The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03

} The final accounting Of 4. 8. Hal
} trustee Of the estate Of Norris ]
Skies, bankrupt, will be acted upo
January . when final meeting Of tn
creditors will take place.
Several members of the Brattle
boro Bird. club will attend the annua
meeting OF the Vermont Bird club II
Burlington Jan. II and Is. The meet
ing will he held In the Science hall o.
Vermont university.
During the year 1907 the New
York Life paid in death losses NOR.
than e2 million dollars on the lives Of
nearly eight thousand policy holders
more than "a million dollars in ma
tured endowments and other cash ben
Gifts 10 living policy holders. The new
policies issued numbered OIL thousand
for nearly 1873 millions.
The members OF the Woman's Al
lance are invited TO meet at the home
of Mrs. John Barrows on Oak street
Friday evening at 1880 o'clock. The
exercises of the evening will be ap'
propriate 10 the Tooth anniversary Of
the birth Of the poet Whittier and
will be of an interesting character. A
large attendance is hoped for
The Brattleboro girls club will
hold its first open night in their quar-
tiers in the Brattleboro rest room, En-
erson building, Tuesday evening. An
attractive program is being arranged
and there will be dancing and card
playing Admission will be by ticket
and club members may obtain tickets
for their friends by application to the
secretary.
The trial calendar of the January
session of supreme court which will
convene January IA in Montpelier con
tains IA cases for hearing There are
two cases from Windham county and
they are set for argument at the open
ing Of the session. They are the II.
c. Jaqueth company, apt, against the
estate Of J. q. Shumway and the Dun
leavy Fenton breach of promise case.
While saving wood at the wood
yard of the Crystal Spring lee com.
pany yesterday afternoon Pearl Stone
received a cash in the left leg. The
men were running a circular saw
through tough knot when the saw
broke into five pieces. One of the
broken parts struck Stone cutting his
leg somewhat. After having the wound
dressed by n physician he was able to
return 10 work.
The st. Johnsbury basketball team
defeated Attleboro, Mass, at the lat
ter place by score of 90 TO 81 last
night. The game ended in general
riot brought about by one of the visit
ing players handing his opponent a
punch in the jaw, and the police was
required to quell the disturbance.
Springfield, VT, defeated Portsmouth
at Portsmouth, n. H., last evening by +
a score of 2s to "a.
Work of laying concrete for the
dam at Vernon has begun this week.
A small amount was put in Sunday as
a trial but the regular work did not
begin until Tuesday. Since that time
one 40.foot section of the east end of
height of 90 feet, about $50 cubic
yards of concrete having been put in.
This makes this section about so per
cent completed. The bottom of two
more sections still farther east have
been prepared for concrete and these
will be filed as soon as the first sec
ton is finished.
The Woman's auxiliary gave its
annual New Years reception in the
rest room Wednesday |,
,vening. The room was prettily deco
'ated with streamers and bells and the
supper table was adorned with cut
lowers. A large number of friends
md members of the organization were
PRESENT. A musical program was
greatly enjoyed. 1t included songs by
Miss Ethel Randall, violin selections
mental numbers by Miss Emily Clapp, )
Hiss Marion Wilcox and others. Dur. !.
ng the entertainment refreshments
we're served by members of the auxil $
airy. Coffee was poured by Mrs. G. +. !
:. Jenne and Mrs. II. Z. Bond.
Charles W. White has been par. Z
oned this week by Gov. Fletcher d. !
rector. White was sentenced at the 8
eptember ierm of Windham county 7
curt, 1906 for grand larceny of bar r
er IS tools from the shop of his EN- :
loyer, S. II. Hartman, in Bellows q,
alls. Since the trial part of the a
tolen property has been located in T
ludlow where it was disposed of by a +,
AN who was seen in the shop at mid n
light on the night of the robbery. a
he evidence on which White was :,
'nvicted was very scanty. Through
lie efforts of Gibson & Waterman the -
lrdon was brought about. The rea-
N given for action on the matter was
e physical condition of White who is
a state bordering collapse.
George Fox, manager of the audi
rum, has just installed in the or
estra pit of the auditorium a new
'tey piano, style G, in Circassion wal
It art finish. The case is so different
ON that of the ordinary piano that
Immediately attracts attention.
ring the last few years piano man
acturers have been trying to educate
alers and buyers about the superior
> Of the art over the highly polished
ish which is very susceptible to eli
tic changes. The Estey piano which
S just been taken out of the audito-
m has been in constant service
ere for 10 years, a test which only
} best piano could endure without
fering in tonal quality. This instru-
mt is now at the Estey ware-rooms,
/ while of course the case is marred
frequent movings the tone is still
| and rich.
Frank Lewis Hopkins and Miss