Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-15
.BRATTLEB0R0 LOCAL.

Frank L. Willard and Mrs. Althene
r. Davis were married Tuesday by
Rev. r. X. Marvin. They are now in
Boston
A May party will be given Monday
evening in Red Mems hall by the
Young ladies of the Sodality of st.
Nehaels Roman Catholic church. All
.aa cordially invited.
The first meeting of the creditors
a. Edward \. Fraser will be held in
tl Office of +. d. E. Stowe, referee
lu bankruptcy, June /, when claims
will be proved and trustee elected.
The probate court has appointed
Mrs. James Conland administrators
If Dr. Conland's estate. the doctor
having left no will. DR.. H. d. Holton
and W. II. Childs have been appointed
appraisers and commissioners.
The annual field day of Company l
will be held June -. Capt Hovey
Of the oath United States infantry
and Capt c. F. Burnham of Burling-
tou Inspector of rifle practice, will
assist Gen w. II. Gilmore in the in
spcction.
This is the view of an occasional
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y.val of business which is always
promised to accompany license has
reached our town. Two arrests and
more drunkenness than we usually
see in six months is our record for the
past week.
The SoutO companys furniture fac
tory in Randolph will be run until ev-
erything is ready for operations in
Brattleboro, probably not before July
!. j. II. Kendall, who will be foreman
of the Brattleboro plant, has been
here recently with Manager F. A.
Thompson. directing some of the i'm
portant work.
Louis Dompier and his wife, Marion
DOmpier, were on the stand Saturday
afternoon to testify in a case of do
nestle infelicity. Mrs. Dompier had
brought a petition for divorce and a
question was raised as to a division
Of furniture. An agreement finally
was reached. Judge Tyler presided,
the hearing being in the county clerks
office.
The play In the Tolls" by the
Grange Dramatic club Saturday night
was attended by fair sized audience.
The play is the amateur version of
Dangers of New York presented re-
Gently by the Bennett-Moulton COM
pany, and the cast was strengthened
by three members of that company
including their leading man, Charles
A. McGrath, who was applauded every
time he appeared. The presentation
was excellent. Some OF the club mem
bers are performers of unusual talent
The funeral of L. L. Davis, which
was held at his late residence on
South Main street at O'clock Friday,
was largely attended. large del
egation of Odd Fellows sat in a body.
There were many floral pieces, includ-
ing set pieces from the various or
CARNATIONS of which Mr.. Davis was a
member. Rev. L. NJ. Keneston of
West Brattleboro officiated and Miss
Louise Coates and A. L. Maynard
sang Lead, Kindly Light" and 20
Where Is That Beautiful Land" The
burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery,
under the ritual of the Odd Fellows.
The second season at Camp Ches-
terrified, a summer camp for boys,
will open at Spofford lake June so,
and will close Sept. 9. Edgar Burr
Smith formerly of Brattleboro, a
connected with Mr. Leafs school for
boys in Plainfeld, n. j., will have
personal direction OF the boys. Mr..
Smith recently bought H. L. Emer-
sons cottage, "Souhegan," on the
east shore, for a permanent home for
the camp. His associates in direct
ing the boys this year will be George
Hopkinson, Brown 90, Harvard med
ical school '05, and Robert F. Tilney
I'd, Yale '05.
Constable L. r. Thayer, States At
torney a. F. Schwenk and Justice F
d. E. Stowe went TO Guilford Friday
TO ofticiate at the trial of a man who
gave his name as Lester Lorey, who
was charged with having been intoX
icated. Lorey was arraigned before
Justice Stowe in the Broad Brool
House. He plead guilty and wa:
fined So and costs. Being unable tC
pay he was brought TO BrattleborC
and kept in the lookup until Satur
day, when he was taken 10 Newfant
Jail In negotiating for the paymen
Of his fine he found it necessary u
do some corresponding and therefore
had to give his real name, which wa
Pond. He paid his fine and costs
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morning and was released.
Depositors in the local saving
banks do not seem particularly anX
ious to have their bank books veri
fed, as they have opportunity TO d,
under the new law. The statute pre-
vides that during the month of May
once in five years savings bank book
may be taken to the banks for verif
cation. Ten years ago the local say
ings banks sent out notice TO all de
pOsitors informing them of the neV
law. About two thirds of the deposit
ors brought in their books. Flv
years ago the depositors were not nc
tilted individually, but a notice wa
advertised in the newspapers an
about one-third of the books wer
brought in. At the rate books ar
coming in during the present mont
the record this year will be abou
the same as five years ago
The complex question of who owne
the property came before Justice
H. MerTifield Wednesday in the SUI
of E. E. Perry against P. l.. Shea. TIL
evidence tended to show that abor
the time Mr.. Perry vacated the stor
he formerly occupied in the j. L. Ra
huildinp ha sold q furnace some ii,