Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-02-27

caru party Ill GTanu army nail on
Tuesday evening, March 3.
The next term of the Windham
County court will open in Newfane
April 8. Judge Loveland Munson
will preside.
The Knott & Closson bankruptcy
case, called in the United States cir
cult court in Burlington this week,
was continued for "A hearing in Brat
tleboro March IS.
The annual inspection of Fort Dunn
mer Royal Arch chapter will take
place March 10. w. j. Boyce of Wood
stock. grand high priest, and John
Bell OF Ludlow. district deputy grand
high priest, will be present.
A new rule has been adopted at the
local freight Office in regard to the de-
livery of freight Hereafter all team
sters. eXpressmen and others must
give receipts to the foreman of the
freight house for all goods delivered
into their hands.
The following is from the North Adj
ans Transcript: Mrs. Efiie Z. Will
bur and George W. Prouty of Brat
tleboro, VT, were married by Rev. J..
A. Hamilton at the Methodist parson-
age Feb IA" Mr.. Prouty is a motor
man for the Brattleboro Street rail
way company.
\ meeting of the stockholders Of
the S. A. Smith company has been
called for tomorrow, Saturday, at $50
p. m. at the Office on Frost street to
vote upon the question of selling the
plant and property of the company,
and to fix terms and conditions if a
sale is decided upon.
Charles Grotto, who was arrested on
the charge of burglary and grand lar
ceny and taken to Newfane Jail last
week. being unable to secure bail in
the sum of $1,000, was released Satur-
day. After a hearing before Assist
ant Judge Worden the amount of bail
was reduced to $500. l.. II. Richard
son became surety.
The body of Miss NJ e Bruce, 90,
of Canton, Ohio, was brought to Brat
tleboro yesterday and buried in Pros
pect Hill cemetery. Rev. r. X. Mar
vim officiated at the committal service.
Miss Bruce died at her home in Can
ton Tuesday of heart disease The
bOuN was accompanied W d ltldllNt-
John \. Simonds, son of Charles 81
monds. who formerly lived in Brattle-
boro.
School in district No. I closed Fri
day afternoon with sugar party, to
which the parents and friends of the
children were invited. Four pupils
were neither absent nor tardy during
the term. Badges for good behav-
ior during the day have been worn
home at night. Ida Dix and Frank
Richardson won the first prizes for
wearing them home the greatest num-
her of times Mary Taylor and Will
lard Richardson gained the second
prizes.
On Sunday morning. at the Meth
odist Episcopal church. it being the
birthday of the Father of His Coun-
try the pastor preached from Prov.
10, I. The memory of the just is
blessed on the character and infu-
ence of George Washington. In the
evening, Presiding Elder Newton
preached from ! Timothy i, 10. This
is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners" His
three principal points were /. Christ
a historical verify; 2. sin universal
and undeniable; and 3. salvation real
and practicable.
The quarterly conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church held last
Friday evening was largely attended,
few of the official members being alb
sent, and these unavoidably so. The
meeting was harmonious. and the
various reports encouraging. A debt
of 800 contracted last year on cur
rent expenses. has been paid as also
some other arrearages. and the
whole financial situation was said to
compare very favorably with former
years. c. w Weymouth. who lives
at a distance and finds it imprac-
ticahle to attend the business meet
ings, was, at his own request, dropped
from the board of stewards, and A. l..
Blair was elected in his stead. Aside
from this, the old board of stewards
was reelected. Leon F. Bentley APP
piled, with the required recommends
tons for a local preachers license,
passed the prescribed examination
satisfactorily, and was licensed for
one year. A unanimous invitation
to continue another year as pastor
of the church.
The appeal of the Brattleboro
Street Railway company from the APP
praisal made by State Tax Commits
siOner, j. E. Cushman of Burlington,
was heard in the Office of Waterman
4 Martin Wednesday before the board
of appeals. consisting of Lieut.. Gov.
Zed S. Stanton. Secretary of State
Frederick G. Fleetwood, State Treas
urer John L. Bacon and State Auditor
Horace F. Graham. Commissioner
Cushman appeared for the state and
Judge Waterman for the railroad
company Heretofore the appraisal
of the road has stood at $4,000. Mr..
Cushman appraised it at $4,000, us
ing as a basis of appraisal the cost of
the road. its equipment, power plant,
buildings. etc. which figured up to
$4,000 and adding $4,000, which
was his estimate of the value of the
franchise. Judge Waterman con-
tended that the appraisal was too
high because the earning capacity of
the road was not sufficient to pay div
idends or even to keep the road in
first class repair, and because the
stock was not worth par, some of it
having sold as low as % per cent.
superintendent Jones and other Off
GERS of the road were examined in the
afternoon, and the arguments We're
was given.