Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-30

The concert by the Standard Concert
company will be given this evening at the
Auditorium.
Brattleboro lodge worked the third de-
! gree upon one candidate at its regular
meeting last evening.
The January number of the Ladies'
Home Journal announces Photographer
A. d. Wyatt as one of the winners of the
Journals prizes for photographs of pretty
suburban houses.
Berta Geiger, %, wife of Anton Geiger,
died Thursday forenoon from consumption
at their home in Esteyvlle. The funeral
will be held at the Roman Catholic church
Saturday morning at 8 o'clock.
The Vermont Wheel club billiard room
was filed with spectators last evening,
when Messrs. Turner and Nutting of Bos-
ton played an exhibition game. Mr.. Tur-
ner scored 200 at balk line billiards against
164 for Nutting. The average was a little
less than three points.
DR.. E. r. Lynch has bought the Dcker
man house, No. 40 Elliot street, owned by
Mrs. p. +, Connors, and will move there
from School street next week. For the
convenience of his patients his Office will
also be moved to his residence from Is
present place on Main street.
The Estey Organ company Benefit as
ISOLATION held its annual meeting yester-
day and elected these officers: Executive
committee, George A. Hines, j. w. knight,
p. r. Connors; secretary, II. F. G. TOdt
1t was voted to make the annual assess
ment of each member 80 cents instead of
81 as heretofore.
S. W. Kimbal begins next week to take
the annual enrolment in the village dis
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five and II. Mr. Kimball begins his work
a month earlier than usual this year on
account of the law recently passed by the
legislature requiring the enrolment to be
taken on or before Feb. l.
The attention of investors will be at
tracted by the advertisement OF $50, 900 Of
bonds of the Springfield, VT, electric rail
road company. The earning capacity of
this road appears to have been amply dem
onstrated during the II months IL has been
in operation, and the bonds are recon-
mended by men of well-known business
judgment.
The Catholic Order of Foresters held
their annual election of officers Tuesday
evening. The officers elected were: Chief
ranger, John Calvin; past chief ranger,
T. A. AUSTIN vice chief ranger, John
Baker; recording secretary, d. 5. Carey
financial secretary, f. j. Lavelle; treas
urer, II. b. Haus; trustees, p. II. Dris-
lane, w. o. Young and =. b. Lavelle.
The selections by the choir formed an
effective part of the Christmas services at
the Roman Catholic church, both at the
mass at midnight and at the service at
1890. The rendering of the "Holy City"
by Miss Katie O'Connor was an especially
fine number The choir received many
compliments from members of the congre-
CATION and was thanked by Father Gun
nngham from the altar
Emory L. Knowlton and family have
moved from the rooms over the Vermont
National bank to Windsor, where they
will make their home for the present. Carl
Henkel will move into the rooms lately oc-
cupied by Mr.. Knowlton, and DR.. II. H.
Dinsmore and family will move from their
house on Forest street into the rooms va
Gated by the Henkels. DR.. Dinsmore's
house will be offered for sale at an early
date.
The Baptist Sunday school has been pre-
scented with large number of music
books for use at the sessions of the school
and the Christian Endeavor society. They
came from Asa Hull, a music publisher,
Grafton OF a favor which the late Deacon
Estey showed Mr.. Hull by loAning him a
small organ upon certain occasion. The
school doubly appreciates the gift mas
much as II was in need of new books,
While it is not definitely so stated, the
arrangements announced for bringing the
body of Senator Morrill, from Washington
to Vermont indicate that the body and the
funaral no will laaya Nan Xnrly ID
afternoon by the o'clock express, and
will pass through Brattleboro Sunday
evening by the l0:l0 train. Gen. Joseph
Wheeler of Santiago fame is one of the
members of the House committee desig-
mated by Speaker Reed to accompany the
body TO Vermont.
The observance of the union services of
the week of prayer will begin Sunday
evening, Jan. l, at the Baptist church.
The sermon will be preached by the pas
tor, Rev. F. Z. Marble, at o'clock. There
will be meetings on Tuesday evening at
the Methodist church at 7:30, on Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock and Wednesday
evening at 1880. Meetings will be held
Thursday afternoon and evening and Fri
day afternoon and evening at the Baptist
church. A cordial invitation Is extended
to all to attend these union services.
The annual parish festival of St.
Michaefs Episcopal church was held in
Red Mems hall Wednesday evening" The
principal feature was, as usual, the Christ
mas tree, for the benefit of the children of
the parish. The tree was lighted by cleo
trio lights and was well filled with pres
ents which we're afterwards distributed by
A. w. Childs. Preceding the distribution
of gifts was rendered program consisting
of the singing of carols by the church
choir, solo by A. W. Childs, piano duet
by Mrs. Sherwin and Miss Pentland, solo
by Miss Lena Eels, and remarks by the
rector. The entertainment closed with a
dance in which 25 couples participated.
Mrs. Mary ChafTee Moore sanderson.
Col and Mrs. c. w. Hooker received a
telegram Tuesday announcing the death in
South Boston of Mrs. Mary Chaffee Moore
Sanderson, 20, widow of Asa Sanderson,
formerly of Brattleboro. The cause of
her death was pneumonia. The body was
brought to Brattleboro Wednesday after
services at South Boston, and the burial
was in the Prospect Hill cemetery, Rev. f..
Q. S. Osgood officiating at the grave.
Mrs. Sanderson was born in Springfield,
Mass. She married Mr.. Sanderson when
she was 16 years old, and they lived in
Springfield for some time afterward. Mrs.
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