Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17


carriage bodies.
Peter Lavelle slipped and fell heavily on
the ice in the railroad yard Saturday,
spraining his knee so badly that he has
been confined to the bed since then.
A Junior Christian Endeavor society
will be organized at the Congregational
chapel next Sunday with Miss Christa Park
as superintendent and Mr.. and Mrs. f. X.
Bemis as assistant superintendent.
Preparations are now in progress for a
private masquerade to be held in Grange
hall the evening of Feb. %. About so
couples have been invited to participate.
The Young Peoples Christian union of
the Universalst church will hold a play in
Grange Hall Feb. "a, entitled 1.-THE Triple
Wedding" There are seven characters in
the cast. The play will be followed by a
dance. There will also be other enter
tainment.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lavele entertained
the '9S club at their home Tuesday even
ing. Owing to the storm the attendance
was small, only three tables being occupied.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Aher won the progressive
prizes and Mr.. and Mrs. =. brisbane the
BOBBY prizes.
United States District Attorney j. L.
Martin will go to Burlington today to be
present at a hearing before United States
Commissioner johnson in the cases of
80 Cinnamon charged with entering this
country contrary to law. 1t is expected
that the hearing will occupy the greater
part of week.
A. B. Stone, Lorenzo Frizzell, Oscar
Ovitt, b. Ovitt and p. ID. Roberts, who
were in the employ of S. A. Smith & Co,
went Wednesday to Leominster, Mass,
where they will have positions with the
F. A. Whitney carriage company. Other
men have gone from here to the Haywood
factory at Gardner, Mass, within a few
days.
The first meeting of the creditors of
Charles NJ. Blake Of Bellows Falls was
held before Referee A. f. Schwenk Mon
day afternoon. No creditors appeared
and no claims were presented. The cred
itors failing TO appoint trustee the ref
cree appointed Il. II. Albee, who qualified
and gave bonds to the satisfaction of the
court.
: II. f. Bond has fitted up rooms in the
| Van Doom block, which he recently
bought, and he will move his undertaking
| business into them next week. The
changes in these rooms have been modelled
after city undertaking rooms, and they are
not eXcelled in convenience and attractive
ness by any undertaking rooms outside of
the large cities.
United States District Attorney j. L.
Martin was one of the 1914 holders of tick
cts to the banquet of the Home Market
club of Boston last night, which had as its
guest President Mckinley and five mem
bers of his cabinet The banquet was
held at the Mechanics Building, and it was
followed by speeches by the President and
others, which were listened to by about
G000 persons.
A session of the United States court was
held in the probate office Tuesday before
Judge Fl. H. Wheeler. Arguments were
made in the case of b. G. Corser of Brat
tleboro against the Brattleboro Overall
company. The arguments were made by
Hon. j. l.. Martin for the plaintiff and
Col. Kittre1ge Haskins and ex-Congres s-
man Simonds of Hartford, Conn, who is
also ex-commissioner of patents for the
Brattleboro Overall company. Each argr-
ment was several hours long
The Keene Sentinel of this week has
this item: Herbert Johnson, formerly of
Brattleboro, who has been employed as
lineman recently by the Keene Gas Light
company, was precipitated to the ground
from considerable height at Beaver mills
Saturday morning by the slipping of
ladder upon the ice. Johnson was at work
putting up wires outside the mill. He
struck upon his head and shoulders,
mainly, and his face was quite badly
| bruised and cut. Dr. Gleason took him to
the hospital and dressed the wounds"
The masquerade ball at Festival hall
Tuesday evening attracted about 20 couples
in costume and as many more in their or
binary apparel. The masqueIaders were
watched from the galleries by large crowd
of spectators, and no little fun was created
at the expense OF some who tried in vain
to disguise themselves. The signal to I'M
mask came at about $50. The dancing
continued until late hour, many people
from the galleries participating in the last
figures. Music was furnished by Leitsing-
er's orchestra of six pieces. Alonzo Hines
acted as prompter.
A. l.. Weeks of st. Adams, United
States internal revenue collector, has re-
ceived from the attorney general at Wash
ington decision which was of interest to
all bankers. The attorney general has de-
cided that the undivided profits of banks are
not subject to the war tax. The war reve-
nue. bill placed tax of 81 per $1,000 on the
capital stock and surplus of all banks. The
government has been including the undi-
vided profits as a part of the surplus. But
the attorney general now decides that the
undivided profits are not part of banks
surplus for the purposes of the revenue
act. Banks can now recover that portion
of the taxes collected on undivided profits.
The Lyman II. Howe animotiscope
which will exhibit under the auspices of
the Woman's club at the Auditorium Feb.
%, presents pictures full of life-motion
and realism in better shape than any 9TH
er picture machine in America. The pro-
gram includes regular pantomimic per-
Torrance in London entitled, Harlequin
and the Charcoal Peddler," in which the
nimble Harlequin plays many pranks.
The Cuban war scenes are alone worth the
price of admission. The bombardments
of Matanzas and Cabanas by Admiral
SIMPSONS flagship, New Yo k, the mont
tor Puritan and other ships, are marvellous
and thrilling, The boats are seen in full
action in plain view of the audience and
volumes of smoke belch forth from the
mouths of the monster guns.
The Barna A. Clark Case.
Further action will be taken tomorrow
in the case of Helen B. Clark of Brattle-
boro against the Employers Liability
company to recover accident insurance be-
cause of the death of Barna A. Clark.
The last verdict of the county court was
for the plaintiff to recover $4,000. This
verdict was reversed by the supreme court,
and the plaintiff thereupon filed a new