Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-31
PHOENIX, FRIDAY, 1899


street, April l.
The annual elections of all the Masonic
bodies in Brattleboro will be held during
the coming month
The Murray club met with Mrs. f. II.
Harris on Oak street Tuesday evening.
The evening was spent in playing 50 and
other games.
A part of the lumber which K. G. Crosby
contracted to furnish for the s. A. Smith
companys new factory has arrived and is
being drawn from the depot to where the
factory is to be built
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fuller and their
son, Ulysses Fuller, died in Weston last
week Of pneumonia. Mrs. Fuller died
Monday and Mr.. Fuller and his son Thurs
day. A triple funeral was held Saturday
at Chester.
The Spofford correspondent of the Keene
Sentinel writes: "The steamer Enter
prise is to be fitted up with electric lights
and other improvements, and will be run
on the lake this summer in charge of veri-
table "old salt"
George H. Sargent and Mrs. Mary E.
Staples were married by Justice W. S.
Newton March 9, as will be seen by the
marriage column in this paper. They be-
gan housekeeping this week in Mr.. Sar-
gents house on the Putney road
A. V. May has sold the G. r. Lincoln
house on Canal street to Charles J. Reach,
who will take possession at once. Mr..
Lincoln will go to Worcester, Mass, where
he has a position with the Vocation Or
gan company. Mr.. May has sold a large
tract OF land in Colorado to George p.
Winslow.
The ladies' aid society of the Method
list church held their annual meeting
Wednesday afternoon and elected these
officers: President, Mrs. Charles Badette; ;
first vice-president, Mrs. Eugene Clark :;
second vice-president, Mrs. A. K. Atwood;
secretary, Mrs. A. II. Fraser; treasurer,
Mrs. w. r. Stuart.
Secretary l.. b. Hardy finished a five
months engagement with the Baptist
church in West Brattleboro last Sunday.
Rev. N. A. Wood of South Londonderry,
who has been i'll since he was called to the
pastorate of the West Brattleboro church,
has so far recovered that he will begin his
duties there next Sunday.
A meeting of the Ever Faithful circle of
Kings Daughters was held Monday even
ing with Mrs. w. H. Fletcher on Canal
street at which Mrs. f. l.. Parker was
elected leader, and Miss Edith Barnard
secretary and treasurer. Miss Florence
Clark read report of the convention
which was held recently in Bennington.
States Attorney II. &. Barber went to
South Londonderry Tuesday evening to
prosecute Arthur Holden for abusing a
horse and mule. Holden, who is far
mer and is about 80 years old, was arrested
Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Melendy on a
complaint alleging that he abused his team
on divers times between December and
March. 1t is alleged that Holden beat the
animals with pitchfork. Holden pleaded
guilty and was fined $40 and costs, amount
ing to $3.50, which he paid.
The men of the Universalist church and
society held their annual sugar supper in
the church last evening. There was a
good attendance, the sugar-made this
year-was excellent, and there was an
abundance of other edbles to which JUS
tice was done. Every part of the work
was done by the men, and they received a
high compliment from the women, who
said that the supper was the best that had
been served in the church this winter.
The net receipts were about $25.
The case of f. Crosby IL Co. VS. L. F.
Terrill of Underhill, which was to have
been tried at county court, was settled
Tuesday through Haskins & Schwenk.
The case was an action of assumpsit in re-
gard to two notes given to Z. Crosby Il
Co. by Geo. c. Terrill and signed on the
book by his father, l.. f. Terrill. The
plaintiff claimed that the goods were sold
on the condition that l.. +. Terrill should
sign with his son showing a telegram to
that effect, and Mr.. Terrill paid the
amount due.
The Rutland Herald of Saturday, after
announcing that the Rev. George Eliot
Cooley of that city had preached in Brat
tleboro once and would be heard last Sun
day, said: "a member of the Brattleboro
committee having in charge the matter of
engaging a new minister visited Rutland a
few days ago, and the inference is that he
was here to gather information as to Mr..
Cooley's work at st. Paul during his min
istry of year and half The congrega-
tion of the local church has grown notably
under Mr.. Cooley's preaching, and the
possibility of his leaving Rutland causes
some uneasiness among the Universalsts
here, who are very anxious to have him
stay. He has done much to interest the
young people in church work."
The Phoenix stated last week that the
mother of Gen. Nelson Miles was Mary
Curtis of West Brattleboro. She had a
brother, Nelson Curtis, who died over 30
years ago at West Roxbury, Mass, leaving
a fortune of 81 100000 Gen. Miles was
the favorite with Nelson Curtis, and at the
close of the war the wealthy uncle, ad-
vanced in years and childless, urged Gen.
Miles to settle in Boston and to engage in
business, with the prospect of inheriting
the bulk of the uncle's fortune. Gen.
Miles, however, was in love with militia
ry career, and preferred it to certain riches.
This offended the uncle, who made will
in which the nephew had but a small lega-
cy, the rest going TO Gen. Curtis, the
brother of Nelson Curtis, and father of eX-
Mayor Curtis of Boston. There was
contest over the will and in the settlement
outside of court Gen. Miles received
larger sum, but nothing like what he could
have had by accepting his uncle's offer.
Hoyt's "a Milk White Flag" was flung
to the breeze over one of the largest audi
ences of the season at the auditorium Sat
urday evening. The good house was partly
due to thorough advertising on the part of
Manager Fox, aud partly to the fact that
Hoyt's plays have always been favorites
with Brattleboro audiences. The "Milk
White Flag" although similar in construc-
ton to all of Hoyts farces, lacks the wit
which characterizes some of his plays. 1t
is satire upon the "tin soldier" type of
militia, showing the rivalry which exists