Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-18

H. Butterfield of Wilmington trustee.
Delta lodge, Knights and Ladies of
Honor, will hold a social meeting with
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Edwards, Flat street,
Monday evening, May 2l.
The cottage on the east shore of Spot
ford lake, for the past few years owned by
| A. w. Chllds and F. W. Putnam, has been
sold to George II. Clapp.
Clifton L. Sherman, managing editor of
the Hartford Courant, addressed the class
in journalism at Mount Holyoke college on
Saturday last, delivering paper of great
| interest and merit on the Modern News
paper.
The decision of the referee, dismissing
the petition of William j. White Of Will
| Evansville, bankrupt, for a review of the
action of the trustee in setting out the
bankrupts homestead, has been reversed
by Judge Wheeler.
Twenty-Five of the 20 Chinese cases re-
Gently heard by Judge Wheeler in Brattle-
boro have been decided. In u cases the
respondents are ordered deported, Judge
| Wheeler affirming the action of the COM
missioner. The respondents in the other
four cases are discharged. These cases
were all tried on appeals from the commits
soners decisions.
The crank of the large engine at the
electric light station broke Saturday, dis
abling the engine for several days. A part
of the engine was sent to Nashua, y. H.,
! for repairs During the time that the en-
| CINE was disabled no power was furnished
| evenings except for electric lighting and
for the use of the street railroad.
w. NJ. Ordway, proprietor of the collec-
ton agency in Ullery building under the
name of Emery & Co., will move the agen-
| cy to Manchester, Y. H., June /. Miss
! johnson, his stenographer, will accompany
| him. Mr. Ordway has practically closed
out his business in Montpelier, and he
will make Manchester his headquarters.
The iurymen who went from Brattle-
boro to the United States court in Wind
sor Tuesday were w. II. Proctor, grand
| Juror, and II. b. Chamberlain, &. A. Boy
den, c. L. Spear and +. l.. Roberts, petit
jurors. The petit jurors were excused for
one week with the understanding that they
should not return at all unless summoned.
Ethel Luella Vial, four-Years-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wall, died sud-
denly of meningitis Monday at the Capen
house in the West river district, where Mrs.
Wall and her daughter went to stay while
Mr. Wall was visiting in Bennington.
The funeral was held at the Capen house
Wednesday afternoon, Rev. +. Z. Marble
officiating. The body was taken to Ben
nington yesterday for burial.
Mrs. Sarah A. Hall, 80, died Tuesday
about noon, at As High street, after a long
illness with nervous exhaustion. Mrs
Hall was born in Brattleboro, and was a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson A. Ward.
She has recently lived in Ashuelot, y. H.
The funeral was held at the house at 1.3o
o'clock yesterday, Rev. r. f. Lowe, pastor
of the Methodist church, officiating, The
body was taken to West Brattleboro for
burial.
Martin Lynch, alias Davis, the prisoner
who escaped from jail in New Haven,
Conn, April IA, and afterwards was
thought to have been seen in Brattleboro,
was captured in Providence, X. l., Mon
day After his escape Lynch went to
Montreal and Toronto and several people
are positive that he was seen in Brattle-
boro on his way north. Conductor A. G..
Carlton states that a man answering
Lynch's description went as far as Wind
sor on the night freight only few days be-
fore a detective from New Haven was in
Brattleboro on the trail of the escaped
prisoner.
| The lecture given by Mrs. Kate Tryon
before the Brattleboro Bird club and
friends last Saturday night, furnished a
rare treat and much valuable instruction
for all bird lovers and bird students Some
"a of our native birds were shown by
water color paintings, and described, their
haunts defined, and their songs initiated
with most marvellous exactness. Even
the birds are deceived by Mrs. Tryon.
Hearing an oriole in a distant tree one
morning during her stay in town, she said
she was "going to call him over here and
| forthwith gave his call note. The oriole
instantly answered, and conversation be-
tween the two was brisk for several
minutes, the oriole constantly coming
nearer to learn whether he was talking
with a friend or rival. Mrs. Tryon
considered this region wonderfully rich in
both amount and variety of bird life