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

The suit of A. V. May against Harland
Howe has been continued to May %.
The New York Life Insurance company
has this week paid 5000 on the insurance
policy held by the late Frederic G.. Crosby.
The annual meeting of the Murray club
will be held in the parors of the Univer-
salist church next Wednesday evening at
o'clock. Officers will be elected at that
time.
George Brasor of Chicago, whose criti-
cal illness was announced last week, was
much better when his brother Charles ar
rived from Boston, and he has improved
steadily since then.
Three holes were burned through the
roof If the Boston g. Maine pumping sta
tion Tuesday. The fire was discovered be-
fore 1t had gained dangerous Roadway and
was extinguished with buckets Of water.
A proof of the increased business of the
American Express company in Brdttleboro
is that both of the company's horses have
succumbed to overwork and are unfit for
use at present. 1t is expected that a third
horse will be given the Brattleboro office
| to do a share of the work.
The bailiffs have appointed the following
policemen for the year: Ellis Worden, f.
K, Thayer, G.. w. Rockwell and H. o. En-
erson. The first three have been on the
! force for some time. Mr.. Emerson is en-
ployed by Morse IL Lazelle. A fifth police
man will be appointed later. Mr.. Bailey
and Mr.. Dix did not care for reappoiDt-
ment.
Theodore B. Deming, 10, died at his
home in West Brattleboro Saturday after
an illness of several months. The funeral
was held from the house Monday, Rev. J.
! II. Rabbit officiating, and the body was
taken to Wilmington for burial. Mr.. Dem.
! ing was born in North Adams, Mass,
Jan. t. 1925. At the age of 20 he left his
native town and went to Wilmington where
he lived until his removal to West Brattle-
| boro about eight years ago. Mr.. Deming
was tailor by trade and during part of
his life in Wilmington he carried on a
large tailoring establishment. Since com
| ing to Brattleboro he had done no active
work, having been in poor health the
greater part Of the time. In 1874 Mr..
Deming married Marcy A. Carr, who sur
wives him.
George c. Wilson was re-engaged as gen.
eral secretary of the Y. NJ. G.. A. at a
meeting of the directors Tuesday evening.
] A special meeting of the association was
held at which c. II. Thompson, Z. l..
Hildreth and S. A. Daniels were elected
directors to succeed l.. +. Clark, Harry
Smith and Kenneth Emerson, who re-
signed on account Of continuous absence.
The directors elected the following com
mittees; Finance, G.. II. Clapp, S. w.
Edgett and Thomas Pentland; devotional,
Arthur Monroe, Fred f. Gilbert and Ed
ward Langille, sr mission work, Robert
Gregg, l.. j. Retting and H. G. Clisbee
lecture, G.. L. Durham, c. f. Il. Jenne
and j. G. Estey; entertainment, II. f.
Jordan, j. f. Mann and w. d. Stockwell
boys, S. A. Daniels, S. w. Edgett and
Raymond A. White; reception, DR.. c. G..
Wheeler, Robert Gregg and w. w. Plimp-
ton, ir.; membership, Thomas Pentland
'aud Edward Langille, sr.; auditing, g. H..
Clapp; gymnasium, Harry h. Horton, H..
F. Jordan, George w. Clapp and John
Tasker; music, A. l.. Maynard, F. 5.
Knight, Fred K. Gilbert, Fred C.. Adams
and Arthur K. Parker.