Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-26

| Usual matinee tomorrow after
noon,
There will be a potato race for n
prize Of 81 at Waite's rink Monday
evening.
Roger Conant. infant son Of Dr.
and Mrs. A. L. Pettee, died last even
Ting at $50 Of iaundice.
The next meeting OF the New Eng
land Holstein- Friesian Breeders club
will take place In Brattleboro March II
AT a regular meeting of the select
men Saturday Henry j, Allen was ap-
pointed special constable and truant
officer IN place OF Myron r., Davis re-
signed,
| Miss Hattie Clough. oldest daugh-
/ ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Clough oil
South Main street. was operated on tol
appendicitis at the Brattleboro Me-
mortal hospital this morning.
Walter O. Cooley won the money In
the case In Fenton a. Co.'S window. hie
guess being 1874, within three cents
of the correct amount 1881. Several
thousand guesses were made.
Principal John l.. Alger of Vermont
Academy will speak at the BAPTIST
| chapel Tuesday evening NJ 730 O'Clock
on The Manual Training Idea The
regular class work of the Young Peo-
ple's union win follow the address at
! $50.
Two new cases of scarlet fever
were uuarantined Monday on the order
of DR.. Henry Tucker. health officer the
patients being n son of Mr., and Mrs.
Bert Caldwell Of Forest street and q
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Judson STAFF
| ford who live In Centerville.
The chemical engine was called out
| SUNDAY morning on account of n burn
] ing chimney In j. c. Howes house ON
! Linden street. No damage was done
but the woodwork around the chimney
became so hot that still alarm was
sent In. The flames In the chimney
We're extinguished without difficulty.
Durham Brothers statesmen from
various parts of the country are In
town this week TO attend the annual
| school for travelling men. The school
began yesterday morning and will con-
| tinue throughout TODAY. Tonight there
will be a reception and dance for the
travelling men and other employees OF
| the firm IN the Brooks house.
The following games have been
PLAYED in the Vermont Wheel club tour
nament this week: 3-ball billiards. Ell
lis TO- Cobb 80: Ellis 20. Pettee Gil:
4-ball billiards. Aldrich 115 Morse 81
pool. Fox 10. Whitney 70. BY winning
| his game with Morse Aldrich won a
place in the finals of the four-ball
! tournament The game between Fox
and Whitney was the first of the final
contests In pool.
The annual "gentleman's night" of
| the Woman's club will take place We'd
nesday evening. Feb. 4 In the Brooks
house. Mrs. Jennie Cross Trull OF
/ MA \. 4. tNA \ md
music will be furnished by the Brattle-
boro glee club. composed of w. A. Gill
bert. G. NJ. Clay. Ernes' Arnold. A.
| l.. MAYNARD. w. s. Stearns. DIR. w. II.
Lane f. C. Adams, A. S. Thompson, f.
H. Crane. G. f. Adams. A. II. Brasor,
and DR.. T. II. O'Connor.
Peter Hopkins. one Of the engi-
neers employed at the Keene. y. H..
Gas and Electric companv's power sta
ton i'm Spragueville. had his left arm
caught In a set of gears connected with
one of the governors Friday His
sleeve was first caught by the teeth
of the gears and the arm was badly
| lacerated before the machinery could
be stopped. Mr.. HOPKINS is son OF
Mrs Annie HOPKINS of this town and
| formerly worked for the Brattleboro
| Gas Light company.
There was hearing before Ref
cree +. D. +. Stowe Monday on motion
of the Valley Grain company. creditor
| in the y. +. Skies bankruptcy case,
asking that the claim of w. d. Skies
be examined and reduced the ground
being that part OF the money given by
! w. ID. Skies TO his son. the bankrupt,
1 had been in the nature of gift instead
I of n loan Both the senior and Junior
Skies were examined in regard to the
| transactions but the referee held that
/ the claim should not be changed X.
1 C. Bacon appeared for the Valley Grain
company and C. c. Fits for w. d.
| Skies
-Brattleboro had its share of the
warm wave which overspread the
country the first of this week. Sunday
was n typical April day transplanted
4 to mid winter. The air was balmv.
with bright sunshine in the afternoon.
and the various thermometers In shady
places firted with the mark of go de-
grees. Monday and Tuesday were fully
as warm but not o,delightful on &C
count of the heavy fog. The rain of
/ Tuesday evening took away the last
signs of snow and in many sheltered
/ places the frost was out of the ground.
| Farmers in the West river district. at
| least one of them. tapped several maple
trees Sunday and reported fine run
| of sap. The Ice went out of the Con-
necticut river Wednesday morning and
/ that stream rose rapidly during the re-
mainder of the day, reaching high-wa-
ter mark late in the afternoon. West
river is also clear of ice to large eX-
/ tent.
Deputy Sheriff II. s. Wilson of Ar
lington and Policeman James Kelley of
Bennington came to Brattleboro Mon
! day in search of one Lewis Baxter who
| is wanted in Bennington county on the
charge of bgamy. The officers found
Lewis Baxter. who is employed by the
White River Chair company. but he
proved to be the wrong Baxter. al
! though having the same name and
answering the description of the crimi-
nal. Last Saturday Policeman w. B.
Warren of this town noticed in the
local papers an announcement OF the
marriage of Lewis Baxter and Miss
Florence Crittenden. A few weeks
previous he had seen in a Boston pa
per that a man of this name was want
ed in Bennington and therefore COM
municated with the Bennington OF
ficials The description given by the
officers on the other side of the state
tailed exactly with the Brattleboro
man, and Mr. Warren felt pretty GER
tain that marriage No. had taken
place. It proved however to be moth
| ing more than singular coincidence.
When Policeman Kelley saw the Brat
| tIeboro suspect he said at once that "
was a mistake. although the mistake
was not surprising in view of the facts.
Y. M. @. A. Notes.