Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-26
BRATTLEBORO.

Inc members OF Fuller Battery VIII
meet in the armory next Monday evening
to make preparations for Memorial day.
Abner B. Bailey has been appointed ad-
ministrator and r. A. Knight and L. V
Weed appraisers of the Carroll L. Combs
estate of Dummerston.
Fred and Harry Cain entertained Their
Sunday school class last evening at their
home in Esteyville. The evening was
spent in music, games and reading. Re-
freshments were served.
Michael Grimes, who died in East Put.
ney Wednesday, was buried in the Roman
Catholic cemetery in Bratteboro this
morning. Mr.. Grimes leaves widow and
five children in East Putney.
The trustees of the Prospect Hill ceme-
terry request that all owners of lots who
purpose to have improvements made upon
them should have the work done as far as
possible before Memorial day.
About Is persons from this village and
Centreville went to the home of Mr.. and
d, Mrs. Marcus Robbins Monday evening, by
invitation of Mrs. Robbins, to celebrate the
birthday anniversary of Walter Robbins.
Refreshments were served, and the evening
was spent in very enjoyable way.
The Windham county court will recon
vene at Newfane at 8 o'clock next Wednes-
day morning for the purpose of trying the
case of Mcintyre & Wardwell of New York
against 1. H. Williamson of Brattleboro-
a suit brought to recover 5000 as COM
missions for stock operations.
An application has been made this week
for charter for the West River Power
company. The company is composed of
Brattleboro men, who propose to construct
a dam across West river and to establish
an electric power plant for the purpose of
furnishing electric power to the manufact-
uring industries of Brattleboro.
A. A. Barker was seriously hurt about
6 o'clock last evening while unloading a
load of hay at the house of George Bur
nett on Canal street. He slipped on one
of the running boards and fell to che
ground, striking on his head. The horse
ran to Mr.. Barker's house on Canal street.
Mr.. Barker was unconscious when he was
found, but he regained consciousness soon
afterward. 1t is not yet known whether
his spine is injured.
Joel g. Tyler of Leominster, Mass, for
merly teller of the Safety Fund National
bank of Fitchburg, was placed on trial in
the United States circuit court at Boston
yesterday, charged with the embezzlement
of $l3, 600 of the funds of the bank w.
Ter left the bank on March 10, 1898, with
out apparent reason and did not return
An investigation showed a shortage of
$4,000. Ten days later Tyler was found
in Boston. He was taken to Fitchburg
and was surrendered to the United States
authorities by whom he has been indicted
Mr.. Tyler has number of personal friends
in Brattleboro. He spent year with
Brattleboro physician several years ago,
and he has made number of visits to
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men in an Off
cial capacity.
Flags for the International EpwOrth
League Convention.
w. H. Geddis, whose excellent work in
designing flags for the conventions of va
rious organizations has been told from
time to time in The Phoenix, has received
notice this week from the committee hay
ing in charge the biennial international
Epworth League convention which is to
be held in Indianapolis, Ind, July POPS,
that design for a flag for that occasion
submitted by him has been adopted as the
official flag of the convention. The COM
mittee will have the design copyrighted
and will give Mr.. Geddis the exclusive
right for the sale of the flags, Mr.. Geddis
W pay 10 the committee certain per
cent of the profits of tn sales. To Mrs.
Geddis, however, must be given the credit
of the design for this flag. Mr.. Geddis
will 60 to Indianapolis during the first
week in June and will make a personal
canvass of the city. He expects to be
gone about five weeks. He will have
10000 flags made in the first lot, and it
is probable that the order will be doubled
later The dimensions of the flag are IS
by p inches. The background is white,
and running diagonally across it are the
letters indianapolis 80, in red. In one
corner is yellow maltese cross with the
words SAN for Christ''-the official en-
blem of the Methodist Episcopal church
OF the Southland in the opposite corner
is red maltese cross with the words
''Look up, lift up''-the official emblem
OF the Methodist Episcopal church of the
North. In the other corners are British and
American flags in miniature Mr.. Geddis
has received an order for 2000 flags for the
international convention of Foresters in
Burlington in June. This is a smaller flag,
the background being maroon and the de-
sign being maltese cross with the words
"Faith, Hope, Charity"