Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-28

Inc laSt assembly Ill the brOOhs
House series will be given next Fri
day evening, April 5.
The Central Vermont Railway Com
pany has opened up again its policy of
retrenchment with its local force.
Seven men have been discharged with
in a week.
The measles epidemic is on the
wane, although 80 to 60 children are
now i'll with the disease. There have
been over 200 cases reported during
this outbreak.
The Woman's Relief Corps held a
public supper in Grand Army hall Sat
urday evening, which was well attend
ed. After supper a photographic en-
tertainment was furnished.
Mrs. f. H. Farr has leased the Dial
ton house on Linden street, formerly
occupied by F. z. Dickinson, and will
occupy it April l as boarding house.
The lease was made through A. V.
Mays agency.
Otis Cummings, brakeman in the
employ of the Central Vermont Rail-
way company, is i'll with diphtheria at
the house of Mrs. Bushnell on Elliot
street. The apartments were quaran-
tined Wednesday.
The George Clark residence oppo-
site Aliens greenhouse has been leased
through Bailey's agency this week to
Harry p. Webster and his sister Mrs.
Harriet Webster Cary, who will occupy
it as soon as improvements which are
now being made are completed.
DR.. e. S. Bowen has bought of H. G.
Clark and his four children the house
at the top of High street hill which he
has occupied several years and which
formerly was the property of Mrs.
George II. Clark. The sale was made
through F. j. Bailey's real estate
agency.
There will be a regular convocation
of Bingham chapter, Order of Eastern
| Star, April l. After the meeting Mrs
| Frances b. Horton will give talk
upon birds. Refreshments will be
served The district meeting which
was announced for March % at White
| River Junction was postponed to the
last of April. Announcement of the
exact date will be made later
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
| Aid society Of the Methodist church
was held in the church parlor We'd
nesday afternoon, when these officers
| were elected: President. Mrs. Has
| kell of Elm street; first vice presi-
dent Mrs. Merrill Adams; second
vice president Mrs A. w Brode:
secretary, Mrs. Fred Houghton; treas
urer, Mrs. w. r. Stuart; directors.
Mrs G. ID. Smith. Mrs. Eugene Clark,
Mrs. Oscar Rawson Mrs. Sanford
Daniels and Mrs. Alexander Allen.
Tommy Guiheen, the young profes-
sional baseball player who was near
the head of the list as a batsman in his
first season in the New England
league. will not play with Manchester,
as he expected. When he agreed up
on terms with the manager at Man.
chester he did not know that he was
under reservation. The officials of
the league claimed that he had been
reserved, and they assigned him to the
Dover team. He will go to Dover in a
few weeks.
The closing exhibition in Grange
hall Friday night by Mrs. Frank Bald
wins dancing classes brought out a
large number of spectators and added
a successful finish to a successful
seasons work. Mrs. Fred Cressey
| opening
Der was the grand march, made up OF
members of the classes. which was fol.
lowed by a pretty fairy dance by the
younger members. The parts of the
queen fairy and the king fairy were
taken by Marguerite White and Ar
thur Dewitt, respectively. The small
girls executed the May-pole dance with
grace and accuracy. The next feature
| was tho 'Sailprs' HnrDpipa hu 81 y
boys and girls. and after a few round
dances the floor was opened to the
public Refreshments were served
by Frank Flagg.
Chairman Vinton. of the board of Sc
lectmen, received this week from the
representative of the American Bridge
company who was in Brattleboro last
week estimates of the cost of a stee
bridge across the Connecticut river
| from Walnut street. The estimates
are based on the supposition that the
bridge will have a roadway of "a feet
and walk of six feet. and will require
a capacity sufficient for carrying cleo
trio cars. A steel bridge with two
piers would cost from $50 900 to 500.
600. A suspension bridge at the same
place would cost from $125.000 to $3.50.
u'p' louSulN tSllHldltu. ne DOItOn
of the bridge would be Is feet above
the highest point the river ever reach
ed, and in case a suspension bridge
was built the towers at the ends would
be about 1875 feet high.
w. p. Jones was unanimously elected
acting treasurer of the NorthfielC
Seminary at a meeting of the trustees
last Saturday. A large part of the
treasurer's work for years had beer
turned over to Mr.. Jones by Gen
Estey, the treasurer. In notifying Mr.
Jones of the action of the trustees
A. G. Moody wrote: 81 take this OPP
portunity to express my own persona
pleasure at this action, and we are al
only too well pleased. to have you con
tinue helping us in the same way thai
you have during Gen. Estey's life. We
cannot tell you how much help botl
you and Gen Estey have been to II;
all these years. While | realize thai
simply thanking you may not NEAR
much. We do want you to know that We
heartily appreciate it. Furthermore
| want to thank you for all your per
sonal kindness, courtesy, and attention
for you have always been so ready t.
leave your own regular work and tC
attend to any request We might make
We are very grateful to you personally
and it gives us pleasure to know tha
we can continue the same relations.
Letter to A. w. Stowe,