Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-01-13

The Centre Congregational church will
hold its annual meeting at 7.3O O'CLOCK
this evening.
The special committee of the Congrega-
tiona church have engaged Rev. George
r. Hewett of Boston to preach next sun
day.
The appearance of Denman Thompson
in the "Oid Homestead" Jan. %, will
probably be his last and only appearance
in Brattleboro.
The next meeting of the Windham
county association of Congregational min
listers will be held at the Brooks House,
Monday, Feb 6, at p. NJ.
The doctors returns to the town clerk
show that during the year 1898 there were
93 births and 116 deaths in Brattleboro.
There were also Ga marriages.
In addition to the several prizes won by
Miner and Walker on their game bantams
at Barre last week the boys secured gold
medal for having the highest scoring bird
in the show.
The probate court has appointed George
E. Greene administrator of the estate OF
the late Darwin Paul. W. II. Brack EFT
and G.. A. Harris have been appointed
appraisers and commissioners.
The case of Charles Squires of Guilford
against William Squires and Kate G.
Squires, his wife, which was to have been
tried Wednesday, was continued with the
expectation that it would be settled.
l.. W. Clark of Manchester, n. H., ref
cree in bankruptcy, has sent out notices
to the creditors of Dwight Herrick of
Chesterfield, who is employed in Brattle-
IL, Hra of ha
creditors will be held in the court house at
Keene at o'clock on the afternoon of
Jan 3D.
The ladies of the Universalist society
will give their 4Sth annual fair and festi-
val at the festival hall next Thursday even
ing, Jan. 10. Supper will be served
from $50 to 1880. The floor will be
cleared for dancing at o'clock, Lett
singers orchestra furnishing music. There
will be a sale OF fancy articles and special
attractions.
The annual parish supper and business
meeting of the Unitarian society was held
at Wells hall Tuesday evening. very
good and substantial supper was served
and properly discussed at $50 At the
business meeting which followed &. A.
Boyden was made chairman and the usual
reports were presented, showing favora-
BILE condition of the society's affairs.
! James Dalton was reelected clerk and col
! lector for the coming year, S. f. Lawton,
c. A. Miles and l.. d. Taylor prudential
committee, c. II. Pratt treasurer. The
usual committees on charitable and So
cial work were also elected
Rev Harvey Webster, one of the most
highly esteemed Methodist pastors in Yer
mont, died at Swanton Friday. The fun.
eral was held there Saturday and the bur.
ial was in Barre. Mr.. Webster was born
in Weston in 1926, and labcred as minis
ter so years. lie was chaplain of the 9th
Vermont regiment during the civil war,
and was at head quarters with Gen. Gram
when Gen. Lee surrendered. He leaves 8
wife and three children, Mrs. Elmer Brown
Rev. Edward f. Webster of Oswego, n
Y, and DR.. George Webster, formerly OF
Bellows Falls and later of st. Adams, who
is row dentist to the royal family at Der
lin, Germany. He was an uncle of DR.. d
p. Webster of Brattleboro, who ATTENDED
the funeral.
f. C. Benson proprietor OF the grocer.
store at the corner of Washington ant
Central streets and who lives in the tene
ment over the store, was awakened by tn
smell of smoke about / o'clock Tuesda,
morning. He discovered fire in a room
in the back part of the store, and he mad
an effort to eXtinguish it by throwing oil
water but being unsuccessful he rang al
alarm from box 80. The department ar
rived soon with a hose cart and steame
and put the fire out before much damag
was done. 1t was at first thought tina
the fire started in a box of wood ashes
but Mr.. Benson believes it was due l.
spontaneous combustion in pile of bral
sacks which had been used in wipin
around kerosene barrels.
An agent of the Smead Heating, Light
ing and Construction company of Toledo
Ohio, has been in Brattieboro this weel
looking over the ground with a view to es
tabishing here plant for heating res
dences and business houses with hot wa
ter. In many cities the water is heated b
the exhaust steam at the electric light sta
tons and is pumped through undergroun
pipes, in some instances to houses mil
!. from the station. The temperature fall
only few degrees in making the circuit
/, At the electric light station in Brattlebor
there is very little exhaust steam, so tina
if the system were introduced here tn
water would have to be heated by liv
i steam. The cost of the heating is said
be much less than that of any other meth
, cd.
) Deputy Warden Nathan d. Allen of tn
Massachusetts state prison at Charlie:
) town, the former Brattleboro man who, wa
/ murderously assaulted three weeks ago b
Sembriel Herbs, an inmate of the prison
has been visiting his sister in Greenfield
Mass, the past week. He will return
9 his duties without such dishguring sea
as was at first supposed would result frol
: his injury. The Greenfield Gazette say
e that there will be scar across one chez
3 and perhaps a small one on the other sid
t of the face near the mouth. But the
} will not be very prominent. Mr.. Allen
duly thankful that he escaped a
we'll as he did. The fact that his ovel
e coat collar was, quite characteristically
q turned up, probably saved his life. Ha
- it not been for that, the assailant woul
4 have slashed his throat, as he intended
[ do. Mr.. Allen is bashful about speakin
Q of his own grit and presence of mind
r the suddenness of the attack; in fact,
e does not seem to realize that he did an,
t thing more remarkable than the proverbs
=. "next man" might have done.
Second Volume of the Maryland Gee
: logical Survey.
Proof of the valuable work whic
I Prof. William Bullock Clark of Johns Ho
; kins university is doing for the state
|, Maryland in his office as state geologi