Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-22

e. Wales will hold Christmas dance in
Grange hall Monday night.
The clothing stores will not be open at
all on next Monday, Christmas Day.
Hi Henry's minstrels, which have always
| had a good reputation In Brattleboro, will
appear at the Auditorium this evening
Henry Leroy Taylor and Mary Margaret
Fredette, both of Brattleboro, we're mar
red last evening by Justice William S.
Newton.
John Frye has bought and taken posses
sion of the pool and lunch room which
Frank Leonard, formerly of Brattleboro,
has been running at Windsor.
The next entertainment in the Y. M.
| G. A. Star course will be held in the Audi
torium Jan. IL, when Rev. Thomas Dixon
of New York will deliver a lecture.
The adjourned meeting of the Brattle-
boro East society, which was to have been
held Monday evening, was postponed on
account of the illness of the treasurer.
p. Fleming has bought the e. w. Stod-
dard house on Western Avenue through
the agency of f. J. Bailey. He will raise
and repair the house and divide it into two
| tenements.
The front of the Ullery building has
been decorated this week with row of
colored electric lights, forming a novel and
effective feature of the Christmas decor
atoms. The display was arranged through
the enterprise of Hackley & Moran and
Fenton & Co. in their new stores.
The house of Harry d. Elmer of Ches-
terrified, N. H., was damaged by fire Sun
daynoon. The fire started in a chamber. Mrs
Elmer discovered 1t and summoned her
husband by blowing a horn. The loss,
about $3.50, was covered by insurance
through the agency of G. F. r. JENNIE.
Eastman of Brattleboro, 1928, published
a small history of Vermont of ITO pages,
which is very scarce. After Is years
search the Mlddlebury college museum has
secured copy, which completes its col
lection of all histories in Vermont thus far
known. There have been % histories pub
lished, besides earlier sketches included in
other volumes The Oldest found thus far
was printed in Dublin in 1887.
There was hearing before Referee A.
f. Schwenk Saturday in the matter of
VIM. j. White, bankrupt, Of Williamsville.
F. d. K. Stowe appeared for the bankrupt
and Kittredge Haskins for the creditors.
Mr.. White was examined by Col. Haskins,
who objected to the claim of DR.. p. p.
White, brother of the bankrupt, for medi-
cal services. The claim of the creditors
was that previous to the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings DIR. White intended TO make no
charge for his services to his brother.
The Central Vermont railway will sell
special round trip holiday tickets between
all the stations on the southern division.
New London, Brattleboro and South Lon
donderry, at 2 cents per mile each way.
Christmas holiday tickets will be good go
ing Dec. %, "a and 25, good to return un-
til Jan. 4, inclusive. New Years holiday
tickets will be good going Dec. 3O-3l, 1899,
and Jan. /, 1900, inclusive; good to re-
turn until Jan. a, inclusive, 1900. Tick
cts are good for continuous passage. No
stop-over privileges will be. allowed in
either direction.
Rev. c. o. Day OF Boston preached in
the Centre church Sunday morning, pre-
senting the cause of the Congregational
Education society, of which he Is the sec
retary An offering of $75 for the work
of the society was made. The members OF
company l occupied the front pews, and
they made handsome recognition of their
former chaplain by rising in body as he
entered the church. In the afternoon Mr..
Day went to Guilford as a delegate from
the Centre church TO assist in organizing a
church in that town, and in the evening he
preached in West Brattleboro.
An order has been received at the post
Office from the postmaster-genera which
requires that the length of service as let
ter carriers shall hereafter be indicated on
the carriers uniforms not by stripes but
by stars as follows: Five years service,
one black silk star; 10 years's service, two
black silk stars 10 years. service, one red
silk star; 20 years service, two red silk
stars; 25 years service, one silver star; 80
years service, two silver stars; 80 years
service, one gold silk star; 40 years serv-
ice, two gold silk stars AS distinction
between a substitute and regular carrier
who has not received his first stripe each
substitute shall wear black silk bar one
fourth inch wide and one and one-half
inches long.
Fort Dummer colony of Pilgrim Fathers
elected these officers Tuesday evening
Governor, <. L. Parker; lieutenant gov
ernor, Mrs. w. F. Mixer; secretary, A. j..
Currier; collector, Mrs. Nellie M. Norris /;
treasurer, d. W. Tenney; chaplain, Mrs.
d. W. Tenney; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. A.
j. Currier; deputy serGeant-at-arms, John
Fl. Allen; sentinel at outer gate, w. G..
Norris; sentinel at inner gate, E. d. Ho-
bart; trustees for one year, ID. 5. Good
enough, W. F. Mixer and j. p. Elmer;
representative to supreme colony, L. l..
Davis; auditing committee, l.. L. Davis,
E. D. Hobart and K II. Baker. The Off
GERS will be installed the first Tuesday in
January by Mrs. NJ. d. Dix of Riverside
colony, Hinsdale.
Papers were filed in the county clerk s
Office Tuesday in the contest of the will of
Romance P. Boynton of Townshend by
Roxie Rice of South Lancaster, Mass,
sister of Mr.. BOynton. The will bequeath-
ed the entire estate to Dexter K. Boyden
and his heirs. The contestant alleges that
the testator was insane and not of dis
posing mind at the time the will was
drawn. On the same day papers were
filed in the suit OF Frank Wood of Charles
town, N. H., against the Rutland railroad
company for $500 damages. The plaintiff
claims that three of his oxen escaped from
pasture in Rockingham Sept. 18 and got
on to the railroad track through the fail
ure of the company to provide sufficient
cattle guards, and that they we're run over
and rendered useless.
BrRttlebOrO Girl Married In Washing
| ton.
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