Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-25
PERSONAL.

the office of j. G. Ullery.
Francis w. Crosby spent the early part
of the week in Brattleboro.
Miss Kate Fisher of Smith college was
at home from Friday to Wednesday.
Policeman Hall moves this week from
Western avenue into Leonard block
A. c. Spencer is now employed in the
office Of j. G. Ullery in Crosby block.
D. Harry Estey returned Saturday from
a several weeks business trip in the West.
Walter II. Joslin, who has been i'll for
some time, is now visiting in Connecticut.
j. Wilder Smith is visiting with his
daughter, Mrs. r. w. Kirkland, in Rut-
land
Miss Della Wood of Springfield, Mass,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. A.
Wood.
Mrs. w. II. Minor and Miss Marian
Minor are in Boston for visit of several
weeks.
Mrs. A. r. Harris of Washington street
is improving after a weeks illness with
the grip.
Miss Louise NJ. Chandler returned yes
terday from an eight-months' stay in Som
ervllle, Mass.
George H. Clapp has been in New York
this week, making purchases for the spring
and summer trade.
Capt and Mrs. L. w. Wright of Win.
CHESTER n. H., spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. c. 2. Gibson.
Miss Bessie Newman and friend from
Boston visited Miss Newman's parents
from Saturday to Wednesday.
Miss Harriet E. Wise has returned to
Boston after visiting several days with
Mr. and Mrs. George f. Crowell.
Gen. o. o. Howard was in Brattleboro
Wednesday evening on his way to his
home in Burlington after trip to Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Webster Benjamin were
in Brattleboro Saturday to attend the flu
neral of their aunt, Mrs. Hannah Slayton.
S. w. Kimball, clerk of school district
No. ?, is making his annual canvass for
the purpose of completing the school CEN
sus.
Treasurer G. A. Harris returned Friday
after western business trip of ten days in
the interests of the Bratteboro Savings
bank.
Eugene Adams of Sprinield, Mass, has
been in town this week on his way to a
business trip through Windham county
towns.
Mortimer Stoddard of the senior class
of the medical department of the Univers-
ity of Vermont, was at home from Friday
until Wednesday.
Alex S. Browne, New England manager
of the New York Life Insurance company,
visited the new Brattleboro office of the
company Wednesday.
Judge Wheeler and United States Dis
trict Attorney Martin have been attending
a session of the United States court at
Burlington this week.
Miss Estelle Niles has gone to New York
before returning to her work in MillbUry
Mass. She will be the guest of Mrs. Ii
L. Waterman and Mrs. Henry Hump
stone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Reed of Ansona
Conn, spent Sunday with Mr.. Reed!
mother, Mrs. James Reed of Green street
who sustained a fractured hip by fall re
Gently.
DR.. H. D. Holton and c. F. r. Jenn,
were present at the annual meeting of tn,
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial association
in Deerfield, Mass, Tuesday, and mad
short addresses.
Z. F. Carruthers attended the 10th an
nual banquet of the Boston Alumni asso
citation of Norwich University at Young
hotel in Boston Monday night. Mr.. Car
ruthers graduated from Norwich Universit,
in the class of '95.
Arthur j. Barber and daughter Kat
returned to Oshkosh, Wis, Saturday afte
spending a few days with Mr.. Barber
brother d. NJ. Barber. They were callet
East by the death of Mr.. Barber's father
n-law, Henry Abbott of Winchester, y
II.
Charles Prescott is quite ill.-Mrs. Fan
ME A. Howard is suffering from an attack o
the grip.-Little Grace Mather is seriousl
i'll at the home Of her grandfather, Georg
W. Carver-Mrs. Joseph Graves is still
very feeble, but hopes are entertained o
her recovery.
The paper entitled "Aranea Diadema,
read by DR.. II. A. Roberts of Brattlebor
before the Vermont Homeopathic Med
cal society, is published in a recent mum
Der of the North American journal o
Homeopathy, the leading homGopathists
paper of the country.
The engagement is announced of ID
Elmer T. Sherman and Miss Gertrude
Ryan, both of White River Junction. Dl
Sherman is former Brattleboro boy, VIII
left town six or seven years ago. de Is
graduate of the Pennsylvania dental col
lege at Philadelphia, and was connecte
with dental offices in Worcester and Il
Keene, N. H., before opening an office
White River Junction year ago.
The New York Herald of Friday cor
tanned the following in regard to youn
man who has relatives and many friend
in Brattleboro: GAS result of blood pc
soning received while operating on the lat
Leonard w. jerome, VINO was fatally IN
jured on the Long Island railroad in WOOD
null Park, the index finger on the lei
hand of DR.. Richard S. Graves, house SUI
geon in st. Johns hospital, Brooklyn, wa
amputated on Thursday The surgeo
who performed the operation believes Una
DR.. Graves will suffer no further trouble
The blood poisoning resulted from tn
prcking of the finger by needle"
The society columns of the Boston Sur
day Globe contained the following: ION
of the handsomest dinners of the man
served at the Metropolitan club in Me-
FORK this winter was the one Mr.. Reg
maid Henshaw Ward, who is charte
member, gave Wednesday night in homo
of Mrs. G. II. Washburn and her hanct
Mr., Robert Gordon Hardie. An enormou
mass of yellow jonquils and green covere
the centre of the table. There was an OF
chestra in the adjoining room. Anon
the Is or 20 guests were Mrs. Victor New
comb, Gen. and Mrs. Burnett, Gen. an
Mrs. Frederick Pearson, Mr.. Horace Whlt'