Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-19

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day night.
Plans are maturing for presidential re-
ception to be held in Grange hall on the
evening of March 4.
A number of safe deposit boxes for rent
al have been placed in the vault of the
Peoples national bank.
Mr.. Cady's dancing class will hold So
cial at Red Mems hall from $50 to II
o'clock Monday night.
The loss on William b. Taylor's house
in Guilford, which was burned last Thurs
day. has been adjusted at 1915 through the
agency of II. e. Taylor & Son.
The sixth annual session of the Yer
mont conference of the Epworth league
will be held in the Methodist church in
Brattleboro June Il and %.
A new and improved switch board was
placed in the Western Union telegraph Of
flee yesterday. The wires enter the office
by cable instead of singly as heretofore.
A large number of Bratteboro people
will attend the Universalist fair and festi-
val in Vernon tonight. They will leave
Brattleboro on the 4:25 train and return at
1910.
Mrs. E. f. Flagg read a notably nstruc-
tive and interesting paper on "Sisterhoods
and deaconesses" before the ladies' mission
circle of the Universalist church yesterday
afternoon.
The young people of the Universalst
church will observe next Sunday as Chris
tian Citizenship day. Geo. A. Hines will
lead the meeting at o'clock, the subject
of which will be character and Christian
Citizenship" All are invited.
Miss Josephine Balester, daughter of
Mrs. Wolcott Balestier of New York, and
DR.. Theodore Durham of that city, son of
the late DIR. Durham, were married at
Grace church in New York at $3.50 yester-
day. A reception in Grace chapel followed
the wedding. Among those present was
Mrs. NJ. K. Kirkland of Brattleboro. Mrs.
Kirkland will remain in New York several
days.
A message was received Sunday night
by the relatives of Mrs. Annie G. Cobb of
Cambridge, n. Y, announcing her serious
illness from what was feared to be a stroke
of apoplexy. Mrs. Estey, Mrs. Gull and
Mrs. Ketchum, sisters of Mrs. Cobb, left
for Cambridge Monday morning. The
trouble was found to be due to a nervous
affection at the base of the brain. Mrs.
Cobb is now rapidly recovering
These games have been played in the
Vermont Wheel club tournament since last
Friday: Billiards-Foster, 50, Harris 70,
Foster winning on the handicap; Wood
20, W. H. Perry "a; Wood 70, Munger 81
Munger so, Foster 81; Bingham so, w. H.
Perry 70, Bingham winning on the handi-
cap; K. f. Perry 120, Childs 1O3. Pool
Dewitt 80, Landry 50, Dewitt winning on
the handicap Bracket 80, Austin 81
CHESTNUT beat Dewitt, Dewitt beat
Pettee, Chlds beat Munger
Between 40 and 80 young people of the
Baptist church Joined in the annual sleigh
ride to Putney yesterday. The party,
drawn by Liveryman Higgnss team, left
the church at o'clock and arrived at Put
ney about 6. Arriving at the Baptist
church there the company made such in
roads upon the viands spread before them
as attested their superior quality and de-
lectable flavor. An hour of genuine socia-
bility was spent after the supper, and the
party, at least the larger teams, returned
about II o'clock
Judge Tafts sentences in Orleans coun-
ty court have this week cleared out the
county Jail. William Bedel was sentenced
to state prison for six years, for burglary of
Randall d Cranes store in Greensboro:
Albert Cheney to state prison for two years
for grand larceny; Ezra Jewett of DERBY
to state prison for two years for receiving
stolen goods. Andrew J. Bedell was sent
to the house of correction for three months
and Jason Sortwell and Charles Norton of
Barton, who have been in Jail three months
for petit larceny, were fined, but will 90 to
the house of correction to work their fines
out.
The question of granting a charter to |
the Brattleboro and Hinsdale electric rail |
road company came up for a hearing be- |
fore the railroad committee of the house |
of representatives in the New Hampshire |
legislature Wednesday. The DEVELOPMENTS |
are such that it is improbable that the leg |
islature will grant a charter, and the com |
mittee will report the advsablity of ap-
pealing to the supreme court if the vote of |
the town of Hinsdale is favorable to the
scheme. The restrictions imposed by the
court, however, might be discouraging IN the
project. The application for charter for
building dam across the Connecticut riv-
er came before the house committee We'd
nesday, but their report has not vet been
received
There have been some changes in the
itinerary of the Estey Guard to
the MckiHley Inauguration since last
week. Iney VIII be unable to leave on |
Monday as planned, because of an engage
ment of Company NJ of Burlington. and
will not leave until Tuesday night. This
Will deprive them of Wednesday for sipht-
seeing, but this loss will be made good in
part by deferring the return trip half dav
and starting Friday night instead of Fri.
day noon. 1t is expected also that Wag-
ner cars will be sent here Tuesday for the
use of the Guard. Capt j. G. Estey will
give each member a set of trouser stripes
and W. II. Haigh will give chevrons. The
q uard will also be supplied with new fa-
-lgue caps and overcoats. About $500 has
been raised among the friends of the Guard
10 defray in part the expense of the iour-
ney.
IL has been known to personal friends Of
hon. j. L. Martin for some time past that
mere was an active movement in progress
20 secure his appointment by President
Mckinley as United States attorney for the
district of Vermont. Petitions in bis ha
lalf have been very largely signed in Wind
nam, Windsor and Bennington counties
md in some other parts of the state and
IND several of these petitions have already
been forwarded to the Vermont deleoatio1 | {
n Washington. w. A Lord of Nominal
er, w. E. Burnap of Burlington. Alexan- !
Ter Dunnett of ST. Johnshury, Z. F. Palmer
u Waterbury, and George E. Lawrence of
fuHand are also candidates for the appoint
neht' II is understood that Speaker Lord
ecurea strong backing among the men, !