Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-16

The Estey Organ company has com
pleted the stairway leading from Birge
street to Frost place.
A civil service examination for clerk
and carrier will be held at the local
post Office the 2Sth inst.
Charles Miner shipped two yearling
colts to Springfield, Mass, Monday, for
which he received $500.
A demonstration of Curtis & Moore's
fruit syrups is being made by Miss
Lyons in Freeman SCOTS grocery
store.
Will Powers, formerly proprietor of
the Brooks House stables, has bought
the hotel in Montague, Mass, of w. e.
Chamberlain.
Congressman Haskins will deliver
the Memorial day address in North
field, this state. and will visit in Brat
tleboro a day or two before returning
to Washington.
DR.. Marble will take issue with Mr..
Clement on the question of high
license and local option at the Baptist
church Sunday evening at 7.30. Vot-
ers are requested to be present.
The contract for the electrical ma
Chinery for the power station at West
Dummerston has been awarded by
the Brattleboro Gas & Electric Light
company to the Stanley Electric com
pany of Pittsfield, Mass.
Dennis Rebekah lodge conferred de-
grees on 16 candidates at a regular
meeting Tuesday evening. The ma
jority of the candidates were from Put
ney. A four-horse team brought a
delegation from that town.
Mrs. George Whitney of Marlboro
thinks it Is not necessary to go to
Maine to establish a record in fishing.
At the south pond in Marlboro recent
ly, she caught SO horn pout, weighing
40 lbs. and II eel weighing 2b lbs.
Ruth Sargent, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred c. Sargent, celebrated her
fifth birthday anniversary Tuesday af
ternoon by entertaining IL of her
young friends. Refreshments were
served and the afternoon was spent
pleasantly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur J. Adams held
a marriage reception at their home in
the Fowler house on Washington
street Saturday evening. A large
number of guests attended. Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams were presented severa.
handsome gifts.
The village bailiffs have appointed
Z. S. Hall chief of police, Carl Henke'
superintendent of the fire alarm sys
TENS and Jerome Amidon, f. r
Thayer, Ellis Worden and A. l.. Per
ham policemen. A. F. Roberts de
clined to serve longer as policeman.
Lawyer Arthur C. Spencer was il
Guilford Tuesday to represent severa
aggrieved taxpayers at a hearing be
fore the board of civil authority or
the action of the listers in c~lassinl
several gasoline engines as real estate
John L. Gale represented the town
The taxpayers claimed first hat the
engines were exempt from taxation
and secondly that If they were taXabl,
they should be classed as persona
property. The board of civil author
ity decided to tax the engines as per
sonal property.
Henry Winfield Scott, 80. a Dunn
merston farmer who was well know
in Brattleboro. died Sunday mornin!
at his home near the Balestier place
dIuer an lllnesS OF ABOUT a year VIII
tuberculosis. He was born in Dunn
merston and his whole life was spen
in that town. He was a son of Ruff
and Mandana Tyler Scott. TIL,
funeral was held at the house at 49,
o'clock Wednesday. Rev. w. p. Jack
son of Dummerston officiating. TIL
burial was in the family lot in Pros
peCt Hill cemetery. Mr.. Scott i
-,,p,t,ral H. hi ,,AtIar I'D,
Miss Emma Scott. who lives at home
and n brother. Charles w. Scot
of Greenfield.