Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-03-26

Eight inches Of snow fell at Wilmington
Wednesday.
Brarieboro whist experts have received
an invitation for game of duplicate whist
against club at Athol. Mass.
Chas. Miner has bought the interest Of
W II. Minor and O. H. Ellis, who were
joint owners with him OF the trotting horse
Cheerful Alsy.
Arrangements are nearly completed for
the lecture Of Mrs. Todd OF Amherst
which is to be given April : for the benefit
Of the free kindergarten
The Catholic order Of Foresters are
planning TO give a minstrel show aud va
riety entertainment in the Auditorium
Easter Monday evening, April ~, further
announcement Of which will be made.
The lecture on physical culture. which
Miss Anna +. Lockrow Of Boston was to
have given before the Woman's club last
evening, was postponed to some future
date because OF the illness OF Miss Lockrow.
A 40-hour Lenten devotion service which
ended in ST. Peters church at Rutland
Wednesday morning, was attended BY Is
priests, including Rev. Fathers Cunning.
ham Of Brattleboro and Reynolds 70 Bellows
Falls.
The goyernorship of Alaska was offered
to BraulebOro man a few days ago. The
salary Of the position is $4,000 year. 1t is
also understood that the same man was
given an opportunity TO 60 to Venezuela
as United States minister at a salary of
$500 per year.
Ross White, now OF Poughkeepsie, y.
y, has filed with the probate court a petit
ton for a meeting of his creditors to be
called, at which he may be granted dis
charge from all claims made against him.
Such a meeting has been called by the
court to be held April -.
Mary Howe LAWN has met with pro-
nounced success in her work in opera in
the principal German cities. At Dauzig,
in the closing performance Of her engage
ment, which was THE Barber Of Seville
she was recalled twelve times at the close,
amid tumultuous applause.
Sheriff Starkey's team was run into last
Thursday afternoon by A G.. Smith
team Of Putney. the latter being alone,
Smith having been thrown out. The col
lision threw Mr. Starkey out and damaged
his sleigh somewhat, but he held to the
rens and prevented a runaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chelsea W. Hubbard Of
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have issued
announcements of the wedding of their
elder daughter, Margaret Hunt Hubbard,
and John Wells Atwood, a prominent
business man of Sioux Falls, the event
having been celebrated on the 18th inst.
The attention of Chief of Police Hall
was attracted by the bosterousness Of G.
b. kirwan Wednesday night, and Krwan
was marched of to the cooler He
made the night hideous with grooming and
yelling disturbing people several blocks
away. Yesterday morning he was taken
,r,.i,.,;,.,, 49,, 49, 60 i,I, -
$50 ,,.it'I, Io',,,it
=, IenI4 i" Drown oouSHI III Lo"e"'
l'ss.' i "esuSy tH' lo"' coa' D'dyh Hoises
Mh'cH uIe" the ef 'lpaSe OF lne iale 'oV.
a, L''eiI'.''-e III lHe P1,aue a. ti,e lt'eHIial
HiAson'c conc'a'e III boston III lS'2, Inc
loUl were also use" las la! u! DoI' aicoII
at MS Inauguration: IheS were bought al
the administrators sale al the Heelon
staOles. Dir. brown VIII use the four on
ms tally-ho. Mr.. Brown also bought a
par OF brown horses al FRED Graves. 5 sale
al Greenfield Monday.
Arguments were heard at New York
+ANiANef Api LLI' hAoAilAooh VI Nll' luAlNNultllA
charging Frank Farrell with the murder
of Mamie Cunningham on May Both last.
a. nc was Ueins leu rom 'He court toon
Ms ai'eii CUNNINGHAM, niolher Vi the
i iIul ueieI Sl'' was 9'eiconie ny neI leel
u.s. Gnu p sue Peu lioui hei sat uaiteu
to"alu rarIell, anu aimed oloW at MS
a.; a. Sne Saine ,'ile SCI TSuiius ocouL-
~ VI uTIel GU, O'Icenlen sep
PeG oeI Teel atIeIl anu MIS- cunningham T1
Co., aiit .ne ia''ei iIIeIus ',,u nel away De
isioii was 'eu WIN ie-eience " the
uisuilssa' VI Tue lhulcInehI'
The regular weekly meeting of the Won
ans Christian Temperance union, held on
Tuesday, was devoted in the main to eX-
ercises in recognition of Gen. Neal Dow's
ODD birthday anniversary. These exer-
cses brought out the all-round qualities OF
the man as an energetic, persistent tenn
perance worker, a scholar, soldier. a
prisoner with the marks of severe conflict
upon him, a man who has Travelled much
as a lecturer and in the collection of facts
for his temperance work, philanthropst,
a Christian citizen, and one who has twice
been honored with election as mayor OF
us native Guy Oh Iortiahu' me- 10 the
6Id e. 80 ,ha ,o,,,,loroee, -, aa'.io
Cd wor,bv av.mnia for oil ronnF 9v ,',ar
10 1a,torr, af,.r p'o CIV '0O"7 ''i'"
pave "'''''
A small blaze, which would have been
larger but Tor It's timely discovery, started
IN the boiler room OF l.. l.. Parker's job
shop wednesday night. Mr.. Parker
cleaned out the fiues OF his upright boiler
Tuesday night, quantity of the SCOT fall
ing into the ash chamber, In the morning
Mr. Parker built a fire as usual, sparks