Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-02

auction saturday to Leon T.. Han TOT
s2Joo Mr. Hail bought for an invest
ment.
Suzanne Adams positively will appear
in the Auditorium next Wednesday
evening I'm the first entertainment in the
Y. VI. G. \. Star course Any rumor to
the contrary Is entirely false. She had
only six open dates for the coming sea-
son. and Brattlcboro was fortunate ia
getting one of them. She will spend the
rest OF the season in grand opera In
which she is notably successful.
Tho playing for the Fan cup Of the
Wantastiquet golf club will begin in
few days. The matches Will Toe IS holes.
medal play, and the games will run from
prelminarics into semi-iinal and final
rounds G. NJ. Miller. L. \. Slack, ]. e.
Tasker ana c. +. Bingham have been
placed on scratch and the marks Of the
other players who will probably compete
are as follows: Fred Harris and W. f.
Hubbard 6; Crosby Adams and c. H.
Thompson S. Chalmers HolhrOok and DIR.
l.. S Edwards 10. +. J. Waterman and
Mr. Tanning y: r G. Bacon. g. a.
Boydcn. Harry Brigham, Rollin White.
II. c. Rice and George Thompson Is; W.
II. Chlds. D. Frank Shea. James +.
Hooker and D. j. Dewitt Is
Ralph Smith 10. was arrested at
Charles Miners farm in West Brattle-
boro Monday by Deputy Sheriff f. W.
Mcclure on the charge of breaking and
entering Fred MCClure's house in that
part of the town He was arraigned be
fore Justice Newton in the afternoon
and although admitting that he broke
into the house he waived examination
and was put under bonds i'm the sum of
800 for his appearance at the April term
Of the county court. He was released on
his own recoguizance. The boy ran away
from home recently and was found in
the electric light plant in Springfield.
ft. Inc
week. McCrre's house was entered after
the boy had been home less than a week,
the panels being broken ont Of two
doors \ few articles We're taken. which
had little value. The house was uuoccu-
pied at the time, the family having left
for the winter
Mrs. Elvira NJ Hall. o. died at her
home on Canal street Sunday after an III
ness OF several weeks She was "a native
Of Westmoreland. y. H.. where she was
born i'm October. 1S23 She lived in PUT
ney and Grafton Mass. before coming
to Brattleboro about the year 1853. Her
first husband was Francis Spring Of Put
ney. now deceased. and her second hus-
band was Marvin Han of Brattleboro.
who died several years ago. She had not
! lived in BrattleborO continuously since
! 1863, but spent a few years on what Is
| known as the Mcclure farm in Guilford.
For a number of years she was employed
/ "a
The funeral was held at the house at
1870 o'clock Tuesday. Rev. +. W. Lewis.
OF the Methodist church. Of which Mrs.
Hall was "a member. officiating. TIE
burial was in Guilford. Mrs. Hall is sur
lived by three children. Charles Spring
of Brattleboro. Mrs. Eta knights Of
Kingston. y. Y, and Mrs. Nelson Cooley
of Brattleboro.
7 Notwithstanding the rain last Sunday
D q he. al
day service in the Congregational sunday
school. the rooms being crowded nearly
/ as much as a year ago. An orchestra OF
six pieces was the foundation Of excel
lent music in addition to several hymns
by the school there was a Cornet solo by
/ Carl Leitsinger. "a contralto solo by Miss
/ Laura Leitsinger songs by the primary
and junior pupils, prayer by the pastor.
responsive reading led 10y the superin-
tendent. and an address bv Prof. James
McConaughy, Bible instructor at Mount
: Hermon. on " The Book FOR To-day and
Every Day" The book referred to was
the Bible. as every one eXcpected. In a
very impressive way Prof. McConaughy
laid great stress on the need OF Bible
. study a means of making character.
. citing the noble examples furnished by
/ the lives Of Livingston, Stanley and
/ others. The address was listened to with
much interest. and coming just as the
. school is about to inangurate system OF
Bible study it will be productive of good
/ results.
\ reunion of the survivors Of company
r, lGtn Vermont Regiment, was held In
/ Grand Army han Tuesday forenoon.
/ when these officers were elected: prts-
dent. s. \. Smith Of Guilford, vice prcs-
/ dent. y. +. Ranney of Westminster
West; secretary and treasurer. +. II.
Putnam; executive committee, q. Pres
colt J. l.. Newman, Z. II. Putnam. y.
p. Ranney, Fred King Of Montague,
Mass, Mrs. H. l. Bangs. Mrs. c. T..
Beach of Burlington. Mrs. J. L. Newman
and Mrs +. II. Putnam. The roll call
was responded to by the following: II.
1 c. Winchester. II. ]. Bangs. II. H. Bur
nett, Eugene Clark Ezra Fisher, S. $.
Hunt. II. II. Miller, J. l.. Newman. o.
Prescott +. II. Putnam, and Fred T.
Stewart of Brattleboro. \. 7. Ranney OF
Westminster West, Joel Flagg. jr., S. \.
Smith, S. b. Boyden and w. II. Tyler OF
Guilford. Alphonso c. Cobb Of Putncy
Falls, Charles y. Clark of Springfield,
Mass, S. NJ. Fisher and George S. Stock
well of North Adams, Mass, \. y. Hill
and O. +. Wilson of Halifax, O. +. Nor
cross Of Dummerston and Jason Mann OF
Montague, Mass. Dinner was served in
the hall by the members of the Woman ;
Relief corps.
With the possibility of losing the sight
of both eyes Miss Florence Retting,
daughter or MT. ana Mrs. J., j. kettluR,
has been confined to her nome this week
under the care of two professional
nurses. Miss Retting graduated a few
weeks ago from Albany Business Col
lege. Some three weeks ago she went to
Clemens ~ Y, where she had position
as stenographer and cashier in a grocery
house which did a business of $1,000 or
more day. 1t was a part of Miss Ret
ting's duty to handle the money every
day. She was afflicted with cold. which
settled I'm her eyes. The condition of her
eyes became worse rapidly and on Fri
day she consulted a specialist in White
hall, y. Y. who told her that she had
blood poisoning, probably caused by rub
bling her eyes after handling money. He
said the ewes were in a very bad condi-
ton, but that by careful attention one OF
them might be saved. She started al
once for home, reaching BrattlebOrO Fri
day night. Since then two nurses have
given her eyes constant attention day
and night DR.. George II. Gorham thinks
he can save the sight of both eyes, al
though at present Miss Rettng Is unable
to see anything enough to recognize it,
Following is the record of business
/ transacted at the September session OF
the probate court Saturday, Judge Wat
erman presiding; The account of +, ID
f. Stowe. administrator of the George
W. Knowlton estate, was allowed and
the balance in mis- hands ordered paid "a
r. L. Gordon, guardian of Laura Knowl.
ton, minor child of the deceased. The
account of +. ID. f. Stowe. administrator