Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-20

Bicycles and automobiles appeared
on the street for the first time Tues
day.
The license commissioners have
not met owing to the absence of f.
w. Putnam, who returned today.
The Woman's Alliance of the Uni
tartan society are planning to have a
sale and supper at Wells hall April ..
Traffic was suspended two or three
hours Wednesday morning on the
street railroad on account of a hot
box at the power station in Centre
VILE
Mrs. G. II. Smiths store has been
painted pretty shade of green
throughout and other improvements
will be made there in the near fu-
ture. Mrs. Smiths trimmer. Miss
Maxwell, will be at work next week.
Assistant Judges Worden and Pier
came TO Brattleboro this morning to
designate the towns from which jur-
ors will be drawn for the April term
of county court. Sheriff wilkins is
present to draw the names.
The Local Option club postponed
action of reorganization at the meet
ing Friday evening owing to the I'M
avoidable absence of some of the Of
ficers. The only business was the
consideration of names to be present
ed to the selectmen as desirable can
didates for license commissioners.
Alvin II. Coombs and Miss Marion
l.. Chase, dressmaker, both of Brat
tleboro, were married at o'clock
Wednesday by Rev. r. X. Marvin
The wedding was very quiet and took
place in the house on Western avenue
IN which Mr.. and Mrs. Coombs will
live.
A special conclave of Beauseant
commandery No. X. T. will be held
next Wednesday at o'clock p. m.
when the Red Cross degree will be
worked on three candidates. There
will be banquet at o'clock, and
at I o'clock the Temple degree will
be worked.
The committee who directed the
operation of the local base ball league
last season will hold a meeting at the
y. NJ. c. y. rooms next Tuesday even
ing at s o'clock TO consider plans for
this year. All persons interested in
the formation of the league are invit-
ed to be present.
The Band minstrels held their
street parade at noon today, the line
of march being Main street, between
the common and Milestone bridge
After the parade free open-air con
cert was given by the band in front
of the town hall. The orchestra at
the performance tonight will include
prominent musicians. the leader of
Beedles orchestra of Keene being
one of the number.
The Young Peoples Christian I'm
ion of the Universalist church held
a salad supper In the vestry last even
ing, which was we'll attended AT
ter supper the evening was spent
playing games. which included a num-
Der of the old-fashioned kind like
jack-straws, checkers, foX-and- geese.
etc. Pingpong and some of the
more modern games also were en-
joyed.
y freight accident took place on the
narrow gauge railroad Monday al
ternOon between Brattleboro and
West Dummerston. delaying the
nQrth-bound passenger train until
midnight. The trucks under the
front end of a freight car got loose
and slid back 10 the rear end. the
front end dropping on the track. The
passenger train reached South Lon
donderry about o'clock Tuesday
morning.
For the second time within a few
months the fire department was called
on Saturday evening at o'clock to the
mousse at the corner of Oak and High
streets, occupied by J. j. Rafter and
Gerry Messer. This blaze was in
Mr.. Rafter's tenement, the paper and
wood work being on fire close to
stovepipe which passed through
partition. The men of the fire de-
partment had their apparatus ON hand
ready for service, but the fire was put
out quickly with an extuingisher
brought by Charles X. Crosby from
his house.
At a special meeting of Quonekta-
cat tribe of Red Men last evening
the degree of adoption was eXempli-
fled on three candidates. A large
delegation of the tribe will trail to
the hunting grounds of Skitchawaug
tribe of Claremont, n. H., next Thurs
day sleep. Delegations will be pres
ent from Springfield, Lebanon, En-
field and Newport, and the grand
chiefs of New Hampshire will be in
attendance Abenaqui tribe of New
port will eXempify the adoption de-
gree and Quonektacat tribe the
chiefs degree.
The directors of the Bratteboro
Street Railroad company met last
evening and voted that no passes on
the road should be good unless signed
by the president and bearing the seal
of the secretary. 1t was also voted
not to accept tickets from the old
series of So books after April l.
Holders of those books may return
them to A. Z. Thurber and receive
books of the new series in exchange.
The directors claim to have evidence
that passes and books have been is
sued without authority, which was
the reason for the action taken last
night.
The Congregational club have Sc
cured the services of Professor Ans
bach to give an entertainment at their
last meeting of the season to be held
at the Brooks House, Thursday,
March 26th. Professor Ansbach is
a magician and gives a sleight- of-hand
performance, and it is only through
the fact that the officers of the Con-
gregational club are closely in touch
with the clubs down the Connecticut
valley that they are able to get this