The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-01-27

lnr meeting this evening,
The gross receipts of the uniyer
salist fair held last week amounted I,
a little over $500, which was nearly the
figures Of last year.
The Clay insurance agency has al
iusted the loss ON the household good,
OF Ansel j. Pierce, accustomed by the
blaze In Mr.. Pierce's home last week.
The mission circle of the univer
salist church held meeting in the YES
try Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock
followed by business meeting nj 1
q clock. Only routine business was
transacted.
! There will he no services at the
Advent church next Sunday, Many OF
the congregation hope 10 attend the
special revival services now being held
in South Vernon by Evangelist John
NJ. currie and Soloist Joseph a. Pa
quette.
The Twin State Gas 4 Electric
company will not have 10 appear be.
fore the state public service commits.
sion today 90 show cause why its gas
service ON Western avenue is not made
adequate 10 meet demands In that see
| ton. In view of filed stipulation
which states that the company intends
| to enlarge its main along Western ave.
nue. lust ms soon as the condition OF
the ground will permit this spring the
| hearing has been continued until June
10.
Basketball teams representing the
Runabout 4. G. of Bellows Falls and
the Crescent club of Keene, y. H., will
play in BrattlebOro Tuesday evening,
Feb. Z. Each team has won two games
so far this season, the first going TO
the Crescents IL TO H. the second TO
Bellows Falls 30 TO Is, the third to the
Creseents 20 TO II. and the fourth TO
Bellows Falls 40 TO 81. Both teams are
made up of clean. active young play
ers, and the contest should prove an in
tetesting one.
Warren Allen. while assisting
Charles Cakes about repairs on his
motor ice.boat on the Connecticut river
Wednesday received slight cut over
his left ear from an axe in the hands
of Mr.. Cakes II was purely an acel.
dent. Mr.. Cakes was using the axe AS
a hammer, and a glaneing blow came
very near removing one of Mr.. Allen s
ears. 4 doctor attended the injured
man. and after the repairs were com
pleted Mr.. Cakes gave Mr.. Allen ride
in his ice.boat, making the trip from
Brattleboro to Mr.. Allen S home in
in two minutes.
"A consolidation OF the two moving
nieture theaters was effected this week
when Wheeler & Gibbs, proprietors of
the Empire theater, bought the Lyric
theater of Mains q Blood. The latter
purchased the Lyric of August Gun.
finger last week. Today the Lyric will
be closed. and the Empire will continue
to furnish an up-:o-date program OF
pictures and vaudeville. The Empire
has undergone extensive renovation
during the last two weeks. While |
both houses have enjoyed liberal pat
ronage il has been evident Tor several
months that there was not enough |
business TO warrant the operation OF |
two theaters of this class in Brattle- !
boro The proprietors of the Empire |
have bought the equipment of the Lyric |
and taken over the lease OF the room
occupied by the latter house on Elliot |
street.
The annual installation of officers
of Daniel +. Curtin camp, No. 3, Span
ish American War Veterans, will be |
held this evening in the hose house on
Elliot street. Past Commander j. Harry
Estey will be the installing officer, and
the following are the elective and APP
pointiye officers to be installed: Com
mander, James j. Cummings; senior
vice commander, Herbert w. Cottrell:
Junior vice.cOmmander, William 4.
Belden; officer of the day. Daniel A.
Cavanaugh; officer of the guard, Leland
II. Slater; trustee, j. Harry Estey; ad
iutant, f. /. Swift; ouartermaster,
George Cain; chaplain, William I, Dun
surgeon, j. Harry Estey; sergeant ma
{ L y a m Sf
geant, Charles II. Davis; color ser
geants, j. J. Clune, Luther II. Miller;
Charles l.. Young.
Protective grange held a regular
meeting Wednesday evening The new
gram. The officers were requested
to tell what they expected of
The members and the members what
hey expected of the officers the com
ng year. The speakers were II. W.
Sargent, j. Il. Lawrence, d. I. Perry,
!. S. Hopkins, Mrs. May Edwards,
Mrs. Maverette Fisher, G. +. Lock
wood, H. w. Spaulding, r. l.. Frost,
Victor Grant Mrs. Ida Grant, Mrs. :
Bessie Knowlton, Judge +. B. Pier and
}. IT, Ware. OTrin Hughes gave an adj
lress on the Value of Grange Work and
Importance of Attendance. Mr.. Wins
program also included recitations by
T. L. Lawrence. Master II. W.-Sargent
Introduced the state master, G. Nj. !
smith of Morrisville, who gave an in
eresting address. The first and second t
legrees will be conferred at the next {
Meeting, Feb. 8.
AT meeting of the bailiffs Friday /
vening the matter of making a con !
ract with the Twin State Gas g. Elec +,
ric company to light the streets of
his village for term of 10 years was
gain discussed. There had been doubt |
n'the minds of some of the board about q
he way the contract should be drawn, c
nd that Chairman Waterman might ne |
iven the technical details an expert
ppeared before the board in the per- r
on of Alton D. Adams of Worcester, Q
lass Mr.. Adams and the bailiffs had IN
conference with Z. M. Adds, resident v
of the Twin State Gas & Elec. v
ric company, Friday afternoon, and t
hat evening Mr.. Adams told the t
GARD what should properly be made p
art of the. contract authorized by the e
oters at the last special village meet p
az. The matter of ornamental posts t
or the business section Of the village o
as not been decided by the bailiffs. v
his matter, however, need not hold up t
he work of installing the tungstens in 0
lace of the present equipment as Main G
nd Elliot street lamps can be left n
It'll the rest of the equipment has t
cen changed. 1t is likely that under A
round wiring will be used if ornamen- b
al posts are set on the business streets. \
-Brattleboro lodge. No. 1913, N. E. y
!. P, held class initiation and install !,
ltion of officers Wednesday evening, -
an. 25. Supper was served at $50
nder the direction of Miss Ella Cush. Il
lg. The meeting was called at h
CLOCK, at which were present Grand l.