Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04

Dennis Rebekah lodge will observe
next Tuesday as donation day for the
odd Fellows Home at Ludlow.
child's jacket and young ladies'
jacket found at the Valley Fair
grounds have been left with Secretary
Stickney.
Announcements have been sent out
for the annual rally of the First Bap-
fist church at the covenant meeting at
7.30 o'clock tonight and on Sunday
morning at 1890. when special com
munion service will be held.
The ladies' enterprise met Thursday
with Mrs. Henkel. A vote was taken
to meet every second and fourth
Thursday of the month. The next
meeting will be held with Mrs. Stick
ney on Chestnut street Thursday after
noon, Oct. 10.
The engine house on Elliot street
has been painted both outside and in
side, the rooms papered, a new bath
room built and other improvements
made which puts the entire establish
ment in better and more attractive
condition than in years.
Col. John Hunt, the pension attor
ney, announces that an original pen
sion of $40 per month has been grant
ed to George II. Phillips, the we'll
known cattle dealer of Putney, and
an increase from $S to $12 per month
has been granted to Samuel B. Hig-
gins of Newfane. Charles F. Brown
of Putney has also received an original
pension of IS per month.
The Brattleboro Street Railroad
company took 1882 fve-cent fares on
the two days of the Valley Fair, taking
6S32 fares on the first day and just
1900 fares the second day. This
record has been exceeded, although
only a little The people left the
grounds earlier this year than ever
before, practically all of the railroads
Valley Fair traffic being over before
six o'clock.
The ladies' circle of the Universalist
church held business meeting yester-
| day afternoon and elected these Off
GERS President, Mrs. Charles Reach;
| first vice president, Mrs. Jerome A.
! Amidon; second vice president, Mrs.
John L. Newman; secretary, Mrs. w.
| G. Stone; treasurer, Mrs. Freeman
Scott: directors, Mrs. John A. Lind
sey. Mrs. w. G. Rockwell, Mrs. c. D.
Noyes. Mrs. w. d. ellison, Mrs. Fred
c. Sargent and Mrs. A. w. Rockwell
For the third time in Brattleboro
! Howes moving pictures drew a large
audience in the Auditorium last even
ing, exhibiting under the auspices OF
the Murray club. The club probably
will realize over 800 from the enter
tainment. That the pictures should
draw a full house three times in sue
cession speaks strongly of the merits
of the entertainment. All the pictures
were new, the most interesting per
| haps showing President Mckinley de
livering his last speech at the Pan
American exposition, also the scenes
following the shooting. and the funeral
scenes at Buffalo, Washington and
Canton.
Sheriff Stearns and Officers Kinds
and Metcalf OF Hinsdale raided the
brewery Tuesday, Wednesday anG
Thursday nights of last week, ant
again on Monday night of this week
II is understood that they found beef
on each visit and spirituous liquor:
twice, and it is presumable that foul
fines of $62.75 will be paid in the pc
lice court at Hindale. although The
cases resulting from last weeks raid;
were continued. The complaints are
made by eX-Gov. David H. Goodell o
Antrim, the head of the Law and Or
der League. One report is in circula
ton to the effect that this new crusad,
is a part Of the work in which Rev
Father Wilde of North Walpole II
engaged. He recently declared tina
he would make war on the liquor sci
lers. and since then has caused
large number of raids in North Wal
pole which were followed by fines a
the hearings held in Keene.