Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-10


abandoned.
William Richardson entertains a num-
Der of his Young friends at his home on
High street this evening.
II. II. Hackey will lead the meeting at
the Y. NJ. g. A. rooms Sunday afternoon.
Special music will be given by male
quartet.
The young ladies of the Baptist society
served an oyster supper wednesday even
ing at their parlors There was good at
tendance and about $40 was cleared.
Rehearsas were held Wednesday and
Thursday evenings for the opera Pinafore,
which is TO be given some time In April
under the auspices of the Murray club.
The local BARRIERS held meeting Tues
day evening, when they voted to close for
half a day on each of the regular holidays.
Agreements were also made as to prices
for special work.
Three members were voted into the
Wheel club at the regular meeting Tues
dav night AT the next regular meeting
officers will be elected, and vote will be
taken upon increasing the regular monthly
dues.
Rev Geo. w. Morrow of Burlington,
superintendent for Vermont of the Amer
lean Anti. Saloon league, will speak in one
of the BrattleborO churches on the last
Sunday in this month. Further particu-
lars will be announced next week.
There will be a meeting of Fuller Bat
terry at the armory next Tuesday evening
at 80. Business of Importance will be
presented for action, and all members are
requested to be present. Regular meet
ings will be held every Tuesday evening
| hereafter.
ID. l.. Griggs, formerly of Brattleboro,
but now superintendent of fremont Tenn
pie, Boston, has sold the Nina" a summer
hotel in Mortified, Mass, to a Boston
man, who is one of the trustees of North
field seminary. The sale was begun last
October, but the deeds were not passed
until this week.
Charles G.. Hovey has been appointed
administrator of the Elizabeth A. Cooley
estate of Newfane. Frank l.. Faulkner
has been appointed guardian of Sara f.
Faulkner of Wilmington. Abby G. Miller
has been appointed Administrative of the
John Miller estate of Dummerston. T..
j. b. Cudworth and r. y. Reed are the
appraisers.
The Los Angeles, Calf, Herald of
March 3 has the following in an extended
account of the presentation of Rob Roy by
the Bostonians in that city: "Wm. LAWN,
as The young pretender, made the best i'm
preston of any of his appearances here
yet. He was IN excellent voice, sang with
convincing expression and maintained the
right spirit in some difficult pieces of act
ing. A tenor that combines all these
talents is a rara avis nowadays, and the
Bostonans are fortunate in the acquisition
of Mr.. LAWN to their ranks"
Auctioner G. z. Gibson sold the Dodge
property at Dummerston the "a, the STRAIT
ton property at SO. Newfane the 9th, and
he was at Greel field Mass, the It'll. he
has the following engagements within q
short time: Wilson property in West DUN
merston the 9th; auction rooms in Brattle
boro the llth; Watkins property at Wal
pole, n H., 18th; Arnold property at Wal
pole, 20th Spaulding property at Weston
22d; Herrick property at Chesterfield, n
II. 18th Fred |. Lane sale at Westmuiste
2Sth, and one date in Connecticut not de
cided upon.
In addition to his work on the Pettn
gill newspaper directory j. G. Ullery il
preparing for issue by its Boston publish
ers "Taylor's Commercial Gazetteer
This will be a pocket gazetteer, containing
the gazetteer matter from the Pettingil
directory arranged for instant references
1t will give the essential facts about every
city and town in the United States of ovel
1900 inhabitants. 1t will be of specia
use TO travelling men, but will be equally &
convenience to all who have occasion L
consult statistical matters of this kind
The first edition of $1,000 copies has al
ready been sold to the American News
company.
} The Burlington News corrects the state
ment that the late 5. Il. r. Cheney O
Brattleboro was the oldest eX-member O
} the Vermont legislature. The honor be
longs 10 the veteran Gen. Stephen Thomas
of tpeler-long may he remain tn,
oldest survivor who represented Yves
Fairlee in the legislature in 1885, Mr.
Cheney first represented Jamaica in tn,
legislature in 1899. The oldest survive
of the senate is the venerable and honoreC
, ex-Judge James Barrett of Rutland, whC
: served in 1S44-and who, by the way, wa
the youngest VermonteI ever elected sena
tor with one exception-Judge Barrett
longtime judicial associate, Hon. Homer
, +. Royce of St. Adams, who led Judg,
Barrett by just two weeks. Vermont
senior lieutenant governor is Hon. Lev
Underwood, formerly of Burlington, Wit
held the office in lS60G2, and who ha
been at the Brattleboro Retreat many
, years.
n. A. Pummer has drawn for j. G
Ullery front elevation for the buildin!
which Mr.. Ullery will erect on the Val
Doom lot the coming season. This plaI
is for a three-story building, with iron
: of red pressed brick for the second ant
third floors, and of plate glass and iron TO
the lower floor. The window stills anc
caps will be of granite. The architecture,
is the Italian Renaissance style. TIL,
front will present an appearance of dignity
and simplicity, and the building is evi
IDENTIFY to be a handsome addition to tn,
business section of the town. Mr.. Plum
mer is now engaged on the floor plans. Or
the lower floor, on either side of the broaC
/. entrance stairway in the centre, is to be
store, each 90 feet long by % feet 81,
inches wide. Each store will be entered
from the street level. There is evidentl,
no trouble in finding tenants for the build
ing. The work of construction will begiI
early in April.
VanderpOOI on Another Tear.
f. E. Vanderpool, the we'll known color
ed house-cleaner, whose presence is no
unknown in the police court, created
disturbance Wednesday. Late in
the afternoon it was reported to Chief
} of-Police Hall that Valderpool wa
, drunk, that he had turned his family ou
of their home and that he was otherwis,
, obnoxiously disportlng himself. Chief-of