Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-02

ST. a month.
Fred Langile, until recently employed
by Miller q Kinson, has opened harness
repair shop at his house on Elliot street.
S. w. Edgett has sold the house at "a
Forest street, owned by the Vermont Saw
ings bank and occupied by j. A. Titus, to
Mrs. Ellen Durham of South Main street.
The board of civil authority will meet in
the selectmen's room at 2 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon to revise the check list
which is to be used at the town meeting
next Tuesday.
G. E. Gilman has sold this week fine
pair of sorrel draft horses, weighing 5000
pounds to George Townsend of Putney for
S400. They were recently shipped here
from Michigan,
The 10-months-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Sheehy died Saturday after an
illness of little over "a hours. The fun
eral was held from the house on South
Main street at 3 o'clock.
The next in the series of concerts and
dances will probably be given by the First
Regiment band at the armory Tuesday
night, March Is. The latest "rag time"
melodies will be played for the two-step
dances.
Arthur f. Roberts gave a four table pro-
gressiye heart party at his home on West
ern avenue Tuesday evening. Miss Jo-
sephne Foster of Springfield Mass, won
the progressive prize. aud c. ID. Noyes
succeeded by his Jolly" ways in capturing
the booby's honors.
There was a hearing in the Brooks
House Friday afternoon before Judge
Wheeler on petition f William J. White
of Williamsville, bankrupt, for a review of
the decision of the referee dismssing pc
tition of the bankrupt for the appointment
of commissioners TO set out a homestead.
Col. Kittredge Haskins appeared for the
creditors and Lawyer Frank +. Stowe for
the bankrupt. The petition was dismissed
without prejudice.
Adjutant Gen. Corbin has issued state
ment of the strength of the volunteer
force called into service during the war
with Spain, and the losses from all causes.
The record given Of the First Regiment
Vermont Volunteers is as follows The
regiment served from May rs to Oct. 20,
1898. At the muster in there were As
officers and $50 men. At the muster out
there were 40 officers and 925 men. OF
the officers two resigned and one died Of
disease. Thirty of the men were trans
ferred, 26 died of disease and two deserted.
The young unmarried people of the Pro
tective Grange will give an entertainment
in Grange hall next Wednesday evening;
two weeks from that date the married
women of the Grange will give one, which
will be followed two weeks later by the
third of the series in charge of the married
men. A committee has been appointed to
decide as TO the relative excellence of the
the entertainments, and banquet will be
served TO those whose entertainment is the
best. The next in rank will wait upon
them and those third in rank will pay the
bills
Jas. A. Herne is winning an UMPIRE
cedented success in New England this
month in Sag Harbor. The average weekly
receipts were S7277. In Providence, r.
l., for the week ending Feb 3, the entire
house was sold when the company arrived
in the city. The gallery alone was re-
served for sale and every seat in it was
sold in six hours. Feb. II and Is at Law
renee the receipts were S2l1450; Feb. IA,
at Dover $l0l2; Feb. II at Manchester
$l0j7.25; Feb. 10 and l. at Worcester
S3l40. The latter are the largest receipts
ever played to in the Worcester theatre.
This great success will be here March 3.
Conductor Horace H. Sanders, who runs
on the Central Vermont railroad between
here and New London, celebrated the 10th
anniversary of the beginning OF his work
on a passenger train Sunday. Mr.. San
ders began his railroad career as a track
man and was afterwards promoted to bag
gage MASTER working in this capacity
for three years. Since that time be has
been conductor, and with the exception
of three years of work for the Great West
ern road of Canada and short time when
he was in the Massachusetts, legislature.
Mr.. Sanders has been continually in the
employ of the road for which he now col.
leCts fares.
The danes of the Centre church served
a Colonial tea in the church parlors last
evening at early candle light. Owing to
the downpour OF rain throughout the day
there was not large attendance, but prob
ably 10 or more attended. The guests we're
welcomed by Dame Bond and Dame Thomp-
son (Mrs Ii. +. Bond and Mrs. II. II.
thompson in true Colonial attire. The
tables were arranged lengthwise of the
rooms and were laden with the favorite
eatables in Colonial times, the table furni-
ture being of old fashioned design, and
were lighted with candles. The matrons
and walters were gowned in garments which
their grandmothers and great grandmoth-
ers used TO wear. Following the supper
was sale of work aprons.
Capt. S. E. Howard of West Newton
will give next Thursday evening, March 8.
at the Congregational church, a talk on
famous Italian pictures, illustrated with
slides procured during his recent Eu-
ropean tour. This is an opportunity
for all Yho have never been able to see the
worlds famous paintings. The pictures
shown include several of the Annnucia-
ton, Nativity, and Others illustrating the
life of Christ. The Woman's club. in
whose behalf Capt. Howard is to speak, is
to be congratulated upon this helpful ad-
Junct to famous picture study, as well as
upon the unusual opportunity this talk Of
fers to the public. The lecture will begin
at o'clock.
Lawyer II. G. Barber was in Randolph
Monday to appear as counsel for the de-
PENDANT in the case of Frank Bailey of
Randolph against John Taft of West Dunn
mersLon, which was tried before Justice
WilliamH. Nichols and jury. The &C
ton WAS brought to recover 500 for two
tons of iron which the plaintiff bought of
the defendant in May 1899, the plaintiff
claiming that the defendant had sold the
iron to other parties. The defence claim
ed that the plaintiff had received all the
iron which he bought excepting 600 pounds.
for which the defendant made tender
after the suit had been brought, of $40,
including So costs. The jury rendered a