Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-04

| h. Ashley was elected quartermaster il
place of the late Ornan Prescott.
Bert Ware has made arrangements
for the purchase of Rambler touring
ear which he intends 10 put on III,
street as II public conveyance next
week.
BY request there will be one more
mammoth sociable in |. o. o. +. hall
Wednesday evening, May s TO which
lall Odd Fellows, Rebckahs and friends
are invited. There viii be dancing in
both halls.
A. V. May has sold his house on
Chase street 10 Frank u. Kendall who
moved here recently from Putney and
is employed in the Abbott 4 Dennison
market. Mr.. Kendall viii take posses.
sion MS soon as Mr.. May finds place
into which to move.
--Centervile roller rink closes the
skating season tomorrow. BY special
arrangement Miss Jessie Darling will
appear in the evening, giving one of
| her brilliant and entertaining perform.
ancos. The regular Friday evening
dance will be held tonight
"A special meeting of Leo council,
| Knights of Columbus, was held We'd
nesday evening when six applications
for membership Were acted upon and
| S25 voted for the San Francisco relief
fund. The Knights of Columbus will
! hold the last of a series of 'ladies
nights" in Grange hall, May 10.
-Brattleboro chapter, D. A. r., will
be entertained by Mrs. G. W. Pierce
and Mrs. W r. Haigh at Mrs. Pierce S
home Wednesday, May ., instead of
Tuesday at clock in the afternoon.
A program consisting of readings and
musical numbers has been prepared and
report of continental congress will be
given.
Deputy Sheriff c. /. Knapp nipped
an elopement in the bud last Saturday.
A l6.year.old West Brattleboro girl
had made all arrangements to run away
with young man who has been EN-
ployed in that village, but the girl 5
mother "caught on and notified the
officer in time to prevent the flight of
the young couple.
The shipment made last week to the
San Francisco sufferers was made up
of four boxes of men S and boys gar.
ments, eight boxes of women s and
girls clothing. seven boxes of miscel-
laneous clothing, one box of shoes and
two large boxes of bedding, blankets,
sheets, pillow cases. etc. A modest val
uation of these boxes would aggregate
$500.
The foundation for the front wall
of Adams 4 Crosby's new Main street
block is being laid this week. Consid-
cradle work has already been done on
the foundation for the rear block and
the brick work will begin in short
time Several carloads of steel beams
for use in the framework of the build,
ings have been unloaded within the
past few days.
One of the tennis courts of the
Wantastiquct golf club was opened for
play today and the other will be ready
early next week. The courts are in bet
ter shape this year than ever before.
and the golf course is in better condi-
ton than ever before at this season of
the year The greens wintered unus-
ually well and will be ready for use at
an earlier date than usual.
Miss Jessie Darling gave exhibit
lions of fancy skating at the Centerville
roller rink Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings before large audiences and
her work was highly appreciated. So
successful were the exhibitions that the
rink management has engaged Miss
Darling to appear again tomorrow AT
ternoon and evening. Tomorrow night
will close the rink S season.
The annual statement of the Cigar
makers international union of Amer
lea, of which there is branch in this
town, shows the total benefits paid dur.
ing 1905 to have been $429,0l9.2s. The
total strike benefit paid during the year
was $9.S20.23, the sick benefit $685.
9l7.S0 and the death benefit Sl62,sls.S2.
The balance at the end of the fiscal
year amounted to $6SS,679.l3.
Between 800 and 400 people at
tended the organ recital given in the
Baptist church last evening by William
C. Carl of New York city, director of
the Guilmant organ school and organist
of the First Presbyterian church. Mr..
Carl s program gave him full opportu-
nifty to display his powers, and the
grand instrument responded beautiful |
" to his able execution. Like other ia
nous organists who have played here |
Mr.. Carl spoke in highest terms of the
1t is possible that the annual mus
ter of the Vermont National guard will |
be held this year under circumstances |
which will give the various companies
a severe test. According to the plan |
now under consideration the date of the
muster will not be made public, and the |
only notification the men will receive |
will be by means of some agreed-upon |
signal a few hours previous to the time |
for taking the train. In this way the |
efficiency of the state troops in mobiliz- |
ing quickly will be given good test.
Nothing of especial interest has de-
veloped in the local water situation the |
past week. A representative of Bos- |
ton firm was in town Wednesday to |
look over the site of the proposed dam |
across Halliday brook before estimating |
on the cost of steel and cement dam !
at that point. James f. Hooker, chair
man of the board has been spending |
the week in New York city and while |
there talked with several bond houses
in regard to floating an issue of bonds
on which to raise money for an indie
pendent system. He found the state of
the money market unfavorable for the
hotation of bonds at present.
Rosa Rand, who is in support of
Joseph and William II. Jefferson this
season in The Rivals, portraying the
part of Mrs. Malaprop, is woman of
wide experience-she was
born at Norfalk, Va, and has had