Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-18

| Windsor County court last Saturday af-
ter a session of 63 days. He has been in
court continuously since the beginning of
last September term of Washington County
| court.
The public libraries department of the
| university of the state of New York re-
Gently issued to the librarians throughout
the state a list of titles of 800 best books
published in 1897, selected from list of
nearly 5000 titles and requested the libra
rans to select the so best books indicated
in the list. From their replies Kipling's
Captain Courageous" stands third in the
list.
Deputy Sheriff F. w. Mcclure sold by
! auction Saturday morning 20 shares of
capital stock in the Vermont National
bank, standing in the name of Mrs. Fannie
/ A. Baker of Putney. The stock was taken
by virtue of an execution in favor of the
bank and against A. f. and Lucy b. Ke-
ley of Minneapolis, and Fannie A. Baker
and Abbie K. Russell of Putney. Several
bids were entered, the largest being that
of President G c. Averll who paid 1925
share The original value of the shares
was $50.
The executive committee of the Choral
union have issued statement to the male
members Of the Union stating that here
after unless there is larger attendance
at rehearsals, especially on the part of the
men, the committee will not feel warranted
| in continuance of the work. 1t is an in
juetice to those regularly attending and I'M
satisfactory to the conductor, who so
generously gives his time to the society, for
many to defer their attendance until the
time for the concert approaches, as is now
being done.
The eastern stockholders of the Mime
| apois Cooperative association, which owns
the "Wright block received word this
week that the annual meeting of the asso-
citation, which was to have been held March
5, had been postponed until the second
Tuesday in May. The news did not come
as surprise to them for they had unlm-
tied confidence in the power of the proX-
les which were sent to Minneapolis two
weeks ago. 1t is probable that some of
the Brattleboro stockholders will attend
the meeting in May.
Attorney General Griggs has appointed
Mrs. Annie NJ. Brown, wife of Henry X.
Brown, clerk Of the United States At
torney's department for the district of Yer
mont Most of the dispositions and other
legal testimony taken geographically
hereabouts for some years past has been
handled by Mrs. Brown, and she has taken
all the testimony upon both sides in the
Corser patent case now pending in the
| United States court. She is one of the
most competent stenOgraphers in New Eng
land, and bright, intelligent woman who
well merits this position, and who will do
efficient work in it.
The water damage sustained by Hooker,
Corser N Mitchell by the fire in their store
st, l. =
was at first expected although the exact
amount has not yet been determined. Mr.
Mitchell left for Chicago upon the receipt
of the telegram announcing the fire. and
the work of transferring the stock of over
alls to another building was begun Mon
day morning. The firm has attempted for
| several years t. have its Chicago house
fully equipped for the spring trade besides
fulfilling its other orders, but not until this
year has it been able to do this. The loss
therefore is not confined wholly to the
damage by water, but partly to the set
back in trade.
The eight whist players of the Vermont
Wheel club who met the team of the Bav
State club OF Holyoke in game of dupi-
cate whist in that city Tuesday night were
badly routed, the score being % tricks, or
| 40 points, in favor of the Bay State club
team game was played, and the loss of
the Brattleboro players was made entirely
at the first and second tables by Messrs
Smith, Robbins, Perry and Hubbard At
tables three and four Messrs Brooks, Pratt
Harris and Durham led their opponents
six tricks or II points, but their good play
| ing was not sufficient to offset the rocky
work at tables one and two A return
game will be played in BrAtteboro next
Friday night, and the Wheel club minister's
are hopeful of making a better showing
| against the visitors.
James McNulty, proprietor of the MARI
boro, y. H., hotel, on being arraigned be-
fore Judge Holmes at Keene Friday on
charges of keeping for sale both malt and
spirituous liquor first offences, pleaded
guilty to the malt liquor complaint and
paid fine of $40 and costs-S23 22 in all.
A plea of not guilty was entered in the
other case, and on the evidence of the Off
GERS who made the search the respondent
was ordered bound over to the grand Jury
at the April term of court in 5000 The
raid was made town meeting day by Dep
uty Sheriff Cyrus 5. Moors and Constable
w. McCroy, both of Marlboro. McNulty
is the former well-known hotel proprietor
at Putney, who paid a fine in Windsor
county recently for selling liquor at the |
Hotel Fullerton in Chester during the mus
ter last summer
James Lincoln Ellis, 81, died Sunday |
evening at the home of his son. Fred ID. |
Ellis, after an illness of eight weeks. His |
death is attributed to the general breaking |
down of old age. Mr.. Ellis was born in |
West Brattleboro July 3, 1913, and the |
greater part of his life was spent there, his |
occupation being that of a blacksmith aud |
stone mason, in both branches of which he
attained considerable proficiency. He mar
ried, March II, 1889, Julia Pratt of Brat
tleboro, who died in January 1878. After
the death of his wife Mr. Ellis lived with
his granddaughter until the marriage of
his son Fred, when he went to the home
of the latter He leaves five children, O.
H., Fred d. and Frank p. Ellis of Brattle-
boro, George w. Ellis of Plainville, Conn,
and Julia A, wife of Charles Stockwell of
West Brattleboro. He was the last of a
family of seven children. Funeral ser
vices were held at the house at | o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Lewis Grout
of West Brattleboro officiating
100 People Called 10 Congratulate DIR.
Webster saturday Evening.
The absence of DR.. d. p. Webster in
New York last week was taken by some of
his Brattleboro friends as an opportunity
Tor arranging for him a public reception
upon his return, in recognition of his re-
cent appointment to the postmastership.
On Saturday night, therefore, his home on