Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-31

Eugene Akley has been appointed
administrator of the Henry Akley
estate of West Brattleboro.
The All-American base ball team
disbanded in Chicago Saturday after
a very successful season on the Pacific
coast Each member cleared over 800
for his winters work. in addition to
expenses. James Barrett was the
centre fielder for the team.
The Catholic Union will hold ladies'
night and members night meetings
during the month of February. They
are also preparing for a first-class
minstrel show to be held in the Audi
forum Tuesday night of Easter week.
The committee consists of Il. j. Fen
ton. p. l.. Shea and c. f. Mann.
Deputy Sheriff Starkey and Mrs.
Starkey entertained their children's
families at a turkey dinner Saturday.
the occasion of Mr. Starkey's Slst
birthday anniversary. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Starkev were given several articles of
! comfort and usefulness. The after
noon was very pleasantly spent Mr..
Starkey has been deputy sheriff about
! IS years.
\ curious runaway took place Mon
| day night. An cmploye at Powers's
! livery stable led a horse out to water.
| The horse switched its tail, which be-
| came entangled in an irontoothed rake
| in the hands Of another employe. and
started to run, the rake dragging be-
| hind. The horse ran to the West Dunn
merston quarries and was cut cOnsid-
erably by the rake teeth.
The funeral of Donald Andrew infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Falcon. was
held at o'clock Friday at the home of
| Mr. and Mrs o. l.. Rawson Of Wash
iugton street, Rev. r. f. Lowe ofIiciat-
| ing The singing was by Miss Emma
Gregg. The body was placed in the
tomb in the Prospect Hill cemetery.
the bearers being Oscar Ray. Harry
| Coates. James Perry and Ralph Perry.
\ stil alarm shortly before noon
Tuesday summoned Chief Engineer
| Sanders and two tiremen, with eX-
tnguishers. to the house of Lieut..
| George Burns on Washington street.
| The chimney was burning out and
there was danger that the wood work
would take fire The fire in the chin
ney was subdued with the eXtinguish-
ers, which were used from the ridge
pole of the house.
From $50 to 200 people visited Fri
| day afternoon the club rooms of the
| Catholic Union in Ullery building,
| which were then opened to the public
! for the first time. In the evening a
reception was held for invited guests.
POO to 800 being present. Musical
numbers We're given by Mrs. A. V.
McIane. Miss Katherine O'Connor and
| Joseph Martin The rooms were taste
| fully decorated with palms, Japanese
| lanterns and colored electric lights.
Refreshments were served both after
noon and evening by Caterer Flagg.
Dogs. COWS. calves, steers. horses
and men We're engaged in a general
miX-up on Main street Monday morn.
ing. The men We're driving all the
other animals except the dogs. and the
dogs were apparently responsible for
the miN-up The procession was head
| ed for the depot. when the COWS caught
sight Of the dogs and started in all
directions. One of the horses. attach
ed to load of calves, began tG back
and kept backing until the load struck
a sleigh in front Of Durham Brothers
store The horse attached to the
sleigh awoke from his reverie. witch
ed his bride off and started up the
sidewalk. but was caught by sturdy
heroes before further damage was
done. One of the thills on the sled
loaded with calves was broken. but it
was strengthened with a chain and the
procession continued.
George Z. Hyde. who is remembered
in Brattleboro by his shady transac-
tions. attempted to escape recently
from the house of correction in Rut-
land. where he was sentenced last
March TO is months imprisonment for
check swindling operations in Frank
lin county. A flaXen-haired maiden
who seems infatuated with Hyde
has visited him frequently since his
imprisonment and has brought him lit.
tie presents. HYDE had been trans
ferred from the marble polishing shop
to the kitchen on account of his good
conduct, and his fair admirer planned
to rescue him from this department.
HYDE had a rope suspended from the
kitchen window and his Juliet was
waiting outside with a suit of citizen ;
clothes. but another prisoner told Su-
perintendent Morgan what was going
on and the plan to escape was frus-
trated. Hyde has a wife and son liv-
ing in Stanford, this state. His fair
admirer at Rutland is supposed to be
the Young woman who lived with him
Mt Mount Mansfield a year ago last
summer.