Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-29


state. will lead the Y. NJ. c. A. meet
ing Sunday afternoon
The annual meeting of the Western
Aqueduct association will be held in
the office of c. f. Thompson next
Tuesday evening.
Switch engine no. $40. which has
been in the repair shop several
months. is again doing service in the
local freight yard. She is trim as
whistle.
The Connecticut River Lumber
companys drive of 20,000,000 feet Of
logs is being held in the boom
above Wells River, in waiting for suf-
fcient water to float it to the mills
| in Holyoke.
Mrs. c. e. Glidden fell in one of
| the halls in the Brooks House Sat
urday night and broke her left arm at
/ the elbow. She made misstep,
/ turning one of her ankles and causing
/ her to fall
There was no band concert Wednes-
| day evening. Fred c. Leitsnger lead
! er. and Bert Leitsinger having been
/ called to Deep River, Conn, on ac-
/ count of the critical illness Of their
father Casper Leitsinger.
Osceola Goodnow. 6S. who had lived
/ in BrattlebOro much of the time the
I past three years. died Thursday at
the Simpson hotel in Mortified. He
vas a native of New Salem Mass.
and served in the civil war. He kept
a livery stable 20 years in Orange
and also several years in Milers
Falls and Montague.
Announcement is made that the
. Household founded and published in
Brattieboro by George +. Crowell,
and since published in Boston and in
New York. has been combined with
the Ledger Monthly. founded by Rob
ert Bonner. and Ev'ry Month, anoth-
er New York publication. The new
consolidated publication will be
known as The Observation-Disclosures
Rev. Father Cunningham told his
congregation Sunday morning some
plain truths in regard to his observa-
ton of the workings of the license
law in Brattleboro The remarks
were made eXtemporaneously, so that
they cannot be reproduced with ex-
aCtness. but in substance they bore
out his previous contention that the
more convenient it is to get liquor the
greater will be the consumption of it,
William c. Horton has obtained in
behalf of the Miller family union a
bronze marker which he has placed
on the grave of his maternal great
grand father. Thaddeus Miller who is
buried in the Richardson cemetery at
West Brattleboro. This is a "Revolu-
tionary grave marker authorized and
registered by the society of Sons of
the American Revolution" and is the
first one to appear in any cemetery in
Brattleboro.
The advertised time for bids for
removing the old cells in Newfane
Jail and putting new ones in their
places expired Tuesday. Assistant
Judges Worden of Halifax and Pier
of Jamaica visited the jail but did
not award any contract. They eX-
pect to have the matter arranged in
few days. New steel cells have al
ready been bought When the time
for beginning work arrives the pris-
oners in the Jail will be transferred
to some other Jail. probably Wood
stock or Rutland.
Policeman Worden put his strong
arm around Frank j. Dunn of Clare
mont. y. H.. and James Murray OF Bel.
lows Falls Saturday night and as
sisted them TO the lookup, where they
were given two nights lodging and
board over Sunday. On Monday
morning they were arraigned before
Justice Newton. pleaded guilty TO the
charge OF intoXication and were fined
So and costs, amounting to $ll.20 each.
They had not the means to liquidate
their Indebtedness to the court and
so We're taken TO Newfane jail by
Chief-of-Poice Hall TO serve a sen
tence OF 20 days
Justice J. IL. Merrifield gave his de-
cision Monday in the suit of +. T..
Perry against p. l.. Shea. Mr.. Shea
bought fixtures etc, attached to the
Ray building of Mr.. Perry when the
latter moved out. II. G. Barber,
agent of the Ray estate, notified Mr..
Shea that the estate claimed the prop
erty in question for which reason Mr.
Shea withheld payment. Mr.. Perry
brought suit to recover the purchase
price, S25. The decision was in Mr.
Perry's favor. Mr.. Shea will appeal
to the county court to have the ques-
ton settled in order to avoid a suit
with Mr.. Barber. The question APP
| pears ~ bS. w no ONllS the prop
erty?"
The annual meeting of the Rural
Improvement association was held in
the Vermont Savings bank Tuesday
evening. These officers We're elected:
President, L. d. Whitney; vice presi-
dents. James +. Hooker and Mrs. a.
ID. Wyatt; secretary and treasurer,
Fred c. Adams; corresponding sec
rotary, o. l.. French; executive com
mittee. q. l.. Durham, chairman, +.
w Fox, l.. +. Adams, f. w. Childs,
Ii. X. Whitaker, \. w. Roel. II. C.
Bacon, II. Z. Wellman, H. f. Jordan,
Mrs. A. d. Wyatt Mrs H. X. Whit
aker. Mrs. f, h. Perry, Mrs. Eric
Landry, j., Mrs. l.. l.. Durham and
Mrs. G. f. Barber. A resolution was
adopted showing the sense of the
meeting to be that the defacing of
our beautiful highways by the erection
of bill boards and advertising signs
be discouraged by this society and by
people generally who are interested
in the beauty of our town
A fair sized audience attended the
presentation of the four-act drama
Friendly Enemy in the Auditorium
Tuesday evening under the auspices
of the Brattleboro Home for the Aged
and Disabled. The play was given
under the direction of Strock & Evans.