Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-14

There will be an ice cream social at
the Swedish Congregations church to-
morrow evening. The string band will
play.
The probate court has appointed
Frank e. Marcy administrator of the
estate of his mother, Mrs Rosette e.
Marcy.
Judge H. H. Wheeler has ordered
the New England Rubber company to
return the goods belonging to the J. e.
Haynes estate which they took from
X. e. Gordon, trustee, by replevin.
c. f. Thompson, trustee Of the Mrs.
ID. l.. Herrick estate in bankruptcy,
will sell the balance Of the stock of
millinery in the store formerly occu-
pied BY Mrs. Herrick in the Brooks
House block tomorrow at o'clock, by
auction.
A field meeting under the auspices
of the state board of agriculture and
Windham county and Allen District
Pomona oranges will be held in Bar.
ber's park, near Bellows Falls. next
Wednesday. The speakers will be
Mason S. Stone and Prof. L. r. Jones
of Burlington and George Aitken of
Woodstock.
Mrs. Jennie b. Powers gave paper
on Humane Work in the Congrega-
tional vestry Monday evening under
the auspices of the Audubon society.
The audience was large and was deep
ly interested in what Mrs. Powers had
to say. The paper reviewed some of
the most important cases with which
Mrs Powers has had to deal as agent
of the Vermont Humane society
showing that the opportunity for hui
name work is much larger than is
commonly realized.
The yearly meetings in the grove
at Sunset lake on Dummerston Hill
will be held from August 25 to August
30. Meetings will be held each day at
1890 a. NJ, $50 and 100 D. m. The
meetings will be in charge of Rev. L..
S. Chafer of Mortified, who will
speak, and Mr.. and Mrs. Chafer will
sing. John A. Hubbard of Princeton,
n. j., will speak and sing. in company
with Mrs. Hubbard. Mr.. Hubbard is
very gifted speaker and singer. and
will be remembered by all who attend
the conference at Mortified as a
member of the HermOn quartet many
years. Mrs. Sharp will also speak.
Arrangements are being made to
care for all who can attend. and a
large gathering is hoped for.
The generosity of Miss Mary Howe
has been apparent on many occasions,
but on nc occasion more conspicuously
| than at the recital in the Brooks
House last Friday evening under the
auspices of Wantastiquet Golf club.
The recital was given to raise money
for the club purposes and the dining
room was we'll filled. the attendance
numbering about 1870. Miss Howe
gave no less than Il numbers. each
one gem. Lucien Howe was the ac-
companist. The program included
The Rose" Sophr; Valse Ariette
from Mreille," Gounod; Berceuse
| from Jocelyn." GODDARD; Bonnie
Mutt Massenet; Mazurka, Chopin
Aria from Linda Donizetti; why
| are you wandering here. fair maid?''
| Old English; Wohin," Schubert
Standchen," Il. Strauss; Angels
ever bright and fair" Handel; THE
/ Nightingale" Alibieff; :" A Birthday
Cowen; Japanese Lullaby, Howe;
Home Sweet Home"
Next Monday the Auditorium will
| be as busy as a bee hive. On that
! day the company representing Den
man Thompson and George w. Ryers
Our New Minister will begin their
annual two-weeks' session of rehear-
sails. prior to opening their regular
season Saturday, Aug. 30, which will
| also be the opening of the Auditorium
season. Two years have elapsed
since " Our New Minister" has been
| in Brattleboro. but while many
changes have been made in the com.
pany all the old favorites have been
retained. Ernest Hastings, one of the
best leading men on the American
stage, will be Thaddeus Strong, the
new minister and Grace Hanson will
play 4 leading role. Magnificent
scenery, built this summer for the
| forthcoming run of the play at Klaw
& Changers American theatre in New
York will positively be seen here. 1t
is now at the Auditorium. having ar
rived this week. Rehearsals will be
held daily on the Auditorium stage.
A hearing was held before Probate
Judge Allbee of Bellows Falls at the
probate Office in Brattleboro on Tues
day in the matter of the Great West
ern Manufacturing & Mining company
against the estate of B. D. Harris.
This company recently secured a
| judgment of $4,000 in the United
States district court, and the case was
then appealed to the United States
circuit court of appeals, where it is
now pending. The orators asked for
an additional bond and for an account
ing, and a hearing upon this point was
held before Judge Allbee, under the
statute of 1902, Judge e. l.. Waterman
of the Marlboro district being dis
qualified to sit by reason of having
been counsel for the defendant. The
questions involved are new and no de-
cision has been rendered. Lieut-GOv.
Stanton appeared for the orators, and
was assisted by Harlan Cleveland,
Esq, of Cincinnati, who had charge of
the main case in the beginning. Mr..
Cleveland is a nephew of Justice Har-
Ian of the United States supreme
court. Mr. Cleveland was accom-
panied by Mrs. Cleveland. From
Brattleboro Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland
went to Windsor to visit Mrs. William
NJ. Evarts at the Evarts homestead.
James George Bewsey. 65, died
about 10,40 o'clock Monday at his
home on Green street after a weeks
Illness with an intestinal trouble He
was taken i'll while at work in George
Wells's shoe shop on Elliot street
and was carried home, where he failed