Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-24

Three candidates will be initiated
at the regular meeting of Dennis Re
bekah lodge next Tuesday evening.
The annual meeting of the United
Irish League Brattleboro branch,
will be held a week from next Sun
day.
The tennis court back of the Con
gregational parsonage has been
smoothed over and will be used in a
few days. Another court will be laid
out near the present one if there is
a demand for it.
Henry r. Brown has sold the Ste
vens property on Elliot street to Wal
ter Dole partner of G. e. Gilman, who
will take possession at once. The
property includes the Gilman livery
stable and the house adjoining.
The horse which Mrs. Powers took
from Albert Thayer's team last week
has been returned to its owner in
Green River. and Mrs Powers has
been asked by John f. Gale to pay
the expenses incident to the deten-
ton of the animal.
The Junior members of the Y. NJ.
c. A., accompanied by Secretary Will
son and James Helyar will tramp to
Mine mountain and Indian pond to-
morrow, starting from the association
rooms at 9 o'clock. All members are
requested to provide themselves with
luncheon.
Some boys who were either bent on
mischief or did not know better piled
some rubbish against the watercure
building on the north side of Elliot
street one day this week and set fire
to it. but fortunately they were seen
in time to prevent what might have
been a bad affair.
The marriage of Lillian Gray Park.
younger daughter of Mr.. and Mrs \.
f. Park of Chaplin street. to Robert
Cochran Gregg Of Greenfield. younger
son Of Or. and Mrs. J. w. Gregg of
Green street. will take place in the
Centre Congregational church Tues
day May .. at high noon. The in
vitation to their friends is general
Depositors in the local savings
banks are requested to carry or send
their bank books to the banks during
the month of May for examination
and verification F. S. Plat. inspec-
tor of finance. having designated that
month as the time when such in.
spection and veritication shall be
made
a despatch of yesterday from Ben
ningtOn announces that Mrs. r. j.
Coffey, assistant matron and Miss
Nellie j. Coffey. clerk to the superin-
tendent at the Soldiers Home have
resigned and will keep house in res
idence owned by Mrs. Coffey in Grand
View street. Benjamin Harmon. son
of the superintendent, will succeed
Miss Coffey as clerk.
Fleming & Crown have sold the J.
a. Pullen house on Chaplin street to
c. d. Whitaker of Hinsdale. y. H..
superintendent of the Hooker. Corser
& Mitchell cOmpany's factory, who
will make some improvements in the
property before occupying it, Elem
ing e Crown recently bought the
property of f. d. Powers of Spring
field, Mass
Mrs Cynthia Westover Alden of
New York City, president of the In
ternational Sunshine society, will
speak on Sunshine work next Thurs
day evening at o'clock at the home
of Mrs. julius j. Estey There will
be bag sale during the evening. and
it is hoped that there may be large
attendance of those interested in the
work and their friends Mrs. Alden
is editor of the Sunshine Bulletin. the
official organ of the society, and of
the Sunshine department of the La
dies Home Journal.
There appears to be no opposition |
to the present board of village officers /
and unless other names are written
on the official ballots at the village |
meeting the old board will be re-
elected The time for filing nomina- |
tons with the village clerk expired at .
midnight Monday At $3.50 O'Clock /
that evening list of nominations was
filed, which is the only list that has
been filed. 1t is designated Citizens
Ticket and contains these nomina-
lions: For bailiffs, f. w. Blodgett l..
w. Hawley, r. c. Bacon, c. r. Cros-
by and l.. NJ. Howe; for collector of
taxes, r. E. Gordon; for clerk and
treasurer w. Dorr Perry for chief
engineer, II. w. Sanders for auditor.
:. A. Harris. The nomination paper
S signed by c. F. Thompson. c. C.
Fits, F. d. E. Stowe, A. F. Schwenk.
:. e. GRAHAM, c. W. Puffer. A. E.
Miller, H. p Welman, C. Spencer.
=. o. Robbins. j. f. Mellen. H. r.
Brown, F. b. Putnam, C. A. McRae
md c F. Thomas.
While making his first run as
reight brakeman on the Central Yer
mont railroad between Brattleboro
md New London H. E. Thornton
lad the toes on his right foot crushed
~ the wheels of locomotive about
o'clock Wednesday morning. The
lccident happened near Amherst.
thornton went in behind the locomo
i've to adjust the air brake connec-
ions and while there the locomotive
vas started backward running over
rs toes and spiintering the bones in
he front part of his foot. DR.. Wood
Jury of Millers Falls was summoned
" telephone He had Thornton
laced aboard the train and brought
o BrattlebOrO. Dr.. Pratt, surgeon
1r the railroad, was summoned and
@ and DR.. Woodbury. amputated ;
bout half of the foot. after taking
ne patient to the Brattleboro House.
ho.nton's home is in Keene. n. H..
here he has a wife and two children.
lie has been employed on the New
ork, New Haven & Hartford rail =
Dad. !,
Walter NJ. Ware of Putney, who has {
cen brought before the public /
trough numerous hearings in bank /
lptcy recently, was arrested at his
ONE Monday by United States Mar
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