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


house Is at present unoccupied.
The young ladies' whist club met with
Miss Maude Stoddard Saturday evening.
The prize was won by Miss Mary Croker.
Lawyer f. d. E. Stowe, formerly of
Keene, N. H., has opened an office in the
county clerks office in Crosby block for
the practice of his profession.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club will be held Tuesday evening,
April 4. Officers will be elected, reports
presented, and a vote will be taken in re-
gard to two amendments Of the constitu-
ton, one relating to an increase in the
monthly dues.
The Christian Endeavor societies of the
Baptist and Congregational churches, the
Epworth league of the Methodist church
and the Young Peoples Christian union
of the Universalist church will hold sun
rise service in the Baptist church at Z
o'clock next Sunday morning.
Mrs. Nation of Springfield, Mass, comes
today to take charge of the remaining re-
hearsas for the opera Pinafore, which is to
be given next Friday and Saturday evenings
and Saturday afternoon. A rehearsal was
held last night in the Auditorium and
there will be one there this evening.
The Worcester Evening Gazette pub.
lished Saturday a special Easter cover,
with colored outside page and many fine
illustrations. The entire edition of 10000
copies was soon sold. The Easter supple
ment was issued entirely under the direc-
ton of Will F. Collins. 1t was a number
of rare excellence, and one of which any
newspaper man would be proud.
II. II. Mcclure of New York city came
to Brattleboro Saturday night for the pur-
pose, evidently, of visiting the home Of
Rudyard Kipling. He was met at the
Brooks House Sunday morning by Mr..
Kipling's coachman, who took him to the
Naulahka, where he remained nearly all
day. Mr.. Mcclure returned to New York
Monday morning.
A handsome piece of inlaid and scroll
work has been on exhibition this week in
one of Leonard & Roess's show windows.
A large frame made of cedar inlaid with
white holly surrounds shield cut of white
holly on which is figure of the battleship
Maine. The shield is mounted on a back
ground of red with a blue centre. The
piece is the work of Charles Aldrich
C. G. Fits and H. G.. Barber were in
Putney Saturday as attorneys in the case
of G. P. Parker against S. w. Hart and
w. A. Martin. The suit was an action of
trover, Mr.. Parker claiming that the de-
PENDANTS, who carried on Mr.. Parker's
farm by the halves, had carried away
property which did not belong to them.
The case was continued to next Monday.
Rudyard Kipling, who had steadily i'm
proved in his recovery from his long i'll
ness from pneumonia, had temporary
setback Thursday night, when he was
seized by fainting spell. Mr.. Doubleday
said that Mr. Kipling had been made some
what weaker by the fainting, but that the
author fully recovered during the night.
1t is said that Mr.. Kipling had exerted
himself little too much on Thursday in
talking and reading. he is still in bed.
j. f. Rogers, who has had charge of the
American Express company's local office
several weeks, has been appointed acting
agent here. Mr.. Rogers entered the SER
vice of the company 13 years ago at Orange,
Mass, and for the past II years he has
been a messenger and general utility man
for the company, on duty on routes all
over New England. G. c. Tyler, who has
been local agent several years, has been
transferred to the messenger service, with
temporary run between Boston and St.
Adams. He went to Boston Tuesday.
The transport Crook, which arrived at
New York this week from Santiago, had
on board the body of Private George
Brooks, member of company E, Orange,
I'd Massachusetts, regiment. Brooks is the
former Townshend boy, a member of
Beauseant commandery, Knights Templar,
of Brattleboro, who was the first volun-
teer soldier to meet death in action in the
Cuban campaign. The bodies of Lieut..
Field, Corporal George NJ. Brooks, and
Private Archie Hale, of company L,
Greenfield, were also on the transport
The schedule of assets and liabilities of
Lysander W. Lord of Brattleboro, who
filed petition in bankruptcy March Il, as
mentioned in The Phoenix last week, has
been filed with the referee in bankruptcy.
The assets amount to $2697.51, and con-
sist of real estate, notes, household goods,
carriages and other vehicles, tools and
debts due Mr.. Lord. The liabilities
amount to S31S3.74. There are 35 creditors
whose claims range from SO to $1,000. The
largest creditors in Brattleboro are Mellen
& Proctor, R. E. Gordon, j. M. Tyler and
Nellie Lord.
The date of the next meeting of the
Brattleboro Woman's club has been
changed from April to April II. This
is the annual business meeting for the
election of officers, and it will be held at
the Brooks House Wednesday evening,
April II, beginning at p. NJ. sharp.
The business program will be followed by
banquet beginning promptly at 9 o'clock,
in connection with which toasts and mu-
sic are expected. 1t is hoped that all
members will make special effort to be
present, and to be in season, that the
business may be entered upon without de-
lay.
A. F. Schwenk, referee in bankruptcy,
went to Bellows Falls Monday to attend
meetings of creditors. The first meeting
of the creditors of the Stratton Lumber
company was held in Towns Hotel Mon
day. Sixty claims were proved, amount
ing to over $4,000. The creditors chose
A. E. Cudworth of South Londonderry
trustee, and Mr.. Cudworth was appointed
by the referee The first meeting of the
creditors of Frank B. Phelps was held in
the office of George A. Weston Tuesday.
Eighteen claims, amounting to about
$500, were proved. The creditors chose
Charles E. Capron trustee, and he was APP
pointed The first meeting of the credi-
tors of William f. Corse of Springfield was
held in the Office of f. b. Finn in Spring
field Tuesday afternoon. No creditors APP
peared, but one claim was filed The
creditors failing to choose a trustee, the
referee appointed Mr.. Finn.