Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-02
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

val hall May 3.
The assembly which was TO have
taken place in the Brooks House to
night has been indefinitely postponed,
Rev, W. n, Tenney of Boston will
give an illustrated lecture on the Bible
in the Advent church Thursday even
ing at go.
The Marriage of Kitty company
will jump from Utica, n. Y. to Brat
tleboro next Thursday to Gil the en-
gagement in the auditorium.
III. b. Larkin has sold his house
in Centerville. lngleside, formerly oe'
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs, l.. 5. Barnes,
to Mr.. and Mrs, Frank Dye.
"A. NJ. Prouty of Marlboro has
bought of p. F. Crown the Timothy
Shea homestead on Western avenue
Mr. Prouty will move there soon.
The "ladies night at the Yer
mont Wheel club last Friday evening
was well attended and the evening was
enioyably spent in dancing and card
playing.
State Tax Commissioner J. +. Cush-
man of Burlington has been in Brattle-
bor0 part of this week TO consult with
Attorney General c. G. Fits ON ques'
tions of law pertaining to the fran
chise tax on corporations.
Hunt 5 agency has received notice
of the following increases in pensions:
Dexter Waite. Wardsboro, $l2 to II;
Wallace w. Wilson, Dummerston, Sl2
to $l7, and large arrearage; David
G. Baker. Guilford, So to Sl2.
M. 6. Houghton, of the firm of
Houghton 4 Simonds, is on a business
trip to New York this week, buying the
new spring garments and special mer'
chandise for the new mail order depart
ment the firm is soon to establish.
The Central Vermont Railway com
pany is giving the local station thor.
ough renovating, the first in several
years. The walls ceiling and wood.
work have been scraped and washed
and will be painted and refnished.
The meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held at the Unitarian par
sonage Monday evening at $50. The
subject is Shintoism and the paper re-
Gently delivered by John +. Gale be,
fore the professional club will be read.
Henrietta Knight, 60, wife of
Joseph d. Cragin, died Saturday at her
home in Camden, n. j. Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday afternoon at
. o clock. Mrs. Cragin was former
resident of Brattleboro and at one time
was teacher of the Chase street prlm-
arv school. She is survived by one sis
ter who lives in this town, Mrs. &. b,
Akeley of Reed street.
There was hearing Saturday be-
fore J. H. Merrifield to determine the
liability of the trustee in the suit OF
Abbott & Dennison Brothers VS.. N. n.
Newell and the Estey Organ company,
trustee. The suit was brought to re-
cover the amount due on a meat bill of
SIS, Judgment against the defendant
having previously been secured by de-
fault. The case was settled by Mr..
Newell before the decision was given.
The funeral of Miss Lucy Belle
Tennev was held Saturday afternoon
at 2 0 clock from the home of her par
ents on Walnut street, Rev. II. Il. Miles
officiating. The services were largely
attended and there were quantities OF
beautiful flowers. Mrs. A. l.. Maynard
sang two selections. The bearers were
G. NJ. CLAY, w. A. Gilbert, l.. A. Whit
new and w. C. Whitaker. The body
was placed in the tomb at Prospect
Hill cemetery.
An historical and industrial edition
of the stanton, Va, Dispatch and
News contains a description of the Put
nam organ works, owned by W. W. Put
nam and H. E. Fox, both former EN-
ploves of the Estey organ factory. Mr.
putnam is brother of Miss Mary Put.
nam of this town and Mr.. Fox son OF
F. w. Fox, also of Brattleboro. The
Putnam factory at present employs
200 hands and its output this year will
reach 5000.
Acting for Attorney General Z. e.
Fits. Lawyer l.. f. Sherwin of Chester
Saturday took the deposition of John
E. Greenwood, travelling man who has
been widely quoted as saying that ne
had seen Clarence w. Adams in Mont.
real since the date when he is supposed
to have died in states prison. MI
Greenwood testified that he never hao
told any such story, that he had no,
seen Adams since his arrest and thai
he had not been in Montreal for IL
years.
Simmer B. Emerson celebrated
his 72nd birthday anniversary at his
home on Oak street Sunday. His sever
children. Charles S. Emerson OF NIL
ford N. H.; Mrs. A. E. Turner OF
Wa Wa. atertown. Mass; Kenneth B. Elmer
son of New York city; Miss Grace I'm
erson of Albany, N. Y; Mrs. L. T
Adams. Mrs. C. c. Fits and Harry u
Emerson of this town, were with MN
an the occasion, and the whole family
took dinner at the Brooks House Sun
dav noon. Mr.. Emerson has been re
s;jent of Rrattleboro since 1887.
The Windham County Fish ano
Game Protective association offers Z
reward of $40 to any game warden II
Windham county for the arrest ano
conviction of any person or persons To-
hunting or killing deer illegally IN TINS
county The association also offers
reward of So to any game warden IL
Windham county for the arrest and con
viction of any person or persons e eo,
illegally catching or taking OF any nsi
or hunting, taking or killing any wilo
game. other than deer, IN TINS county
These rewards are now In force 1oTtn
With and will continue until revoked
bv the association.
Two pairs of heavy gray horse
.4+oobed 70 one of the Estey Organ
COMPANY COMPANY s large trucks were frightenet,
Tmnlday morning at the lower end OF
the depot yard by the whistle Of pass:
; ;no train The team came up the yart
at a terrific rate, but near the frelgh,
bouse one of the wheel horses fell ant