Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-28

! About 60 couples attended the second
of the series of festival hops in Festival
| han Wednesday evening.
Brattleboro lodge. No. 1902. +. & A. NJ
worked the entered apprentice degree at
| a special communication last evening.
The foundation is being put in for
| house which will be erected by Fred G.
Adams at the corner of Tyler and North
| streets.
The business aud professional mems
gymnasium class will begin physical
| work in the Y. NJ. G. 4. gymnasium next
Wednesday at 4 o'clock.
II may be of interest to many to know
! that Brattleboro will be the only ulace I'm
| all New England that will seen Creston
! Clarke In Monsieur Bcaucaire" this sea-
| son.
Contractor Kilburn. who is working on
| the foundation for the new building i'm
! the rear of Hooker building, has the west
| foundation nearly completed. Some of
the men are excavating for the east
foundation, near the railroad.
Miss Helen b. Calder, general secre-
! tary of the Young Women's Christian
association Of Mt. IIolyoke college, will
! speak of the work i'm our cities and col
! leges at the Woman's Auxiliary meeting
! Tuesday afternoon. A general invitation
!
The 3Oth annual convention of the Yer
mont w. c. II. Y. began at North Ben
nlngton Wednesday and will close tonight
with an address by Mrs. Maria Weed of
| Chicago on THE Octopus of the goth
Century" Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. New
man are delegates from Brattleboro.
The third of the Festival hops will come
next Wednesday evening, Nov. 2, at Fes-
! tival hall There will be some special
| features at every one OF these dancing
parties and a thoroughly good time Is
| promised A large crowd attended the last
| one and all report an enjoyable occasion.
y picked team OF young foot ball play
| ers defeated Brattleboro academy I'm
| lively game on the island yesterday after
noon. the score being II to 0. Long runs
were made by Arnold for the victors, and
! Thurber of the academy team, a brother
of the Colgate tackle. was in every play.
Henry a. Bowea of Shelburne Falls.
! Mass. who has received the Democratic
nomination for senator in the Franklin
| Hampshire district, is father Of DR. Il. S.
! Bowen Of Brattleboro. Mr.. Bowen con-
! ducts n paper box business and at one
| time he was station agent in Shelburne
| Falls. He is native of Nottingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fitzsmmons WIS.,
| tied at A. r. Cobb's over Wednesday
| night on their way to Passaic n. j. TO
Il
called from Burlington to be general sec
rotary of the Y. NJ c. A. The Woman's
| Auxiliary of the Burlington association
! gave them n farewell reception Tuesday
evening, which the Burlington Free Press
says was hearty tribute of respect and
| esteem to the retiring secretary and his
| wife.
tary OF the Vermont Automobile club
| has compiled n list OF all owners of ma
| chimes In the state so far as ne has heard
| from them. There are 2l5 on the list
| but he estimates the number as high as
! 275. as many machines have been received
| recently, the names of the owners OF
! which are not on the list Following is
| the number of machines on the list in
some Of the largest places OF the state:
Burlington 3s. Barre %, Bratteboro 26,
| Bennington {, Montpelier Z. Richford 10.
| Rutland 81. st. Adams 4, st Johnsbury
| 16, Springfield 4. South Londonderry 4.
| Woodstock c.
! At the reading Of the calendar at the
session Of the supreme court In Mont
| pelier this week it was announced that
! ia" case Of r.. G. Baldwin. administra-
/ tor. against the Central Vermont Rail-
way company. had been settled and dis
! continued. This was an action brought
| to recover damages in the sum OF Sl0-
/ 0o0 for the death Of Mr.. Baldwins broth
! err Engineer Baldwin, who was killed at
/ Vernon a year ago last winter. The pc
/ uton for writ OF mandamus in the
! case Of Fiske 6. Rogers against Town
/ Clerk Adm +. Miller Of Dummerston was
! withdrawn, the case having been settled
! This was In an action brought to COM
/ pei Mr.. Miller to sign liquor licenses
/ The case of Armour & Co against j. J.
/ Ward OF Brattleboro was submitted on
/ brief Ward formerly delt with Armour
! n co. when he was In the meat business
! suit was brought to recover bill of
! about $3.50. which Mr.. Ward claimed had
| been settled. The county court decided
| against Ward and exceptions were taken.
| In the case OF ELLA Stratton against John
! f. Morse of South Newfane. the bank
! ruptcy Of the defendant was suggested.
| The bankruptcy proceedings i'm this case
are reported elsewhere in this paper.