Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-18
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Foster Rhoades's large poultry breeding
house was burned in Woodstock last
night causing a loss of between $1,000 and
S5OOO with no insurance.
Postmaster Webster has received notice
from the postal authorities in Washing
ton that no Pan-Amercan stamps are
to be sold after oct 81. This order has
been made to simplify accounts in the
postal department.
There will be a union session of the
Brattleboro Woman's club at the Brooks
House parlors Thursday evening, Oct
"a, at o'clock. A paper written by Mrs
B. d. Harris, AN Unwritten Chapter Of
Salt Lake" will be read.
Chas. F. Merrill was in Brattleboro a
few days last week to see his wife, who
went there to visit her daughter some
few weeks ago. At that time Mrs. Mer-
rill was suffering from a fall, in which
she sprained a ligament in her shoulder
Mr.. Merrill reports that she has not
shown much improvement in this respect
as yet.-[Woodstock Standard.
A steam drill has been drafted into
service this week in digging the ditch
north of the railroad station, through
which pipes will be laid TO connect the
proposed pumping station near the office
OF the Brattleboro Beef company with
the standpipes which will be erected on
the rocks opposite the station, to be used
in supplying locomotives with water.
Mrs H. H. Crosby (2) and Miss Edna
Burnett C9 were tied at the end of the
regular round OF Il holes in the semi
final contest I'm the ladies' golf tourna-
ment, but the former won the extra hole
Miss Florence Pratt ca defeated Mrs
Gatty az up and l to play. The final
contest between Mrs. Crosby and Miss
will ha olayad uaNt
Col Joseph Batten of Middlebury, who
owns immense tracts of forest land east
of that town. has bought the mountain
peak in the towns of Warren and Lin
coin, near the Starksboro and Fayston
lines. He will hold his new purchase of
1000 acres as a park for the people OF
Vermont, and the peak. which is one of
the highest in the Green Mountains. will
be known as Ellens Mountain.
Vermont" Charles Barnards comedy
picture of rural New England life, was
presented before a fair-sized audience In
the Auditorium last evening. Archie
Boyd, of odd Homestead" fame. was the
leading character as Bijah Hopkins of
Vermont and Nebraska, and he was sup
ported by a company of able artists, in
Guiding Alden Bass who is we'll known
in Brattleboro both as an actor and an
individual. The play itself was generally
disappointing, Dut the scenery was eN-
cellent and the artists did merltorious
work.
The stock of goods of e. A. Starkey
e Co. was taken possession of by H. p.
Smith, Mr.. Starkey's father-in-law, yes
terday afternoon, under a bill of sale
from Mr.. Starkey, and the store was
closed. Mr. Smith states that the devel-
opment is a surprise to him, and that
the affairs of the store will be properly
adjusted, so far as he is personally con-
cerned, as soon as they can be got in
hand Mr.. Starkey was in Wilmington
yesterday to look after a stock of goods
which he has in that town, and has not
yet returned home.
Mrs. Eva A. Barrett, 46, wife of Sidney
Barrett of Waterford, Conn, died at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Enos White
yesterday afternoon after an illness of
several months with pulmonary tubercu-
losis The body was taken to Water
ford this morning, prayer being offered at
the house by Rev. F, e. Marble. Mrs.
Barrett was a native of Wilmington,
but had lived in West Dummerston many
years, Mr. Barrett being a native of that
town. They went to Connecticut some
eight years ago. Mrs. Barrett was the
mother of 10 children.