Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-29
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY, MAY

I.. J. Strong. the new owner Of the
Ntelrose House in West Brattleboro,
will open the hotel for business ON
Monday. June /.
DR.. George Roberts assisted by DR..
Miller and DR.. Waterman. performed
a iaparotomy last week ami removed
l5-pound tumor
The post-olice will be open from :
to II o'clock tomorrow and closed the
rest of the day. The carriers viii
make the morning delivery only.
The contract for stating the Home
for the Aged has been awarded to
George II. Hall Mr.. Hall has con.
tract for building a house in Turner'S
Falls. and is employing large force
Of men.
The Brattleboro Street railroad
company will make no change in the
schedule of cars the coming summer.
but will continue to run two cars an
hour instead of three cars as last
year. The receipts for the present
month will exceed those of May 1902.
Three cars were run a part of May
last year.
Miss Sadie Carney, formerly en-
ployed at the Brooks House, was mar
ried in Seattle, Wash" May 10, to
Morris Alton OF Seattle. n Yale grad
uate. They are on a wedding trip
through California and New Mexico.
They viii live in Seattle. Mrs. Alt
ton went from Brattleboro to Seattle
last autumn.
Members of the Brattleboro Won.
ans club drove to SpOnord lake last
Saturday morning for an outing and
basket picnic Mrs. l.. d. Greene.
the efficient chairman of the com
mittee. welcomed the ladies at her
cottage The day was bright and
cool, and was enjoyed celebrating
natures glories. The last meeting
of the season will be especially re-
membered.
The 5Oth annual meeting of the
Windham County Baptist Sunday
school convention will be held with the
Baptist church in East Dover Wednes-
day. June 10, at 10 o'clock a. m In
addition to the county workers. who
will address the convention. there will
be addresses by Rev. w. \. Dawson,
state missionary, and Rev. +. NJ. Full.
Ter, field secretary OF the state Sun
day school association.
Mrs. Patrick Austin. who Jump
ed town last week to escape being
dealt with for intoXication and dis
turbing the peace, returned and gave
herself up Friday afternoon. She was
arraigned before Justice Newton first
on the charge of intoXication and af-
forwards on the charge of disturbing
the peace. She pleaded guilty and
was fined on the first charge s. and
costs and on the second $40 and costs
amounting to about $25, which was
paid.
Arthur |. Howe of Wilbraham
Mass, who formerly ran a paper rul
ing establishment in Brattleboro. has
filed a petition in bankruptcy. with
scheduled liabilities of S4S32 and nc
available assets. The claims are all
unsecured, the largest creditors be
ing: Martin j. Judge of Holyoke
merchandise, $500; estate of S. II
Sherman of Brattleboro balance due
on a mortgage note of $1100: ]. T
Hildreth & Co., of Brattleboro, $500:
and estate of q. H. Clark of Brattle
boro, $3.50.
hiefofPolice Hall went to Rutland
Saturday with John Gordon, who i.
now serving a sentence of about 90
days in the house of correction. be
ing unable to pay fine for disturbinl
| the peace. Gordon was fined FRIDAY
morning and was told that if he want
| ed to start for Rutland then his time
would begin at once, but that he wa.
entitled to "a hours in which to raise
money with which to pay his fine. He
said he would start at once, but wher
Chief Hall was ready to go with him
he said he demanded the "a hours
He probably thought he was botherinl
the officer but in fact he was only
adding one day to his period of i'm
/ prisonment.
The question of whether the Ode
Fellows will be required to pay take:
on their building near MILESTONE
/ bridge will be argued before the boarC
of listers next Monday afternoon a
2 o'clock. Haskins & Schwenk viii
represent the town and H. G. Barber
| and f. W. Gibson the Odd Fellows
Heretofore the property has been eX
empt from taxation as having beer
used for charitable purposes. This
year the board of listers asked the
Odd Fellows to give in a list to in
clude the property in question, which
was done under protest. The conten
ton appears to be over the construc
ton or the statute eXempting prop
erty which is used" for charitable
purposes.
Naked from his waist to his arms
begrimed with dust and dirt and lyine
by the roadside, Edward Rand o.
West Dummerston was arrested about
noon Monday by Chief-of-Police Hall
Rand and two companions had beer
riding about town so drunk that they
could barely hold their heads up
While going up the hill near Larkin's
mill in Centreville Rand lost his bal
ance and fell out of the buggy, anC
as his companions We're not in a con
dition to assist him they drove on
/ leaving him in the road, The people
| living in that locality notified Chic
Hall. who went after Rand in q coupe
and took him to the lookup. In the
evening Rand pleaded guilty before
/ Justice Newton and was fined So anC
costs, amounting TO $ll.20. He wa,
unable to pay and so was taken tC