Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-20

week on the family lot of the late c. H.
Upham in Putney by c. II. Grant.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
IF the Brattlcboro q Whitehall railroad
company will be held at the Brooks House
at 1890 a. m. Saturday, May 2S.
1t is hoped that large number of the
members of the Womans Relief corps
will be at Grand Army hall early Thurs
day afternoon, May 26, to make wreaths
for Memorial day as the regular meet
ing occurs I'm the evening Supper will
be served at the hall.
A hand fire cxtinguisher saved the
Cobleigh residence in West Chesterfield
from being burned Saturday morning. \
fire was discovered i'm the shed attached
to the house. and it had progressed SO
far that without an eXtinguisher it could
not have been subdued
The Christian Science society recently
have renovated their rooms i'm Market
block by painting and papering, and TAX
ing down partition to increase the size
of the audience room \ new art SQUARE
draperies and shades for the windows
have been bought for the reading room.
ana there are new seats in the audience
room.
The schedules have not been published.
but ii is expected that the fast expresses
from New York will reduce the running
time to Springfield at least one-half hour
during the summer. and that no stops
will he made at Berlin. Mcridcn. Milford
and Stamford The train which leaves
New York at 4 o'clock and arrives in
Brattleboro at 1915 is one of those which
will be effeced by the change.
The New York Life Insurance company
has sent a circular letter to its local pa
irons stating that hereafter collections
throughout the state will be handled 10y
the cashier of the Vermont branch in
Rutland. 1t is believed that this change
will be economical and give better service.
and after being relieved of this work
Major f. w. Childs will be able to devote
more of his time to the company's agency
department.
The case of l.. Il. Brooks of Montpelier
against Il. IL. Miller of Dummerston.
contract. over deal in apples. was heard
before City Judge G. Il. Woodward i'm
Montpelier Saturday and after hearing
dozen witnesses in regard to the condition
of the apples the court gave judgment to
the plaintiff to recover 500 damages and
costs. Mr.. Miller had sued Mr. Brooks to
recover balance due on the account and
the case was returnable i'm Windham
county Monday.
The Vermont Audubon society is pleased
to report that several societies have re-
Gently been formed. one in Proctor
another in Essex Junction and a third i'm
Springfield Mrs. Davenport was at the
institute of arts and sciences i'm Man
chester, n. H., last week and visited the
Springfield branch on her way home.
This week she will be with the Proctor
branch and will then go to Mount Mans
field for the summer for further study Of
the flora and bird distribution.
Lucien Howe of Brattleboro the well
known accompanist and brother of Mary
Howe. the famous soprano. has been en-
gagged as organist at the Congregational
church, to succeed the late j. Harry
Engels. Mr. Howe has been well known
in the musical world for many years as
a musician of much ability and he will
be a distinct addition to the musical cir
Giles of Rutland. He will come to this
city during the present week and will
preside at the organ of the Congregations
al church next Sunday morning HUT
land News of Monday.
Despondent because of falling off in
his trade. j. Marqusec of Cooperstown.
n. Y, a travelling salesman for the James
Quirk Milling company of Minneapolis.
committed suicide Monday morning i'm
the Haynes hotel in Springfield. Mass.
by inhaling gas. Mr.. Marquiscc was an
old acquaintance of +. Crosby x Co. and
had had dealings with them many Years
He was in Brattlehoru last week He left
tl' N0tl - IN pltilllillS MS act. Dlt sales
men who were acquainted with him say
he was easily Influenced 10y lack of sue
cess in obtaining orders
\ countryman who apparently had lust
awakened from a Rip Van Wrinkle sleep
and did not know that prohibition with
its liquor agency system had been sup
planted in Vermont 10y the license law
drove through the driveway south of the
town hail building Monday and stopped
n inf Of ho ,t~s1,,
merly occupied as a liquor agency. Get
ting out of his wagon he produced a gal
Ion jug, and was surprised to find the old
agency door locked. G. A. Borden. the
decorator, gave the would-be customer a
bit of recent history, and the man left
with a doubtful expression on his counte-
nance.
The bailiffs organized for the coming
year at their regular monthly meeting
Saturday night when T.. w. Blodgett was
chosen chairman, II. c. Bacon village At
torney and Ernest S. Hall chief of police.
John Calvin nominated G. G. Turner for
chief, and he was also supported by r. c.
Bacon. but Messrs, Blodgett Crosby and
Foster supported Mr. Hall. 1t was voted
to pay Mr. Hall for special day work in
lieu of certain legal fees which he will
turn into the village treasury. He was
instructed to make arrests for breach of
the peace and not for intoxication the
coming year and the prosecutions will be
conducted by the village attorney.
y modified injunction order was issued
by Judge Tyler in the case of Charles
). White of Grafton against Austin Smith
of Cambridgeport. Smith entered into an
agreement with White in April whereby
he was to cut timber on a certain lot, de-
livcring to Mr. White stated amount
and keeping the rest. On May II Judge
Tyler issued an injunction restraining
smith from going to the lot, Mr.. White
the orator, alleging that the defendant
was cutting or about to cut fire wood
then standing on the lot. The order Mon
day modified the injunction 50 that the
defendant may continue to cut timber.
but must not cut fire wood. H. ID. Ryder
appeared for the orator and A. f.
SchWcnk for the defendant
These committees were appointed AT a
meeting of the board of directors ana Of
tcers of the Y NJ. c. A. Friday evening:
Lecture, George l.. Durham, G. f.. r.
Jenne and j. Harry Estey; religious work.
l.. w. Hawley, j. T.. Han w 4. GIL
bert s. b. Emerson, A. l.. Blair F. 4.
8agg, Carl Cain, Thomas Pentland and
l.. NJ. Stickney; membership, Thomas
Pentland, Luke Woodward, IIarland Mil
Ter, John r. Tasker, George S. Perry.
William b. Douglas and Howard H.
Blanding finance, George II. Clapp Dr.
c. S. Clark and S w. Edgett entertain
ment, DIR. c. G. Wheeler \. l.. Maynard
and II. f. Jordan; reception, f. NJ. Cum
diff William p. Douglas and Howard H.
Handing; boys, Harry Sanders, Leon f.
Moody and Arthur e. Thurber; gymna-
stun, Eldridge NJ Cundiff, =. NJ Ferriter
Leon w. Sanders and Dana III. Stafford
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