Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-28

Lawyer Frank Iaughton has given up
his Office on Main street. He intends
to locate in some other town.
The woman's auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c.
A. will have a cake sale at the associa-
ton rooms tomorrow from to o'clock.
The womans Relief corps will hold a
lawn party at the home of Mrs George
Stone on Myrtle street next Wednesday.
If the day is stormy the party will be held
the following day.
The First Baptist church will be closed
until Sept. l, while repairs are being
made The prayer meetings and Sunday
school sessions will be held In union with
the Congregational church.
Several good catches of black bass have
been made In West river recently, the
largest specimen taken weighing over FIVE
pounds. The fly casters have had good
sport on several occasions.
l.. II. Barber, who opened his piano
and music store in the Rettlng building
nine weeks ago, and sold eight high grade
pianos Mr.. Barber is agent for the
Chickering, Vose, Merrill and Rudolf
makes and the Angelus player,
Protective Grange held q regular meet
ing Wednesday evening. After the bus
mess was concluded the assistant stew
ard and lady assistant steward gave a
program which included a piano solo by
Miss Eloine Franklin. readings by Mrs
May Edwards, Miss Bessie Hopkins and
Mrs. Ellen Lockwood and several phon-
ogiaph selections by Jason r. Bushnell
The report of Engineer Davis who ex-
| amined the available water systems in
and near Brattleboro for the committee
appointed at the village meeting to in
vestigate the subject of village owner
ship of the water supply, has filed his
| wi n n
many figures which the committee have
not examined sufficiently so that they
wish to make them public.
At special meeting of the prudential
committee of district No. 2 held last Fri
day, Miss Rosa Allen of Boston was ap-
pointed teacher of French and German
In the high school for the ensuing year.
Miss Allen Is a graduate of Wellesley
and has taken post graduate course at
| Bryn Mawr. She spent year abroad
studying modern languages and has had
six years successful experience in high
school work.
The members of the school board Of
district No. met yesterday for the pur-
pose OF organization. The board de-
parted from the usual practice and elect
ed Miss Marguerite Tucker clerk of the
board. f. Q. s. Osgood was reelected
chairman. The board has contracted
with Patrick Fleming to equip the high
school building with new plumbing and
with A. V. Cox to put new plumbing in
the Canal street school building.
nine months-old son of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Rlggarmen and grandson OF
Watson $. French, was burned seriously
Monday, about the left side of the face
The burns closed both eyes. but IL is
thought the sight viii be saved. The
cni.d was taken to the hospital in Mon
tague Tuesday. The parents and the baby
were coming from Green River to Brat
tleboro and stopped at Hinesburg to build
bonfire and have a lunch The infant
managed to get on its feet and pitC he'd
forward into the fire. The mother was
standing close by and she snatched the
child from the flames as quickly as posi-
BILE.
Argument was made before Judge
Wheeler in the United States court FIJI
day, by A. p. Carpenter of North Ad-
ans, on the motion of the James Ramage
Paper company to set aside the verdict
In the case Of Angelo Balduzzi against
the Ramage Paper company on the
ground that it was excessive and was
against the weight of evidence. The
case was tried in Bratleboro in Nav and
on May 26 the jury awarded damages in
the sum OF 5000. Balduzzi was made
blind by blast of dynamite while work.
Ing for the defendant company On the
uay that the jury awarded damages he
committed suicide by shooting
The sample sale by the ladies' OF the
Episcopal church Wednesday and yester-
day was successful and IL was novel
In this locality. There was good pat
ronage throughout both days. The stock
of goods consisted of samples. most of
them fun size, of standard productions
on the market principally such as would
be found In grocery stores. The cost to
the ladies was small, the manufacturers
sending the goods for advertising pur-
poses, together with advertising mate
rial, so that the ladies were able to mark
them lower than they could be bought at
any store. Quick sales and n handsome
profit was the result
the hrst meeting of the creditors of
Norris F.. Skies of Dummerston. in bank
ruptcy. was held Wednesday before Ref
cree F. ID. +. Stowe. Sikes's father. w
ID. Skies. did not have proofs of his
claims and as he was the largest cred
ltor, having claims amounting to over
$1,000 question was raised as to his
right to vote for trustee Referee
stowe continued the meeting to yester-
day morning In order to allow w. ID.
Skies to present proofs of claims Sew
eral creditors. including Mr.. Skies would
nave voted for A. w. ]. Wilkins. for
trustee, but he withdrew and the cred
ltors yesterday elected f. s. Hall of
Brattleboro. The referee appointed A.
w. j. wilkins and II. p. Farr of Putney
and j. Arms Miller of Dummerston APP
praisers OF the estate.