Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-16

president of the Woman's Relief corps TO
succeed Mrs. l.. j, Retting, resigned.
Rev. Louis Grout has had printed and
| put on sale third edition of his mono
| graph on "The Boer and the Brton in
| South Africa"
Lists of unknown depositors in the Yer
/ mont savings bank and the Brattleboro
Savings bank are published in this issue
| of The Phoenix.
f. l.. Holton has sold his express bust
ness to +. IL. Hastings of Green River.
! The sale was made through the assistance
/ of the Odd Fellows and A. V. May.
The water pipes in the Brooks House
barber shop broke Monday night and flood
ed the billiard and pool room beneath. No
serious damage was done either to the ia
bles or fixtures.
James A. Pullen has this week moved
! his entire stock of groceries and other
| goods from Milestone block TO his new
store which was formerly owned by Frost
Il Proctor. Mr.. Pullen's meat market
will occupy the rear of the store.
The New York Herald published Tues
day half tone portraits of prominent figures
in the present vice crusade in New York.
! Among them was one of +. l.. Mortified,
proprietor of the Continental hotel, ia
maca boy, who is well known in Brattle-
| boro.
The evening session of the Woman's
club will meet Saturday with Mrs. w. p.
| Jones. The subject will be Italy"
| The day session will meet this afternoon
with Miss Mary Crowell at the Brooks
House, when the same subject will be con-
sidered
The gave which will be used at the next
Republican National convention will be
composed of wood from every state in the
United States Vermont will contribute a
piece from the historic old Fort Drummer.
1t has already been secured by a Brattle-
boIo man.
The next meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held at the Brooks House re-
cepton room, Monday evening, March 10,
at 7:3O. A paper will be read by Rev. +.
! q, s. Osgood on "Mohamet, the Prophet
of Islam" Members and friends are cor
daily invited to be present.
A. E. Park is at work upon an automo-
bile which he expects TO have in running
order before many weeks The machine
is designed by Mr.. Park and it is possible
that he will place it i'm the market il it
proves successful. The automobile will be
propelled by gasoline engine.
The next meeting of the Professional
! club will be held at the Brooks House the
! first Tuesday in April instead of the sec
ond Tuesday on account Of the numerous
attractions which are scheduled to take
place during the second week. c. A. Miles
will deliver paper on Forestry"
The grand jury in the Franklin county
court in Greenfield, Mass, Monday, report
ed an indictment against William Demp-
sey, James Welsh and Charles Blake for
breaking and entering the shop of Willard
Y. Grant Feb. 10. These are the boys
now in Newfane Jail charged with shoot
ing Joseph NJ. Houghton.
The married women of Protective
Grange will give an entertainment in
Grange hall next Wednesday evening, it
being the second in a series of three by
the young people, the married women and
the married men for supremacy in the en-
tertanment line. The first was given last
week by the young people.
The Mary Howe-Lavin concert, which
was TO be given in the High school room
in Pittsfeld, Mass, on the evening of the
2lst, under the auspices of the High school
students, has been postponed until later
date, not yet announced. Arrangements
are being made for concert in Keene, n.
H., the first week in April
Under the heading, "Men of the Hour"
the Springfield Union is publishing daily
sketches of prominent men in the Con-
necticut valley. The issue of Wednesday
contained half-tone portrait and sketch
of Laroy 4. Cutler of the shoe firm Of
Cutler q Porter of Springfield. Mr.. Cut
Ter was born in Vernon. and he attended
school in the academy at West Bratte-
boro.
The case of John l.. Banks against his
son, Charles l.. Banks, and trustees,
which was to have been heard at the March
term of the Franklin county court at
| Greenfield, Mass, was continued until the
next term. Mr.. Banks, who was native
and longtime resident of Mortified, died
in Bratlleboro last April He was a brother
of Edward Banks, who died in Westmns-
ter last week.
Mrs. Susan NJ. Ingraham so, died We'd
nesday morning at the Home for the Aged
and Disabled on Western avenue. She
went to the Home last autumn from Wind
sor, where she had spent large part of
her life. She was native of Salem,
Mass, where the body will be taken to-
day for burial. The funeral was held
from the home at o'clock this morning,
Rev. +. Q. S. Osgood officiating
Mrs. Emily j. Frost, 10, died Tuesday
at the home of her niece, Mrs. l.. w.
Cooley, in Greenfield, Mass. Mrs. Frost
was the widow of Edward Frost of West
Brattle5Oro. She went to Greenfield to
live few months ago. She had been in
feeble health for some time and her death
was due to the effects of a shock Funeral
services were held at the home of Mrs.
Cooley yesterday. The body will be taken
to West Brattleboro for burial today.
The St. Johnsbury Republican OF We'd
nesday contained sketches and excellent
half-tone portraits of Col Kittredge Has
kins of Brattleboro, Hon. Frank Plumley
of Mortified, Hon. Wendell p Stafford of
st. Johnsbury and Col. Porter II. Dale of
Island Pond, the candidates for Congress
in the Second Vermont district The
sketch of Col. Kittredge Haskins is writ
ten by Clarke G. Fits, and it ably sets
forth Col. Haskns's long and honorable
career.
The Tuxedo Club Entertainment.
The entertainment which was furnished
last Friday evening for the closing "ladies'
night" in the Vermont Wheel clubs series
proved to be one of the musical treats OF
the season. The entertainers were the
Tuxedo trio of New York city, consisting
of Louis A. Stepner, mandolin; Senior AL
berto Ramirez, cello, and d. Francis Ram
seyer, cOntra-bass guitar The work of
these artists made up program of unusu-
al musical excellence. Their repertoire in
cuded all classes of music from the popu-