Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-31

The Christian Endeavor society of the
Centre church will observe Sunday as
Rally day.
Miss Sarah Boyden fell on the street at
Elkhart Ind, Jan. 20, breaking and dis
locating her right wrist.
The Powers Institute students will come
| to BrattlebOro tomorrow on their annual
sleighride, having supper at the Brooks
| House in the evening.
II. Hyde, an inspector of the New Eng
land Telephone and Telegraph company,
is In town this week looking after the in
terests of the long distance business.
The Odd Fellows held the first OF Sc
ries of assemblies Wednesday evening at
which there were about 40 couples present.
The next assembly will be held Feb. u.
A telegram was received this morning
from Sheffield, ILL.,, announcing the death
of II. Nelson Houghton. The burial will
probably be at Halifax Centre on Sunday,
as he formerly lived there.
The next Alliance sociable will be held
at Miss Jane NJ. Halls, Linden street,
Thursday evening, February 6, at 1880
o'clock. All members Of the Alliance are
cordially invited to be present.
In response to urgent requests from
many persons that Mr.. Leavitt's last lee
ture on the Universe be postponed from
Monday to Tuesday evening, it will be
so postponed, merely as a personal favor to
such persons.
The board of civil authority met yester-
day afternoon at the selectmen's room in
the town house for the abatement and sus-
pension of taxes. The amount of abate
ments is SPILLS; suspensions, S222.j4;
total, S437.12 The total amount abated
and suspended last year was $1,000
The snow storm of last Friday brought
the first real sleighing of the winter. The
fall was only about five inches in depth,
but it pathed down into a compact mass
Lumbermen have been busy in the past
few days. Another fall of snow is needed
to facilitate the heavy numbering opera
tions.
Local stockmen will be interested to know
that Z. II. Miller has just received a reg
istered Guernsey bull calf from +. w.
Buckley of Valley Falls, y. Y, who had
fine Guernsey herd at the Valley Fair last
fall. The calf won second premium at the
Madison Square garden cattle show last
fall.
The closing reception of the dancing
school, under the direction of Mrs. J. G.
Howard of Walpole, who had such success
in bringing out Giving whist" ia the Ar
mory last winter, will be held in the town
hall at Hinsdale Friday evening, Feb. IA.
The features of the occasion will be the
grand march, with its many new changes,
and the exhibition dances in which Mrs.
Howard will dance the solos. Leitsinger's
orchestra will furnish music and Miller will
be the caterer
About 30 young ladies availed themselves
of the leap year privilege Monday evening.
by giving a dance at Red Mems hall. In
the matters of management and those del
icate subtleties of attention which are sure
to please, the young ladies showed those
whom they escorted just what the standard
should be in an escort. Nearly all of the
young men were provided with flowers,
some with elegant bouquets tied with white
ribbon, and the highly favored ones also
with fans. Two legends were displayed,
one asking gentlemen and boys not to
smoke without permission, and the other
telling the gentlemen not to cross the floor
without an escort. The only mishaps of
the evening were the falls of two or three
''young ladies'" presumably as the result
of stepping upon their trains.
The Hannibal, Mo, Journal of Jan. p
records the death of Emma Bennett wife
days, from a complication involving the
heart and lungs Mrs. Dubach was born
in Brattleboro Dec. 2S, 1928, and was the
daughter Of Alfred and Mary Bennett. She
was married to Mr.. Dubach at her home
Dec. II, 1855, and three years later they
went TO Hannibal, where they have since
resided. Two children were born TO them,
| Fred B. Dubach and Miss Jennie MAY Du-
bach, both of whom are living. The Han
nibal Journal says: MRS. Dubach was a
lady of sterling character hOnored and ad-
mired by all who knew her. To her hus-
band, one of Hannbars most valuable cit
/ liens, she was a helpmeet in the fullest
sense of the term and their prosperity has
been Hannibaps prosperity, their means be-
! ing largely invested in the improvement of
the city. Over 40 years ago this good lady
united with the Presbyterian church, and
| although in delicate health for years she
/ has always been active in church work, and
| faithful TO her Christian VOWS"
Many of the friends of Edward A. TYLER.
| the proprietor of the Brooks House, were
surprised Wednesday afternoon TO learn of
his marriage, the bride being Miss Leila
| Elizabeth Williamson of Elizabeth, n. j.,
whose family have spent the past two
| years at the Brooks House. The ceremony
was performed in St. Michaels Episcopal
church, the only witnesses being the brides
father and brother. Mr., and Mrs. Tyler
left during the afternoon for their Jour
ney. The story of the wedding became
known before their departure, however,
and several of their friends, as well as the
attaches of the Brooks House, were at the
railroad station togreet them and to shower
them with rice. Mrs. Tyler is a preposs-
essing young woman of independent for
tune who has made friends with all
with whom she has come in contact
during her stay in Brattleboro. The faith
er of the bride, Isaac II. Williamson, is a
well-known New Jersey capitalist. He is
a grandson of Gov. Williamson, who was
New Jerseys chief executive for ii years.
The grandfather of the bride was chancell-
or of the state for many years, and the
family is one of the oldest and most prom
inent in that common wealth. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tyler will be gone about two weeks.
1t is understood that part of their honey
moon will be spent at the Quebec carnival.
Miss Clara NJ. Cushman, for eight years
a missionary in northern China, stationed
at Picking, spoke Interestingly of her work
and the people among whom it was carried
on, Sunday morning at the Methodist
church, and continued the story in the af-
ternoon at the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms before a
large number of young men. On Monday
evening, as advertised, she gave Gan even
ing in Peking," assisted by about 26 of the
members of the EpWOrth league under