Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-08
The schools of the town district will be.

! Jay aleIuOOu.
The check list for use at the village
meeting May D has been posted in the cor
] ridor of the town hall,
An examination of teachers will be con
] Quoted in Brattleboro April Il and Is by
/ County Examiner II. ID. Ryder of Bellows
! Falls.
/ y. L. Staples is adding a piazza and an
/ l. to his house on Washington street. 5.
! T. Davenport is building an addition on
! the rear Of his house on Central street
An important sale of horses will take
/ place at the stables at so Elliot street to-
| morrow, Saturday, beginning at 10 A. ~
/ The 3j horses were brought here from
MICHIGAN boy q. T.. Gilman and all are
/ fully warranted.
Personal friends and army comrades of
/ the late Gen. W. G.. Neazpy will be inter
/ ested jon the account of his funeral pre-
/ pared for The Phoenix by a comrade-at-
arms iu Washing ON. and printed on the
! Sd page of TINS paper.
The supper held i'm Odd Fellows hall
! Tuesday evening was well attended con-
/ sderinC the weather An entertainment
/ consisting OF vocal and instrumental music
and readings was given. The proceeds
amounted TO about Sis.
A large crowd greeted j. Il. Chamber
/ lain at his old stand in the rear of Har-
monv block Saturday morning when he
/ succeeded in dispOsInu of 81 farm and
draft horses in an hour and a half. The
average price paid for the horses was SlO6
The opening of the Bromhed Spa In
Boston. OF which Mai T w Chids is
president, as delayed from this week
| Tuesday on account of fire in the adioin-
| ing block, which damaged the rear part of
the spa. The opening will be held to-
morrow Mai. Chlds will probably return
TO Brattleboro Monday
Dispositions were taken at Waterman.
| Martin d Hits office Wednesday before
/ j. II. Merriteld in a suit on the foreclosure
/ of a Kelley mortgage held by :. W. kim
/ ball Dispositions were also taken before
/ X. c. Bacon in the suit of Nette ;. King
/ of Guiford against the kelleys on the fore
closure of a mortgage which she supposed
was in force until the truth was revealed
/ by the Kelley failure
The Choral Union held its annual meet
inc before rehearsal Wednesday evening.
! These officers were elected President, +.
/ L. Parker: vice president f. II. Brasor
secretary, Miss Eva NJ. GowIng; treasurer,
Mrs T. H. Hamilton: executive committee,
! H. H. Thompson: librarians, Mrs. a. d.
Wyatt and Miss Kate Selleck. II is de
sired that all members renew their mem
bership next Wednesday night.
The annual convocation of Connecticut
Valley council. No. lO. L. and s. M was
held In Masonic hall last evening. The
following officers were elected and an
stalled. W. j. Nlntou, T. ! N. Warren
/ D. Waite. d. NJ. David A. Young, j. C..
/ W.. Edwin +. Brooks, treasurer T.. H.
/ Putnam. recorder. +. Il. Vaughan, e.. OF
/ o.: Geo. L. Spatford, conductor: T.. l..
! Piper. sentinel. Edward Clark. Orgaulsi
| The annual meeting of Columbian lodge
/ No. 80. r. and \. NJ will he held Tues
/ day evening, and that of Fort Dummer
/ Royal Arch chapter. No. l., Thursday
evening
standing room has been az a premium
/ at the Columbia theatre Boston, this week.
/ owing TO the fact tina, John L. sullivan
/ and hs refined vaudeville and comedy
company are the drawing cards. John l.
received rouslug reception when he
stepped on the stage Monday night. and
/ was presented with several floral pieces
/ All the Boston papers speak in the highest
! terms of the company and performance
pronOunclng the play one OF the best ever
presented there The theatre, inside and
/ out has been deliberately decorated. and all
| the principal clubs OF the city have attend
/ ed in a body The company will be at the
/ Auditorium April ~.
The annual meeting of the Woman
/ auxiliary of the \. NJ. Z. A. was held iu
/ the association rooms Tuesday afternoon.
/ The following officers were presented by
/ the nominating committee 10 serve for the
/ coming year: President. Mrs. a. I. Park
/ FIRST vice president. Mrs. {. F. l.. Jenue.
/ second vice president, Mrs. +. ;. Smith;
/ secretary, Mrs. Fraser: treasurer. Miss
/ Rawson; auditors. Mrs. II. H. Thompson
/ and Mrs. J.. W. Hawiey. All these off
/ GERS We're elected except the president.
/ who refused 10 serve. a special meeting
/ will be held next Tuesday Al $50 j.. NJ. To
/ elect president The report OF the sec
/ rotary. Mrs. Jeune. showed that nine regu-
/ lar meetings and one special meeting had
I been held the past year. The membership
/ OF the auxiliary is not as large as in former
( years. but an effort will be made 10 in
/ crease the number the coming year The
! ladies engaged physical instructor for the
/ association last fall and paid his expenses
/ through the winter Several receptions
! have been given by the auxiliary TO the
! members of the association. and entertain
ments have also been held. The usual
/ interest in the auxiliary work has been
/ maintained by the ladies, and the new
/ year opens with an encouraging prospect.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
/ Wheel club brought out about - members
Tuesday night The annual reports were
/ presented and adopted. That of the sec
Rotary showed that the club contained l42
resident and % nonresident members A
/ motion was made for the casting Of one
/ ballot for the reelection of the old board
of officers, but Martin Austin, IT,. secre-
/ tary; George +. Foster, captain. and T.
/ B. Putnam, first lieutenant, declined to
! serve longer. Mr.. Austin has served the
club with great acceptance for several
/ years, and his labors were recognized in a
vote of thanks. The officers as elected
are: President, W. Il. Bracket; vice pres
dent, G. K. Crosby; secretary, John D.
Austin; treasurer, c. W. Richardson
governors, Messrs. Bracket, Crosby. Aus
tin, Richardson, and W. H. Childs. A. D.
Wyatt and l.. L. Dickinson; captain. J..
II. Henke; first lieutenant, Anthony
Schwenk; second lieutenant, /. H. Mi
Ter, Charles @. Staples and Clarke {.
Fits We're elected resident members A
proposition 10 increase the annual dues
from Sl2 to SlJ year was defeated.
Liquor Prosecutions Among our Neigh
bOrs.
A raid was made last Thursday on
Beams brewery by Sheriff kiXford of Win