Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-05-11

The high school baseball team viii
play its first home game OF the season
on the island tomorrow morning Mt $50
the Bellows Falls high school team be
ing its opponent.
The Murray club will hold its an
nual meeting in the vestry of the Uni
yersalist church Thursday evening. Al
ter the election there will be a social
hour with refreshments,
C. G. Fits and w. II. Corser have
been in Boston this week to take testi'
mony in the patent suit brought by the
lB. q, Corser estate against the Wire
Novelty company of West Haven, Conn,
The last of the Friday night dances
at the Centerville roller rink takes place
this evening. Hereafter there will be
La waltz party every Tuesday night and
a regular dance every Saturday night,
The annual convention of the state
Woman s Suffrage association will be
held in Brattleboro June and in
stead of AS previously announced. IL.
b. Blackwell of Boston will be one Of
the principal speakers.
The cart which peddles fruit from
Philip Thomas's fruit stand collided
with another vehicle on Green street
Tuesday morning. One wheel of the
fruit cart was taken of and the horse
badly frightened but no further damage
was done.
Rev. s. r. Vinton, a former resi-.
dent of Brattleboro, will be the preach
er at the First Baptist church Sunday,
Nav 20. In the evening Mr.. Vinton
will speak concerning his missionary
work in Burma, the address TO he Illus
trated by stereopticon.
John A. Kennedy, formerly EN-.
ployed in the shipping department of
the Hooker, Corser 4 Mitchell overall
! factory. and Miss Mamie Annie Saw
yer were married Monday evening
April 30. at the home of the bride s pa
rents in Hardwick, Rev. James 5. Clark
performing the ceremony.
The Brattleboro fence-viewers were
sent out yesterday morning by Select.
man James +. Hooker to determine a
boundary line between William Fan
ming s farm and that occupied by
George Luis After the fence.viewers
| had settled the question TO their own
satisfaction it was found that none OF
them had taken the oath of office nee
essary to give their actions any stand
ing in law.
George Schildmiller, former Brat
tleboro boy. played first base on a
team of ineligible Dartmouth students
which defeated the varsity nine q TO
II at Hanover, n. H., yesterday.
Schildmiller covered the initial sack IN
good shape, securing IL put-outs, one
assist and participating in one double
play. He also got two hits. Arthur
Monroe pitched for Wesleyan against
Syracuse university yesterday and won
his game, ) to 3, allowing but five hits.
He had one bad inning, however, in
which he made three errors and allowed
three runs.
George +. Mosher, second lieuten-
ant of Company |, V. n. g., has sent
his resignation to Captain Il. W. Glib.
son this week. As soon as the resigna-
ton reaches the adjutant.g general he
will order a special meeting of Company
| | for the purpose of filling the vacancy,
Lieutenant Mosher was given that rank
in January, 1904, and was very eff.
ficient officer. Now that he is employed
in New York city, however. it is impos-
sible for him to hold the office. No can
didates for the place have yet been an
nounced, although it is understood that
several members of the company have
aspirations.
Work at the George f. Lyons gran
lite quarry in West Dummerston has
been practically suspended on account
of lack of orders, according to the
statements of the owners, and yet
Adams & Crosby had to send to Wor-
cester, Mass, to get crushed granite for
use in the foundation work of their new
blocks. Many local people believe that
the real reason for doing so little work
at the West Dummerston' quarry is lack
of desire ON the part of the Flynt
Granite company, which owns large
quarries in Monson, Mass, and prefers
to keep them busy. This is matter
which might be taken up to advantage
by board of trade.
Members of the Choral union are
canvassing the town with tickets for
the next concert which will take place
Wednesday, May 90, afternoon and
evening. The event promises to be the
musical treat of the season. The Bos-
ton Festival orchestra, which gave such
great satisfaction at the last concert,
has been engaged, and the soloists will
be Edward Johnson of New York city,
one of the best tenors in the country.
and Mrs. Grace Bonner Williams of
Boston, soprano. Both soloists will APP
pear at the afternoon concert as well
as in the evening when the Choral
Union will sing portions of the Seven
Last Words of Christ, by Dubois.
The recent failure of the Traders
Insurance company of Chicago can
celled over 100000 worth of policies in
force in Brattleboro aside from $500
which was written in Readsboro through
Mr. Clay's agency Mr.. Clay received
definite news of the companys liquida
ton by telephone Sunday and he i'm
mediately reinsured all risks at his own
expense in the Boston Insurance com
pany, making transfer by telephone
few minutes after he received the first
message Mr.. Clay went to Boston
Monday and perfected the arrangements
with the Boston company so that local
policyholders were given continuous
protection in spite of the failure. The
Boston Insurance company was incor-
porated in 1873. 1t has assets of over
100000 and a net surplus of over
100000. 1t had no business in Cali
fornia and was therefore not affected
by the San Francisco confagration. On
this account it is one of the strongest
fire insurance companies in the country
at the present time.