Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-09-09

Miss Hortense A. Hall will open the
kindergarten school at her home Monday,
Oct. 8.
Hose company No held a clam bake
i'm Herrick's lot In West Brattleboro Labor
day.
A meeting of the Sunday school board
of the Methodist church will be held at
the close of the session of the school next
Sunday.
Beginning next Monday but one mass
will be observed In St Michael's Roman
Catholic church until a resident priest is
appointed.
Thomas Cassidy, whose skull was frac-
tured during a game on the island nearly
two weeks ago, is still in a serious condi-
ton. An operation has mott been per-
formed
While at work in the corn canning fac
tory one day last week John Murray had
three fingers badly cut, but it is thought
that it will not be necessary to amputate
any of them.
The Womans Alliance of the Unitarian
church will have parlor sale of fancy
articles in Mrs Warder's rooms at The
Colonial Wednesday afternoon Sept. q,
from 8 to 6 o'clock.
''NVay Down East" with its pretty
story of New England life, will be seen
at the Auditorium tonight. The great
popularity of the celebrated play does
not seem to wane. Season after season
1t returns. and its receipts increase with
each succeeding visit.
John Harvey was brought before JUS
tice Newton Wednesday, charged, on
complaint of Mayor Blodgett. with rum
ming his automobile at excessive speed on
Main street Tuesday. He was fined So
and costs. amounting to 5000, which he
paid. Mr.. Harvey is the first driver of
machine to be brought into court here.
but there are several in addition to the
tourists. who often violate the law.
Chief of Police Hall was called to the
canning factory district both Sunday and
Monday, but no arrests were made. On
Sunday some young Brattleboro sports
visited and attempted to interfere with
the little Italian colony of Sc people who
are here to remain during the season that
the canning factory is open. A complaint
was made of a disturbance, but when
Mr., Hall arrived the offenders had dis
appeared. On Monday some of the en-
ployes quit work and demanded their
wages. Mr.. Bridges. the superintendent,
agreed to pay them the next day, but they
grabbed him and insisted on immediate
payment. BY keeping them at bay with
a revolver he held the fort and when they
knew an officer had been summoned
The phenomenal success this season of
Miss Wainwright in the shaksperean
comedy Twelfth Night demonstrates
that it is the highest order of drama.
The beauty of the production from a
scenic standpoint, and Twelfth Night"
is staged lavshly, has been a material
adjunct, and the splendor of the costumes
has added its quota, but without ques-
ton the beauty of the play, the excel
Of ha CT nd IN iph 4
charm of Miss Wainwrights acting are
the chief factors in the great popularity
of this attraction No Shaksperean play
is so replete with star parts 1t indeed
required the genius of a Shakspere to
link together the fortunes of this diverse
host Miss Wainwright will appear at
the Auditorium Wednesday evening. Sept.
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very handsome prospectus has been
issued describing the Y. NJ. c. A. Star
course of entertainments which will open
Oct. 10 by Signor Campanar, the great
baritone, supported by Nine. Ruby Cut
ter Savage, soprano. Miss Dorothy Hoyle,
violnist, and Ward Stephens. pianist and
accompanist. A great illustrated enter
tainment is promised for Nov. 10. in a
Day and Night with Our Life Savers
presented by ]. f. Comerford. Carmen $
Italian boys will appear Dec. %, also Ell
bert Poland, humoriSt. Matus and his
Royal Hungarian Court orchestra are
booked for Jan. &c, and the closing num-
Der will be John b. Denote in an illus
trated lecture. Course tickets are now
on sale at the Y. NJ c. A. rooms. BY
buying course tickets people will not only
obtain the most desirable seats, but will
make large saving in expense over sin
gle tickets as bought for separate en-
tertainments.
The construction work on Houghton &
Simondss new basement store. which is
| to be devoted exclusively to the sale OF
women's garments, has been finished. the
| goods are now being arranged, and the
| addition will be formally opened next
Monday with public reception during
the afternoon and evening. This store is
| 90 by 20 feet. the same in size the orig
| inal F. X. Barrows store, and 1t has been
| finished in a very handsome and attrac-
| tive way. 1t has steel ceiling. sheathed
walls and polished hard wood floors. II
| Is lighted from the front with large win
dows of LuXfer prisms, with enclosed
| arcs for artificial light. An electric eX-
| haust fan gives perfect ventilation with
| continual change of the air. At one side
| in front fitting and work rooms are pro-
vided. In the rear are toilet and retiring
| rooms A handsome oak staircase leads
to the salesrooms from the store above
| Customers will find this a bright, attrac-
| tive place in which to examine goods and
| make selections. The completion of this
addition practically triples the original
/ space of the store and is another mark OF
| the enterprise and success with which the
| young proprietors have conducted their
| business.
| A petition for interpleader has beer
filed by the defendant in the case OF
| Frank E. Drown of Springfield, Mass
| who was at one time owner of the
| Brooks House shoe store, against the
| New York Life Insurance company. In
| which the payment of a tontine invest.
| ment insurance policy is involved The
| amount of the policy, which fell due
| May %, last is $l52S, 40, and is made pay.
| able to the plaintiffs legal representa-.
| tives The plaintiff survived the period
| covered by the policy, but in 1893 assigned
| the policy to Smith & Adams then do.
ing business in Springfield When that
| firm was dissolved the policy was con-
| veyed to the Agawam national bank
| which is the real plaintiff in the case
| Believing that the assignment to the Ag.
| avian bank was of no value, Mr. Drown
| again assigned the policy in 1900 to E. O
| Smith and later to Clinton Gowdy and
| Clara S. Drown. In 1904 another assign.
| ment was made to Mrs. Abbie NJ. Ste.
vens of Claremont, N. H. these later
assignments as a whole covering the face
of the policy. The Agawam bank claims
the assignment made to it was legal, and
sues to recover the amount of the policy
] The defendant in its petition for inter
| pleader alleges that it has no interest In
| the controversy, and asks that all claims
which include the later assignees. NAV
be made parties defendant by the court
| The defendant has DIaaa6 tho op,o,o. -,