees
will 90 10 Putney tomorrow night to
4 take supper with Landlord Shea at the
Kendrick House.
The following games have been
played in the Vermont Wheel club tour
nament this week: 3 ball billiards, Cobb
50, Brasor 80; Howe 100, Stolte AZ; :
bali billiards, Howe ll5, Cobb IS; pool
Tasker 20, Duquettc ll6, Tasker win
ming on handicap; Brasor So, Ullery 81.
"A joint installation of Sedgwiek
post. G. A. r., and the Woman S Relief
corps took place last evening in Grand
Army hall. Col. II. f. Taylor acting
as installing officer for the post aud
Mrs. Calsta G.. Bangs for the Relief
corps. In addition TO the officers elect
ed by the post the following were IN
stalled: Sergeant major, J. +. Elmer;
adiutant, f. II. Putnam; quartermaster
sergeant, c. l.. Piper.
The officers of Canton Palestine,
Patriarehs Militant, were installed last
evening in |. 0. o. +. hall by Depart
ment Colonel Spear of Woodstock, as
sisted by Inspector Damon of Bellows
Falls. 4 banquet followed the work.
The officers installed were as follows;
Captain, l.. II. Slater; lieutenant, George
Mctcalf; ensign, Fayette Miller; clerk,
lie. II. Sturges; accountant, Emerson
Peale; picket. George kaine; sentinel,
Nils Wilson.
The annual meeting of the cor
'porators of the Vermont Savings bank
took place Wednesday when the follow
ing board of officers was elected: Trus'
tees. Frederick Holbrook, d. d. Dick
inson, Francis Goodhue, d. 5. Pratt,
IG. f.. Greene, w. 5. Newton, c. II.
Pratt, J. G. Estey, w. II. Bracket, f.
l.. Hunt. c. o. Robbins; president, Fred
erick Holbrook; vice.president, W. D.
Newton; treasurer, c. II. Pratt; assist
ant treasurer, Adm II. Pettee.
The next basketball game here will
take place Monday, Jan. %, between the
, athletics and the Fall River Signal
corps. military champions of New Eng
land. This was the only team to de
feat the Buffalo Germans last season
{ and can be depended on to give one OF
the fastest exhibitions ever. The Ath'
letics and Company D are to play a
, series of five games for the state cham
pionship, two already having been play
ed. The third will take place here Feb
.. Bellows Falls will play the Athletics
! here again Dec. 30
Services of prayer have been held
each night this week by the Baptist
church. 1t is expected that Rev. G. G.
Maxfeld. evangelist for the Baptist
, state convention, will be here the FIRST
week in February to conduct series
of evangelistic meetings. Neighborhood
/ meetings will be held each week in diff
i ferent sections of the village Mex
1 week they will be as follows: Wednes
! day night at the chapel in Esteyville;
i Thursday night week at Mr.. and Mrs
, Enos White Is, Forest street, and al
! Mr.. and Mrs |. o. P. Smith s, p Cana
street.
The annual statement of the Ne"
York Life Insurance company, notwlth
! standing the extraordinary conditions
that have prevailed for the past few
months. shows splendid results achieved
during 1905. The gross assets are 4S1
millions gain of As millions; pay
ments to policy-holders upwards of 4t
millions; 1856 thousand new policies
were issued and paid for, representing
296 millions. The company now has
over million policy-holders and oven
two billions of insurance in force; II
: owns 317 millions of bonds (no stocks)
on which not solitary dollar OF interest
is in default
United States Marshal H. w
Bailey of this city returned this after
noon from BrattlebOro, where he went
J to attend yesterday q hearing in fed
. cral court of case involving the dis
a position of 4,796 pounds of wool seizet
). during an attempt to smuggie 1t iron
Canada into the United States. The cast
was not decided. The claimant of th'
! wool. man named johnson of Canaan
= appeared with his counsel, John w. Red
mond of Newport, and the ownership OF
the wool will be matter for the jury
!, 70 decide at the May term of fedora
u | of
i Frank A. Flagg, whose occupation
is given as salesman, has filed vol
!. untary petition in bankruptcy in Bos
r ton, His liabilities amount to SSH AZ
I and there are no assets. The claims
number II and are all unsecured. Som,
:. the largest creditors ore: Charles II
' Spooner of Northampton, Mass, TO
: meats. $S6S; Emerson E, Flagg of Brat
tleboro, money loaned, SS26.10; G. II
! Eddy Of Brattleboro, 1880, and Z. 4
= Barrows of Brattleboro, $50. Mr. Flags
: is son of f. E. Flagg of this tow
:, land formerly conducted a restaurant Il
: milestone block OF late he has BEEF
: employed in Ware, Mass
2 An article in the Bellows Fall
n Times gives statistics showing that tn
town Rockingham, with population o
- $500. spends over twice as much In car
= ing for its paupers as does the town o
: Brattleboro with population of 6,64C
7 In reply to an inquiry regarding the SIT
= nation here Selectman James +. Hook
: = err sent the following: "Our poor eos
: MS less than $4,000 last year, the farr
Z earning great deal. | enclose tow
!, report. The only fund is the Thompso
- fund for poor seamstresses. Don't hel
- us any. The associated charities hel
u l;++Ia your eynense is enormous an