The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-03-22

Mrs, w, II, Neal rctuIntu ldsl
week from the city with full line OF
spring and summer millinery.
Friendship circle will meet Friday
March 20, in |. o. o. +, hall. Supper
will be served at 6.l5. There will b.
work.
The annual whist party of sun
shine branch No. will be held in the
Brooks House on the evening of Thurs
day, April IL.
Mrs. George w. Brooks has re
turned from New York with a fine Sc
leeted stock of millinery goods fei
her parlars at 80 South Main street
The children of the primary de
partmcnt of the Congregational Sun
day school are TO have an Easter par
~ at the Congregational parlors Sat
urday afternoon from until q.
John r. Ryder has bought of ID
$. Pratt building lot on the soutl
side of Western avenue and will erect
Il house there the coming summer
Charles w. Durham will also build
house on Western avenue this year.
AT the completion of the inspee
ton Of the First Regiment band, V, n
c., yesterday afternoon orders were is
sued by Adiutant General Gilmore fol
the members TO be measured today FOL
full dress uniforms complete. The band
has been engaged to play for military
balls in Bellows Falls and Brattleborc
in April.
"A small fire in the home of Mrs
Anna G. Thurber ON Western avenue
DESTROYED n washing which was dry
ing about the stove in the kitchen last
Thursday afternoon. In some way the
clothes caught fire from the stove and
we're consumed. The ceiling of the
room was badly smoked and the furnl
ture of the room was damaged. Inc
loss was about $50.
A fire alarm from box "a called
out the department at about lOl,
Sunday morning to put out a sinai
blaze in the house owned by William
Martin in the rear of Elliot street
When the chemical arrived the blaze
was smouldering in a partition and
axes were brought into play to get al
the fire. A stream of chemical quench
ed the blaze. The damage to the house
and furniture from the fire and water
was about $3.50.
--Brattleboro chapter, Daughters OF
the American Revolution, invite all t
its fancy bazaar, which will be held al
the home of Mrs. l.. L. Holden ON the
Common Wednesday afternoon from
until S. A salad supper will be served
on the European plan. Easter flowers
Easter novelties, fancy articles anC
home made confectionery will be OF
sale. and music will be furnished
Will each member of the chapter re
member to leave some piece of fancy
work at Mrs. Holden's house on Tues
day.
At meeting of Company |, Y. n
g., held last evening it was voted t.
hold a military ball on the evening Of
Friday. April 10, in Festival hall. Mu
sic will be furnished by the First Reg
iment band of Brattleboro. The com
mittee of arrangements is Capt. Hen
KEEL, Sergeant Mickey, Corporal Tough
ton, and Privates Vivier and Clune
No function of this nature has beer
held in Brattleboro for some years ant
it is confidently expected that the sol
diers will make it a social event of tn
season following Lent.
The consolidation of two large pa
per companies in the province OF Que
bee, and the control Of 100000 acres
of timber land on the st. Francis rlv
er, through the efforts of American
capitalists, has been announced. The
consolidation involves the absorption
by the Brompton Pulp and Paper com
panv at Brompton Falls, of the Roya
Paper company of East Angus. INT
two companies are % miles apart, ant
the timber covers an immense ares
north of Sherbrooke. The consolida
ton was formed through the efforts OF
George Van Dyke, the New Hamp
shire lumber king. Nearly 100000
is involved.
The schedule of wages on the Bos
ton & Maine railroad, which went int
effect last week, concerns the passen
ger and freight conductors and tn
Vardmen almost entirely. Until thu
schedule went into effect the wages OF
the men were based on the day ant
trip plan, while now the basis is OF
mileage and hours. The passenger con
ductors are now paid $500 for an l.
hour day with 10Omile trip. Ii
conductor works more than IL hour
he is paid for the overtime, and If hi
trip is more than 100 miles in length
he gets credit for it in proportion
With the freight conductors the wage
have been increased 10 cents day
and the yardmen have received %
cent increase.
John Noonan was arrested Sunda.
morning by Policeman James Evan
and placed in the cooler to spend tn
evening in meditation. Monday morn
ing in the municipal court he wa
fined S. and costs amounting altogeth
err to $11.7O. Noonan attended tn
Sunday morning fire and after tn
blaze was extinguished became EN-
broiled in an argument with Iruema
Barnes which was far hotter than tn
blaze. As a result Barnes assaulte
Noonan with hands and feet, leavin
lasting impression of his proves a
mitt-artist on Noonan s countenanc'
He introduced a French feature OF tn
manly art and got in some foot wor
that rendered it difficult for Noonan t
sit in a chair in the court room. Noe
nan desired to have Barnes arreste
for assault but States Attorney R. {
Bacon refused to prosecute stain
that, in his opinion, Barnes was just
fed in the assault.
"A horse and sleigh belonging t
Luke C. Morse of Williamsville figure
in an exciting runaway Saturday a,
ternoon. Mr.. Morse was just drivln
nm Grove street from Main street whe
the sleigh slowed and upset, THROWN
-. II Tho horse continued u