Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-15
BRATTLEBORO.

BRATTLEBORO.
Stillman H. Lazelle has been grant
ed an increase of pension to IS a
month. similar increase has been
granted to James B. Read of Dummer-
stOn.
The weekly shipment of the Brattle-
boro Hosiery company Monday was d
little over 1900 pairs, or 81 ,644 stock
ings. The company is now employing
60 hands.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Childs will close
their house here May /. They will
make their home the coming year in
Manchester N. H. Mr.. Childs is now
there and Mrs. Childs will go there
tomorrow house hunting.
The Misses Waite gave an old-fash-
toned quilting party at their North
Main street home Tuesday afternoon.
Supper was served to the guests, who
were also entertained by remarkable
exhibition of canine intelligence by
a dog trained by the Misses Waite.
Mrs. Barney Colebrook, 70, of Put
ney died this morning of consumption.
The body will be brought to Bratlle.
boro Monday for burial. Mrs. Cole
brook was a sister of the late Owen
Foley of East Putney, who was buried
in Brattleboro two weeks ago, and was
the mother of Mrs. Daniel Manning
OF Elliot street. Funeral services Will
be held in the Roman Catholic church.
A special communication of Colum-
bian lodge, No. SO, F. & A. NJ, was
held last evening, when the first de-
gree was worked. Dennison Cowles,
d. d. G. M, made an official visitation.
About 80 were present Following the
work remarks were made by District
Deputy Grand Master Cowles, Grand
Lecturer Walter E. Ranger and Rev.
N. A. Wood of West Brattleboro. Re-
freshments were served after the work
was completed.
F. w. Hall, who was formerly en-
ployed by Durham Brothers and after
wards graduated from Albany business
college and has since been assistant
bookkeeper in the wholesale shoe
house of Batchelder & Lincoln of Bos-
ton, will return to Brattleboro next
Monday to take a position as assistant
bookkeeper for Durham Brothers
w. o. Stuart, for the past three years
head clerk in l.. T. Landmarks store
in South Londonderry, is now head
clerk in Durham Brothers retail store.
Lyndon l.. Durham of Bellows Falls
will take charge of the retail business
of the firm April /. Miss Merlene
Titus has taken a position in the
wholesale Office this week.
The condition of Mrs. Fannie C.
Rice, who is i'll in Washington, d. c.,
has been such during the past week
as to cause her family great anxiety.
Her friend, Miss Susan e. Clark of
West BrattlebOro, has been with her
during h-r illness and she has been
under the care of trained nurses, but
in order that some member of the i'm
mediate family might be with her,
her brother-in-law, l.. f. Adams. went
TO Washington Monday accompanied
by Mrs. Rices daughter, Marion. Mr..
Adams reported after his arrival that
Mrs. Rice had been i'll for three weeks
with typhoid fever, the disease devel-
oping Immediately after her arrival
in Washington. While there were no
alarming complications her condition
was very serious and the outcome a
matter of doubt A turn in the pro-
gress of the disease was anticipated
this week Mrs. Rice's son. Howard
Crosby Rice went from Ansonia,
Conn, to Washington Wednesday
night. The latest letters received by
the family have indicated no essential
change in the condition of Mrs Rice.