Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-01-06
The winter term of Miss Fitts's kinder.

L., next wednesday. Mrs, PraJJ ana
Leo Schulz, the 'cellist, will be the solo
lists of the evening.
The total transactions in the money Or
der department at the Brattleboro post
office for the year 1898 were II 1902, rep
resenting SPAS, sos, the number of transac-
tions exceeding the previous year by 1887.
In the registration department 1887
pieces were handled.
The '9S club met Wednesday evening at
the home of Timothy Aher. The progress
sive prizes at cards were won by John
Eckles and Mrs. p. Lavelle, and the BOBBY
prizes we're won by William Mccarthy
and Mrs. T. Aher. Refreshments were
served. The next meeting will be at the
home of John Austin on Elliot street.
The will of Senator George b. Hit,
which will be probated in a short time, be-
queathes all of Mr.. Hits property to his
mother, Mrs. John +. Hit of Rutland.
1t named United States District Attorney
j. L.. Martin as executor. Mr.. Hit had
some life insurance and he owned consd-
cradle property in Brattleboro. He also
held several mortgages.
The National Life Insurance company
of Montpelier, the largest fiduciary insti-
tuition in Vermont, has issued its 49th an
nual business statement. Besides the
statement of the business transactions for
1898 1t gives an abstract of statements from
1889 to 1898 inclusive, showing that in
that time the company has gained in assets
0,l74, $40; In liabilities, 50, 167, 029; in
surplus, 81, O07,5 and in insurance out
standing, $41, 8S6,917. During 1898 the
company issued and revived 6702 policies
amounting to SIP, $780, 1855.
Protective grange will give neckte
party and dance at Grange hall, Wednes-
day evening, Jan. IL, with a supper for
which all will contribute food. Each lady
will furnish two neckties which will be
numbered the same, one to be sold with
the supper ticket, the other TO be retained
by the lady, the purchaser to find the one
corresponding to his number and escort
the lady to supper. Each lady who does
not furnish a necktie will be charged a
small admission fee. All Patrons of Hus-
bandry are expected to be present with
specially invited friends A dance will
follow the supper
A good sized crowd attended the auction
sale at the farm of Charles Squiers in
Guilford Saturday, when a quantity of
personal property owned by Mr. Squers
was sold by Deputy Sheriff Mcclure to
satisfy an execution against Mr. Squers
in favor of the Vermont National bank,
and to satisfy mortgage. The property
sold under the execution in favor of the
bank brought $104.25. The mortgage
sale brought S22S 60. To further satisfy
the execution in favor of the bank the
real estate owned by Mr.. Squiers will be
sold by auction Feb. IL. The real estate
includes the home place of LOG acres and a
pasture of about 90 acres.
The state board o. health have issued
instructions to local health officers regard
ing the work of the laboratory of hygiene
| which has been established at Burlington
in accordance with an act of the legisla-
ture of 1898. Examinations will be made
at the laboratory of water supplies, milk
and other food products and of suspected
cases of diphtheria, typhoid fever, tuber-
culosis and malaria. The use of the labo-
ratory and the investigations made there
are free TO the people of Vermont. Out
| fits for sending specimens for examination
| in suspected cases of the diseases here
named have been placed in Wndham
county at the drug store of F. H. Holden
& Co. of Brattleboro and John +. Pierce
of Bellows Falls.
The Standard Concert company of Bos-
ton appeared at the auditorium Friday
| evening under the auspices of the Brattle-
boro Odd Fellows. The company consist
ed of Mile. Mamie Hands, soprano; Miss
Cora b. Madison, pianist; S. Kronberg,
baritone, and Theodore Gordohn, volinist.
| The audience was very small The most
brilliant work was that of Mr.. GoIdohn,
who showed superior talent. Mr.. Kron-
berg possesses voice of good timber and
of extraordinary power, but his words are
spoken with too great foreign accent TO
be pleasing. Miss Madison is an attrac-
tive pianist both as regards her stage
presence and her manner of execution.
! She showed marked ability as an accom-
| PIANIST and her solo work was good. Mile.
Hands has sympathetic voice and con-
siderable dramatic power, but her work
was, on the whole, disappointing.
The closing session of the probate court
for 1898 was held Saturday. The final ac-
count of j. Henry Richmond, administra-
tor of the estate of Vinal Keith of Brattle-
boro, was allowed. w. II. Hancock, ad-
ministrator of the estate of j. A. Alexan-
der of Guilford made his final settlement
of the estate. He was ordered to pay "a
cents on the dollar to the creditors whose
claims were allowed by the commissioners.
NJ. c. ingalls, of Putney presented his final
account of the estate of Nancy K Lowell
of Dummerston. 1t was allowed and the
balance in his hands was ordered dis
tributed according to the will of the de-
ceased. The final account of +. II. Spaul-
ding, administrator of the estate of Ell
bridge G. Mason of Dummerston, was
| allowed as was also the final account of +.
G. Taylor, administrator of the estate OF
James L. Ellis of Brattleboro. The will
of Susan K. w. Atwater of West Brattle-
boro, as presented by DR.. A. l. Miller,
was probated and allowed. The will OF
Clarissa l.. Lyman of Wilmington, as
presented by Ellen r. Russell, was pro
bated and allowed The final account OF
John G. Baker, administrator of the es-
tate of Catherine O'Neil of Brattleboro,
was allowed
Death of Mrs. olive A Warner.
Mrs. Olive Amelia Warner, 10, died
soon after o'clock Saturday night at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma War
ner, at Spring street. The cause of her
death was hemOrrhage of the stomach as
the result of several shocks, the last of
which she had at the time of the death of
her husband. The funeral was held at
the house at 10 o'clock Wednesday, Rev.
Fl. d. Maxwell officiating. The burial was
in Dover. Mrs. Warner was the oldest
daughter of Aiken and Hannah Dix and
was born in Manchester, this state, Aug.