Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-27


trustee, was held this morning in the
office of f. d. e. Stove, referee. The
bankrupts live in Westminster.
j. o. Sanford, state road commits
sioner, has summoned the commits
sioners of each town in Windham
county, to a conference to be held
at the Brooks House next Thursday,
April 2.
There has been large advance
sale for "The Crisis" next Tuesday,
and it is evident that one of the finest
attractions ever brought to town will
receive here the recognition which it
deserves.
over 100 suppers were served at
the mems annual sugar supper in the
Universalist church last evening
The preparing and serving was done
entirely by the men of the parish.
The supper was first class in every
respect.
Applications were filed yesterday
with the license commissioners by
Ees 4 Frost for wholesale license,
by c. f. GRAHAM and c. F. Thomas
for second class licenses, and by
George Il. Greene and f. II. Holden
& Co. for the fifth class licenses.
The members of Mrs o. 7. Wares
class in the Congregational Sunday
school were very pleasantly enter
tanned by Mrs. E. b. Bissell at her
home on Washington street Wednes
nesday evening Refreshments were
served and the evening was spent in
a social way.
The telephone company has an
nounced an important reduction of
its rates, to take place April |. Spec
ial line, for business one mile from Of
flee will be changed from $iS to $39
and from $39 to $33 for a two-party
line; while the rate for residences
will be changed from $39 to 1913, and
from $33 to S27 for two-party line.
Brattleboro camp, Modern Wood
men of America, gave a banquet to
the Putney camp at their regular
meeting last night after which 90
new members were adopted. The
degree was conferred on two mem
bers of the Putney camp Brattle-
boro camp will hold a box supper in
Red Mems hall next Thursday night
The y NJ. G. A. basket ball team
started for st. Johnsbury on the Hos
train today to play the second game
in the series for the state champions
ship. The party consisted of Man
ager Wilson Referee Sanders, Howe,
Ferriter, Tufts March. Ellis and l..
Stafford. players, and Murray Tucker.
Daniel Riley. Ronald Osgood and Fos-
ter Crown.
\ special meeting of the voters of
Brattleboro village will be held in
Festival hall next Thursday evening
to vote on the question of laying a
water main through Vernon street to
the b. Souto & Co.. furniture factory.
The object of the meeting is fully eX-
planned in a communication published
in this paper. The meeting will be
called at $50 o'clock.
The new regulations for rifle prac-
tise for the Vermont National Guard
will soon be issued. The regulations
will conform as nearly as possible to
the regulations of the United States
regular army and are necessary owing
to the equipment of the regiment with
the new rifles. 1t is probable that
Company NJ will have to secure a new
range this summer. owing to the in
creased distance at which qualifica-
tiOns have to be made
Thirty members of Quonektacat
tribe of Red Men went to Claremont
n. H.. yesterday to eXempify the
chiefs degree at meeting of several
tribes with Skitchawaug tribe of
Claremont. Special trains were run
over the Concord & Claremont and
Boston e Maine railroad, bringing
the attendance up to 400, which in
cluded the great officers of New
Hampshire. The program was car
ried out with remarkable smoothness.
The Brattleboro Red Men returned
this morning.
The supreme court has handed
down decision in the case of Clar-
ence G. Stoddard against the Cam
bridge Mutual Fire Insurance com
pany affirming the judgment of the
county court in favor of the plaintiff,
which was to recover the full amount
of insurance, $1,000, on buildings
burned in Bernardston in June, 1901,
with interest. The case was tried
in county court in September, 1902.
c. c. Fits was counsel for the plain
tiff and Waterman & Martin for the
defendant.
The bill Incorporating the Connecti-
cut River Power Company has passed
both branches of the New Hampshire
Legislature and has been signed by
Gov. Batchelder. The name of T.
Nelson Hastings of Walpole was
taken out as corporator, and that of
w II. Goodnow of Keene substituted.
The other corporators are f. c. Rob
ertson of Hinsdale, Fred Harris and
O. +. Randall of Chesterfield, Willard
Bill, jr., of Westmoreland, John H
Kimball of Marlboro, w. II. Vinton,
c. w. Durham, c. A. Harris, G. r.
Crosby and j &. Estey of Brattleboro
DR.. Fremont Hamilton's two match
ed spans of horses are afflicted with
a strange disease, which, it is feared,
may be glanders. The nostrils are
badly affected, blotches appear on the
body and the general condition of
each animal is bad. The disease
has eaten from the nostrils deep in
to the flesh of one horse. The state
veterinary has been summoned and
is expected to reach here today for
an examination. The local veterin-
aries think the disease to be CHAMBERS,
but could not determine definitely by
the ordinary tests. If the disease
proves to be CHAMBERS the horse will
be killed and destroyed at once and
other precautions will be taken to pre-
vent any further outbreak.