Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-02-22

hlSS DOIOluA Mllcutl entertained
at Whist Monday evening. six table.
being occupied. The prizes wer,
won by c. /. Stickney and Miss BERTHE
Lipe.
! Holden x Martin have brought suit
against the town of Nottingham ant
Franklin f. Head, principal of Whit
ingham academy, for $500 for lumber
used in the construction of tire acad
envy.
The tickets for the Bennett Moultor
company entertainments 20 on sale
tomorrow, Saturday, morning at the
News store. Tickets for the entire
week can be secured in advance if de
sired
BY invitation of Mrs. W. p. Jones
the evening session of the Woman
club will be held at her home Saturday
evening, March ,. instead of Wednes
day evening following the usual time
! of meeting.
United States District Attorney
! Martin represented the government i'm
nine Chinese cases in Newport this
week Seven of the respondents were
ordered deported and two were dis
charged. All ordered deported enter.
| ed appeal.
The choir of the Roman Catholic
church, p in number. were given a
sleigh ride to Bernardston Monday
night by Rev. Father Cunningham. 4
turkey supper was served at the New
England House. The party returned
about o'clock.
In view of the success of the Ma
sonic ball Friday evening. the Free
Masons have practically decided to
hold another between Jan. / and March
l next year A committee will prob.
ably be appointed the coming April
to make the arrangements.
Mrs. w. H. Corser gave a whist par.
ty of four tables Saturday evening in
honor of Miss Bertha Lipe of Cana.
lohalie. n. Y. The prizes were won
by Mr.. Adams of Springfield, Mass,
and Miss Lillian Woolard. Miss Lipe
returned to her home Tuesday.
Brattleboro Y. NJ. c. A. won the
basket ball game from Millers Falls
at Millers Falls Wednesday evening
II to g. 1t was a highly creditable
victory, Millers Falls having seldom.
If ever, been defeated on her own floor.
The five Brattleboro players-Tufts. Eel.
lis, Ferriter, Cundiff and Monroe-played
fast throughout both halves. Ferri.
ter eXcelled in shooting baskets. scor-
ing three times on three throws.
The committee appointed last year
to collect photographs of former pas.
ors of the Centre Congregational
church. to be hung in the vestry. have
secured pictures of all but Rev. iona.
than McGee, who was pastor from 1919
to 1894. He died in Nashua. n. H.. in
1876, and the committee has been uu-
able to find any picture of him A pic.
ture of Rev. George +. Martin of Phila-
delphia was received recently and has
been framed and is ready to hang up.
The repertoire of high class stand.
ard dramatic productions to be pro
duced by the Standardization company
at the Auditorium next week. which is
published in our advertising columns.
will be read with interest This is
the Oldest and best known popular
priced company now in repertoire; it
brings carload of scenery, its own
concert orchestra, and between the
acts of every play clever vaudeville
artists appear in excellent specialties.
John l. Howard of this CITY. su.
peryisor of writing in the Maiden pub
lie schools, by invitation, spoke yes.
terday before the legislative commit |
tee on education relative to the bill |
providing for state supervisor of |
penmanship. Mr.. Howard argued |
in favor of the proposition. |
his ground being that it would place |
penmanship, in the eyes of the edu- |
Gators of the state, upon a higher |
basis; that it would certainly encour- |
age better writing, and establish a |
greater uniformity throughout the |
Maiden, Mass, Evening News |
Of Feb. IA.
DR.. d. c. Hawley was nominated by
he Republicans of Burlington Satur.
lay night as their candidate for NAV
)r. DR.. Hawley is a native of Fletch.
er, As years old, and a graceful and
effective public speaker. He is
graduate of both the academic and
he medical departments of the Uni
'erslty OF Vermont and has practiced
Medicine in Burlington since 1884.
he is president of the Ethan Allen
'lub, secretary of the Vermont state
medical society and one of Burling.
on's school commissioners. DR..
taWley will be remembered in Brat
leDoro as the young physician who
ook charge of the Office practice of
)rs. Holton and Conland, when both
we're in the Vermont legislature in
S84.
Thomas c. Carey, SO, of Fitchburg.
lass, formerly of Brattleboro, died
n Fitchburg Friday after an illness
t two days with pneumonia. Mr..
'arey was born in Ireland, but spent t
he greater part of his life in this {
ountry. He was formerly employ ;
d in the concreting work by the !
street department. He
'ent to Fltchburg some 20 years ago. {
nd since then he had done much 7
aluable work for the city in grading
nd concreting. He was one of the
est known Irish residents in the CITY.
lie married Miss Mary Cullen of
itchburg IN 1882. Mrs. Carey sur
ives with two children. Mr.. Carey I
as a brother of Edmund and David I
arey of Brattleboro. Among those |
no attended the funeral, which was
eld Saturday, were Edmund and Da, /
Id Carey, Thomas Carey, David S. d
arey and Mrs. H. b. Haus and daugh- p
r. Mary Mr.. Carey leaves a Sis a
r. Mrs. Catherine Collins, in Fitch =
Irg. a
Timothy Shea, 80, son of Mr.. and s
RS. Timothy Shea of Brattleboru, @
ed in New York Friday after a long Fl
ness which necessitated hospital "
eatment. He was born in Brattle- 6
'ro and in his boyhood days was a n
no IN,