Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16

day, Feb. ~, legal holiday.
The Warriors degree will be rehearsed
tonight by Quonektacat tribe of Red Men.
Fort Drummer colony of Pilgrim Fathers
will initiate several candidates next Tues
day evening.
The Methodist church received two per-
sons into membership last week b 7 baptism,
and three were taken on probation.
1t is expected that the tomb at Morn
ingside cemetery will be completed about
April 1. 1t is now ready for the roof.
There was "A good attendance at the
Eastern Star social held in Masonic hall
last evening. Dancing and cards were en-
joyed.
c. f. X. Jenne's agency has adjusted at
SO the loss at j. G. Newton's, caused by
the overturning of an alcohol lamp last
Friday.
j. G. Ullery received from friend in
London this week five yddite shells such
rs are used in the machine guns in the
Boer war.
The Congregational women will hold
sewing meeting at 2 o'clock next Thursday.
All who have taken aprons home to finish
are expected to return them completed at
that time
Harold Ransom celebrated his birthday
anniversary at his home on Chaplin street
Monday evening. The young friends who
met with him left suitable remembrances
of the occasion.
The Universalist church has voted to
have a reunion and roll call of the church
members on the Wednesday following
Easter Sunday. The church has reelected
Mrs. j. F. Stearns clerk and treasurer.
Loving Kindness circle of Kings Dsugh-
tiers met last evening with Miss Edith
Stolte on Forest street. Miss Stolte was
the leader. Miss Florence Clark gave an
excellent talk to the circle, after which re-
freshments were served.
A large steam boiler on its way TO the de-
pot on one of Fred Waite's teams was over
turned upon the track of the electric road
Just below the bridge in West Brattleboro
yesterday morning. The accident delayed
the cars nearly all day, the boiler finally
being removed with aid of the railway
company's force.
Robert G. Hardie has just finished a
portrait of the late William G. Russell Of
Boston, also one of the founder Of Beloit
college, Mr.. White, father of Horace White
of the New York Evening Post. Mr.. Har-
die has commissions for portraits Of eX-
Cows. Morton and Cla6in and of the late
Isaac Bromley the noted newspaper man.
The warrant for the annual March meet
ing will be posted next week. 1t will con-
tain little that will call for extended argu-
ment. The present town officers will be
candidates for reelection, or perhaps it is
better TO say that they will not decline a
reelection, and so far as is known there
will be no other candidates except for the
office Of road commissioner.
A washout a short distance below South
Vernon delayed all the trains from the
south, Tuesday afternoon, the one due at
80 being nearly three hours late. A sim
liar accident TO the road-bed occurred just
below Vernon Wednesday morning, delay
ing the 1890 train on the Central Yer
mont road about two hours. The Boston
& Maine train was able to run over the
break after about half carload of gravel
had been used in repairing it,.
A hearing in an action OF contract
brought by Holden & Martin against J. c.
Tibbetts of Wardsboro was held before
Justice Merrifeld Tuesday, Waterman &
Martin appearing for the plaintiffs and
Haskins Il Schwenk for Tibbetts. The
evidence of the plaintiffs tended to show
that in March, 1892 Tibbetts made writ
from 10000 TO $4,000 feet of spruce boards
and that he had failed to do so although he
had been urged repeatedly. The defend
ant claimed that he had the winter of 1900
in which to deliver the boards, but that he
had been unable 10 get them in time to
fulfill the contract. He said that he would
deliver them as soon as possible. The
contract price was Sl4 thousand feet.
| The plaintiffs claimed as damages s. a
thousand feet or the difference between the
| contract price and the ruling price at the
present time. Decision was reserved.
Mrs. Atlanta Benton, "a, died about $50
O'Clock Saturday morning at the home of
her son, Mortimer Benton, in Vinton
building. She had been in poor health for
several years, having asthma and other
complications. On Feb. 2 she fell and
fractured her hip, and the accident hasten
ed her death. Prayer was held at the
house Monday afternoon by Rev. r. +.
Lowe, pastor of the Methodist church, and
the body was taken for burial to Dalton,
n. Y. 1t was accompanied by Mr. Benton
and Mrs. F. A. Tuthll. Mrs. Benton was
born in Grove, n. Y, in February, 1926
She married S. S. Benton AZ years ago.
Her husband died about II years ago.
Most of Mrs. Benton's married life was
spent in Dalton. Three years ago she
came to Brattleboro to live with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Tuthill, but for the past two
years she had kept house for her son Nor
| timer. She leaves two other children,
Chas. Benton of jackson, O., and Mrs.
Mary DOane of CASTLE, n. Y. On account
of her health, Mrs. Benton was confined
to her home, but those who had become
acquainted with her recognized in her the
| qualities of true womanhood.