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

tnlS JOW0,
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional Sunday school will be held at the
regular session of the school next Sunday
The reports of the different officers will be
read and acted upon, and new officers
elected for the coming year.
d. F. Circuit has sold his lease of the
American House to G. p. Cotton, formerly
proprietor of the Ludlow House Mr..
Cotton is an experienced hotel man, and
will begin his duties at once. Mr. GrOut
has no definite plans for the future.
The tickets for the "Old Homestead
will 60 on sale Thursday morning, Jan 10,
at the box Office. AS usual, the rule first
come first served will be impartially adj
hered to. Only ten tickets, however, will
be sold to one person at the opening sale.
J. G. Ullery filed an attachment in Hol-
yoke, Mass, Monday against William G.
and Minnie r. Dwight, the owner of the
Holyoke Transcript and his wife, in an ac-
ton Of contract, upon promisso"y notes to
the amount of $4,000. The matter will
probably be settled out of court.
The Washington street house of Mrs.
Emily Subway was fumigated yesterday
and the sign there denoting diphtheria was
removed Will Shumway has nearly re-
covered from his sickness. Mrs. Shum-
way caught cold after having diphtheria
and for time was threatened with pneu-
monia, but is now improving.
The '0S club met at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Austin Wednesday even
ing. The progressive prizes were won by
p. Lavelle and Mrs James Izlrl, and the
BOBBY prizes by j. j. Eckles and Mrs. w.
O. Young. The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Austin
on South Main street next Wednesday
evening.
There was large attendance at the
"box party given by the Catholic order
of Foresters at Red Mems hall last even
ing, and about $50 was realized from the
sale of boxes. A part of the evening was
spent in dancing, and the remainder of
the time was taken up in disposing Of the
boxes by auction and partaking of their
contents.
Rev. J. j. Lewis lectured in the Univer-
salist church last evening on ain Old New
England" The lecture was under the
auspices of the Murray club and it was
well attended Mr.. Lewis dwet especially
upon the scenes and people up and down
the Connecticut valley, illustrating the
lecture with excellent colored stereoptcon
views some of which were familiar to the
audience.
Mrs. II. NJ. Adams, received this week,
a letter from her husband, who is mining
for gold in Alaska The letter stated that
Mr.. Adams and George Wilson were in ex-
cellent health and that they were digging
| in mine between 80 and 10 feet under the
surface of the ground. They have not
seen Joseph Ferriter for some time. Ferri-
ter is working in printing office in Daw-
son City.
The attention of parents who have had
children born to them is called TO the fact
that the law requires that the children be
| named and return made of birth and
name TO the town clerk within go days.
Parents who have not already complied
with this law must make returns to the
town clerk Immediately. The penalty
fixed by law for not making returns within
the stated time is 50
The regular mid-year meeting OF the ex-
ecutive committee of the Women's Home
Missionary union of the Congregational
churches throughout the state was held
Wednesday afternoon in the Congrega'
tional chapel. Only two of the IA mem
bers of the committee, besides Miss Mary
Cabot of this town, were present. They
were Mrs. X. p. Fairbanks of st. Johns
bury, treasurer of the committee, and Mrs
Adna Brown of Springfield, one of the vice
presidents. Several interesting papers
were read upon the work of the societ!
throughout the United States, especially
in the West and Alaska, but the regua
business of the committee could not be
transacted on account of the small humble
present.
The sd annual meeting of the Vernon
savings bank was held Wednesday will
the usual full attendance of corporation
and trustees. The treasurer's report wa
presented, and the old board of officer
was reelected without change. The yea
has evidently been safe and prosperou
one for the old bank. The deposits shoV
a gain of 500, 900. The reserve and sur
plus funds remain at a total of S3OS, 900
and there is the usual large volume o
quick assets. II. D. Holton, F. l.. Dick
inson end Geo L. Durham were elected
corporators. The statement in detail ant
the board of officers are given elsewhere
At the close of the business meeting tn
annual corporation dinner was eaten a
the Brooks House.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. U. Simpson, who re
Gently went to New York where MI
Simpson is now the manager of the sho
department of Rogers, Peet Co., me
with serious loss last Friday. Mrs
Simpson discovered fire in the basemen
of their home at 513 Throop avenue
BROOKLYN, about o'clock in the afternoon
The fire department was called, but by tn
time the fire had been extinguished, tn
fire, smoke and water had spoiled larg
part of Mr. and Mrs. Simpsons furnitur
including their piano and carpets. TIL
furniture had been in the house but on
day and although application had bee
made for Insurance the agent had not ha'
time to complete the papers. Mr.. an
Mrs. Simpson are now living with Mrs
Simpsons mother, Mrs. Pettee, and he
son Walter at 200 Gates avenue, Brooklyn
, The Large Business of the BrattlebOr
Post once.
, Each succeeding year shows an increas
in the business of the Brattleboro posi-
office. The receipts for the year 1S9
we're the largest in the history of the Of
: flee, and by another year they will doubt
less reach the $4,000 mark. The salar
of the Office will then be increased Sigh
ly. The gross receipts for 1898 were $40
: 943. %, an increase of $1823.92 over lS9
. . and an increase of $25l9.SS over 1885,
The net revenue deposited to the credit {
the government was $SS47 .25, an increas
of $l6S6 "a over 1897 and S2295.51 Owe
1896 The receipts for the sale of stamps
postal cards, envelopes, ETC., were $40, 316
81, an increase of $1605.40 over 1897 an