Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-10

The BrattlebOrO Rifle club will hold its
annual meeting at the Armory Tuesday,
Jan. IA, at 1880 p. NJ,
A young son of jeremiah Riley had
leg injured while scullllng with another
boy one day this week.
Among the subscriptions to the Shell
burne Falls Colrain electric railroad is
$4,000 from Brattleboro man.
The fire was started accidentally in the
steamer at the test Friday night and the
horses made quick time to Main street.
Among the suits entered in court at
Greenfield, Mass, is that of Crosby II Co.
against G. NJ. Underwood of Orange for
5000.
Mrs. Evangeina L. Joy has petitioned
for separation from her husband, Her
man l.. Joy, before the Rutland county
court.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Warner, who
celebrated their j0th wedding anniversary
at Haydenville, Mass, this week, were
married in Brattleboro.
The second ladies' night assembly at the
Wheel club rooms Wednesday was attend
ed by about 40 couples. Dancing in the
refreshment hall, cards, whist and other
games, and billiards were the amusements.
The lunch room in the Judge building
has been reopened by Walter Boynton,
the cigar manufacturer. The stock in the
room owned by George belong will be
sold the 25th by Sheriff Starkey on an at
tachment.
The annual meeting and supper of the
Unitarian society will be held next Tues
day evening at Wells hall. Supper will be
served at $3.50, and the business meeting,
with reports for the year and election of
officers will follow.
Invitations have been received for the
Leo Cycle clubs annual concert and ball
at the town hall, Hinsdale, Jan. II, Fri
day evening. Beedle's orchestra will give
a concert from till 8, followed by dane
ting till 2. Supper will be served at Hotel
Ashuelot.
Electrician Geo. H. Niles has been in
Athol, Orange, Springfield and Holyoke
this week. He inspected the fire depart
ments in these cities and returned con-
WINGED that Brattleboro's department is
keeping up with the procession in all that
pertains to scientific fire fighting.
The Windham county dairy interests
were well represented at the state dairy
mems meeting at Rutland this week. The
Brattleboro creamery was awarded first
prize in the "a pound tub class, j. A.
Alexander of Guilford second in five pound
prints, and the Deerfield Valley creamery
of Wilmington third in ten pound tub.
Goddard IL Pentland were the largest
exhibitors of game bantams at the North
ampton, Mass, poultry show this week
with II entries, and they came out with
flying colors, capturing five first, six sec
ond, five third and two special prizes. w.
F. Goddard and d. +. Tasker were the
only local fanciers who attended the exhibit
ton.
Work began Monday for the season at
Suffer Brothers tobacco packing house.
About dozen men are employed. Some
40,or 80 cases of 1895 tobacco have been
taken in so far and more will follow. Mr..
Billings spent the early part of last week
here, but left Wednesday night to meet a
member of the firm who came on from
Chicago.
The obduracy for which the High street
school-house has always been well known
in cold weather appears to have been over
come by the Kelsey furnace which Fleming
put into the building last fall. In the Sc
we're cold of last Monday morning the tenn
perature was carried to so degrees in two
hours time and the ventilators and fresh
air supply were called into use.
The freezing of the return pipe at Ma
sonic hall caused the condensing of steam
in other pipes so that they became fillei
with water, which was in turn frozen.
Many of the pipes burst and all on one side
of the hall will be replaced. The damage
amounted to 5000. At one of the Masonic
meetings this week 40 gas lights, eight oil
stoves and one coal stove were used to fur
nish heat.
In his lectures on "The universe" at the
North street school hall, Mr.. Leavitt will
use for illustration his set of fifteen large
colored plates, prepared at large expense by
Charles Scrbners Sons; also numerous
photographs from the Harvard observatory,
and the finest photograph of the moon in
existence, taken with the great Lick tele-
scope. The first lecture of the series will
be next Monday evening, 1.-THE subject be-
ing "The SUM-" Tickets for the course are
on sale at Chapin's.
Rev. John B. Hustled, the oldest member
of the New England conference, died at
his home in Watertown, Mass, Wednes-
day. He was born in Afford, Mass, in
1904 and Joined the New York conference
in 1926, being appointed to the Leyden
circuit, which included ten towns in
this county and ten towns in Frank
lin county, Mass. After two years SER
vice on this circuit he was transferred
to Maine. He filled many important pas
torates in Maine, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island and Connecticut, retiring from act
i've ministry in 1872. Mrs. Hustled died in
June, 1891, soon after the celebration of
their Goth wedding anniversary.
The first meeting to look over the ma
terial of the Vermont Wheel clubs min
strel troupe was held last evening, p. j.
Mulvaney of Ware, Mass, who will assist
in getting up the performance, being pres
ent. Mr.. Mulvaney has directed the work
of many amateur minstres, including the
Amherst college boys, the Camp Comfort
club of Springfield, Mass, and other Or
| CARNATIONS. There is in the Wheel club
| good material for the musical and bur
les features of a minstrel entertainment,
and the specialtes will be developed with
practice. The work of arranging and re-
hearsing will begin at once, and it is ex-
pected that the performance will be ready
for the stage the latter part of March.
The marriage of j. G. Ullery and Mrs.
Katherine Ritter Marshall was quietly cele-
brated at the home of the bride on Tyler
street Saturday afternoon. The wedding
was strictly private, only few immediate
friends being present. A breakfast was
served at l o'clock, and at 3 the ceremony
was performed by Rev. w. II. Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ullery left ON the afternoon
train for New York. They will make
their home in HolyOke. Mr.. Ullery be-
came widely known as the publisher of