Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-02

by dance.
George w. Pierce has resigned as dis
trict deputy of the state grange. His sue
cessor has not been appointed.
Bishop Hall has written that he will
come to Brattleboro to deliver series of
eight sermons in the Auditorium begin
ming Palm Sunday, April s.
The directors of the Y. NJ. G. A. have
voted to ask the interstate committee to
| hold the next interstate Y. NJ. G. A. con-
vention in Brattleboro in March.
An adults dancing class of II or - cou-
pies has been formed for weekly nstruc-
! ton by j.. Wales. The first lesson was
given at Grange hall Tuesday night.
Press dispatches record the death Sun
day in Corning, N. Y, of Mrs. g. Emily
Simpson, who lacked only five months of
being 100 years old Mrs. Simpson was
born in Vernon in 1900. She retained her
mental faculties to the time of her death.
Prof Mietzke of Rockville, Conn, well
remembered as a musical conductor at Rut-
land and North Adams, has engaged Mr.
and Mrs. LAWN, Mrs. Harriet Pratt, Glenn
ente Bologna and Lucien Howe to repeat
in Rockville Feb. p, the concert which
was given in Brattleboro, last week, includ-
ing the scene from Faust.
Brattleboro people have received invita-
tiOns to the 10th annual banquet and re-
union of the Vermont association of Min
nesota, to be held Monday evening next,
at Hotel Nicollet, Minneapolis. Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. Smith are members of the re-
ception committee, and Mr.. and Mrs, +.
A. Cutler OF the introduction committee.
The personal column of the Waterman,
the Baptist Journal contained the follow
ing in its last issue: "Dr F. J. Parry Of
Waterbury, Conn, has recently received
into membership nearly 30 persons, nearly
all coming by baptism. The congrega-
tiOns fill the house, In another part of
the paper is this: "Dr. Parry is equal to
the many demands upon him, aud the
First church has decidedly strong and
healthful influence in the city"
The New York Tribune OF Friday con
tanned notice, with portrait and sketch,
of the death, from peurisy, of Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe Langenburg, the
dowager duchess of Schleswig- HOlstein,
whose daughter is Empress Auguste, wife
of Emperor William of Germany. While
in Dresden a year ago Mrs, Mary Howe
LAWN was entertained at the duchess's
villa and several times sang before her, the
duchess herself presiding at the piano.
Henry Barrett and NJ. II. Chickering
were the winners of the Swift soap guess
ing contest in Freeman Scott's store last
week. The guessing was as to the number
of cakes of soap in a pile in the show win
dow. There were 1S3 cakes in the pile.
Mr. Barrett guessed 1S5 and Mr. CHECKER
ing ISL, The soap was divided between
them. Miss Sadie Turner, the demonstra-
tor of the soap, went to Rutland Monday
to spend week demonstrating. Next
week Mr.. Scott will have in his store a
demonstration of the Old Grist Mill cereals,
Miss Stearns of the Boston cooking school.
In addition to the instruction at the Off
GERS school at Burlington last week plans
were discussed pertaining TO the muster
this year, and other matters. The regular
army rules will be enforced at the next
muster. The rations will be issued by the
quartermaster of the regiment, instead of
each company furnishing their own food,
as heretofore. The muster will probably
be held in August and it is expected that
it will continue eight days, instead of six
as in previous years. The competition for
the centennial cup will be by companies.
The cup, which was won several times by
Company l, is now held by Company NJ,
Burlington.
The case of Reuben Clark, administra-
tor, VS.. E. G. Smith and c. NJ. Hays, re-
ceivers of the Central Vermont railroad.
was argued in the supreme court at Mont
pelier last week. The suit was brought to
recover $4,000 for the death of Mrs. Clark,
which, it was claimed, was caused by the
negligence of employees of the BrattlebOro
& Whitehall railroad, which was operated
by the defendants. 1t is claimed that Mrs.
Clark, whose home was in Bennington
county, was alighting from a car in 1897
and that the train started and she was
thrown to the ground, receiving injuries
that caused her death at Jamaica short
time afterward. At the June term of the
county court in 1899 the jury awarded the
plaintiff $500, from which the defendants
took an appeal.