Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-27
BRATTLEBORO.

c. B. Dickinson is quite ill., threatened
with fever
The winter term of North street school
will begin next Thursday, Jan. ?.
Many of the telephone lines cannot be
used to-day, in consequence of the storm
this morning.
George E. Crowell is building shed IS
feet long near his barn. Fred Fisher is
doing the work.
Mrs. Kate Long has brought civil suit
for 5000 against T. Frank Turner for furn-
ishing her husband beer. The hearing is
set for next Thursday.
For the better accommodation and pro-
lection of property and property holders on
Flat street, fire-alarm box 80 will be moved
tomorrow to the northwest corner of Smith
& Co.'s factory.
DIR. j. L. Rathbone is now prepared to
test cattle, having been Endorsed by the
cattle commissioners of both Vermont and
Massachusetts. He receives his tubercu-
lin fresh from the Pasteur institute.
The Murray Club will celebrate the re-
opening of the remodeled town hall next
Thursday evening, January 2. Leitsinger's
orchestra of ten pieces will furnish music
Tickets for the gallery will go on sale at
Durgin's drug store Monday.
Engineer Leachs engine struck and
killed John Cahill, So at a crossing near
Palmer yesterday. Cahill was half wit
ted man, and being deaf did not hear the
whistle. The air brakes were applied,
but the train was too near the man to
avoid an accident.
The wind, rain and hail storm this
morning, about 3 O'clock was very severe
The car house of the electric road at West
Brattleboro was moved about three feet.
The large glass in Geo. E. Greene's show
window was broken, being hit by Wyatt s
photograph case, which was loosened by
the wind. H. p. Farr's tobacco barn at
East Putney was blown down.
The annual meeting of the Epworth
league of the Methodist church was held
at the vestry last evening, when these Off
GERS were chosen to serve the coming term
President, Alton Fraser; first vice, Miss
Mary Graves; second, Miss May Plimpton
third, Miss M. B. Smith; fourth, Mrs. A.
H. Fraser; secretary, John Howe; treas
urer, Fred Barber. The league has a
large membership and is doing good work.
Wung Gung Dark was arrested last week
for violation of the Chinese exclusion act
and by Commissioner Crane of Newport
sentenced to 30 days Imprisonment, to be
followed by deportation. He appealed
Judge Wheeler heard his case at the Brook:
House Monday and upheld the commiss
toner's decision, except the imprisonment
The Judge gave orders to have him deporteC
at once, and as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made Marshal Harris
will start him for China, by way of Tacoma
The High school class of '95 gave Ernes
and Ethel Waterman a surprise visit a
their home Tuesday evening. The gather
ing took the form of a conundrum party
Louise Williams winning the first priz,
and H. Perry the BOBBY prize. The clas
was entertained last evening by W. II
Haywood, jr. In the fan-tan cOntes
Merle Titus and Arthur Sanders won first
and Ernest Waterman and Lulu b. Horton
BOBBY prizes. This was followed by
zoology party, and later the company sa
down to a choice spread.
The lives of people going to alight from
Que of the electric cars were jeopardizeC
Wednesday by a man who insisted il
driving his horse close to and around tn
car, presumably for the purpose of getting
the animal accustomed to it. Near tn
Main street bridge the driver very narrow
ly missed running down Mrs. Nettie Frost
nothing but her lameness and consequen
slowness in getting from the car saving he
from serious injury, while as it was sh
sustained severe nervous shock. Sucl
driving is nothing short of criminal care
lessness.
The entertainment given by North stree
school at their hall Friday evening was en-
joyed by good number of friends of tn
school. A German play, "Bum-Bum an
Hapschih," in three acts, was we'll given
the principal characters, the mandarin
kaiser, princess, general, robber captain
and minister being taken respectively b,
VIII Roleau, Elizabeth Chatfield, Laur
Pentland, Kendall Severance, Charles Day
and Annie Leonard. Others in the cas-
were Jason Bushnell, Jas. Connarn, Leo
Mixer, and Mark Heard. Musical nun
bers, including piano solos and banj
duet, were given during the evening