Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-02


Claremont n. H., tonight.
Z. Wales will give a social dance at Har-
mony hall next Friday evening, the9th.
A dance arranged by boys Of the High
school was enjoyed by company Of young
people at Harmony hall last evening.
Tonight several of the members Of Den
mis- Rebekah lodge 60 to Greenfield to spend
the evening with the lodge Of that place.
Genuine Canadian trappers' snowshoes
are a novelty exhibited by Morse d Smp-
son, TO be included in their winter stock.
Next Thursday evening the Woman's
Relief corps will have their annual election
of officers There will be a social i'm the
afternoon, followed by supper at Is o'clock.
Friendship circle met with Mrs. Fred
Hopkinson on Organ street. Wednesday
afternoon About 30 were present and a
bountiful supper was served.
Among the interesting cases TO come be-
fore the Bennington county court next
week are those of A. =. Childs VS.. l.. p.
| Norton, and l.. 7. Norton vs.. A. Z. Childs.
The annual meeting of the Windham
| County Pomona grange was held yesterday
afternoon at Grand Army hall. a report
OF the proceedings will be published next
/ week.
Section "a of the revised secret ballot
/ law, enacted at the recent legislative ses-
/ sion. is of special interest to the people of
/ the village of BrattlebOrO. as 1t provides
/ that hereafter in all town. city or village
| meetings, when officers are elected. in
! places OF more than 1000 inhabitants, the
meetings shall be held in the daytime, be-
| ginning at @ o'clock in the morning, and
/ the ballots to be counted at o'clock in the
| afternoon. This will put an end to the
| snug and rapid way which this village has
usually had of turning off the business Of
! its annual meeting In an hours time in the
! evening
On the Both OF November and the lst Of
/ December there was a great convention
! in New Orleans to promote the building Of
| the Nicaragua canal. The governors Of
many states were present. and Governor
! Foster OF Louisiana telegraphed TO Gov
| ernor Fuller. urging that Vermont be rep
resented, A. ii is under "A charter grant
/ ed by the Vermont legislature. through the
! influence OF Senator Edmunds, that this
matter is being pushed. Governor Fuller
was unable to md anyone to attend. as
the notice was inadequate and so he tele
graphed to DR. II. d. Holton of Brattle-
boro. who was i'm the City Of Mexico, to
| state Of Vermont on that occasion.
There are sychronized clocks in Brattle-
boro. including those at the different jewel
| ~ stores and al the Estev factories At
the touch Of a button i'm the observatory a
Washington the hands of 10000 electric
clocks all over the United States point to
the correct minute aud second. There are
ZOO such clocks in New York city alone
| Three minutes before noon each dav all
the Western Union lines are cleared OF
/ business, every operator takes his finger
from the key, circuits are opened. and az the
| instant when the snn passes over the 18th
meridian the spark OF intelligence is flashed
To all parts Of the country 1t is said that the
Western Union company earns about ST.
600. 600 annually from its eleciric-clock
service, charging Sl2 year for setting each
clock daily The time sold thus protitably
It gets from the government for nothing,
bur anybody can have the same privilege
free OF charge by putting an instrument
and wire into the observatory.
The case against the Peoples Five Year
Benefit order was begun Yesterday in the
supreme court at Boston. II is alleged by
the plaintiffs that the officers have com
mitted acts of fraud upon the charter and
in excess Of the authority created by the
bylaws anu constitution OF the order.
1t is alleged also that the defendants made
false representations in circulars issued,
which induced the plaintiffs to take certif-
cafes The circular sent out stated that
the order was safe, sure and sound" and
that the assessments would not exceed is
or 20 year and that the estimated cost OF
a 500 certificate, 10 mature at the end OF
five wears would not exceed 500, and that
certificates would be promptly paid The
order and the officers deny that they issued
any such circular. II is alleged tina; the
liability OF the concern IS 9S,OJJ.OoQ and
that u Is iusolyent ami that the expenses
were grossly unreasonable The books are
asserted 90 have been falsited and tam
perei with. 1t is charged that S439S9J
was Appropriated for illegal expenses TO in
duence legislation. These allegations are
denied by the defendants.