Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-04

Seventy couples attended the ball in
Melrose House Wednesday evening.
The ladies of the congregational church
gave n hash supper Wednesday evening,
which wars well patronized.
TIL check list to he used at the annual
village meeting May 6 has been posted i'm
the corridor of the town hall.
Miss Sarah Boyden will be confined to
her room some time with a badly sprain-
ed hip, caused by a fall last week.
Bert S. Miller has sold his cottage at
Sunset lake, known as the Goodenough
cottage, to Miss Grace Richardson of
Williamsville.
Another case Of diphtheria has been re-
ported within a week. a young girl in
John Moore's family on Washington
street being III with the disease.
The Knights of King Arthur gave a
reception to the young women of the
universalist parish Tuesday evening in
the church parlors. Games were played
and refreshments were served.
The work of repairing the covered
bridge across the river was begun today
IN charge Of w. ". Cray. who returned
from Manchester. y. IT,, where he has
been visiting, for that purpose.
From 50 to 40 members Of Oakdalc book
club met with Mrs. w. =. Jones last
evening for their annual supper and book
sale. The sale was conducted by H.. +.
Jordan, and a delightful evening was
spent.
An Italian employed in the quarry at
West Dummcrston had a leg crushed Fri
day between two blocks OF granite. The
injury was very severe. but he will event.
ually recover. He was taken to the hos
pital in Greenfield.
The men composing the W. c.. Belcher
Land Mortgage company, whose adver-
iscment appears in this paper, are Of
local acquaintance and connection. It is
a strong and reliable concern. and bust
ness may he conided TO it with we'll
founded confidence.
Benjamin T.. Morse Of South Newfane
was found dead in bed this morning at
the home of Mrs. L. u. Powers in Will
Evansville, where he had been spending
the winter. Mr.. Morse was about So
years old and had been prominent in
Newfane public affairs. Formerly he had
a large practice In the western part of
the county before the justice courts.
Connecticut Valley Council elected these
officers last evening. r. !. M, Warren
d. Waite; d. NJ, David A. Young; p. c.
w. Albert w. Crouch; treasurer. =.
Frank Connors; recorder. William +. Vim
ton; G. of c.. Ferris r. Vaughan: con-
ductor. James b. Randoll; marshall. VIII
liam II. Vinton steward. J. Henry Pratt:
chaplain, Martin d. Whitman; sentinel.
Collins L. Piper.
The committee appointed at the town
meeting TO secure estimates on n pro-
posed steel bridge across the river have
sent for an engineer to survey for a deck
bridge beginning near the Brattlcboro
House and extending over the railroad
track to the west end Of the present
bridge. thence across TO the island. \
deck bridge would be considerably higher
than the present bridge, the trestle work
being underneath. and would require a
large fll on the east end.
A movement is on foot TO raise the
necessary funds and do the preliminary
work in the way OF surveying. plans and
estimates. for developing the water power
Of the Connecticut river at Brattleboro.
Conditions ave so changed since the for
mer attempt to dam the river that II
seems reasonable to expect that the oppo-
silon which was then encountered will
not now stand I'm the way of the move
ment All that is purposed to be done
is TO find out Just what can be done. and
all persons interested for or against the
proposition will be considered in every
step that is taken.
NJ. S. Leach, the carriage manufacturer
Of Hinsdale. y. H.. Is In financial straits.
1t is expected that a petition in bank
ruptcy will be filed In Concord today
or tomorrow. His liabilities are approxi-
mately $4,000, and his assets 5000. so
that there is n prospect Of creditors re-
ceiving less than % cents on the dollar.
Mr.. Leach has been in business in Hins-
dale many years. His shop has always
been crowded with work, and he has en-
ployed y or more hands It has been
known FOR some time that he was slow I'm
making his payments. and 1t is under
stood that one cause for his failure was
his readiness to take notes in payment
for carriages.
The indianapolis. Indiana, Journal OF
March p contained an account of the ar
rest Of Arthur J. Simpson. for six years
~bookkeeper for the Warman. Black,
Chamberlain company, live stock commits
sion merchants at the Union stock yards
I'm indianapolis. The Junior member OF
this firm Is Jcuner II. Chamberlain. for
merly a well known liveryman and horse
dealer in B~rattleboro. Simpson was
charged with forging n draft and bill of
exchange for Si6SS. 40. 4 friend furnished
bail in the sum of $1,000. Simpson declined
to talk except to say that he did not take
the money. and the members Of the firm
also refused to make a statement. The
alleged shortage was discovered by n
bookkeeper who was at work during the
absence of Simpson at Paoli. where his
father, Major John r. Simpson, is editor
of The Paoli News. The Journal saws:
1T was currently rumored yesterday that
the affidavit represents only a very small
part of the alleged defalcation. and that
the true amount may he anywhere be-
tween that amount and 5000. The rea-
son for the indefinite statements is said
to be that many Irregularities have been
discovered in the books kept by Simpson.
the effect of which upon the true condi-
tion of the accounts is not yet known"
The music loving people of Brattleboro
are under great obligation to the Wo-
mans club for the opportunity afforded
last evening of hearing without charge
some Of the most splendid renditions of
organ music ever given i'm Br~attlehoro.
Promntod purely by philanthropic motives
the club engaged the services Of Prof.
William Churchill Hammond of Mount
HolvoFe College and invited the public
to hear him in the Congregational church.
As a result the church was filled to the
doors and many stood. Prof. Hammond
Is one of the leading pipe oreanists In
New ENGLAND. and II there We're any I'm
the audience last night who did not
know that fact they at least believed IL
before the organist was half through the
program. The program opened with the
four movements In HandeTs Water Mu-
Sic followed by the familiar "Andante."
with variations. by Haydn, and six other
numbers of grand theme although less
pretentious nv comparison. The elastic
touch. the delicate shading. the unfailing
precision, the cumulative climaxes. all
appealed with Irresistible force to the
hearers. and the end came all too soon
after more than an hour of steady
playing.
About 80 members attended the annual
meeting of WantastiQuet Golf club. held