Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-02-16

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Western avenue.
The Boston Festival Orchestra
club. which furnishes the. matinee next
Tuesday rendered the program IN
Brockton. Mass, last Friday. The local
paper, In its criticism, referred 10 II as
The finest concert of its kind ever given
in the city.
The following members of Com
pany | took examinations for the
grades of corporal and sergeant last
evening: Robert 4. Walker, Rupert
Wardner. Adm lloughton, Albert Bug
bee, William Schorling. Charles Web
ster and Clifford Timson.
Madame Rio, who is to appear at
the concert Tuesday evening, has Just
returned from trip to Chicago and
other western cities, where she has met
with phenomenal success Her singing
is sure to be one of the greatest musi'
cal treats Brattleboro has had in years.
The music To he rendered at the
concerts Tuesday will be almost wholly
new 10 Brattlcboro audiences. The cho
rus is in excellent condition and its
work nj the last rehearsal demonstrate
ed the fact that the coming perform.
ance will be conspicuous as the best in
the history of the present organization.
Fred Schiller. who was formerly
employed as cook at the Brooks house,
has written to the Greenfield Recorder
from Dawson City, Yukon territory,
where he has been for the past several
months. Mr.. Schiller says: ''When liv-
ing in Greenfield | used TO think il cold
at 10 degrees below zero, while now 20
degrees below would feel warm. II is
now "A degrees below 90 a. NO. the
coolest | have seen it.
Rev. and Mrs. f. l.. Masseck enter
tanned the Murray club AT valentine
party al their home on Green street last
evening. The house was deliberately
decorated with hearts. The program
of readings suitable for the
day by Mrs. 4. Il. Hobart and Miss
Zetta Weld. after which appropriate
games were played and refreshments
served. There was good attendance
and the evening was very much en-
ioyed.
Miss Lizzie Renney entertained a
few Young women friends at A. Hines s
ON Green street Wednesday evening,
treating them to refreshments of cake,
home. made wine and coffee sent her
from her home in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The cake was an deliberately decorated
shortcake bearing the design of horse
shoe and clasped hands across the
sea - and the inscription Frae Benny
Scotland. = The wreath of flowers about
il was divided into souvenirs for the
guests.
DIR. William II. Murphy, 35, died at
his home in Southville. Mass, Tuesday
after an illness of over, a year with pull
monary tuberculosis. lie was gradual.
ed from Yale university in 1892. While
in college he played shortstop on the
varsity team and because of his stat.
ture-fve feet three-he was called
..Tot. Murphy played on Brattle-
horo s semi.professiona team for two
and afterward became a mem
ber of the New York Giants. In
1899 he went to Stanford university as
baseball and track coach, returning af-
Ter two years to coach the Yale nine.
Until health compelled him to quit he
had acted as trainer of the Annapolis
athletic teams.
Fuller C. Smith of ST. Adams and
George T. Howard of Craftsbury, state
railroad commissioners, met IN the
Brooks House yesterday morning 70
take testimony concerning the death OF
John Reddy last November ana the
death of Harrison y. Mecormlek DEC.
,. Both OF these men were killeu py
trains, the former about one inile nor.h
If West river and the iatter directly IRE ~
front OF the local station inc VIZ
nesses IN the Mccormick case Were
Earle Morey, DR.. =: ,. fratt, mhilahi
Howard, j. Ii. Burke, H. +. wheeler,
9. II. Vassar and Is. l. hhey; Ia Tue
Reddy ease DIR. Henry tucker, NJ. D.
Moran, James Blake, Martin Burke
and Louis Allen. Attorneys .. Il. Mai
I'm and Il. W. ulosoh were present az
the hearing.
-Rrattleboro theater patrons have
,oa tbo onnortunitv this week 10 see
10 IS .ba host all.round repertoire
that has ever been to this
own viz. the Marks Brothers No.
troupe. Inc SoihPo"' nos ~ -
ing in the auditorium since TUESDAY
md every performance mas gwen sat
isfaction. Miss May A. Beli-Marks,
the leading woman, is very capable
actress, and Arnold =. BALDWIN, her
leading man, is much above the ordi-
nary popular price Thespian' In addl-
ton to the well balanced support there
are several unusually clever speclaitles,
and an excellent moving picture out
fit. In word it is large show AT a
small price. The play for tonight rs
Lost in London; tomorrow afternoon,
The Bankers Daughter; tomorrow
nipht The Girl from Frisco. The com