Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-12-28

meeting of the board of governors Fri
day evening.
e. W. Blodgett, W. b. Eddy and
G, l. Knapp have been appraising the
stock of the bankrupt firm of Dany,w
4 Boyce this week.
N. 7, Ryan of Greenfield has the
contract for putting ON the slate roof
of A. W. Rockwell's house on Canal
street. The roof viii be finished with.
in a few days.
r. ID. h. Stowe will show four Sill.
yer Duckwing and two Brown Red
game bantams at the Madison Square
Garden Poultry show in New York
city next week.
--Brads,rect IS weekly report says;
Brattleboro manufacturers and whole.
sale merchants speak well Of prevailing
conditions and opinion this year will
show large gains over the previous one
The woodworking plants are very busy.
In the list of creditors of Edward
4. Williams of Greenfield, who filed Il
petition in bankruptcy last week, is the
name of A. j. Belden of Brattleboro
who has claim of s25 against the es.
tate. Williams was a machinist
The first meeting of the creditors
of Hollis n Newcomb of. East Putney,
who recently filed petition in bank
ruptcy, was held before Referee +. ID.
+. Stowe Monday. George r. Miller
of East Putney was appointed trus'
| tee,
The tool house of the Central YER
mont railroad near the roundhouse was
destroyed by fire Saturday night. Sever
al of the employees of the railroad lost
clothes in the fire. The shanty con
tanned also few tools used by the rail.
road.
The Ladies circle of the Univer-
salist church will meet in the parlors
Thursday afternoon. A large attend
ance is desired since this is the last
meeting before the annual fair and
there is work to be done. There will
be business meeting at 4 o'clock and
supper at $50.
The board of bailiffs have posted
notices on all but two hills in town
forbidding coasting thereon and the
police have been ordered to arrest all
persons apprehended sliding on the for
hidden inclines. The two on which
coastiug is allowed are the Green street
hill aud the Maple street hill.in Estey-
vile.
A meeting of the creditors of the
bankrupt firm of Danyew & Boyce was
held in the office of f. ID. f. Stowe
Saturday afternoon and Deputy Sheriff
IA. w. j. wilkins appointed as trustee
TO close out the stock Mr.. Wilkins
was appointed at the time of the adj
Indication to close out the perishablc
goods.
Denis Rebekah lodge held meet
ing in |. o. o. F. hall Tuesday evening
and elected the following officers foi
the ensuing year: Noble grand, Mrs
Caspar Moran; vice grand, Mrs. a. W
Roel recording secretary, Mrs. Fro
Landry: financial secretary, Miss Min
ME Brown; treasurer, Mrs. Willis ID
Gibson: third trustee Mrs. Samuel ID
Brown. The installation of these an'
the appointed officers will be held II
January.
The funeral of William H. Cray
was held ut his late home on Cana
street Saturday morning at III clock
Rev. l.. NJ Keneston officiating. I'M
body was taken to Swanton where ]
was buried with committal service a
the grave. Delegations from Wantastl
quet lodge of Odd Fellows and Sedg
wick post, G. A. R. were present. In
hearers were W. +. Coombs and W. D
Cain from the odd Fellows and JON
NJ. Joy and A. B, Ashley from tn
G. A. r.
A good sized class was initiate
into the local lodge n. +. o +. Monda,
evening. The local degree team orga
nized by Deputy f, j. Swan of Parl'
Me. conducted the installation cere
monies. Following is the degree team
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin C. Davis, Mr.. an
Mrs. Joseph Palmer, Mr.. and Mrs. Ere
/, Currier. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simond'
w. II. HAYWOOD, H. r. Noble, MIR. an
Mrs. C. W. Berry, Mrs. J. j. 0 Mel
Miss Katherine Supple, Martin n. stat
ford and Miss Marion Simonds.
= A hearing was held in the count
clerk s office Saturday by agreemen
before Justice A. p. Carpenter in tn
., case of DR.. Z. R. Lynch against F, {
Rogers and Miss Mary Kahn of Mon
som Mass, formerly of West Dummer'
ton Mrs. Kahn was housekeeper 10
: Mr.. Rogers. The suit was brought t
recover $l65 for medical attendance
Since the plaintiff failed to subml
enough evidence to prove his case
? verdict was found in favor of the de
: PENDANTS, who were allowed to collec
: their costs.
"A fire which threatened at mrs
to assume alarming proportions brok
ont in the shop of Daniel p. Cobb o
: Pearl street Sunday. The fire depar
: ment was notified and the chemical wa
l, sent to the scene of the fire. Nelgh
! bors with hand extinguishers and waite
kent the fire from spreading until On
: arrival of the chemical which quick
mt the fire out. The blaze starte
l IN load of wood which had bee
4 niled too near the stove, and wa
/. making good Roadway when discovered
: The loss was slight
! The Boston Sunday Globe in a r.
: view of the hand fre-engine music
n season gives list of the champion
! since hand engine musters began
! Bath. Me-, July 4, 1S49. This list II
cludes the old Fountain of Brattlebol
$ which in Keene, N. H., July 4, Is,
a won first honors with record OF q
o. feet. This engine became the City
Lowell and won the championship
: the present year in Nashua, n. H., Sep
q 2 with a record of 259 feet, six and
d half inches. The Lowell attended ny
d musters during the past season and VIC
three prizes aggregating $435. 1t stan'
9rst on the list according to distan'
y ona s;vth in total winnings.