Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-03

The net receipts of the Roman
Catholic society's st. Patrick's day
celebration were $90S.
The free kindergarten which has
been closed during this week will re-
open on Monday, April 6.
Mrs. w. F. Neal will have an open
ing of spring and summer millinery
Saturday and Monday. April ( and
G.
Manager Fox has engaged the Ben
net-Moulton company. a high-class
repertoire organization, for the last
week in April.
George II. Harrington had the end
of his right thumb cut off while at
work on a planning machine in j. r..
Rand's machine shop Monday morn
ing. The bone was not injured.
The pilgrimage of the mobiles of
Mt. Siani temple. Mystic Shrine. will
be made from Montpelier to Brattle-
boro. April 1G, when 90 or moyC nov
ices will be conducted across the hot
sands.
A. V. Mays real estate agency has
sold for Mrs. lsadore Foster of Brat
tleboro her farm in Jamaica. known
as the Daniel Stocker farm, to An
drew Berg of New York city. Posses
sion was given this week.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club will be held Tuesday eve
ming. April Z. The annual reports
will be presented. officers elected. and
the club will vote upon important
amendments to the constitution.
The sixth and last assembly at the
Brooks House was attended by about
so couples Monday evening. These
assemblies have proved among the
most enjoyable social events of the
season and probably will be contin-
ued neXt year.
A regular meeting of the Brattle-
boro Woman's club will be held at
the Brooks House Wednesday after
noon, April s, at $3.50 o'clock. Miss
S. e. Clark, president of the club.
will have a paper IN Chapters from
a Trip to Europe" in which she will
give an account of her recent jour
ney abroad.
A hearing in the G.. b. Harwood
bankruptcy case was held in the of
flee of f. d. E. Stowe, referee in bank
ruptcy, Monday. H. G.. Barber,
counsel for John B. Manley, has filed
objections to a discharge from bank.
ruptcy on the ground that the bank
rupt had property which did not APP
pear in his schedule.
The boiler and engine for the au-
tomobile of original design which Ma
chinist j. r. Rand is building for
Sewall Morse was tested last Friday
and found to work very satisfactorily.
The running gear is expected to ar
rive in a few days and the complete
model will be ready for a trial on the
road in two or three weeks.
H. E. Taylor & Son have been ap-
pointed agents for the Royal Insurance
company of England. largest fire in
surance organization of that COUNTRY
with the exception of the Liverpool.
London and Globe company. which
Taylor & Son also represent. The
Royal company has assets of nearly
$4,000, 600 and a net surplus of nearly
81, 500, 000.
The spring term of the Windham
county court will open at Newfane on
Wednesday of next week, Judge Love
land Munson presiding. A special
train will leave Brattleboro for New
fame with Judge Munson. the court
officials. attorneys and others i'm
mediately after the arrival of the
broad gauge train from the North.
The docket for the session was is
sued on Monday of this week.
l.. F. Adams, who recently sold his
residence on Western avenue to f.
A. Thompson. of the firm of b. SOuto
& Co., has bought the f. F. Brooks
house on Oak street and will repair
it throughout before occupying it as
a home. The sale was made through
A. V. Mays real estate agency. The
house was leased to Mrs. f. H. Farr
a few days ago to be used as a board
ing house, but arrangements were
made with her to give up the lease.
DR.. H. d. Holton of Brattleboro and
DR.. T. r. Stiles of st. Johnsbury. of
the state board of health, inspected
the laboratory in Burlington Friday,
and also made partial arrangements
for the health officers school to be
held in that city June 1918. DR.. Raw
mel of Philadelphia will lecture at the
tuberculosis to human tuberculosis,
nv oul SUN Nthtl al w L w
of Washington and DR.. knott of New
York will also speak.
States Attorney A. f. Schwenk
went to Jamaica Monday to prosecute
Williams, who was arrested
day by Deputy Sheriff Shumway
On the charge of larceny. The evil
ience tended to show that Williams
sold to B%enjamain Howard, the meat
man, three hens. The fact became
and S. L. Rawson identified
hens as some which he had lost.
The respondent said he got the hens
If Hugh Mcclure of Somerset on a
lebt. Justice j. c. Robinson ~adjudged
guilty and fined him $15 and
The respondent appealed to
he county court and his bonds were
at 5000. In default of bail he
vas taken to Newfane Jail.
The claims commissioners. Lieut..
iov. Stanton, Secretary Of State
Fleetwood and State Auditor Graham.
Who heard the appeals of railroad
'ompanies from the appraisal of Tax
Commissioners Cushman's valuation
# properties for the purpose of tax
-tion, reduced the appraisal of the
'rattleboro street railroad from So
90 to $45, 900, and that of the Spring
Ield electric railroad from $4,000 to
63,263. The figures for the Barre
Z Montpelier railroad, $l62, 900, were
OF changed. The roads to withdraw
heir appeals were the Military Post
abroad and RurlinptOn function