Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-04-20
BRATTLBBORO.

Col. Kittredge Haskins will be the Me.
mortal day orator at Woodstock.
Waldo Richardson, who was committed
to the Bratteboro Retreat last week, is i'm
proving, and it is expected that he will re-
cover.
H. R. Brown received yesterday eight
fine driving horses which he bought re
Gently in northern New York They vii
be used in Mr.. Browns livery.
Mrs. Elmira Smith, SO, widow Of
George Smith, died last night at West
Chesterfield. She had been cared for in
her declining years by her daughter, Mis-:
Ellen Smith.
The board of bailiffs and the board OF
civil authority will meet at the Vermont
National bank Saturday, April 2S, at : &c
o'clock p. NJ, TO make the final revision OF
the check list to be used at the annual vii
lage meeting to be held Tuesday, May |.
No names can be added after this meeting.
The rains of Tuesday and Wednesday,
supplemented by the warm weather since
then, raised the river many inches, and il
is now at the highest pitch this year. A
large part of the island is flooded, but the
waters have not extended to the ball
ground.
The S1st anniversary of the Independent
order of Odd Fellows will be observed by
Wantastiquet lodge and Dennis Rebekah
lodge at their hall next Thursday evening,
April 26, at 1880 o'clock. A special pro.
gram has been prepared, after which re-
freshments will be served. All Odd Eel
lows and their families are cordially invited
to be present.
The directors of the Brattleboro Cream
cry association have engaged NJ. R. Micott,
Wayne Hall and A. G. Stacy to manufac-
ture the butter for the next year. Oscar
q. Convey has the contract to gather the
cream. He will have his gatherer make
an inspection of each dairy from time to
time and keep a record and report to the
association. The inspection will be based
upon rules furnished the patrons
Martha j. Miller, so, died Wednesday at
the home of her brother-in-law, Amasa W.
Gage, in West Brattleboro after an illness
OF several weeks. Mrs Miller was a ma
tive of Brattleboro and had lived in this
town all her life. Besides her sister. Mrs.
Gage, she leaves one brother, Oliver II.
Carpenter. The funeral will be held this
afternoon at l O'clock and the burial will
be in the meeting house hill cemetery.
There have been hearings in the Office of
Waterman d Martin this week in the cases
OF 10 Cinnamon who appealed to Judge
Wheeler from the commissioners decis-
ion ordering them deported to China.
United States District Attorney }. L. Mar
tin represented the government and r. E.
Brown and j. A. Brown of Burlington
and P. F. McManus of Rutland appeared
FOR the Celestials. DR.. Jim Fuy NOV act
ed as interpreter. About the same num-
Der of cases will be tried next week.
The New London Telegraph learns on
what il believes to be unquestloned author
ity that the Central Vermont Railway
company will utilize its East New London
property for the establishment of grain
elevators. As far as can be learned, the
road will erect II grain elevators and will
use that port for all its export grain bust
ness Should such result be brought
about it would be great impetus to New
London's maritime prosperity. The grain
will be brought to New London from the
west via Brattleboro.