Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-06

A social gathering, with cards and dane
| ing. was enioyed by a smaller company /
than usual at Masonic hall last evening
The first ladies Bight at the Wheel club |
rooms will be Thursday, Dec. r. The /
gatherings will be for members and ladies. I
When a fine was imposed upon Thomas
Manning recently for selling beer it was
with the understanding that he should |
give up the business.
The lookup in the Valley machine shop
has been cleaned out and the one in the
town house will be ready for Wandering
Wilies In few days.
The regular monthly meeting Of the bail
ifs is held this evening. 1t is understood
the matter of accepting the lookup in the
town hall will be considered.
Ground was broken Wednesday for
another new house on Highlawn. The
carpenters have made fast work on the first
house. and now have it covered.
The Whist club which had such a pleas
ant round of meetings last winter will hold
its first gathering of this season this even
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Brooks
The ladies' whist club met Tuesday after
noon with Mrs II. f. Brooks. The honors
were carried of by Mrs +. +. Perry and
Mrs Walter Boyden of Plymouth, Mass.
The ladies of the Episcopal church held
an ENJOYABLE social "Wednesday evening at
the home Of Mrs. F. W. Childs The next
social will be held Dec Is with Mrs. A.
W. Childs.
1t is understood that several witnesses
have been summoned to appear in the
United States court at Concord, y. H., at
an early date to give testimony in the
( Watson French case.
A suit has been brought against Jack"
Martin and Maurice Bowler, who are
charged with furnishing liquor for Patrick
f Lynch. who was fined last week for intoXi-
, cation The hearing will be held next
, Monday.
P The paper mache ornamental work is
being placed in the town house by the
2 John II. Flood company's men from
= Bridgeport, Conn, including John O'Don-
s nell. a former resident. The decorators
- are expected TO arrive next week.
, The Congregational Sunday school voted
= $50 last Sunday for the Italian mission in
. New York. and measures were adopted
Il whereby il is expected that the sum will
u be increased TO 800 Christmas boxes
2 will be sent to the mission as usual.
Il The Brooks House, American House
and Bratleboro House proprietors were
X prosecuted yesterday upon a state attor-
s. news complaint charging each proprietor
F. with being a common seller of Intoxicating
F. beverages. Zach pleaded guilty and paid
Y. a fine of 500 and costs, amounting to
SlO0.jl.
Is :. w. Edget. has moved the remainder
% of the stock Of goods from the Brooks
> House store to the building formerly occu-
II pied by the post office, where he is dispos
ING of the goods by auction each evening
The painters are al work making ready foi
Of Austin Miller the store which Mr.. Edget
ST vacated.
'. The only charge brought against Henri,
u Guellow, the well-known barber, at Bos
7. ton. was for drunkenness, for which
y, small fine was imposed. II was show
conclusively that he could not have stoleI
e, the missing overcoats at the Crawfor,
,. House, as he had been in the city less thai
~ two days.
One hundred gold souvenir spoons hay
been given by the national society Of tn
of Daughters of the American Revolution /
he daughters of Revolutionary soldiers, an
,ic among the recipients are Mrs. Emily Mich
tn ols, s., of Brattleboro, and Mrs. Laur
pr Roberts, s., of Putney. The father G
no each woman was named Robert Moore
tie though the two men were not related, blu
no they married sisters, so that Mrs. Nichol
ms and Mrs. Roberts are cousins.
est The Christmas issue of the Vermonte
es- is out betimes and fulflls its promise q
nd being an attractive and creditable woman
number Mrs L. K. Pratts portrait OF
ala naments the cover. portrait OF Mrs. Law
~ is given, full-page portrait OF Mrs. job
Gregory Smith forms;the frontispiece an
-, there are many other half-tone portraits {
~, Vermont women. The articles are froI
~, the pens of some of the most gifted daugl
&C. tiers of Vermont at home and abroad.
ds Edwin D. Whitney has bought ha
on interest in the grocery store of Albert q.
ma Pullen. The new firm will be Pullen ,
erp Whitney and the new partner will begi
of Monday to take an active part in the mar
agement of the business. Mr.. Whitney
one of the best known and most populs
by young men in town, and was formerly Ell
OF gagged with his father in the manufactul
the of organ reeds. Many friends will
ec' pleased to know that he has decided to r
ne main in Brattleboro and will wish for IL
oy new firm large measure of success.
III Jewett, the horse formerly owned by
~ d. Ferrin Of Hinsdale, which was kille
,,"s in a railroad accident, as related by oil
-, Hinsdale correspondent, had record
2:l4 and was said TO be the fastest sno
I I trotter in the world. Philip Groben
py Buffalo, the new owner of the horse intent
a.! ed to send him through the Canada rae
lIy this winter Jewett won the free for a
7H' race at the Valley Fair in 1892, after 81
heats, none of which were slower tina
Pc 2:23. He had Ned Winslow, SterlI
ted and other fast ones as competitors on tn
ate occasion.
to The Junior Murray club gave a vel
pleasing public entertainment at the Un
eX- veIsalist vestry Tuesday evening. TIL
i've program included a piano solo by Laul
I'M Stearns; the farce "In want of a servant,
ven in which the parts were taken by Lew
the Knight, Mabel Aplin, Annie Lamb, Alv
18th ma Walker, Ethel Durham, Horace Scot
are Edith Farr; song in costume Little Al
les, bama COON" Marion Knight; piano so
Ter by Annie Richardson; and the fare
hat (which is which," in which the actol
of were Harry Wales Frank Flagg, Guy Ia
NIB ker, Stella Stickney, Florence Farr al
has Laura Stearns.
ally The marriage of George A. Randall
rest West Springfield and Miss Della Z. VIII
-ors more took place Wednesday at the hon
on. of the brides mother on Ringgold street
her Springfield, Mass. The ceremony VI
den performed by Rev. S. Z. Frohock of Il
the Carew street Baptist church. Only rel
val tives were present Mr.. and Mrs. RandS
By made their first stop on their wedding jou
his ney in Brattleboro. The bride former
est lived here. She learned her trade as cor