Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-24

Prof. II. Humphrey Neil of Amherst
college will preach in the Congregational
church next Sunday.
Miss Lucia Foster entertained the young
ladies' Whist club Saturday afternoon.
The prize was won by Miss Maud Stod-
dard.
On account of ,the storm last Sunday
Capt. w. T. Haigh postponed his talk to
the Congregational Sunday school until
next Sunday.
The selectmen sent f. +. Stockwell to
Claremont, n. H., Tuesday to look for
town team, but Mr.. Stockwell was unable
to find a suitable one.
Sheriff h. f. Gordon went to Rutland
yesterday with Edward Ferguson, who was
convicted of larceny at the session OF the
county court, and was sentenced to 80 days
in the house of correction.
There will be an auction at the residence
of Dwight Goodenough in Centreville
Wednesday, the Doth, at l T.. NJ, when a
horse, three cows, harness, farming tools
and some household furniture will be sold.
A. V. Mays agency has leased a suite of
rooms in Mrs. Prescott Whites house to
| DR.. Charles G.. Wheeler of Burlington,
the osteopathist, who is to locate in Brat
tleboro DIR. Wheeler will take possession
| at once
Union services will be held in the Bap-
list church next Sunday evening when an
address will be delivered by Rev. George
W. Morrow of Darlington, superintend-
ent of Vermont of the Anti-Saloon League
of America. Rev. Mr.. Morrow will preach
in the Methodist church Sunday morning.
w. II. Bracket and G. A. Harris have
been appointed administrators of the o.
ID. Esterbrook estate, and ID. ). Pratt and
G.. A. Boyden have been appointed APP
praisers and commissioners. The wills of
Honora Brown, Mellescent f. Pratt, Mary
NJ. Ingram and Mack M. Miller have been
filed in the probate office.
l.. f. Adams, S. A. Smith and w. II.
Bracket, incorporators, have issued no
tices to the subscribers to the capital
stock of the S. A. Smith Company to
meet at the town hall MOI day evening"
March p, at 7:30, for the purpose of
effecting an organization of the company
by the adoption of bylaws and the cleo
tion of officers, and to do such other bust
ness as may be thought proper.
Francis A. Liscom died Jan. IL, near
Palmyra, Ill. He was born in Newark,
New York, Apr. %, 1922. He was mar
ried Sept. 26, 1S43, to Esther Worden, who
died Sept :, 1888. He leaves two adopt
ed daughters, Mrs. Lucina Higgins, of
Rancher, Mont. and Mrs. Jennie Hartsook,
of Palmyra, ILL.,; also two sisters, Mrs.
Sarah Cluff, of South Fitchburg, Mass,
and Mrs. Mary Crawford, of Mendoza, ILL.,.
He moved to Illinois from Brattleboro in
the spring of 1858. He lived in Greene
and Macoupin counties. He united with
| l,nD sat IN, Vlxr nh nj
was consistent member of the Greenfield
Baptist church.
Capt. Henry w. Hovey has been or
dered to report for duty with his regiment,
the oath United States infantry, at Salt
Lake City. The regiment will go from
there to Manila at an early date. Capt.
Hovey has been on duty in this state sew
eral years-professor of military tactics at
Norwich university, with the Vermont
National Guard, commanding officer at
Fort Ethan Allen, and as assistant to Ma
ior S. p. Joceyn, 10Th United States in
fantry, as mastering officer, quartermaster
and commissary, during the mastering in
and muster out of the Vermont regiment
last summer Capt. Hovey by his untir-
ing interest and courteous treatment has
made many friends among the Vermont
soldiers, as well as citizens, all of whom
will wish him success wherever he goes.
Mrs. Hovey and the children will reside in
Mortified during the captains absence.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, the commander
of the United States army, who has this
week visited in Boston, Fitchburg and his
native town, Westminster, Mass, was the
youngest of the four children of Daniel
Miles. born in Petersham, Mass, and Mary
Curtis, born in Brattleboro. The family
on both sides was of sturdy stock and
vigorous inheritances. The father ances-
tors were men of position and influence in
England before they left the fright little,
tight little island" The mother was a
direct descendant of William Curtis, who
landed from the ship Lyon in Boston,
Sept. 10, 1852. The father of Gen. Miles
is we'll remembered in Bratteboro, as he
conducted numbering operations for some
time at West Bratteboro. The statement
has appeared in print that Gen. Miles was
at work here with his father at one time,
but this is said to be incorrect by those
who know the family.
II. II. Crosby, l.. d. Taylor and c. H.
Thompson returned Monday from their
trip of two weeks in the South. j. G.
Estey, who was a member of the party, ac-
companied them as far as New York city,
WHeI6 spent d lew ud1S DtlOIc IcIul
ing to Brattleboro. The four visited St.
Augustine, Jacksonville, Palm Beach and
other places together, and from Miami Mr..
Crosby and Mr. Estey sailed for Havana,
Cuba, where they spent two days.
They returned to Florida by the way of
Key West. The city of Havana, although
much cleaner than it was few months
ago, is far from being in good sanitary
condition. Everything there is entirely
un-American and different from the Unit
ed States. The cigar factories, the princi-
pal and in fact the only industry of any
importance in Havana, were visited by Mr.
Crosby and Mr.. Estey. They also made
several short trips into the country sur
rounding the city, and visited some of the
military camps.
Runaway Girls Caught In BrattlebOrO.
Chief of- Police Thompson and Patrick
Keefe of Bellows Falls came to Brattle-
boro Sunday morning in search of Mr..
Keefe's 14-year-old daughter Lizzie and a