Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-04-29

Miss Daisy Webb has returned from a
two weeks visit in Brattleboro.
Mayor j. S. Carder of Rutland and wife.
We're the guests of Photographer Web
ster over Sunday.
A. II. Thompson has sold his house on
Granger street to George Wilbur former
ly of Cold River, who will occupy it at
once.
John w. Buemond, one of the old res
idents of our town, has opened a new
real estate agency in room No. in Arms
block.
Rev. and Mrs. Jay T. Stocking return
ed Saturday evening from New Haven,
Conn, where they had been spending the
week.
Bertha Bacon is now a stenographer in
the office of the International Paper Co,
having finished her work at the Casein
Co.'S office a few days ago.
Oscar ]. Divoll son of the late Josiah
B. Divoll has been appointed postmaster
at Rockingham to succeed his father,
who was appointed by President Lincoln
in 1861.
The board of selectmen advertise to
give a hearing at Banquet hall on the
afternoon of May IA on applications for
druggists licenses of Arthur II. Fuller
and Sarah T. Andrews.
Miss Alice Jackson. supervisor of mu-
SIC, gave demonstration OF class Wplh
in music in the first three grades before
the teachers of the town at their monthly
meeting last week Friday.
Tuesday evening the Young Mems club
of the Congregational church elected the
following officers: President w. II. Black
vice president, j. II. Whitney; secretary
and treasurer, Daniel Edwards.
The mother of Miss Ellen Tracy, a
teacher in the local public schools, died
at Windsor Wednesday, and her father
is critically i'll. Mrs. F. E. Pingree is
substituting in her place for the pres
ent.
A number of the older citizens at
tended the funeral services of the late
Josiah B. Divoll at Rockingham last Fri
day afternoon. Rev. w. w. Hooper and
the quartet of the Universalist church
took part.
A bogus piano tuner has been doing
business in town the past few days, Civ
ing as references the names of nfluen-
tial families, for whom he had never
done work. He is said to have injured
several pianos.
Mary E. Benton has been named as the
eXecutriX of the estate of the late Ira l..
Earle of this place, and Sidney A. Whip
pie has been chosen administrator of the
estate of the late William II. Campbell OF
SaXtons River.
The Boston & Maine railroad company
has appointed John H. Brown a special
policeman in the care of their property
nights in the village of North Walpole
Mr.. Brown has been for some years a
trainman on the Rutland railroad.
The Baptist church will celebrate its
semi-centennial Sunday and Monday
May and Q. The society was organized
in May, 1854, and the church building
was completed and dedicated on Deem
Der 81, 1860. An interesting program has
been prepared
Next Sunday a representation from the
local Knights of Columbus will go tC
Keene by a special train to assist in the
who are prominent i'm the order in Nassa-
chusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont
will be present
Annual meeting of King Solomon's
lodge of Masons was held last week and
these officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Edward b. Searle, w. NJ
Dayton II. Switzer, s. w; George l.
Provost, ]. W; Frank Adams, treasurer
and Geo. l. Whitney, secretary.
John Thompson, 81 died at the soldiers
home in Bennington Monday as the re-
suit of a paralytic shock. He served II
Company /, 4th Massachusetts regiment
during the civil war, He was admitted
to the home from Bellows Falls. The
burial was in the home cemetery.
c. II, MACEDONIAN was acquitted last
Thursday by the county court of tho
charge of having illegally killed deer IT
Grafton last February. At the justice
trial held at Grafton February 4. Mac
Gowan was found guilty and fined, anC