Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-18
BRATTLEBORO.

The stores will be open tonight and will
remain open evenings until after Christ
mas.
a hearing on Chinamen's appeal from
orders of deportation will be held before
Judge Wheeler Dec. -.
Wednesday. Friday and Saturday of
this week were the Ember days of the
winter season observed 10y the Roman
Catholic church.
The lecture at the Baptist church this
evening by Rev. Mr.. McEwen Of Jamaica
on the Karens of Burmah will be illus
trated by stereopticon.
An attractive holiday scene in the
Grange store window consists of snow
laden trees underneath which are a
number of Belgian hares, also guinea
pigs with young. The animals are owned
by E. NJ Goo1enough.
f. d. f. Stowe. referee in bankruptcy.
notified creditors Monday of dividend of
1882 per cent in the d. NJ. Meany es-
tate of Bellows Falls and a dividend of
$3.50 per cent. in the estate of Meany &
Titus, of which firm ID. NJ. Meany is a
member.
Rev. II. w. Lambert. an effective
preacher and a singer of great power
and sweetness, will conduct a series of
evangelistic meetings in the Baptist
church in West Brattleboro two weeks
beginning Dec. 30. \ cordial invitation
is extended to all to come to these meet
ings
Following are the officers of Brattleboro
Camp, Modern WoOdmen of America, for
the coming year: Venerable Counsel A.
f. Rohde; worthy adviser r. Benson;
banker, A. +. Taylor; clerk. c. L. Cobb;
escort, c. e. Goodwin; Waterman, II. S.
Fisher; sentry, C ID. Timson; manager
for three years. II. II. Hunter; manager
for two years, w. II. st. Germaine; man
ager for one year. Il. NJ. Angler.
The body of Atherton Prescott will be
taken to West Dummerston, where the
funeral will be held In the church at .
o'clock Sunday. Mr.. Prescott leaves a
niece and nephew Mrs. John Tucker and
Ornan Prescott, of Brattleboro, also a
nephew, C. II. Prescott, in Bristol, n. II.
He was born in Westford, Mass, July =
1922, and devoted his life to the occupa :
ton of farming. His wife died II years
ago.
William John Berrie, 80, son of John
and Mary T. Rerrie, formerly of Brattle-
borO, died Dec. 10, in New York
city, and the funeral was held at the
dletown, Conn, Dec. To- \ large circle OF
friends by whom Mr. Berrie was highly
esteemed attended. including delegations
from the ElkS and Knights of Pythas tC
which Mr.. Berrie belonged There were
many beautiful floral tributes Mr. Ber-
and by his father and a brother, Malcolm
H., of Providence, r. l.
spark from the commutator started
fire in the accumulated dust in the ar.
mature of the generator at the power
house of the street railroad company il
CentreVille Wednesday night. Franl
Day, the night engineer, discovered tn,
blaze, shut down the machinery and b!
lively work eXtinguished the fire. Tit
machine was thoroughly overhaued yes
terday and apparently no serious damage
was done. a similar accident took place
few years aGo when Mr.. Turner was su
perintendent of the electric light sta
ton, and a damage of 5000 was caused
\ desDatch was received at the famil,
home i'm Mortified, this state. Yesterda,
morning announcing that President Allal
ID. Brown of Norwich University was crit
ically i'll at Ashevile n. c.. where he an,
Mrs. Brown went "A few weeks ago to spcn
the winter for the benefit of the former
health, Their son, Pierce Brown, a ca
Diet in Norwich University. left immedi
ately for Ashevillc. 1t had been reporte
that President Browns health was niue
improved by the change of climate am
this latest news comes as a shock to tn
many friends throughout the state.
The contractors who put up the ney
Connecticut river steel bridge began wor
yesterday to remove two more course
of stone from the pier which supporte
the old bridge The pier had been re
moved until the top surface was unde
water, but 1t was not low enough to com
ply with the contract made with tn
bridge commissioners, and the >contrac
tors were so notified. meeting of tn
commissioners of Bra ttleboro and Hins
dale and representatives of the bridg
company will be held tomorrow, when
is expected that the question of formal
accepting the bridge will be acted upor
The total cost of the bridge. includn
the stone work and filling, has been abou
$4,000 which is about $4,000 more tina
the appropriations made by Brattebor
and Hinsdale. The bridge company
contract was a little over $36, 900, bu
after the work was begun 1t was foun
that 1t would be necessary to do a larg
amount of stone work more than wa
anticipated, amounting to some $500
Miss Esther Thomas has put in clair
for $500 for dirt which she claims wa
taken from her land in making the fl
at the New Hampshire end of the bridg
The Hinsdale commissioners claim ths
the dirt was taken entirely within tn
limits Of the highway, according to SUI
Veys.