Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-10

proposition to raise their night office
calls to 81 and charge double rates for
night visits.
The Abbott & Denison meat market in
Grange building, has been moved this
week into II. L. Emersons new building
across the street.
The ladies' of the Methodist society
will have a sale of baked beans, brown
bread and other foods at Geddss store
Saturday afternoon and evening, March
IL.
Twelve people have been reported to
Health officer Tucker this week as i'll
with measles making over so cases in
the past three weeks. There is one case
of mumps in I1steyville.
A boys class in manual training in
Guiding boys in the senior department of
the Congregational Sunday school, has
been formed, meeting in the attic of the
parsonage Wednesday afternoons.
Lewis Hamilton of Tilton N. H., who
has been at work as a wood chopper i'm
Dummerston, was arrested by Chief-of-
Police Hall for intoxcation Tuesday. He
pleaded guilty before Justice Newton
Wednesday morning and paid a fine of
So and costs.
Mrs Minnie d. wheelock, 49, Of Dunn
merston, died i'm Brattleboro Tuesday of
blood poisoning. She was widow of
Charles II. Wheelock and was born i'm
Dummerston Oct.' 10, 1855. a daughter of
Alonzo ]. and Helen M (Ferris) Sargent.
The burial was in Dummerston yesterday.
The Albert S. Chickering house and
contents In West Chesterfield were burned
Wednesday morning. The barn and con-
tents across the road were saved. The
cause of the fire is not known. The loss
was about $1,000. The burned property
was insured for $500 in c. F. r. Jenne's
agency.
Walter Marshall of Vernon was arrested
Friday by Chief Of Police Hall for intoXi
cation and was placed in the lookup.
He pleaded guilty before Justice New
ton Saturday and was fined IS and costs.
He chose the alternative sentence of 10
days in Newfane Jail and was taken there
by Constable Walker
An Elliot street boy was taken before
r. c. Bacon, probation officer. Monday on
the charge of stealing various articles
from merchants and others. He was
placed on probation and directed to give
an account of himself weekly to the pro-
baton officer If any more misdemeanors
on his part are committed he will be sent
to the industrial school
Brattleboro chapter. Daughters OF
American Revolution. was very pleasant
ly entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs.
w. II. Corser and Mrs. c. +. Bingham at
the home of the former. The meeting
was in observance of Vermont day and a
paper OF great interest was read by Mrs.
f. W. Weeks on Ethan Allen and Seth
Warner. The chapter voted SIS for the
Continental hall fund. Refreshments We're
served and a social hour followed the
reading of the paper
The resignation of Victor S. Reed as
| secretary of the Young Mems Christian
| association was accepted at a meeting
| of the association Monday night. The
| matter of finances for the coming year
| was considered to some extent and it was
decided that an increase of about % per
cent. over the past years subscriptions
would be needed Subscription books for
| the coming year were opened and those
present increased their subscriptions the
required proportion.
Rev. Robert A. Hume d. D., of India
will preach in the Congregational church
next Sunday morning. DR.. Hume is one
of the ablest missionaries of the American
| Board and is one of q very small num-
Der of Americans who have been dec
GRATED with the Victoria Cross, for dis
| tinguished service in the British Empire
His work has attracted the attention of
the government officials in India and
commended itself to many natives who
are not Christians. He has had a rich
|
Deacon Charles F. Thompson has raised
| by subscription the past few weeks
$4,000 to pay the Indebtedness of the Brat
tleboro East society, the ecclesiastical So
| ciety of the Congregational church, to pay
! for painting the church building, which
Will be done at once, and to equip the
church with new furnaces. which will be
| put in during the coming summer. Dea-
| con Thompson is one of the best men in
Ip.saN N1,I.g Il.
| way. under any conditions, but in this
| instance he found the work a pleasure
the people being very glad and willing tc
contribute.
| Fred n. Cheney a former well-knowr
insurance man of this city, has beer
awarded a prize of $4,000 offered by the
| Mutual Life Insurance company of New
| York to the agent doing the largest
amount of business during the year 1901
and having the best equipped office. Mr.
Cheney has been pleasantly located al
st. Louis for some time. where he has
met with great success in the insurance
! business. He was formerly connected
with his brother r. II. Cheney in this
city, as agents for the same insurance
company. He is a hustler and. as his
| friends say, an all-round good fellow
Manchester, N. H., Mirror, Feb. "a,
Pantomime has always been the severesi
| test OF an ACTOR dDlulN. 10 portray tne
different emotions of the human mind
without speaking a word is something
that few actors can do. In The Mummy
and the Humming Bird, the delightful
comedy that will be seen at the Audi
| forum March Is, there is a scene between
the Mummy" and an Italian organ
grinder that calls for pantomimc work OF
| the highest order Neither one under
stands a word of the others language
yet so cleverly performed is their panto-
mime that the audience sits spell-bound
while the intensely tragic story of the
organ grinder is graphically revealed.
The Modern Woodmen gave their sec
ond annual masquerade ball in Festival
hall Monday evening, attracting a large
audience and a large number of dancers.
over 100 couples participated and about
| 20 couples masked. Leitsinger's orchestra
of eight pieces gave a concert from g ia
$50 and dancing was enjoyed from that
! hour until l o'clock. The stage was
! trimmed to represent a wood scene and
the han was decorated with festOons OF
crepe paper. Everyone enjoyed the oc-
casion thoroughly Mr.. Clark of Millers
| Falls acted as prompter. Refreshments
of ice-cream. cake coffee and sandwiches
were served. The proceeds were about