Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-24
Mt PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, MARCH "a, 1899.
Thermometer IA degrees above zero this
morning is a good mark for March "a.

Thermometer Ia degrees above zero this
morning is good mark for March "a.
About 50 couples attended the dance at
Odd Fellows Hall last night. There will
be two more dances in the series, the next
one on Thursday night.
The Epworth league will hold sugar
supper in the vestry of the Methodist
church, Wednesday evening, March 30.
Supper served from 80 to s o'clock.
II. f. Bond q Son have placed two new
attractive signs on the front of their un-
dertaking establishment, recently moved
from Tyler block to the Van Doom build
ing.
Clayton N. Hackey was one of the
cornetists i'm the Pierian Sodalty, the
musical organization of Harvard Univer-
sity, which gave a concert in Sanders
theatre, Cambridge, Tuesday evening.
The case of Stephen Crossman of Gull
ford, charged with rape, was nol-prossed in
the county court this week. Crossman's
! eight year-old daughter refuted the state
ments which she made at the pTelimary
hearing before Justice Newton.
The prizes offered by the Brooks House
| pharmacy for the three nearest correct lists
of the names of 20 chemicals on exhibit
ton in the show window were won by
Leon Barnes, Ernest Harris and Morton
Chamberlain. The first prize was 81
worth of soda tickets and the second and
third prizes a pound of chocolates each.
The wedding of Miss Alice Whitney of
Rutland and Mr.. Bascomb of Ticonderoga,
n. Y, is announced to take place in Rut-
land April ). Miss Whitney is former
Brattleboro girl, and has been employed by
the futile company of Rutland several
years as stenographer. Mr.. Bascomb is
auditor for the International Paper COM
pany.
Waterman II Martin, counsel for the
| Brattleboro town school district have
filed a petition for a rehearing of the Brat
tleboro school money case before the SUI
preme court. c. G. Fits, counsel for the
Brattleboro village district, has filed a
statement OF points in opposition to re-
hearing. The papers in the case were
sent to Judge Munson yesterday.
Jack Martin emerged from an encounter
on the Connecticut river bridge Friday
| night with a badly battered physiognomy.
| There are different versions of the atfray,
one TO the effect that a railroad man as
saulted Jack, another that two men at
tackled him; and from the other direction
is report that Jack posed as Joe OFT
| looking for trouble and got it.
Mrs. Ellen NJ Wheeler, AZ, wife of John
| Austin, who is employed by G. f. Allen,
| died at her home on Elliot street yesterday
afternoon after an illness of only a few
days with Bright disease. Mrs. Austin was
| formerly dressmaker, having her rooms
over the Elliot street fish market. She
was married to Mr.. Austin about two
years ago The funeral will be held from
the house tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. II. NJ. Adams received two letters
| from Mr.. Adams, who is in Alaskan gold
| fields, Monday, in which he said he had
not heard from home since Oct. 49, A
sack of mail arrived in Dawson the last of
January, in which was a letter for Jos
| eph Ferrter, telling of the death of his
brother Andrew, which occurred Nov. IL.
| The Brat:leboro boys are strong and
| healthy.
Miss Wilkins's new novelette, is called
1.-The Jamesons," and deals with the ad-
vent of New Woman, Mrs. II. Boardman
Jameson, into a quiet New England town.
| This worthy lady starts in to improve the
minds and "widen the spheres" of the in
habitants of Linnville, introducing them
| to Browning, Ibsen and Maeterlinck, to
aesthetics and rational attire. The Double
day Il Mcclure company will issue the
book early in April.
A recent number of the Florida East
| Coast Tourist contains an extended notice
of the DentOs, house boat 50 feet long
with a deck 90 feet broad II was built
under the supervision of DR.. F. II. Hough-
ton of Columbus, Ohio, and Daytona, Fla.
| DR.. Houghton is native of Guilford and
a nephew of Harvey Houghton of this viii
| iage. In this boat DR.. Houghton journeys
along the Halifax, Hillsborough and In
dian rivers He has a complete dental Of
fee on the boat and practices his profess
sion regularly at the towns where he stops.
He has spent the winter in this section of
Florida the past Is years, but this is the
first season that he has used a house boat
for home and office.
The following, in regard to a matter to
which reference was made in The Phoenix
/ last week, is from Our Church Record, a
paper published in Athol, Mass, in the
interest of the churches of that place
'Mr and Mrs. A. X. Cobb of Exchange
street announce the marriage engagement
of their daughter, Miss S. Evelyn Cobb,
to George Fitzsimmons, secretary of the
| local \. NJ. G. a. organization. Inas-
much as the pastor did not officiate at any
marriage last year, and as it has become
widely known that he is particularly apt in
that capacity, the young people of the
church put their heads together and de-
termined that the record of the past year
year must be improved upon. Mr.. Fitz-
simmons naturally took his place at the
head of the procession, and others will
soon fall in Both Mr.. Fitzsimmons and
Miss Cobb are comparatively new corners
to town, but during their stay here they
have won many friends, who will join in
extending congratulations and best wishes
for a long, happy and useful life together"