Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-02-01
VERMONT BRATTIEBORO, FEBRUARY l. 1901

a. V. Mays agency has sold for
| Mary =. Hill her farm i'm Halifax to
! Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Miller
e. w. Blodgett and Col II. f. Tay-
Tor have been drawn as jurors to serve
at the session of the United States
| court which begins in Rutland next
week.
The Free Masons of the town have is
! to Guilford Centre Tuesday evening
to attend sugar supper given by the
! Grange. The supper was followed by
dance, Leitsinger's orchestra fur.
nishing the music.
The town auditors will meet today
to begin the preparation of their an
nual report. II. b. Chamberlain. who
has been an auditor the past 10 years
is i'll with grip and will be unable to
assist until late, if at all.
The Epworth league will have a
sleigh ride to Putney next Tuesday
evening, Feb. 5. All those wishing
I to go, are requested to hand their
names to Miss Mary Graves, or San
! ford Daniels, as soon as possible.
People from Bellows Falls, Putney,
| Dummerston, Guilford, Mortified AMI
| Mount Helmon, and Hinsdale, ~ H..
are announced as having already made
| arrangements to attend the Ernest
! Seton-ThOmpson lecture next Wednes.
| day evening Feb. 6.
The typewriter testimony taken
at the county court at the trial of Will
| liam Dempsey, one of the young men
who shot Joseph NJ. Houghton, has
! been filed in the county clerks office
1t makes nearly 800 pages, foolscap
size.
The household goods formerly used
| by Mrs. Banks in her dining rooms in
| Grange block were sold by auction
Tuesday by f. w. Mcclure. The
auction was attended by a large num-
Der of people, and the goods brought
a fair price
Fred Miller of Halifax, who was in
| town this week. reports that during
the storm several weeks ago in which
the sleet collected on all objects out
doors, a part of the wire fence at the
deer park broke down, and several
animals escaped.
The rummage sale of the Woman's
| Relief corps closed with an auction
Saturday night, Capt H. c. Streeter
| acting as auctoneer. The net re-
which is a good sum considering the
number of families connected with
the organization.
The Masons of Brattleboro have Is
sued invitations to a concert and ball
to be held in Festival hall Friday eve
ming, Feb. 49, Leitsinger's orches-
ira will give a concert at o'clock, and
the grand march will begin at
~ 4
to appear in regalia according to rank.
Col. John Hunt, the pension agent,
has secured the following pensions:
Increase, for Jesse c. Jones' Stratton,
$l2 to $l7; Samuel c. Stevens, Ne%
fame and William A. Brooks, South
Newfane, increase, each, 50 to IS;
Alfred Childs, Landgroye, increase co
ST..
Mildred Holland, whose perform
ance at the Auditorium was one of the
events of the dramatic season, and her
leading man, Mr.. Leonard, were pois-
oned while drinking out of a glass
containing oXalic acid in Providence
recently. Mr.. Leonard was but
slightly affected, but physician found
Miss Holland in a state OF collapse,
and feared serious results, but she
poison got into the glass.
Many Brattleboro men have received
circulars OF the San Bartolo Gold Min.
ing company, corporation organized
under the laws of the state of West
Virginia, with headquarters in New
York city. 1t has a capital stock of
S2,0OO,OOO. The mines are located in
the republic OF Salvador, Central
mo IIg,n ! =
the Hall Signal company, and a for
mer resident of Brattleboro, is vice
president of the company.
5. W. kim3all, clerk Of the village
school district, has completed his
enumeration Of the children of school
age, . TO Il years Inclusive. and finds
the total number elise girls and
49, boys. The last legislature chang
ed the school age, which had been for
several years TO 20 years inclusive.
There We're 1850 children of school age
under the plan of enumeration in force
last year. Mr.. Kimball figures that
the present number under the old sys-
tenn would show a round 1900, an in
crease of so in a year. Mr.. Kimball
finds few vacant tenements, and is of
the opinion that there has been a con-
siderable increase in the population
of the village in a year.
A complete transformation has been |
made in the freight Office at the rail !
road station by Mr.. Burke, the new |
station agent, and his assistants. |
Walls attractively papered, paint, II |
new floor, cases and shelving for the |
record books pictures, railing and |
shelf for the public convenience and |
a business-like arrangement of tables !
and desks, have converted the old |
den into a place where business can |
be done with comfort and with du5 I.
regard to the convenience both of the |
office force and the railroads custom |
ers who have occasion to visit the |
Office in person, and the customers |
are always sure of courteous treat
ment.
Mrs. Alfred P. Cobb.
Mary Bascom Cobb, 70, wife of AL
fred =. Cobb of Springfield Mass