Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-04-12

in West Brattleboro, which he bought
of J. G. Newton, to Rev. Clifford -.
Smith.
Frank Forbes, who was fined S. and
costs last Friday for intoxication was
released in the afternoon, payment of
his fine having been guaranteed.
Roy Howe of Newfane has settled
the case brought against him by Clark
q Miller and G. w. Puffer & Co., to
whom he sold old maple sugar COW
cred with frosting of new sugar.
Jessie May Boutot, 3-years-old
daughter of Alcide and Mary Pellerin
Boutot of Myrtle street, died Monday
morning of a disease of the brain.
The funeral was held at o'clock
Tuesday and the burial was in the
Roman Catholic cemetery.
Sedgwick Grand Army post and
Womans Relief corps have received
from Rev. Luther M. Keneston, pastor
of the Congregational church in West
Brattleboro, an invitation, which they
have accepted. to attend service in
his church May 20, the Sunday before
Memorial day.
The department council, Patriarchs
Militant of Vermont, will hold a special
meeting IN the Junction House. White
River Junction, April 10, to act on
applications for the decoration of
chivary. Other business matters will
also come up. l.. j. Retting and Capt.
w. T. Haigh are members of the coun-
Gil.
The Sol Smith Russell play which
will be seen at the Auditorium tomor-
row, Saturday evening, is one of those
comedies that will live for years be-
cause there is nothing vulgar, crude or
course in it, nor melodramatic clap-trap.
1t is simply a wholesome, heartsome
play, a story from life in which the
characters are human and natural.
The statement going the rounds of
the press that Baxter Brothers, recent
| ly shipped 1000 cases of canned corn
to the Philippines to fill an order for
| Uncle Sam flies wide of the mark
! The company has shipped from Wind
sor alone 2000 cases of two dozen cans
each. or $4,000 cans. In addition.
nearly 1000 cases were shipped from
| the brattleboro factory, making in all
nearly 5000 cases, or 10000 cans
| Windham Journal
The funeral of Winford French was
held in the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms Sunday
afternoon at 2.3O o'clock. Rev. H. r.
Miles and Rev. F. E. Marble officiating.
Remarks were also made by Secretary
| G. c. Wilson and E. E. Barrett Glass
| No. Z of the Baptist Bible school, of
which the deceased was a member, at
tended in a body The body was plac-
ed in the tomb in Morningside Gene
! terry. Ihe bearers were Walter Tim
son, H. r. Horton, Edward Langille
and Fred Dompier.
A special session of the probate
court was held Saturday. License was
| granted NJ. j. Moran, administrator of
| the Laura j. Haskins estate. to sell
the real estate. The will of Mrs. Fan
ME c. Rice was allowed and l.. f.
Adams was appointed executor and H.
| p. Wellman and F. X. Barrows APP
praisers. Wesley and Hannah Swan
son were ordered removed to the Brat
tleboro Retreat, on petition of the Sc
lectmen, and supported at the expense
| of the estate.
The suit of A. A. Austin of Brookline
against James Underwood, which was
returnabe Tuesday, was settled out
of court. The suit was brought in an
action for trespass, Mr.. Austin claim
l \
large holes in his pasture in Brook
line last fall while attempting to Sc
cure a fox which had taken refuge in
| its hole. A heifer which Mr.. Austin
was keeping got cast in one of the
holes and died. The suit was brought
by Attorney H. G. Barber. f. w. Glib
son was counsel for Mr.. Underwood
The romantic war drama, For Fair
| ut
forum last Friday evening by a tho
roughly competent and well-balanced
company, headed by the author, Mr..
| Whytal, as Steven Dunbar, a Confed-
crate colOnel, in love with a Northern
| girl. Mrs. Whytal made a pleasing
Virginia and others in the cast in
Guiding little Isabelle Barriscale, serv-
ed to bring out the pretty comedy and
telling climaXes which gave the drama
high rank among the war plays. The
company and the play deserved a good
audience, but the attendance was not
large.
On petition of c. c.. Turner, chief
engineer of the fire department, the
village bailiffs agreed at a meeting
Saturday night to insert in the war
rant for the coming annual village
| meeting an article TO see if the town
will vote to employ a chief engineer
| who shall devote his entire time to the
service of the department, and to look
after the fire alarm system. 1t is
understood that if the village votes to
do this, Mr.. Turner would be willing
to accept a reelection as chief en-
gineer, which position he announced
some time ago he would not again ac-
cept under any circumstances. 1t
would be necessary to increase the
salary of the chief engineer $500 or
| 5000.
A hearing in the United States dis
trict court was held Friday, when
Judge Wheeler received the subscrip-
ton papers of the White River Valley
Electric Railway company, which at
a previous session he had ordered the
| defendants in the case of the Bibber
White company against the railroad
| company to return to the court. The
| papers were turned over by the clerk
| of the court to the receiver of the
road. Judge Wheeler also heard the
case of Henry l.. Raines of st. Adams,
bankrupt, in which certain creditors
were restrained from prosecuting
| suits against Raines. Another case
heard was that relating to the estate
of the late Homer Hicks of Reads
bOro, in which the petition of certain
creditors to have the estate declared