Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-11

A laundry has been opened in the Sar-
gent building on Elliot street this week
by H. S. Chang, Chinaman. formerly
Of Boston.
The hearing before Judge Wheeler in
the case of the National Electric Signal
Ing company against the DeForest Wire
less Telegraph company was concluded in
the Congregational vestry about o'clock
Friday afternoon. The attorneys had
just time to board the afternoon train
for New York.
County Examiner II. d. Ryder of Bel
lows Falls is here to conduct examina-
lions for teachers certificates at the high
school building today and tomorrow He
held examinations in Bellows Falls last
Friday and Saturday and in Townshend
Tuesday and Wednesday. The only re-
naming dates for examinations are in
Bellows Falls August 80 and 81
Metzger Brothers of Rutland and their
agent, H. w. Sargent Of Brattleboro, have
put set Of roller awnings over the front
windows Of Durham Brothers stores this
week. The awnings are operated by a
crank and chain and rolled up tightly
leaving no chance for damage by wind
rain, snow, etc. besides being easy to
manage and free from entanglng ropes
An appeal has been taken by Alfred L.
Howard and Emily d. Howard of Putney
from the action of the commissioners of
the George II. Phillips estate in disallow-
ing part of their claim against the
estate. They presented a claim Of S11O0
for cattle delivery to Mr. Phillips. At a
hearing the commissioners allowed $s11.
The case will be tried at the coming term
OF court at Newfane.
Rev. DR.. G. E Martin Of Lowell. Mass,
Will preach in the Congregational church
next Sunday. The supply for the follow
ing Sunday will be announced Rev II.
A. Simpson of New York, secretary Of
the American Board, will preach Aug
% and Prof. L. B. Patton. of the Hart
ford Theological seminary, will preach
| Sept 3. Rev. c. o. Day, who intended
| to preach one Sunday during Rev. Mr.
Miles's absence. has cancelled his en-
gagement. being in the Catsklls on ac-
count OF i'll health.
! Miss Hulda S. Boman %, daughter Of
! Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Boman, died at her
! home at 90 Williams street about o'clock
! Tuesday morning. She had been III with
! consumption about two years. She was
! born In Sweden March T. 1850. For the
past ten years she had been employed by
! Mrs. James Dalton, whose love and con-
! dence she had won by her sterling char
| acter, faithfulness and womanly quail
tiles. The funeral was held at o'clock
yesterday in the Swedish Lutheran
! church. Rev. Mr.. Sheander officiating
| The burial was I'm Prospect Hin cemetery.
! An appeal has been allowed this week
| in the case Of the town Of Jamaica against
! Tax Collector Charles II. Howe. The ap-
| peal will be heard at the September term
| OF the county court. Z. L. Waterman Is
| counsel for the town and II. G.. Barber for
| the tax collector. The town brought
| petition before Justice p H. Rutter in
| March for an extent against Mr.. Howe
| Treasurer A. w. Butler representing that
| Mr.. Howe was delinquent in the collec-
| ton and payment OF certain taxes, as fol-
| lows: George NJ. Doane, 500. +. $. Wilder
S32 Bert A. Vinton, $30.15, +. w. Clayton
$l5, II. d. Allen, $500, and Dexter Torrey's
estate. $3l.5l, all being assessed for 1885,
1899, 1900 and 1901. The case was con-
tinued until June 25, and on hearing it
was adjudged that the amount OF arrears
was $l34.75, to which was added costs Of
SlOS1, making total OF sl45.62
The trustees elected at the public meet
| Ing to secure subscriptions for the 5000
| necessary to locate the White River
Chair company in Brattleboro have is
| sued call this week To the subscribers
stating that all the conditions have been
| fulfilled by the White River Chair COM
| pany. The company has invested in the
| plant and machinery over 10000 as a
| permanent investment. besides nearly a
| like amount in stock. Sixty men are en-
| ployed in the chair department and
about 60 more by the Brattleboro Cabinet
| company in the same plant The chair
| company has advertised for % additional
chair makers preparatory TO increasing
that part of the business very materially
| during the coming autumn. The two
companies agreed to employ not less than
50 men and invest not less than $500
| They are employing about 120 men and
have invested 100000.
recommendation to discontinue the
post office at West Marlboro was made
to the fourth assistant postmaster gen.
eral Saturday by Congressman Kittredge
Haskins. The postmaster, Clarence
Adams, was called upon last February to
execute a new bond. as is required every
four years. The request was not COM
piled with and Congressman Haskins was
notified. Mr. Adams expressed to Mr.
Haskins a willingness to renew his bond
and blanks were sent to him for that
purpose. In July the post office depart
ment notified Mr.. Haskins that Adams
had resigned and asked him to name some
one for appointment as Adams's successor
| Mr. Haskins visited the Office last week
but was unable to find any one who would
| take the office. Adams is the only man
| living on the stage road who is a patron
OF the office. The income OF the Office
last year was SCI The nearest post office
| is the Marlboro Centre, two miles away
The proceedings of the 6Sth annual
meeting of the Vermont Historical So
| ciety have been published in a volume of
| 16S pages The contents include a valu-
able paper on Commodore Thomas Mac
donough, read in the hall of the House of
| Representatives last October by Charles
II. Darling. assistant secretary of the
! navy, and paper on the soldiers OF the
| Revolutionary war buried in Vermont
and anecdotes relating to them by Walter
| IL. Crockett. list is given of 46OS Rev
| dictionary soldiers who lived and died in
| Vermont. with much other interesting
data concerning them. There is also an
| account of the discovery and recovery of
the Jonas Fay records of the early con-
ventions of Green Mountain Boys BIZ
| ographical sketches are given of several
members who died during the past year,
| including President Allan d. Brown of
| Norwich university, DR.. James Conland
! of Brattleboro and Rev. James II. Bah
bit, formerly of West Brattleboro.
The heavy downpour of rain Sunday
evening made II necessary to give up the
band concert scheduled to be held on the
common, but it was held in Festival hall,
| followed by the regular union meeting
! About IS people braved the storm and
were we'll repaid for their efforts The
| speaker was Everett W. Goodhue, pro-
fessor, of sociology and economics in Col
gate university and son OF Rev. H. A.
Goodhue of Brattleboro. His theme was
Moral Earnestness in Public Life" He
detected note of hopefulness in the fact
that never before was so much emphasis
planad On "a oil IL,