Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-01-27

hO lOCClDbo vi but OulNtISdllSb lhlI duN
festival in Festival hall on Thursday nigh
of last week we're about $500.
Mrs. John Joyce fell Monday morning
while on her way to the Roman Catholic
church and was severely bruised about the
head and face.
f. K. Ward of Guilford has been look
ing over the ground preparatory to open
ing law office here. Mr.. Ward was ad
mitted to the Vermont bar last fall.
Miss Mary r. Cabot and Dea. c. f
Thompson gave their Sunday schoo
classes sleighride to Westminster Satur
day. They visited the Kurn Hattir
homes. Miss Eva M. Gowing accompan
led the latter class as chaperone.
E. L. Allen, clerk in the grocery store
of Roberts e Gleason, and Miss Nellie A
Miller of East Barnard were married in
Woodstock, Jan. IS, by Rev. j. F. Sim
mons. They came to Brattleboro Satur-
day and will begin housekeeping at II
Cedar street.
Rev. Frank j. Goodwin of Glen Ridge,
N. j., who preached at the Congregational
church last Sunday, will be present at the
Friday evening meeting tonight, and he
will preach at the church again next Sun
day. Rev. Mr.. Goodwin performed the
ceremony at the marriage of the daughter
OF Admiral Sampson a few weeks ago.
The meeting of the directors of the
Young Mems Christian association, which
was to have been held Monday night, was
postponed to Feb. 4, at which time the
question of whether the association will be
discontinued will be decided. The young
men who have been soliciting subscr!p-
tions for the maintenance of the associa-
ton have raised about $500.
The street railroad was tied up Wednes-
day forenoon by the rain and snow. Only
a small quantity of rain and snow fell the
night before, but it filled the grooves be-
tween the rails and froze so that the cars
could not run until the ice melted or was
dug out. The first car went over the line
a short time before noon. The snow pillow
was disabled so that it could not be used in
clearing the track.
DIR. Fl. d. Holton and H. p. Wellman,
assignees of the insolvent estate of Mrs.
S. L. Van Doom, will sell by public auc-
ton on the premises in Brattleboro Satur-
day, Feb. 4, at 2 o'clock, the blacksmith
shop and lot adjoining the American
House, with frontage of 50 feet on Main
street, also the four story brick block ad-
joining, known as the Van Doom block,
fronting on Main street.
The day session of the Woman's club
met with Miss Jessie Gregg last Friday
afternoon. The paper was by Miss Eva NJ.
Gowing and was upon "The Modern An
alytical Development; General Tendon
cies and Results" The evening session
met with Mrs. Nora Kenney Monday even
ing when the same paper was read. This
was the last meeting of the season on the
development of the novel.
The form of a hearing was gone through
in the office of Waterman & Martin Mon
day morning in the case of George Close
of Boston against Austin F. Miller on an
account which occrued before Mr.. Miller
went into insolvency. Charles r. Crosby
and X. Z. Gordon were summoned as trus-
tees. The writ was returnable Monday
morning before F. II. Spaulding. The de.
fendapt gave judgment and appealed to
the county court. Waterman & Martin
for the plaintiff; c. c. Fits for the de-
PENDANT.
Mrs. Nellie M. Young, daughter of Mrs.
K. w. Thompson, died in Boston Tuesday
from the effects OF a surgical operation.
The body was brought here Yesterday and
WIZ Jul toi Woo III SucoJtTutlu, N. H., The
funeral being held from the Congrega-
tional church of that town. Mrs. Yonno
came to Brattleboro from Boston in No
vember, 1896, occupying II. f. Bonds
house on South Main street with her
father and mother. After the death OF
Mr.. Thompson, which occurred in july.
1897, Mrs. Young and her mother moved
to Chesterfield, where they have since
lived. -
The Sons of Veterans held their annual
installation of officers last Friday night.
The installing officer was Capt George E.
Bishop. The officers installed were: First
lieutenant, W. W. Bennett; second lieu
tenant, L. A. Whitney; chaplain, F. C.
ellison; corporal of the guard, Raymond
Elmer; camp guard, E. L. Knowlton
sergeant of the guard, j. L. Elmer; first
sergeant, George Baker; quartermaster-
sergeant, Alison Harris. Eleven members
of the Mortified, Mass, camp were pre-
sent as were also several members of the
Grand Army post. An oyster supper was
served.
Freeman SCOTS buckskin horse took a
long run Sunday afternoon, causing con-
damage to the sleigh to which it
was attached. Miss Minnie Scott and her
brother went to ride, and as they were
turning the corner from Canal street to
Pine street the sleigh slowed so that one
runner caught in the electric car track,
The sleigh was overturned and the occu-
pants were thrown out, but they were not
hurt. The horse ran through Pine Cen
,ral, Prospect and Main streets, turned the
corner at Robert Sargent's and ran across
,he suspension bridge to the Gulf road and
INTO yard, where it stopped. The sleigh
was overturned at the corner of South |
Main and Prospect streets. The dash
board was smashed and one runner was
broken in two places.
The funeral of Hon. Broughton D. Har-
is was held at Mr.. Harrlss home on |
Main street at 2 o'clock Sunday. Rev. w. |
Il. Collins of st. Michael's Episcopal
church ofiiciated, conducting tender and
Impressive service. For an hour preceding |
he service the body laid in state and was |
een by many of the townspeople. There |
vas profusion of beautiful flowers. The |
burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery, the |
bearers being W. II. Bracket, j. c. De-
Witt, F. K. Barrows. G. Fl. Thompson. |
J. G. Averill and L. F. Adams. Besides
he son and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
IS, Mr.. and Mrs. John Seymour Wood of
New York, and the Brattleboro friends who
there were present Mrs. Harris's
wo brothers, Mr.. Geo. HOLSTER and Mr..
81. HOLSTER of New York, and Mrs.
II. HOLSTER, and her two sisters, Mrs.
1fingham Maynard and Mrs. W. A.
ease; Mr.. bingham Maynard, and two
I her nephews; Mrs. Henry d. Cushman