Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-12


evening, as announced.
The First Regiment orchestra has been
engaged to play at the Windsor clubs ball
in Monson, Mass, next Monday evening.
Rev. II. Soderholm of Thomaston, Conn.
preached at the regular meeting of the
Swedish Evangelical church Tuesday even
ing.
Oscar Anderson Of the Chicago theologi-
cal seminary comes here next week to sup
ply the Swedish Evangelical church for
the summer.
The continued case against Aleonce
Marion for assault on Piacide Gallant was
concluded in the district court at Gardner.
Mass, Saturday. Marion was sentenced
to the house Of correction for three months,
and ordered to furnish suretes in the sum
OF 500 for his good behavior for six
months. He was unable to secure sure
ties.
The Brevoort House. which has been
a well-known hostelry at Fifth avenue and
| Clinton Place in New York for 40 years,
will be closed April -. c. c. Waite
/ brother of the late 5. NJ. Waite. was pro
/ prietor from 1866 to 1850, when his death
1 occurred. His oldest son, Charles B.
I Waite, the alderman, succeeded his father
| in the management.
| The town hall improvement plans have
/ been on exhibition in the lower town hall
/ the past week. and have been examined by
! several citizens, although not by large
number, the disposition apparently being
/ to leave the decision to the judgment of
/ the committee. A meeting Of the commit
/ tee is to be held this afternoon, when the
/ whole subject will be canvassed, and, if
/ possible a final decision made
/ /. W. Hawley will conduct the musical
/ exercises at the religious services to be
held in the town hall during Bishop Halls
I visit, with the assistance Of Sewall Morse
/ as cornetist and Mrs. Eta Sherwin as pi-
anist. One thousand copies Of the hymns
! to be sung will be printed on cards and dis
/ tributed throughout the hall, and it is
| hoped that the entire audience will join in
| the singing, which should be hearty and
| inspiring.
Mrs. Peter Caron, the Elliot street woman
who beat her five-year-ol1 stepson, break
ing blood vessel in his head and causing
a CHASTITY discoloration, was arraigned be-
fore Justice Newton Saturday. The case
| for the assessment of the fine was con-
tinued until the 10th inst, and the woman
was placed under 500 bonds to keep the
peace for year. Mrs. Caron claimed that
she had no intention of injuring the boy.
The trouble grew from the fact that the
boy refused to say his catechism.
A petition is being largely signed asking
the selectmen to build and maintain at the
expense of the town a footbridge across the
Milestone brook, from some point on the
S. a. Smith 81 Co: dyke TO the Frost place
near the house of Emil Erickson. Such a
bridge Eas built several years ago by public
subscription, bit K is falling into decay
and will soon be impossible. The bridge
is a great accommodation for people going
from the north and east parts of the village
to the Estey factories and ought TO be
maintained.
Sportsmen who are contemplating trips
to New Hampshire trout brooks next week
may find themselves under arrest, as the
last legislature of that state passed an act
making it unlawful to catch trout prior to
May or after September l. The close
season has for years ended April -. 1t is
illegal to take trout under five inches
in length. The open season on quail,
partrdges and woodcock in New Hamp-
shire dates from Sept. Is and closes Jan. l.
Authorized detectives can now go anywhere
through New Hampshire and arrest any
person found violating the fish and game
laws.
The death of Mrs. Helen McGregor
Geddis, wife of the late William Geddis,
occurred Sunday at her home on Green
street. Mrs Gedds was born August u,
1911, near Glasgow, Scotland, but has
lived in this country since she was young
woman, making her home in Brattleboro
for the past seven or eight years. She is
survived by a son, W. r. Gedds, and two
daughters, Mrs. Helen Sears of Davenport,
Iowa, and Miss Kate Geddis of this place.
She was a member of the Congregational
church, and in the absence of Rev. Mr..
Day the funeral services were conducted
by Rev. j. II. Babbitt Wednesday morn
ing.
Rev f. A. Whittier, the well-known
evangelist of Lawrence, Mass, will be the
speaker at the Y. NJ c. A. meeting next
Sunday afternoon, which will be held in
the Methodist church at 4 o'clock. His
subject will be 1.-TWO mOmentous ques-
TONS and the address will be for men
and boys only. Gen Estey. will preside,
and there will be musical selections by the
orchestra with singing by Mrs. Hubbard.
Mr.. Whittier has been very successful in
his evangelistic work, having conducted
go different series of meetings. Admis-
sion will be by tickets, which may be had
free by calling at the association rooms.
The trains from the north were very late
| Tuesday as the result of the accident the
night previous to the ''owl' passenger train
due here early Tuesday morning The ac-
cident took place at Smiths Mills on the
Passumpsic division, just north of the
Vermont line, the locomotive being over
turnedIby striking boulder which had roll
ed upon the track. Engineer F. a. Rooney
| and Fireman l.. A. Emerson were mpris-
oned in the cab, and although taken out in
few minutes both were so badly scalded
that they died within few hours. Rooney
was 80 years old and lived at St. Johns
bury; Emerson, who was %, came from
Newburyport, Mass.
Fire insurance rates in Vermont are to
be advanced. The New England exchange.
at itss meeting on Saturday, voted to put
all fire insurance rates on a basis where a
profit to the insurance companies could be
reasonably expected. To that end the va
rious committees having jurisdiction in
| Vermont were instructed to confer with
the local boards looking to an immediate
advance in rates. For some time uneasi-
ness has been felt among insurance COM
panies in regard to Vermont business, and
several companies, finding it impossible to
make any money, discontinued their bust
ness in this state. These companies num-
bered among them two of the largest in the
world, and when on the top of this signif-
cant fact came the great fire at Burlington
the exchange found it imperative to take
some action if the stock companies were to
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