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

The younger son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Downer is i'll with diphthera
Edwin Kidder has been elected captain
of the high school base ball team this
week
The high school glee club will sing at
the Choral Union rehearsal next Wednes-
day evening.
Wilson Barrett's great Roman drama,
THE Sign of the Cross will come to the
Auditorium May II.
The Knights q Ladies of Honor will
hold a regular meeting in Red Mems han
. next Monday evening.
The Woman's Relief corps will have a
sewing meeting on the afternoon of their
regular meeting, May 70.
The members of Sedgwick Woman's
Relief corps will meet at Grand Army
hall May at $50 a. m. for the trip to
Mortified.
Houghton. Nmin x Co. announce that
"Thc Gentle Reader" the volume of es-
says by Rev. Or :. NJ. Crothers. pub
lished 10y them last fall is now in its
sixth edition.
James Austin, clerk in the post office,
had the little finger ON his right hand
broken and badly lacerated this morn
ing by getting it caught in the cancelling
machine.
Henry D. Carroll, IS, one Of the best
known railroad men in western Massa
chusetts, died at 115 o'clock yesterday
morning in his apartments in the Cooley
hotel in Springfield, from a complication
| Of diseases. The funeral will be held from
the hotel at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs Ann Benson and family and Mrs
Martha Tyler will go from Brattleboro to
attend the funeral. Mr.. Carroll was con-
ductor on the Connecticut River rail-
road from 1851 to 1887. His wife died two
years ago. Their summer home was in
Centreville, Brattleboro. many years.
The anniversary exercises of the
Young Mems Christian association will
be held May s. Gen. O. O. Howard of
Burlington has been engaged to speak at
a union service in the evening in the
First Baptist church. He win speak
also in the Congregational church at the
regular morning service and at the OPEN
ing of the Sunday school. State Secre-
tary +. : Morrison will address the
mems meeting in tie association rooms
at 1 o'clock ana probably will speak in
West Bratteboro either during the day
or in tn" evening There will be special
music at the union service.
Mrs Darlington and her unruly son.
+ Ike, Joan of Arc in her dashing military
costume, the Gypsie queen, the Greek
dancers, Topsy. and others will be star
, features in the Entertainment Samantha
Allen at the Court of Fame" which will
be given in the Auditorium next Thurs
day evening. This will be one Of
lQe amusement attractions OF the season.
wholesome and intensely pleasing. About
: | 40 Brattleboro young people will appear
q in the cast, under the auspices of the
Murray club and under the direction of
! ! Miss Harriet Harris, who is in Brattle-
I boro holding rehearsals Tickets will go
on sale at the box Office at o'clock Mon
day morning. and thereafter will be on
, sale at the News store.
Insurance adjusters have been in
}. Brattleboro this week to determine the
+ loss to Donnell Il Davis and the Herrick
and Wyman estates as the result of the
/. fire in Union building last week. The
= damage to the building will he decided
by l.. +. Holden by agreement Of parties.
The loss to Donnell & Davis cannot be
given exactly at present, but an agree
ment has been reached whereby the in
surance company will take the goods and
turn them over to a salvage house for
what can be gotten for them. Under this
! arrangement il is expected that Donnell
& Davis will receive not far from their
total insurance on the stock, which was
$4,000. The firm will not have a
fire sale at first intended, all their old
stock being sold out of town.
Mrs. Mary E. Adam, 40, wife of Frank
G. Adam, superintendent of F. u. Dick
insons farm, died Wednesday night after
a long illness with consumption. She
was a native of Ireland and born
Sept. 90 1898 Before moving to Mr..
Dickinsons farm Mr.. and Mrs. Adam lived
in this village. Mr.. Adam being employ
ed by c. f. Crowell and S. n Herrick.
Besides her husband Mrs. Adam leaves
four children. two girls and two boys. a
. brother, John Herbert of Brattleboro, and
v a sister, Mrs Holden of Grafton, for
= merry of Brattleboro. Funeral services
= will be held in the Roman Catholic church
I at o'clock tomorrow and the burial will
! be i'm the Roman Catholic cemetery.
The members of j. f. Halls Sunday
> | school class held their annual supper i'm
the First Baptist church last evening, and
n although rain fell throughout the even
n ing there was large attendance and
Z the occasion was very enjoyable. The
parlor and dining room We're trimmed
. with green and white the class colOrs,
and the tables were decorated with East
er lilies and palms. Piano and violin mu-
d sic by Miss Jessie and Luther Hawley
| was given during the supper, and after
/, wards a program was given consisting
a of a welcome song written by Miss Min
e ME Dietrich, remarks by Rev. Mr.. Law
son, Mr. Hail. L. w. Hawley and Mrs
y l.. j. Rettng, past president of the class
a reading by Mrs. Ida Fuller Thurston
- a piano solo by Miss Jessie Hawley and
g solos by Miss Louise Coates and Mrs w
y B. Eddy.