Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21

ial meeting last evening to work the Eel |
low Craft degree
Holden e. Martin are building a large |
lumber shed in the rear of the Sunset
paper mill on Elm street.
Harper's Magazine for May presents a
very Interesting number Mary e. Will |
kins has contributed Catherine Carr" a |
story of the Revolution, one of the best she
has written.
The Pettengill newspaper directory and
gazetteer, which has been compiled under
the editorial supervision of j. G. Ullery, is
in the hands of the binders and will be
out next week.
In view of the probable rush for tickets
at the opening sale of 1.-The Heart OF
Maryland" the management has decided
to have it at the box office Wednesday,
the goth, at +. N.
Veterinary j. S. Dutton applied the
tuberculin test to herd of II cows owned
by Walter b. Smith of Westminster Tues
day. One of the cows was found to be in
fected and was slaughtered.
Harry G.. Pratt, who managed restau-
rant and the American House in Brattle-
boro and a hotel in Newfane very success
fully, will take possession of the Vernon
House at Vernon next week.
j. j. Fenton has bought the interest of
the o. ID. Esterbrook estate in the clothing
| business which he has conducted at Bel
lows Falls the past IL years under the
style of j. j. Fenton Il Co., and in now
sole proprietor. The old firm name will be
retained.
The Elliot street water main broke Mon
| day afternoon in front of Richardson's
market, and for time the cutters were
filled to overlooking. The water was shut
! off Tuesday morning and new section OF
pipe was put in. The break probably was
due to the frost in the ground
F. C. F. Cramer, who recently came to
Brattleboro from Claremont, n. H., to en-
ter the employ of the Estey Organ COM
pany, will act as organist at the Baptist
church after this month. He will also
drill a chorus choir. Mr.. Cramer is pipe
organist of wide reputation.
There is to be a contest over the estate
of the late John l.. Banks, who died at
the Bratteboro House last week. He had
separated from his second wife some time
ago and she had givena release. She now
asks to be appointed administrator OF the
estate. The son and two daughters of Mr..
Banks will object. The value of the estate
is stated to be less than $4,000.
States district court in bankruptcy in the
office of A. F. Schwenk, referee, tomorrow
afternoon to act upon a petition of Addi-
son E. Cudworth, trustee of the estate of
the Stratton Lumber company, to sell GER
tain real estate owned by the company and
situated in Maiden, Mass, North Cam
bridge, Mass, Lowell, Mass, Weston,
Penn, Stratton, Andover and Mount
Holly.
The passenger coach attached to the
south bound mixed train on the narrow
gauge road jumped the rails Monday after
noon at point near Pratt's bridge, about
five miles below South Londonderry. The
track was sunken on one side caused by
the melting of the frost in the ground.
The car was dragged along the ties for
about so feet before the train could be
stopped, and the paint on one side of it
taken off by collision with some project
ing rocks. There were about 10 passengers
in the car but none of them was injured.
The accident caused delay of several
hours.
Music Trades, published in New York,
contained the following in its last issue:
zone of the biggest orders given by reg
ular dealer to piano manufacturer for
some time was given this week by Leonard
Georges, of Sherman, Clay & Co., the
well-known dealers of San Francisco and
the Pacific coast, to the Estey Piano Co.
Mr.. Georges, who has spent several days
in the city, placed this order while here,
for both uprights and grands. Sherman,
Clay & Co., who have been handling this
piano for some time, have done big bust
ness with it, and have found it very prof
table instrument to handle.'
Judge Daniel Kellogg of Westminster
was in Brattleboro Tuesday to accept bail
in the case of the state against Julius
Grover of Grafton, who was arrested and
placed in Jail at Newfane six months ago
on the charge of rape. Grover was &C
quilted at the present term of the county
court, but he was Immediately rearrested
on the charge of adultery in the same case.
Bail was fixed at $500. Grover was
brought to Brattleboro Tuesday and he
and G. c. Fits and A. F. Schwenk rec
ognized for the necessary amount of bail.
Grover will be released as soon as his
friends put up security to secure the
bondsmen.
The Junior Christian Endeavor society
of the Congregational church gave its first
entertainment Tuesday evening in the
chapel There was large attendance,
but the entertainment was we'll worthy of
it. A program was rendered, beginning
at 7 80 o'clock, consisting of violin solo
by Ethel Randall; piano solos by Ellen
Hunt and Florence Hildreth; vocal solos
by Crosby Adams, Minnie Leitsinger and
Lyman Smith, and Rotations by Marian
Baker, Marjorie Crosby and Ruth Adams.
Magician II. F. Jordan entertained the lit
tie folk and the older ones as well with
some of his unfathomable tricks for half
an hour after the junior program was rem
dered
Miss Angelina A. Stone died Monday
morning at the home of her sister, Mrs.
George b. Miller, in South Vernon. She
had been a patient sufferer for many
years, but was only confined to her bed at
the last with pleuIal pneumonia. She
spent all her younger days in Brattleboro.
She was the daughter of VIM. Stone, for
many years sexton of this village. She
never married, but remained at home to
care for her aged father and mother until,
broken in health, she was obliged to give
up and make her home with relatives.
She leaves two sisters, Mrs. George b.
Miller of South Vernon, and Mis-. H. H.
Mecorney of Worcester, Mass The funer-
al was held at the home of Mrs. Miller
Wednesday.
The NeWcOmb-S1ather Wedding.
Lotin S. Newcomb, trusted employe
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