Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-04-13

w. u. johnson has sold his house
on Cherry street TO Judge II. H.
! Wheeler,
The IIinsdale, \. H., baseball team
will play It's opening game In koene, ~
H., next Thursday, Fast day,
The W. Z. T. U, viii serve n salad
and croquette supper In It's rooms In En-
erson block next Tuesday ut d clock
--Banch Of the Brattleboro sun
shine society will hold subscription
whist ut the Brooks house on the even
Ing of May !,
There was good attendance at
the Enterprise supper at Mrs. Cheney 5
Wednesday evening, Games were
played until late hour
Hunt = agency reports the follow
ing increases OF pensions; II. L, Brooks,
H. q. streeter, and John L. Newman,
Brat,lcboro; Preston s. Knapp, Wards
boro,
The next regular meeting OF Fort
hummer colony, Pilgrim Fathers, will
be- held in Red Mems hall Monday
evening. Ii will be followed by dane
ing from ; until II clock. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
The fourth annual masquerade ball
OF Brattleboro camp Of Modern Wood
men of America is 10 be held at Festi'
val hall Tuesday evening, April IL.
Leitsinger S orchestra will furnish the
music. A. H. Hines, prompter. The
usual ENJOYABLE time is expected.
Dancing will begin ut $ o o'clock.
The Tricunial club of Beauseant
eommandery. X. r., held n meeting in
Masonic hall Monday evening and rati,
fled the arrangements of the committee
in regard 10 accommodations for the
local delegation in Saratoga where the
next triennial conclave Of the Knights
Templar will take place in July, 1907.
The Strong hotel has been engaged for
the Brattleboro party, which will prob
ably consist of between so and 90.
Columbian lodge. No. 80, A. r. 4
4. NJ. held its annual meeting Tuesday
evening when the following officers
were elccted. Worshipful master, &.
Il. Crowell: senior warden, ID. j. Stolte;
iunior warden, j. 4. Hoadley; treas
urer. +. b. Putnam; secretary, James
b. Randoll. The elective and appoint
i've officers will be installed at an early
date. Columbian lodge conferred the
first degree at communication Mon
day evening and is planning to confer
the second degree next Monday even.
ing
The subject of the lecture to be
given by DR.. +. L. Marble of Cam
bridge at the Baptist chapel next
Thursday evening is Cameragraphs
The address-an illustrated one-will
deal with the people seen along the
highways and byways of Europe, rath-
er than with public buildings and like
things with which people are more OF
less familiar. For this reason the lee
turc is bound to be especially interest
ing. DIR. Marble comes TO Brattleboro
under the auspices of the Young Peo-
pies union, and the lecture is given
for its benefit.
The Wesleyan university baseball
team. with Arthur Monroe in the box,
won its opening game of the season at
Middletown. Conn, last Thursday, de
feating New York university to ),
Monroe had excellent support and
proved very effective, only one New
Yorker being able to do anything with
his delivery Wesleyan was defeated
by Brown at Providence Wednesday by
a score of to .. Burke, who started
in TO pitch for the Methodists, allowed
seven hits and seven runs in the first
two innings. Monroe succeeded him,
and held the Brunonians down to one
hit for the remainder of the game.
The annual communication of Fort
drummer chapter, No. u, r. \. NJ, was
held in Masonic hall last evening when
the following officers We're chosen:
High priest, L. 7. Mathison; king,
Dennison Cowles; scribe, W. d. Gibson;
treasurer, L. W. Putnam; secretary, II.
+. c. Todt; captain of host, W. II. Hey
wood; principal sojourner, j. a. Hoad-
ley; royal arch captain, c. f. GRAHAM;
master of third veil, w. G. Mitchell;
master of second veil, +. X. Vaughan;
master of first veil, Louis Dompier;
chaplain. Kittredge Haskins; stewards,
Harry Rowe and Collins Piper; tyler,
J. 4. Taylor; trustee, j. A. Taylor.
The April meeting of Brattleboro
chapter, ID. A. r., was held Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ada 5.
Dowley the occasion being Paul Jones
day. Readings relative to his life were
given by Mrs. c. l.. Stickney, Mrs. II.
Ii. Brown, Mrs. II. J. Clark, and Miss
Genevieve Slate. The chapter voted
to send $50 to Continental Hall, and
Mrs. Kittredge Haskins was elected
to attend the Continental Congress as
chapter delegate. Mrs. Z. l.. Stickney
was chosen regents alternate. Miss
Florence Hildreth furnished piano
music and Mrs. Katherine O'Connor
Weeks sang The Holy City, and Column
bia, the Gem of the Ocean.
The train which leaves Brattleboro
over the Central Vermont at 7.25 a. M,
ran into the rear car and caboose OF
north-bound freight train in Three
Rivers, Mass, Monday morning, com,
pletely running the car and smashing
in the front of the caboose. There is
short siding at this place, between the
main track and the station. The freight
train was on the Palmer side of the sta
ton and was passing on the siding as
the passenger train left the station. W.
Burrows, the engineer, miscalculated the
distance or the speed at which he was
travelling, and struck the rear car and
caboose as it was entering the side
track. As the car was a fiat, loaded
with cinders and gravel, no damage
was done to merchandise. The head
brakeman, who was left to turn the
switch after the freight had cleared
the main track, narrowly escaped in
iuries He saw that an accident was
imminent, so leaped from the caboose
and jumped over the fence on the 9th
er side. Little damage was done to the