The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-23
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The Bratteboro Military band will give
concert on the common tonight at 81
O'Clock
Canton Palestine, No. 3, will serve
lee cream at the band concert on the
common tonight.
A regular meeting Of Protective
Grange will he held Wednesday even
ing. The program will be in charge of
the chaplain. Mrs. May Edwards.
Workmcn are filing in the railroad
ward with cindcrs to a level with the
passenger platform at the railroad sta
ton, and the Improvement is very
marked.
Fort Dummer colony, L. O. p. F., will
hold regular meeting tomorrow even
! ing at 5 o clock in the home of the see
rotary, l07 Western avenue. Impor-
tant business is to be transacted.
The Phathca class Of the First Bap-
tist church viii meet in the Red Cross
rooms in the federal building Tuesday att
crnoon at 80 o'clock to do work for the
Red Cross \ large attendance is de
sired
The coaching party Of Dan Hanna.
which went north through Brattlcbora
early last week, returned through mere
yesterday Il change OF .harses being made
at Whites stable as was done on the
northward trip.
Brattlcboro Lodge, \. +. O. F., will
hold a regular meeting this evening in
IG. A. Il. hail. Grand Warden Raglcv
who had Just returned from a spccia
session Of the grand lodge. will be pres
ent and requests all members to be in
attendance.
Gel d. Parker of Londonderry has
brought suit in the Windham county
court against Benjamin w. Beers OF
Landgrove to recover 81 900 damages fol
Iallcgcd failure to carry out a contract
to cut and deliver logs at a mill. Judg,
A. +. Cudworth is the attorney for the
plaintiff.
Two more deer have paid the penal
ty for damaging gardens. Il. +. Phillip.
Of Townsheud has reported the dcatl
of one to Game Warden t. H. Mctcalf
1t is the second deer Mr. Phillips la
|. killed while damaging his crops thi
season. w. : Bettcrley Of the RE,
farm in Dummerston also killed one sun
day and reported it to Warden Metcalt
The statement of income and expcn
diture of the Salvation Army corps II
Brattleboro for the three months coy
cred hy the last official report show
liabilities of Sl2S.jl rs against Sl66.J
at the end of the previous quarter Thi
IS a reduction Of $3.50. The total IN
come was S35S.So, including S7S03 j
collections and 422777 received fror
donations and collecting cards The t.
tai expense was q5lS, including saiarie
OF 1904 which is not very heavy f,
three months, leaving balance {
$40.So.
t Yesterday was a day in which mar
i used the street ears in an effort To .
9 cooled off and the conductors were hc
4 busy telling passengers that the road
j. not selling round trip fares ill.,. season
l. has been the custom in years past. L
Y Ill tins year II Wis possible to boaId
car and make the round trip over the III
: Tor dime. Now it costs in cash r cen
Il IT the start is made from ono end of /
II line. II from any other part and the IL
II Is made to both ends Of the line aud hd
H to the starting point ii costs Is cents
II cash or three car tickets at i've cents ea,
II An organization known as the Anne
II can Purple Cross association has bet
II formed in Philadelphia, which has t
IL endorsement OF the government. viii
H plans to provide expert emhalmcrs
II cmbalm bodies of Americans killed
II the European war. The undertake.
II firm of Bond 4 Son of Brattlcboro is
II member of the organization The pl
II Is to embalm the bodies in the first Ii
II trenches, or as near those trenches
~ possible, hy method which "
| make them recognizable for years. tn
II TO bury the bodies and after the war
II return them to this country to be TAX
in charge by relatives or friends.
| is expected that the association will
II auxiliary to the quartcrmaster gen,
al S department.