Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-15


kat tribe Of Red Men will be held In Red
Mems hall week from this evening.
A special meeting of Fuller Battery was
held last evening when 1t was voted to
send S25 to the family of l.. f. Shields.
George b. Hall, foreman for II. G. Bax-
ter q Bro, has number of employees at
work at Westminster manufacturing cans
for the next seasons product of corn.
The average number manufactured each
day is 1900 cans.
The Murray club met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. L. Stickney Monday evening
and elected these officers President,
Mrs. S. w Edwards; vice president, Miss
Ruby Hescock; secretary, Miss Ella New
man; treasurer, Miss Eames. The club
voted to have banquet early in January.
The Electric Hosiery company has been
re0rganized into a stock company this
week to be known as the Brattleboro Hos
iery company, the stockholders being l..
A. Gregg, G. II. Thompson and three
others. The capital stock of the new COM
pany is S25, 900. Articles of incorpora-
ton were received Wednesday.
The class of '95 Of the Brattleboro
High school held reunion Wednesday
evening with Miss Lulu Belle Horton on
Brook street, II members being present.
The occasion was made pleasant with
games aud the exchange Of school day rec
objections, and Mrs. K. Il. Bemis read the
class will, which was given by her at the
commencement exercises.
Two deer, shot in the Maine woods by
G. A. Harris, G. w. Durham and DR.. G..
r. Barber, were received in Brattleboro
Tuesday. They were abandoned on the
shore of lake which the hunters crossed
on their way out on account OF their ina
bility TO carry them across on the thin Ice,
and they have been frozen solid ever since.
C. Z. Soule, formerly assistant superin-
tendent of the Southern Division OF the
Central Vermont railroad, has been promo
ted TO the position of superintendent of the
whole system in place Of f. W. Baldwin,
w. T. Sutphen, formerly chief dispatcher,
succeeds Mr.. SOule at New London. s. b.
Kramer, formerly Of the Wabash, succeeds
Mr.. Sutphen as chief dispatcher at st. AL
bans.
A contest OF note In the municipal cleo
lions at Newton, Mass, this week was for
school committee in ward three. Here Mrs.
Caroline Anders, an antl-Aldrich member
of the school board, was opposed for re-
election by Capt. S. K. Howard, former
rusident of Brattleboro. The fight was a
bitter one in which the women voters took
an active part. Mrs. Anders was defeated
by 1856 votes, receiving 1912 against 1921
for Capt. Howard
At the semi-annual meeting OF Brattle
boro commandery, United Order of Gold
en- Cross, held in Grand Army hall lasl
| Thursday evening, the following officer:
were electedt Noble Commander, II. p
Hunterk secretary, A. l. Williams; finan
cial keeper of records, Mrs. Hattie Nc
Cluret 7 treasurer, John Stafford past noble
| commander, and alternate to the granC
lodge, G.. T. Lundberg; inside guard
Chas. Berry; outside guard, George Bar
ker.
Arthur j. Holden, young lawyer, wa
the Democratic nominee for mayor a
Keene, and he received $40 votes to 001 fo
| Austin A. Ellis, the Republican nominee
Mr.. Holden is a native Of Townshend ant
his home was formerly In Athens. HI
| graduated from the academy at West Brat
| teboTo, and before he was admitted TO The
bar was i'm the insurance business al Bel
| lows Falls He studied law in Boston. F
| ID. +. Stowe was formerly Mr.. Holden
partner In the practice Of law at Keene.
Copies of a booklet entitled "ArdeI
Weymouth" by Dayton Erwin (Lawye
Frank Stowe Of Brattleboro), have beer
| placed on sale this week at the bookstore
here and in other places in the state. Ar
den Weymouth was a New England you'll
who left home for the western frontier ant
became wealthy only to lose his forum
through speculations in "boom" town
Reverses in his love affairs added to hi
troubles, but there was happy ending L
it all, and the story is Interestingly told il
rhythm.
Luther p. Weber, "a, died at the Re
treat wednesday morning after a long III
ness. The funeral was held this morning
Rev. II. r. Miles officiating, and the bur
ial was in the Meeting House Hill GENE
terry. Mr.. Webber was born in Hopkin
ton, N. H., and spent nearly all his lif
in Brattleboro He was a shoemaker b
trade and worked at that occupation man
years. He also kept pool room In Hook
er block at one time. For the past four o
five years he had lived at the Retreat, sui
fering from a spinal trouble which de
prived him of the use of his lower limbs
He was a brother of the late r. A. Web
Der of this Town, and has one sister, Mrs
N. II. Whtcomb, who lives in Holyoke
Mass.