Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-10


town hall corridor The meeting will
be held May s.
The Royal Arch degree was con
ferred on three candidates at a meet
ing of Fort Dummer Royal Arch chap
ter Wednesday evening.
c. H. Prescott, conductor. has
rare Spanish coin which was found in
a corn field in Hinsdale. 1t was coin
ed in III, during the war of the
Spanish succession. and bears the
name "Carolus Ill"
The 40th anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr.. and Mrs. Diedrich Stolte
fell on Sunday and the sons and
daughters in the family surprised
their parents by giving them an easy
chair and several other useful arti-
cles.
Three sergeants and a corporal will
soon be appointed in Company l. EX
aminations were taken Friday night
by f. c. Dunklee, George Metcalf
George Mosher and G.. H. Thompson
for appointment as sergeant and by
Marshall Noyes for appointment as
corporal.
The first meeting of the creditors
of f. l.. Pierce of Putney was held
Monday in the office of F. ID. E. Stowe,
referee The creditors elected w. s..
Adams. a member of the Cole Paper
company, trustee unanimously. c. w.
Adams, c. II. Converse and David S.
Persons were appointed appraisers.
The largest volume of freight bust
ness at the local station in any one day
since Mr.. Burke became station agent
was handled Monday. Between
the hours of a. III. and IL p.
m. POI cars were received over the
New London road 176 were picked up
here and sent north and 125 cars were
sent south. The cars received from
the north were not counted.
Fire in w. II. Bonds apartments in
the Bond building on Main street Sat
urday night damaged household goods
to the amount of SIS or more. por-
there caught fire from a large lamp
which was being carried from one
room to another. The portiere and a
rug were destroyed, and two carpets
We're badly damaged. Mr.. Bond pull
ed down the portiere and stamped out
the flames.
The case of A. A. Ross of Dummer-
ton against f. A. Selfors of Jamaica
came before Justice Lewis Lynde for
a hearing Saturday. The suit was
brought to recover IA debt and the de-
PENDANTS property was attached by
Deputy Sheriff Subway. w. ~
Batchelder of Brattleboro appeared
for the plaintiff. The defendant did
not appear. Judgment was rendered
for the plaintiff to recover the debt So
with the costs of S4.IS.
The local basket ball season is over
and the screens have been taken out
of Festival hall. The game against
the Springfield professionals was
abandoned as it was thought the ven
ture was a doubtful one from a finan-
cial standpoint. Although the games
have attracted large audiences, the
expenses for rent of the hall. for uni
forming and equippng the teams and
for other purposes have been very
large and there is a small deficit.
\ hearing on the question of exemp-
tions in the e. A. Starkey estate was
held Monday before +. d. E. Stowe,
referee. The referee held that the
bankrupt's watch and diamond ring
over which there has been some dis
pute, were not exempt property, but
that the proceeds from the sale of an
overcoat worn by the bankrupt and
sold before his adjudication consti-
tuted a debt which was an individual
asset and was exempt from attach
ment.
A meeting of the Congregational
Ministers association was held in the
Brooks House Monday. The Bible
lesson was given by Rev c. E. Hay
ward of Putney and the book review,
Fairbanks Philosophy of the Christ
ian Religion. by Rev. H. R. Miles.
Rev. Mr. Hayward and Rev.
w. p. Jackson were elected a commit
tee to arrange the program for the
coming year. 1t was voted to hold the
next meeting in Dummerston the first
Monday in June. This will be the last
meeting before the summer vacation,
The annual meeting of Connecticut
Valley Council, No. 16, was held
Thursday evening of last week, when
these officers were elected: A. w.
Crouch, T. |. NJ. |. D. Bailey, D. NJ;
Edwin H. Putnam. p. c w: P. Frank
Connors, treas; William B. Vinton,
recorder; Ferris r. Vaughan, c. of G.;
James b. Randoll, conductor; William
H. Vinton, marshal; j. Henry Pratt
steward; II. F. c. Todt, chaplain; Col
Inns L. Piper sentinel. The installa-
ton took place Immediately after the
election.
The late Herbert NJ. Houghton,
member of the Brattleboro camp,
Modern Woodmen of America. was
too late in applying for insurance in
that order to leave his family the ben
eft of an insurance policy He join
ed the order three months ago, but
did not apply for insurance until a
short time before his death. He was
examined and accepted and the pa
pers We're returned last Friday for
him to sign. The time for him to
sign them would have been at the
next regular meeting of the camp.
The Y, NJ. c. A. basket ball team
was beaten at Easthampton, Mass,
Saturday night by the German Turn
ers, score 1915. March made the only
field goals for Brattleboro. When the
two teams met in Brattleboro a few
weeks ago Y. NJ. C. A. won 25-10. The
Turner'S have not been defeated this
season on their own floor. The Y.
Nj. c. A. boys played an excellent pass
ing and blocking game. but could not
lind rhe baskets. The hall was poorly
lighted, and the darkness bothered
the boys. The general work was good
but Howe qXpallpd among tha Rrattla.