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

A lodge of the Mystic Shrine will be in
stituted in Brattleboro next Wednesday
evening.
The probate court has appointed o. r.
Chase commissioner to set out the home
stead for the widow Of Milton d. Bishop
of Nottingham.
The expenses of Sousa's band are up
wards of $500 day. 1t is estimated that
Sousa has paid out over $l,000,000 in
the past seven years.
The Young Peoples Christian union Of
the Universalist church will hold its annu-
al roll call next Wednesday evening at
1880 o'clock in the parlors. Ice cream and
cake will be served.
Clapp & Jones have on exhibition in
their store collection of $1,000 worth of
water color pictures, including landscapes,
figure pieces, etc., by foreign and Ameri-
can artists. This is probably the best col
lection of pictures ever exhibited in Brat
tleboro.
President E. c. Smith, Vice President 4.
II. Fitzhugh, General Manager Charles
NJ. Hays, Traffic Manager George b.
Reeves, Superintendent Baldwin and Road
Master Mckenzie were in town Tuesday
Vermont railroad.
There was a hearing in the United
States court before Judge Wheeler in the
Brooks House yesterday in the case of
Seneca Hazelton, trustee, against the Flor
entine Marble company of Belden, on a
petition for the appointment of a perma-
nent receiver to succeed G. f. Craft, who
was appointed temporary receiver April B..
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the plaintiff Waterman IL Martin of Brat
tleboro and Button of Middlebury for the
defendant company.
The ladies' circle gave an excellent salad
supper in the Universalist parlors last
evening at o'clock, which was followed
by an entertainment consisting of a farce,
"Thst Rascal Pat" by members of the
Sunday school, songs by Miss Lima
Thomas, Frank Brasor, Zetta Weld and
leila Edwards, piano solo by Addie
Warner, a piano duet by Grace Harmon
and Josie Tyler, a mandolin solo by Miss
Myrtle Cox and selection from "Pinafore'
entitled "a Bunch of Buttercups," by
members of the school.
There was a hearing Wednesday before
Kittredge Haskins, special master in the
case of c. G. Abbey of Chcopee, Mass.
against G. S. wilkins and wife of Guilford.
1t was foreclosure proceeding to deter
mine the question Of shortening the time
of redemption. The defendants filed an
answer alleging that they had been de-
frauded in the purchase of their farm in
Guilford, having paid in $1,000 without
| getting anything in return. The petition
er claimed that the defendants had paid
nothing for the equity in the farm.
The Independent Congregational church
of Battle Creek, Mich. gave its first pro
duction last evening of a pageant and op
era carnival under the management of +
Wales of Brattleboro. 1t will be repeated
tonight and tomorrow night. Mr.. Wales
and son Harry have been in Michigan
since January. A recent number of tn,
Detroit Tribune gave third of a page t.
pictures of participants in a carnival al
Jackson, given under Mr.. Wales's manage
ment, and said the entertainment wal
among the best ever given in that city.
The Robinson Comic Opera company
opened its engagement last evening by
presenting 1.-The Chimes of Normandy
The success of the other performances Il
assured on the strength of the favorabl,
impression made last night. The work o
the principals was entirely satisfactory
and the chorus, although small, sang trui
to time and key and was well drilled. Per
haps the most effective character wa
Frank d. Nelson's Gaspard. Mr.. Nelson
has bass voice of excellent quality, which
was heard to good advantage in all hi
solos. and his acting was unusually fine
Miss Mona Thurston sang and acted tn
part of Germaine creditably, as did Mis-
Essie Barton the part of Serpolette. viii
liam Pullman as Bali created the fun o
the evening. The company will presen
Fra Diavalo this evening, Giraffe Girah
tomorrow afternoon and the Bohemian
| Girl tomorrow evening.