The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-12-13


The Ladies Enterprise society
will meet with Mrs, c. H. Evans on
Maple street Wednesday afternoon nj
, o'clock. From to 5 o clock will be
served supper to which everybody is
invited.
A remarkable growth in deposits
is set forth in the advertisement Of
the Brattleboro Trust company this
week. From Feb. to Dee. 10 the de-
posits in this institution grew from
S56,6l5.3s to s206,72l.ll.
Tho Daughters of Pocahontas held
u regular meeting last night in Red
Men 5 hall when nominations were
filed for officers to be elected at the
next regular meeting, Dee, 10. Five
applications were received for mem
bership.
Duffy & Leonard, proprietors of
several moving picture shows, have
leased the former Y. NJ. c. A. head
quarters in Leonard block. The main
room will be remodelled to suit the
needs of the picture exhibit, A vaude'
vile attraction will be added to the
list of features which this company
will produce. II is planned TO open
the show during the first week in Jan
uary.
The annual meeting of st. Mich
ael s court, G. q. f., was held in Red
Men s hal Tuesday night. The fol,
lowing officers were elected: Chief
ranger John j. Eckles; vice chief
ranger, w. o. Young; past chief rang
er David o 'Keefe; recording seere'
tary, T. A. Austin; financial secretary,
David S. Carey; treasurer, II. b.
Haus; trustees. p. b. Lavelle, James
Grady, James Blake.
There has been considerable talk
about n change in the Boston q
Names train schedule beginning
Monday, Dec. l6, but as far as has
been learned there will be no change
affecting the passenger service on this
division. No notification of any
changes has been received at the local
station and were any contemplated 1t
is probable that an announcement
would, have been made before now.
Since the Encouragement of the
local letter carriers only two deliver
les are made in the northern portion
of the village. Since the carrier sys-
TEN was installed in Brattleboro this
part of the town has had three deliv'
cries daily and some of the residents
are inclined to protest against the
change. 1t may relieve their feelings
to know that no other residential sec
ton in the country has more than two
regular mail deliveries daily.
The Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
overall factory was to have opened
Tuesday after a week S shut down but
owing to the small accumulation of
orders and the few orders that were
coming in from day to day it was de-
eided to manufacture only garments
enough to meet the demand from day
to dav. The factory is employing
few girls to fill these orders but is not
running regularly Practically all of
its out-of town employees have returned
to their homes.
In settlement Of a wager as to
his ability to go on foot from the local
railway station to the dam site with
in an hour, Floyd Coolidge started
from the point designated at lO.ll
Sunday morning. The wager was made
with Fred Thomas, who with other
employees of Durham Brothers, left
in a team for the destination of Cool
idge. Much enthusiasm was aroused
as the time limit drew to a close and
many were the words of consolation
offered the apparently defeated man.
but the hopes of the onlookers were
blasted when Coolidge reached the
point agreed upon in 5S12 minutes.
The Schubert symphony club and
ladies quartet comes to the auditorium
Monday evening under the auspices of
the high school, the proceeds to be
used for the benefit of the high school
paper. The Dial, and for the athletic
association. As the object is one that
deserves public support and as the
entertainment is highly spoken of by
the press and public, there should GER
tainly be a large attendance The
company is composed of young men
and young women and the program Will
be varied, consisting of vocal and in,
strumental music, readings, violin ana
mandolin solos, etc. A typical press
notice in reference to this organization
is the following from the San Fran
cisco Call: 1.-THE concert by the Schu-
bert Symphony club and lady quartet az
the Y. NJ. C. A. last night was most
ENJOYABLE affair and the audience tes-
titled their appreciation of the good
things on the program by frequent de-
mands for a repetition. "
Andrew Quinman of Athens was
arrested in Bellows Falls Wednesday
morning. on a charge of larceny upon
a states attorneys complaint. gum
man has been employed in Melendy $
lumber camp in Athens and Tuesday
afternoon stole the sum of $40 from
fellow workman, George McGinnis.
AS soon as the latter found that the
money was gone and with it Quinman,
he telephoned to Bellows Falls. oher-
if G. ?. Alexander located him at
the Rockingham and went to his room
and arrested him. A hearing. was
held before Justice 7. &. o 'Brlen at
police headquarters Wednesday after
noon. State s Attorney r. c. Bacon
Of Brattleboro appeared for the state
and George H. Thomson for the pris,,
oner. Ouinman pleaded guilty and
was convicted of petit larceny and
sentenced to not more than three
months nor less than two months ana
90 DAYS. He was taken to the house
of correction. The sum of $l4.ll OF
the money was recovered, and was
found upon the prisoner when arrest
ed.
The meeting of the Girls club