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

cemetery by the side of her father. She
was accompanied from Chicago by Geo.
NJ. Rassman of Keene
The members of the High school girls
basket ball team played a game at Brat
tleboro Wednesday evening with the
members of the Brattleboro High school
team, resulting in a score of to 2. The
Bellows Falls girls played under the
name of the town team and the Brattle-
boro girls under that of the Y. M c. A.
The senior class of Vermont Academy
has extended invitations to the men,
bers of the senior class of the High school
of this place, the High school teachers
and the members of the Woman's Club
and escorts to attend the annual senior
reception to be held in Fuller hall at Sax
tons River tomorrow evening.
The two games of basket ball played
Tuesday evening in Russell hall in North
Walpole, resulted in scores of % for the
| clerks of the square, and II for the
| Casein company, while the other game
was won by the High school team, play
| ing under the name of Bellows Falls
| Athletic club to the tune of 3S to s. over
the International Paper company.
A large number of prominent Grand
| Army men were in town Tuesday from
| the north part of the state, stopping over
| between trains on their way to the an
nual encampment at Rutland. Among
those who called on local friends were
EX-Lieut.-Gov Mansur of Newport, Hon.
| i. D. Hazen, postmaster at st. Johns
bury, and General Gilmore of Fairlee
Daniel w. Spaulding, a well known
| carpenter of this village, died Monday
| at the Retreat in Brattleboro. where he
was taken for treatment last Friday.
| Mr.. Spaulding has been at work short
time in Fitchburg, coming from there
Friday. He leaves wife here, who
is a great sufferer from rheumatism,
and a son and. daughter. They recently
sold their house on the new terrace.
\ consultation of the court commission
ers, the selectmen of Westminster, and
the officials of the Boston & Maine rail-
road was held Tuesday, at which the
| commissioners announced their decision
that the highway in front of the Weston,
Corlew and Church places between here
and Westminster, must be widened to at
least three rods. A meeting will be held
in the probate Office April 2S to hear the
question of damages
f. f. Proctor. who for over 30 years
has been in the employ of the different
corporations who have run the Rut-
land road, has resigned his position of
foreman of the round house, or chief en-
gineer at this point. Mr.. Proctor is one
OF our most substantial citizens and has
well earned the relief from his business
which he now intends to enjoy. His
successor is W. X. Bulls, who took the
position Monday morning. He comes
here from the Chatham branch of the
road and has been engaged upon roads
i'm other states. principally Tennessee
The entire upper floor of the Times
block, last occupied by the Paper Makers
union. has been leased permanently by
W. G. Belknap 4 Co, publishers Of the
Times. and after various changes are
made in it, il is to be occupied by the
Times Press. of which Z. II. Gobie Is
proprietor. He intends to move his type
setting room and presses to this floor
leaving the second floor and that part o,
the ground floor previously occupied by
, his presses for the use Of the Times IT.
: self. Mr.. Belknap is to move his mail
. Ing room to the ground floor, near hi
. press. a new hot water heating system
; is this week being installed, with thu
boiler under the stairs leading into thu
, Times office, thus doing away with al
, the inconvenient stoves.
One of the amateur successes of tn
= season was the minstrel entertainment
given by the class of 05, Bellows Fall
! High school Monday evening in Unioi
e hall. The hall was crowded to its ut
2 most capacity even standing room beini
5 unobtainable after SIS. and the elias
5 cleared over sos The work of tn
tambos, Hughes and Holmes, was es
= pecially good. The interlocutor was Err
e win Fifeld. while Knight and Hogal
r appeared as bones, and the end ladie
< were Misses Busby. Sawyer. lllingwort
! and Gould. The chorus was a stron
: one and the. instrumental music was b.
l the '05 orchestra, Felix Exner leader
4 Little Marjorie Winnewisser made a de
e cided hit in her songs and perhaps tn
D greatest success of the evening was tn
0 hoop drill by nine of the young ladies
The grand finale was cake walk part
cipated in by six couples who deporte
themselves like professionals an
!, brought down the house.