Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-24


and heard in different parts of the village .
Tuesday and Wednesday.
l. b. Taft has bought ID. p. Cobb's in
terest in the four-story manufacturing
building on Flat street. which they erected
last season.
Ralph Chamberlain has bought a build
ing lot on the west side of the Boyden
place on Canal street, on which he will
erect a house the coming season.
There will be special meeting of the
Brattleboro rifle club at the armory next
week Friday evening at 1880, when all
members are requested to be present.
The March number of the North Ameri-
can Review and the cover holding it have
been taken away from the reading-room of
the Free library. Their immediate return
is desired.
Charles II. Upham of Westminster has
bought +. b. Bissells house, barn and
acre of land in Centrevlle through May d
Crowns agency. Mr.. Upham will come
here to live.
Members of the Non-Secret Endowment
Order have this week received SO each,
the amount of their last assessment, which
was received after the affairs of the order
were placed in the hands of receiver.
John L. Howard now has 240 pupils at
the High school building He also has
large classes at the Mortified seminary and
the Mt. Hermon school, making 800 pupils
in all, in addition to those taught privately.
The report of the 26th annual conven-
ton of the Young Mems Christian assOcia-
tions of Vermont, held at Brattleboro last
January, has been issued from The PhOe-
nix job printing office. 1t makes hand
some pamphlet of 40 pages.
The next meeting of the Fortnightly
club will be held at the house of +. d.
evening at 7:45. The papers to be read
will have for their subject 1.-THE German
influence in the United States"
The death of Ella E., wife of Wilbur
George, the foreman at the Holden & Mar
tin factory, occurred Monday from con-
sumption, after long illness. The funer-
al was held Wednesday and the body was
taken to Newport, this state, for burial
Mr.. George is left with four small children
The Brattleboro savings bank has recent
| ly bought a Hammond Universal type
writer through Miss Florence E. Clark.
Miss Clark is working up a good supply
trade in connection with her sale of type
writers, including ribbons for Caligraph
and Remington machines as well as all sup
plies for Hammond typewriters.
Miss Addie Reed gave a very interesting
account of her journey to, and life in,
southern Africa before the Good VIII club
Monday evening. Her talk was illustrated
by views of Edinburgh, Scotland, and sew
eral African towns, including Graf Reynet
and Cape Town. She made the evening
very instructive and enjoyable to all who
listened to her.
Capt, Tutherly, who was recently dele
gated by the war department to inspect the
Vermont National Guard, has been assign
ed to the staff of the COMMUNICATIVE
as assistant inspector general by Gov. Full
ler Capt Tutherly will communicate
with Gen. Estey and arrange for such in
struction of the National Guard as may be
found practicable.
The men of the Universalist society
served their annual sugar supper with
neatness and despatch at the vestry Tues
day evening. A large number were in at
tendance and the proceeds were $37. F. r
Vaughan was general manager l.. II. Bar
rett, c. D. Whitman, j. +. Stearns, Georg,
Smith, Oscar Smith and VIM. Ellis haC
charge of the culinary department, Will,
Thomas Harmon, Harry Rowe, S. w. Ed
wards, Albert Taylor and w. L. Combs
with corps of younger assistants, wer,
"goOd watahs."
II. L. Howard has been appointed SUI
perintendent of the Connecticut River, Yer
mont Valley and Sullivan County rail
roads by the management of the Boston d
Maine railroad. The position is now di
vided between ii. +. Sampson, who ha
the first road, and John Mulligan, who ha
the last two. W. f. Ray will be assistan
superintendent. Mr.. Howard is now gen
eral freight traffic manager and has beel
30 years connected with the road and MI
Ray is passenger trainmaster, with 20years
experience with the company. The chang
will be made April l.
Many young men of the village feel
sense of personal loss in the death of Alon
. 20 J. Atwood, which took place last Satur
day morning. Mr.. Atwood was not quit
26 years old. He was son of Mrs. +. r
Atwood, with whom he had always lived
He also leaves brother, living in Worces
: ter, Mass. The cause of death was con
sumption, and although it was known tina
the disease was incurable the end cam
: with unexpected suddenness. Mr.. Al
/, wood was an employee of the Estey Orga
COMPANY anu VI bnt
Wheel club. Thirty-fve members of tina
organization attended the funeral, whic
! was held Monday, Rev. Mr.. Webb official
ing.
, Marshall H. Peck of Brookfield an,
Miss Fannie II. Knapp, daughter of Mrs
r. II. Stoddard of West Dummerstor
were married Wednesday at Mrs. Kirk
= lands by Rev. C. o. Day. They left for
/ short wedding trip but will return an
spend two weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Stod
dard. Miss Knapp graduated from tn
= Brattleboro High school in the class @
80, and has been teacher of the Hig
= street primary school. Mr.. and Mrs
= Peck's future home will be in Brookfield
= where the groom owns a farm, which wa
the gift of his father, Hon. Cassius Pee
. of that town, one of the leading granger
and agriculturists of the state. They hav
the best wishes of the brides large circl
of friends in this vicinity.
Last September horse-stealng affair
involving $500 worth of property, wa
brought to the attention of people in thi
vicinity by the arrest of James Kanirey a
the Houghton farm in Putney, charge
= with knowingly receiving stolen property
Kanirey presented bill of sale, shOwin
that he had paid $500 for team whicl
one Isaac F. Hare of Barre, Mass, secure,
in Boston by giving bogus checks in pay