Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-25
BRATTLEBORO.

Mrs. Maria Allen broke her wrist by
falling on Spring street Tuesday.
The post Office will be open tomorrow
from until 10 and 5 to g. The carriers
will make only the first morning delivery.
The directors of the Y. NJ. c. A.
have voted to place the Y. NJ. c. A. bas-
ket bah team under the control of the
basket ball committee.
n basket ball team from Easthampton,
who call themselves the New York Fast
Five, will play the Y. NJ. c. a. team in
Brattleboro next Wednesday.
Members of the Canal street Book club
are requested to cull at Mrs. Keachs. Il
Canal street, on on before Saturday, Dec.
&c, for the book and magazine covers.
There will be Christmas entertain
ment for the children of the Grange at
Grange han Tuesday evening Dec %
Supper will be served in the banquet hall
at o'clock
The annual meeting of the Sunshine
society. branch .. will be held at the
Home for the Aged and Disabled at 3
O'Clock Tuesday. Dec %. At that time
there will be Christmas tree and enter
tainment for the friends at the home.
Members of the Womans Auxiliary of
the Y NJ. c. \. will be the hostesses
New Years day at the association rooms
from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Everyone is
invited to step in for a call. especially
the young men of the town. During the
evening there will be music and at Q
O'Clock a short program will he given.
The store in the Ray building now oc-
cupied by p. l.. Shea as a shoe dealer.
has been rented to A. +. Wood who will
open there a hardware store about Jan.
10. Mr.. Wood has had - years experience
in the hardware trade, with stores in
Holyoke and Brattleboro, and for the
past four years has been a successful
yelling IIar a
ware company of Boston.
Frank Willis an East Putney teamster
was arrested by Sheriff A. w j. VIII
kins yesterday on "A warrant issued by
States Attorney Schwenk on complaint
of Mrs. Jennie b. Powers. He was ar
raigned before Justice NJ. ID. Whitman at
the Kendrick House in Putney on the
charge of cruelty beating a horse, Mr..
Schwenk appearing for the state. Will
lis waived examination and was put I'M
der bonds in the sum of $3.50 for his APP
pearance at the April term of the county
court 1t is alleged that Willis pounded
his horse with a stick breaking one ear,
and that he used the horse later in the
day while blood was dripping from his
head. The horse died a short time after
wards, and a post norton examination of
the head showed blood clots in various
places.
Frank e. Bowker, "a. died in Brattle-
boro Sunday after an illness of several
years with organic heart disease. He
was born in Brattleboro in February,
1869, and was a son of l.. Fay Bowker,
now of Meriden, Conn About 10 years
ago he went to Providence, r. l., and af-
forwards to New York, returning to Brat
tleboro about three years ago. Private
funeral services We're held in Moran e.
Co.'S undertaking rooms this morning,
Rev. r. X. Marvin officiating The body
was placed in the tomb in Prospect Hill
cemetery Mr., Bowker leaves, besides
his father, two brothers, John c. Bow
ker of Scotia, n. Y, and Louie +. Bow
ker of New York city, and one sister
Mrs, George H. Vassar of New London,
Conn. His mother died about 20 years
ago.