Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-10-26
BRATTLEBORO.

The Red Men will have a coon supper at
an early date They will work the war
riors' degree this evening.
The Henry Dunklee place in Centreville
will be sold at auction Nov. 10, at P. NJ,
by Fred H. Morse, administrator.
Burglars attempted to enter the house of
W F. Barnes, formerly of Brattleboro but
now of West Randolph, few evenings
ago.
Cards are ont today for the marriage
Nov. of Fred w. Reed and Alice NJ. Farr.
elder daughter Of Nj, and Mrs. Frank
Farr.
Mr.. Jones, book-keeper for the Brattle-
boro Beef company, had his wrist sprained
a few days ago by being thrown from a
carriage.
No bids were received for carrying the
mail between Brattleboro and the new
Eagle post office in North Hinsdale, in re-
Spouse to the notices posted recently.
The senior academic class of Yale col
lege have elected class day officers. and the
only member who receives two appoint
ments is James Fisk Hooker of Brattle-
boTo. He is one of the historians, and
also a member of the cup committee.
The trustees of the Brooks library have
instructed a committee consisting of B. d.
Harris and Judge H. II. Wheeler, to ex-
pend an amount not exceeding 5000 from
the Brooks memorial fund for the pur-
chase of new books of standard value.
Miss Clay's Sunday school class of the
Congregational Sunday school visited the
Kurn Hattin home for boys at Westmin-
ster Saturday, in the interest of the Kings
Daughters, who are to give an entertain
ment for the benefit of the boys of the
home.
Mrs. NJ. b. Spooner, who died at Boston
last Saturday, was The daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Graves of Vernon and
the sister Of Mrs. f. W. Weeks of this
place and of Mrs. Gale of Guilford. Her
husband died some years ago. She leaves
a son, who is a student at Cushing acad-
envy, Ashburnham, Mass. The burial was
at Vernon Monday.
The marriage of n. II. Hadley, engineer
on the New London division of the Central
Vermont railroad and Miss Lillian Ellis
was privately celebrated at the Walnut
street home of George A. Boyden, in whose
family Miss Ellis has lived for some time,
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. After
the ceremony, which was performed by
Rev. t. B. Leavitt, the bridal couple drove
10 Vernon, where they took the train for
Boston. On their return they will live at
IS South Main street.
The Spofford lake case of James H.
SteaIns and others VS.. George L. Hamilton
and others is being heard before the SUI
preme court al Keene. The plaintiffs, in
Guiding the owners of cottages and summer
resorts on the shores of the lake, ask for a
permanent injunction to prevent the mill
owners from drawing the water below the
level where it stood last August. The de-
PENDANTS claim that all water in the lake
above a certain ledge is storage wafer col
lected by the dam, which has stood on its
present site since 1910, and that at all times
when he outlet has been filled with sand
the mill owners have cleared it out TO draw
OF the water. The court with counsel
visited the lake Wednesday and testimony
OF over 20 witnesses was taken yesterday.
The decision has not been announced.
There are on the stream in Chesterfield
and WestmOreland Is MIL privileges, and
the water power is used by all the indus
tries Of Chesterfield Factory.