Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-11

Howe, which was set Tor last MONDAY,
was continued a week.
The Young Peoples Christian Union
elected Miss Ella Newman president Sun
day evening to succeed Lucien Stedman.
Six young people united with the Con-
gregational church at the communion SER
vice Sunday morning, four of whom were
baptized.
Twenty five to 80 logmen who had been
at work on the drives on the Deerfeld riv-
er, came to Brattleboro from Wilmington
Monday night. They left Tuesday fore
noon to join the drivers on the head wa
tiers of the Connecticut.
The body of Willis Phelps will be
brought to Brattleboro tomorrow for burial
in the Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr.. Phelps
was the husband of Miss Ella Hunt who
formerly lived on Walnut street. He died
in Worcester, Mass, during the winter.
Considerable damage has been done of
late in the Catholic cemetery by boys, who
have overturned headstones and perpetrat-
ed many other acts of vandalism. It. is
needless to say that the offenders will be
summarily dealt with If such acts are re-
peated.
The listers have lodged in the town
clerks office an abstract of the individual
lists of the tax payers of Brattleboro, and
they will be in session at the selectmen' S
room at the town hall Saturday, May 10,
to hear all who may feel aggrieved and to
correct errors. All tax payers should see
that their lists are correct.
Milton Eddy, who bought the grocery
store of E. G. Benson on Prospect Hill
three weeks ago, took possession Monday.
He will put in a refrigerator, and will con.
tinue the meat business under the manage
ment of o. w. Butterfeld. Bodgett &
Dewitt have engaged David Waite OF
Bridgewater to succeed Mr.. Eddy in their
wholesale store.
Major Frank A. Arson, who has been
elected commander of the Wisconsin Com.
mandery, Military Order of the Loyal
Legion, enlisted from Halifax, as a
private in the 18th Vermont when very
young man, and was promoted for gal.
lantry to the rank of first lieutenant and
adjutant of his regiment. He and hi:
brother, Major Charles H. Arson of the
| 18th Vermont, are leading and highly
esteemed citizens of Milwaukee.
The many Brattleboro people who go tC
Block Island during the summer will be
interested in the announcement of the sale
| of the mansion of the late Mrs. Marx
Hopkins, widow of the California million.
| aire, who married and left her fortune tC
Edward Searles, a decorator. The pur-
chaser is Davy johnson, New York
sporting man who ran gambling estab
lishment at Narragansett Pier last summer
johnson will turn the mansion into q
"palace of chance and pleasure" or a
miniature Monte Carlo.
A movement has been started this week
for an old fashioned Fourth of July cele-
bration in Brattleboro this year, and it has
been found that there is about $40 in the
Vermont Savings bank which is available
for this purpose. This amount represents
the balance which was placed in the bank
after the celebration in 1891 and the inter-
est which has accrued since then. 1t is
suggested that there be firemen's muster
and parade of "horribles" during the day
and display of fireworks in the evening.
1t has been so long since there was a
general Fourth of July celebration in
Brattleboro that it is believed that general
interest can be aroused in the project.
The annual meeting of ST. Michael's
Episcopal church was held at the house OF
worship at 1880 Monday evening. Col. X.
hdSkluS pT6Slueu Ill lilt dUstuCe Vi lue
rector. The following officers were elected
A. w. Childs, secretary and treasurer; f.
w. Gibson, junior warden; X. Haskins, f.
W. Childs, F. w. Nichols, A. w. Childs,
W. j. Pentland, jr., Carl Cain and f. w.
Gibson, vestrymen; X. Haskins, w. II.
Witt and Carl Cain, delegates to the dioce-
san convention to be held at St. Johns
bury in June; E. w. Gibson, A. w. Childs
and F. w. Nichols, alternates. F. w.
Childs has been appointed senior warden
by the rector.
The hearing of Prof Caldwell, who was
arrested last Friday at Rutland, charged
with practicing medicine without a license,
was held before Judge Howe at Rutland
Monday forenoon. The so-called electric
doctor, who had offices on Cottage street
and who has been practicing with more or
less financial success for several weeks past,
pleaded guilty to the charge against him
and was fined $50 and costs, making a total
of S57,97. After paying his fine he decd-
ed at once to change his base of operations,
and after leaving the court room he de-
parted for New York state. Caldwell prac-
ticed several weeks in Brattleboro and it
was generally understood that he secured a
large amount of money here. He was in
Barre some time before going to Rutland.