Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-20

Wantisquet lodge of Odd Fellows
will hold their annual election of Off
GERS a week from next Monday night.
A. " May has sold for Mrs. Flora
c. Ashcraft of Greenfield her farm in
Guilford also a large timber lot to
William A. Barber of Leyden and John
w. Chaplin of Bernardston.
The repairs and improvements in the
postofice apartments in the town
hall building are well under way, Civ
ing a good idea of how the Office will
appear when the work is completed.
The heavy rain Saturday night and
Sunday caused a landslide on Vernon
street which uprooted two large trees
and felled them across the road,
breaking down one or two telegraph
wires. The obstruction was removed
during the day.
Bishop A. c. A. Hall preached in st.
Michael's church at all the services
Sunday. confirming a class of five at
the morning service. The occasion
was his yearly visitation and also the
first anniversary of the institution of
the rector, Rev. Edward T. Mathison.
A force of Is men began Monday the
work of laying the third rail beside
the narrow guage track between Brat
| tleboro and West Dummerston. They
| began at the West river bridge and
are working toward West Dummers-
! ton. They have covered about half
| the distance between the bridge and
the granite quarries.
Frank A. Eels. brother of George
| Nn1u - ha
unexpired lease of the American
House in Greenfield from Oscar Allen
and will take possession Jan. l. The
| Office will be in the store now occu-
pied by Van Doom & Baldwin. Mr.
Eels was connected with the Ameri-
can House management some 20 years
ago.
John Kiley, sr. n, who died at his
home in Hatfield, Mass. Tuesday.
was the father Of John Kiley. super
intendent of Suffer Brothers to-
bacco warehouse in Brattleboro. Mr..
Kiley was kicked and trampled upon
! by a horse Tuesday. Several ribs
were broken, his left arm broken in
two places and he sustained internal
injuries.
The Greenfield Gazette. in its ac-
count of the Score Card clubs exhi-
bition in that town last week. said
"A humorous happening in connection
with the show was the fact that w. F.
Goddard had his feed" in a specie bag
which was marked 800. Someone
took it, and Mr.. Goddard laughed
heartily when he discovered ii. say
ing that If anyone stole ii thinking it
| hn mi oh lv 1nf
The state board of railroad COM
missioners will meet in Brattleboro, in
the county clerks Office at o'clock
Monday. Dec. so, to hold a public in
vestigation of the cause of the rail
road accident in Vernon, Dec. 3. in
which Engineer Enrico H. Baldwin
was killed The board consists of ex-
Senator Jonathan Ross of st. Johns.
bury, Judge L. NJ. Read of Bellows
Falls and H. S. Bingham of Benning-
ton.
Bingham chapter. Order of Eastern
Star, elected these officers Tuesday
evening: Worthy matron. Mrs. Nav
erette Fisher; worthy patron, o. f
Randall; associate matron, Mrs. Ere
mont Hamilton; secretary, Mrs. Fred
|. Swift; treasurer, Mrs. D. Leonard
/, conductress, Mrs. c. F. Bingham; as
sociate conductress, Mrs. ]. Z. Law
renee. These officers and the ap
pointive officers will be installed the
: first Tuesday in January.
The Methodist Sunday school held its
annual meeting Monday evening and
elected these officers: Superintendent
S. NJ. Yeaw: first assistant superin
tendent. Arthur Monroe; second as
sistant superintendent, John Howe,
secretary, DR.. C. G. Wheeler; treas
, urer, Arthur Winters; librarian, Mis-!
Mary Graves; superintendent of the
intermediate department, Mrs. r. F
l Lowe; superintendent of the primar!
department, Miss Emma Wardle; su
: perintendent of the home department
r Mrs. A. w. Brodie.
r Two boys made what was to then
: a rich find on Elliot street Saturda!
= night, but their streak of apparen
: good luck terminated in disappoint
ment. A satchel containing a purs'
d and sl2 in money owned by Mrs
, | Frost. housekeeper for c. P. ellison
= fell from Mr.. Gilson's sleigh and wa
. | found by Daniel Brosnahan. who huni
= it on a fire alarm post near Johl
joys. The boys saw it and thei
natural curiosity led them to eXamin,
. its contents. They took the none.
and spent part of it, one of them buy
; ing a suit of clothes. The matter wa
placed in the hands of Chief-of-Polic
!, Hall. who found the boys and re
=. covered the amount of money taken.
: Fort Drummer Colony of pilgrim
Fathers elected these officers at thei
. annual meeting Tuesday evening
Governor, Mrs. ]. W. Dix; lieutenan
governor, Fred P. Thompson; secre
tary, Mrs. A. J. Currier; collector
+ Mrs. Nellie NJ. Norris; treasurer, I
w. Tenney; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. {
, A. Reynolds; deputy sergeant-at-arms
Miss Clara Reynolds; sentinel at tn
|, outside gate, w. G. Norris; sentinel a
: the inside gate, Mrs. A. J. Currier
I trustees, L. L. Davis. r. H. Baker an
y p. S. Chase; representative to tn
supreme colony, E. L. Parker; aud
!, tors, Eugene Clark, Mrs. w. F. Nike
and Ira d. Hosley. These officers vii
= be installed Jan. by Mrs. Lizzi
: White of Hope Colony, Springfield
Il Mass, deputy supreme governor.
" banquet will be served at that time
( The supreme colony will meet in Bos
{ ton the first Wednesday in Apri
y One new member was voted in Tues
day evening.
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/ 500 Reward, 500.