Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-22

week at Suffer Brothers tobacco ware
house, and some of the men employed
there returned to their Massachusetts
homes.
Arthur Wells has sold his shoemaker's
establishment in the basement of the Her
rick & Wyman block, to Emidio Mancini,
who was formerly employed by his brother,
the shoemaker in the Judge building.
The decision which Justice Newton gave
last week was in relation to the whiskey
seized in the Peel's Food company's quar-
tiers. He declared that the whiskey was
forfeited and that it shall be destroyed.
The claimant, Martin Leonard, took an
appeal.
The Odd Fellows have accepted the in
vitation of Rev. l.. d. Temple to attend
services at the Baptist church next Sunday
morning. All members of the order and
Daughters of Rebekah will meet at the
hall at 10 A. NJ. sharp, to proceed from
there in body.
Secretary of State Brownell has issued a
charter to the Mount Lake Creamery COM
pany of Londonderry. The capital stock
| is $4,000. Secretary Brownell also ad-
mitted a new insurance company to do
business in the state, the London Assur-
ance corporation.
A tramp who had been working for his
board for two weeks at Mrs. Bushnell S
boarding house skipped out Monday after
breaking into a trunk belonging to one OF
the boarders and taking suit Of clothes, a
pair of shoes and numerous other articles.
Chief of Police Hall was notified but nc
trace of the man has yet been found.
The Independent order of Odd Fellows
will celebrate their 10Th anniversary April
26 in Festival hall. There will be very
attractive program consisting of an ad
dress by Rev. Norman b. Seaver OF
Montpelier, readings by Paul Mann Of
Hinsdale and others, and music. Thi:
will be followed by a social. The public
are cordially invited to attend the exer
cises.
Geo. A. Dinsmore was called to Bridge
port, Conn, this week to take temporary
employment with the American Ordnanc,
company, which is working day and nigh
on heavy guns for the navy. Mr.. Dns
more takes the same Job he had in Phila
delphia when this work was done by tn
Cramps. His shop here will be left opel
during his absence and jobbing ATTENDED
to as usual.
j. II. Chamberlain recent auction sal
of horses in Brattleboro was so successful
that he will play a 'return engagement
next week Saturday, April 80. For thi
sale 80 horses will be shipped from Ind
annapolis by express, being on the road onl
20 hours. Good drivers, livery and draf
horses will be features of the lot. Tn
sale will be at the Brooks House stables
beginning at 10 \. NJ.
A valuable fox terrier owned by A. y
Wyatt was dubbed to death south of tn
fair ground Sunday by Guilford man
The young son of Carlos Jones was lead
ing the dog some distance behind a part
of several persons, including Mr.. Wyatt
when the dog evidently had fit. The DO
tied the dog to bush and summoned Nj
Wyatt as soon as possible, but before h
could reach the spot the dog had bee
killed by the Guilford man.
The following from the Barre Daily Ell
terprise of Monday is in reference TO
former barber, who was not without hi
troubles while a resident of this town
"Michael Sevegny was arrested last ever
: ing by Officer Brown charged with breac
of the peace. Sevegny lives on Mort
Main street over Houston's store and las
evening he and his wife had trouble. H
was brought before Judge Barney thi
, morning and fined 50 and costs amount
ing to Sl2 or an alternative of 20 day
: at Rutland. 1t IS expected that he wi
settle. His wife was in court and said sh
would pay the fine if he would disclos
where he obtained the liquor. He refuse
, to do that"
) Miss Miles's second paper on 9TH
Struggle with Slavery" delivered befor
the Alliance study class last Monday ever
r ing, began with John Quincy Adams
: magnificent fight in the House of Repre-
sentatives for 1.-THE right of petition" tol
the story of the annexation of Texas an
the war with Mexico; narrated the ferc
contests over the territorial government.
whether to be bond or free rehearsed tn
Compromises of 1850" and the "Fugitiv
Slave Act" the detection of Daniel Wei
ster and the arrest of the fugtives, Sha
drach and Sims, in Boston, with the grea
excitement it caused in the country. TIL
next and last paper on THE Struggle wit
Slavery" will be given on Monday evening
: May 2, and will cover the period from 1876
to 1870.
The annual meeting of Beauseant Con
mandery, No. l, X. T., was held Wedne!
day evening in Masonic hall and thes
) officers chosen: l. D. Bailey, E. c.; D. A
Young, Gen. Geo. II. Bond, c. c.; Kit
tredge Haskins, prelate; Thomas Harmon
S. W.; F. r. Durgin, j. w. Z. F. Brooks
treasurer; F. W. Nichols, recorder NJ. D
Whitman, standard bearer; A. W. Crouch
assistant standard bearer; Geo. H. Burns
sword bearer; Dennison Cowles, warder
E. 81. Putnam, Sd guard; Fl. E. Taylor
assistant Sd guard; G. L. Piper, I'd guard
O. E. Randall, assistant I'd guard F. II
Holden, 1st guard; F. r. Vaughan, as
sistant 1st guard; W. B. Vinton, armorer
Edward Clark, organist; Fletcher Car
ruthers, musical director; W. II. Vinton
trustee; VIM. Robertson, rep. for Putney
d. P. Webster, w. Fl. Vinton and L. +
Adams, trustees for permanent fund
There was an average attendance at th,
annual meeting of the Baptist church las
Friday evening. No important business
was transacted outside of the regular rou
tine business. First came the annual re
ports of the clerk and treasurer, audito
and the officers of the Sunday school anC
Christian Endeavor society These off
GERS were then elected: Clerk and treasur
er, F. S. Knight; auditor, j. E. Hall; two
members of the standing committee Il
serve three years, l, O. p. Smith and F. S
Knight; benevolence committee. S. II
Warren, H. F. c. T0dt and George H
Phillips; baptismal committee, Mrs. NJ. l.
Bruce, Mrs. S. W. Edgett, Miss Minnie
Dietrich, Thomas Pentland, j. II. AlleI
and Don A. Wilder. The standing com
mittee consists of six members, those con
tinung in office being J. j. Estey, j. f