The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-17
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

An attractive and seasonable window
display of especial interest to smokers
is made by g. w. Gilman s cigar
store, As Elliot street
Mosher & Tucker have sold a Buick
Six to Attorney III. g. Barber. They
also have delivered an Overland tour
ing car to Nelson Maynard of Hins-
dale.
The last Of the Lenten meetings Of
the mission study class of st. Michael S
Episcopal church will be held this
evening at 7.30 at the home of Mrs.
J. l.. Martin of Linden street.
The annual meeting of Bingham
chapter. No. 80, o. +. s., will be held
tomorrow evening at 7.30. The Social
club will meet in the parlors at
O'Clock. Supper will be served at 6.15.
All O. Z. 5. members are cordially
invited.
Today the Empire presents the Will
liam Fox feature Sin, featuring the
popular and celebrated artists, Theda
Bara, and William f. Shay Tomor-
row a Graft episode with Hobart
Henry, and The Boob Detective, with
Bob Leonard and Ella Hall, are two
of the features.
The funeral of Mrs Mary Mcclure
was held this morning at 8 0 clock in
St. Michael s Roman Catholic church,
Rev. James F. Rand officiating. The
bearers were David Carey, Nicholas
Baker, Harry b. Haus and John o Con
nor. The burial took place in the Ro-
man Catholic cemetery.
Ernest L. Nolin, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Abraham Nolin, sat up yesterday for
the first time since Nov. 6, when he fell
l. 6 J. II ct
the S. A. Smith Mfg. Co. 3 plant and
fractured two vertebra. He is ii the
Melrosc hospital in West Brattleboro
and is still in a plaster cast. He is p
years old.
Attorney w. r. Daley was assigned
Saturday by Judge Willard W Miles
who is sitting at the April term of the
Windham county court, to defend
John johnson of Vernon, who is held
for a hearing before the present term
Of court on a statutory charge. John
son was arrested last August and re
leased on bail of 800.
The work of laying the concrete
floor on the second floor of the new fed
cral building has been completed and
it is hoped to have the third floor com
plpted this week The large elm tree di
rectlv in front of the building which
was dying, was cut down today 10y
George +. Bishop, who some time age
cut down the tree near the southeas
corner of the building.
Supervisor Charles r. Marsh says the
public should not get the idea that thu
present appearance of the new fedora
building, where many Of the bricl
have turned white because of chemica
action Of their constituent parts, is t
be permanent. Mr.. Marsh says tina
the drying of the mortar and the ac
tion of the sun will largely remove tn
Wilderness, but that it may appear in
termittently, according to the climati
conditions.
The funeral of Benjamin T. Devo
was held Saturday afternoon at
o'clock in the undertaking rooms 0
Bond & Son, Rev. George T.. Tompkil
son, pastor of the First Baptist churci
officiating A delegation from Scdg
WICK post, G.. A. r., attended and tn
bearers were Sargeants Pearl T. Cgp
and William St. Cvr, and Corporal
Ralph Newell and William Collins c
Company |, V. n. G. The burial to
place in Morningside cemetery.
Herbert L. Strong, 81, : native
Brattleboro, died Friday in his hon
i'll Bristol, X. /. lie went to Keen
n H., in boyhood attended the schoo
there and took a course in the CONNIE
cial school in Poughkcepsie \. Y. I
lived in keene several years befo.
going to Bristol, where he had bee
head bookkceper and shipper for II
Cranston Worsted company the past
years. lie leaves his wife, a twi
brother, James G. Strong Of Greenfie}
Mass, and sister. Miss s. Ann
Strong Of Kcene-
Alice in Wonderland will be the q
traction at the Princess theatre tomo
row. During the state conventions
New York teachers at Rochester, ".
in November, the teachers associate
of that city arranged for the present
tion of this picture for the special ben
fit of the delegates and visitors at t
convention The greatest interest W
Immediately attracted in education
circles, and there was much favorah
comment among the teachers on ii
presentation of one of the great chi
shood classics of English literatura 7
matinee win begin at 2.l5 instead
9.3O as usual.