Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-01-06

ton sale at his place In Grange block to-
morrow. A large variety of goods will be
Particulars are given in his adj
vertisement.
The annual business meeting and sup
per of the Unitarian society will be held
at Wells hall next Tuesday evening Sup
per will be served at $3.50 and the business
meeting will follow.
The Standard Oil company has taken OIL
its retail delivery wagon and is now run
ming only the wholesale one. The re-
moval of the retail tank was on account OF
complaint of local grocers, who claimed it
damaged their sales.
The will of the late Susan E. w. At
water of West Brattleboro was probated
Saturday. After providing for the pay
ment of several private requests 1t directs
the executor to give the balance to the
poor, needy and suffering.
Many personal friends in Brattleboro
and the whole board of officers of the Val
ley Fair will extend congratulations to
Hon. Thomas Nelson Hastings of Walpole
on his unanimous election as president of
the New Hampshire senate on Wednesday.
William LAWN tells, in a private letter
received in Brattleboro this week, of his
plans for the coming season. He is now
with the Bostonians, and at the time the
letter was written he was in Terre Haute,
Ind. He will remain with the Bostonians
until the end of the season, which closes in
June, during which time the company will
make tour of the principal cities of the
South and West. His last engagement for
the season will be in San Francisco.
Edward j. Shea, mailing clerk at the
post-ofiice for the past Is years, and Miss
Mary McGraw, former employee at the
Brooks House, were married at Water
bury, this state: Tuesday. Rev. Father
Blais performed the ceremony in st. An
drew's church at 8 o'clock. Miss Belle
King of Waterbury was the bridemaid and
d. f. Shea of Brattleboro, brother of the
groom, acted s'best man. Mr.. and Mrs.
Shea did not make any wedding journey,
but returned to Brattleboro Wednesday.
They will live for the present with Mr..
Shea's parents on Western avenue
The Bennington correspondence in the
Boston Globe of Tuesday said: Estate s
Attorney Bates returned from Windsor
Saturday, where he had been trying some
state cases. Frank Porter, who had been
in Manchester Jail several weeks charged
with an assault upon a 12-year-old girl,
was discharged, her testimony not be.
ing sufficient to convict" Thus has an
other narrowing" Bondville case been
disposed of. The alleged facts in this case
were brought to Brattleboro several weeks
ago, and they formed story rivaling in
interest the story of the misdoings of Luke
Bradshaw of Bondvile, which was pub
lished in The Phoenix two years ago.
A Gro 4, r n.
F. G.. Pettee in West Brattleboro Friday
night to mar the enjoyment of a family
gathering. While the assembled guests
were preparing for banquet large ban
quet lamp was accidentally tipped over,
setting fire to some lace curtains. The
lace curtains and the window shade were
burned, the wall paper near the window
and one or two chairs were damaged, and
several panes of glass were broken. The
company were somewhat scared, and in
the attempt to subdue the flames two oil
three persons were burned about the
hands. The fire loss was about $50, GOV.
cred by insurance through the agency OF
A. W. Childs & Co.
In an advertisement elsewhere f. j.
Bailey, real estate agent, makes some
propositions which will be of interest tc
capitalists or any others who are interested
in sheep raising, or who would care TO en-.
gage in cutting off large tract of spruce
timber. Mr.. Bailey has had placed in hi:
hands 2000 acres of land well suited fol
sheep raising, and he offers to furnish the
land for this purpose If others will furnish
the capital to buy sheep and will share
with him the profits of the business. Mr.
Bailey states that during the year 1898 his
exchanges and sales of real estate amount.
ed to over 1926, 900. The property sold oil
exchanged included p farms besides sew
eral wood lots, aggregating over 5000 acres
AZ houses and 80 extra building lots in vii
lage and city property.
There was a large attendance at the
meeting of the Alliance study class in the
Brooks House Tuesday evening. The pa.
per was by Charles H. Davenport upon
Ethan Allen and his Times" Mr.. Dav.
export began by speaking of the early his
tory of Vermont, summarizing the causes
of the trouble, over the early land grants
and the difficulties which the Vermonters
had in establishing and maintaining for II
years an independent republic. He told
how these same Vermonters opposed the
British crown, how they shed the first
blood of the Revolution, how they won the
first victory and first lowered the British
flag and how they organized and fought al
Bennington the turning-point battle of the
war. The manner in which they de
feated the scheme of New York, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts to divide
the state among themselves was told in an
interesting manner as was also the out
come of the Haldimand negotiation. The
part which Ethan Allen took in these
events was dwelt upon and large number
of anecdotes about this typical and repre-
sentative Vermonter were related. The
! next paper will be given by Mrs. Warder a
week from next Monday evening.
Funeral of Senator Hit.
The funeral of Senator George B. Hit
was held at the Universalist church at 8 sc
o'clock Saturday morning. The body lay
in state in the church from $50 to 9. 80
The funeral was attended by many of the
members of the Windham county bar, a
large delegation from the Vermont Wheel
club and large number of the business
men of Brattleboro. Rev. H. d. Maxwell
officiated Besides the scripture reading
Rev. Mr.. Maxwell read appropriate ex-
tracts from "In Memoriam" and from the
writings of Walt Whitman. The musical
selections consisted of solos by Mrs. Lima
T. Hubbard and 4. II. Miller and duet
by Mrs. Hubbard and Mr.. Miller. Among
those present from out of town were Mr..
Hits mother, Mrs. John K. Hit of Rut
land, his sister and her husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fennell of Castleton, Senator +. S.
Platt of POultney, Senator j. @. Enwright