Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-04-05


The Epworth league held a sugar
supper in the vestry Wednesday eve
ming, netting about $40.
Mrs. c. NJ. Durham has bought
lodging house on Joy street Boston,
through the agency of S. w. Edgett
x Co.
The men of the Universalst parish
held their annual sugar supper last
evening The receipts were about
$50.
F. H. howard has sold his trottng
mare, Lorna Doone," to Percy NJ.
Jones. Mr.. Jones has sold his PAGER
to w. A. Subway.
The Grange sewing circle will meet
Wednesday afternoon. Supper will
be served for the members, to be fol
lowed by social hour.
Six hundred pounds of snow was
sent by express from West Dummers-
ton to Springfield, Mass, Wednesday
to be used at a sugar supper. 1t was
packed in barrels.
During the storm Wednesday and
Thursday, when rain fell in Brattle
boro, there was a heavy snow fall in
the hill towns, amounting to a foot
in depth in some places.
Lewis d. Williams. rs, whose death
occurred in Hartland last week. was
the father of w. S. Williams of East
Hampton, Long Island, formerly of the
Brattleboro Jelly company.
Holden & Martin have timely an
nouncement for householders in their
advertisement this week. They also
on
paints in stock for the convenience
of their trade
Edna Finch entertained - of her
mates at her home on Pine street
Tuesday evening on her 18th birth
day anniversary. Supper was served
and selections from the monograph
were a feature of the evenings enter
tanment.
The officials of the Central Vermont
railroad came to Brattleboro yester-
day in the private car Mansfield haul
ed by Ex-Governor Smiths engine st.
Lawrence. They made a tour of in
spection of the Brattleboro & White
hall railroad in the afternoon and
went to New London at night.
About 80 patrons of the Brattleboro
| Creamery attended the annual meet
| ing. held in Grange hall Monday fore
noon. These officers were elected:
President, J. G.. Stafford: secretary
and treasurer. w. II. Bracket: direc-
tors, j. G. Stafford. Oliver II. Carpentr.
L. j. Huntey, r. II. Briggs and G. NJ.
Thomas.
The Bird club held an interesting
meeting Monday evening. the subject
being Grows and Jays At the bust
ness meeting Mrs. +. X. Barrows was
! elected secretary to succeed Miss An
ME l.. GrOut, and Miss Kate SelleCk
was elected treasurer Mrs. W. c.
| Horton was invited and accepted the
invitation, to give a talk before the
club soon on "Warblers.'
The chiefs degree will be conferred
upon seven candidates by Quonekta-
cat tribe of Red men tonight The
work Will be under the direction of
| Deputy Great Sachem Miles The
exercises will be followed by a ban
quet. Great chiefs from Caremont.
Greenfield and hinsdale will be pres
ent. Some of the grand officers from
New Hampshire will be in the dele
cation from Claremont.
There was a hearing before Justice
Merrifield yesterday in the suit of u.
NJ. Osborne 4 Co., of Albany y. Y,
against F. NJ. Waite of BrattlebOrO
brought to recover SIG and interest
for five years, claimed TO be due on
agricultural implements sold the de-
PENDANT. The defendant pleaded the
general issue and claimed to have
rendered the balance. Gibson for the
plaintiff; Barber for the defendant.
In Justice Newtons court this morn.
ing Frank Forbes a blacksmith. was
fined s. and costs, amounting to S1069
for intoXication. Forbes came to
Brattleboro last night on his way from
the granite works in Monsoon. Mass,
to West Dummerston. About 10
O clock Chief-of-Police Hall found him
lying in a hallway on Main street and
took him TO the lookup. He testi-
fed that man on the train, whom he
had never seen before, gave him a
bottle partly filled with whiskey.
The attorneys in the case of F. W.
Putnam against Knott & Closson, the
former Burlington brokers, We're mott
fed yesterday that Judge Wheeler had
granted temporary order staying the
judgment against Knott q Closson,
previously obtained by Mr.. Putnam.
This means that the close Jail eXecu-
llOll lSSutu at w luuudll county court
will not go into effect, and the men,
bers of the firm will not lose their lib
erty, and no judgment can be collect
ed from them until they have received
their discharge in bankruptcy.
Engineer F. O. Bolster and Conduc.
tor A. A. Adams of Brattleboro were
in the freight wreck in Belchertown.
Mass, Monday, report of which is
given on another page, Mr.. Bolster
saved his life by jumping from his
engine when he saw that there was TO
be collision. Mr.. Adams was shaken
up, but was not seriously hurt. A
number of Estey organs, a quantity
of shoes shipped by Durham Brothers
and Overalls shipped by Hooker, Cor
ser Mitchell We're strewn about the
scene of the wreck and were some
what damaged.
Suicide at Jamaica.
Mrs. Laura Howe, A, wife of Elsey