Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-02-03
BRATTLEBORo.

There will be initiation at the next
meeting of Bingham chapter, o. e S.
on Feb. Z.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. +. A. Holmes next Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Sixty members of the Hydro Fountain
club will have their annual banquet al
the American house Saturday evening.
State Auditor Graham is in Brattle-
boro today to make his sem-annual set
Element with the court officers and jus
tees of the peace.
The Keene Choral club has made ar
rangements to continue its rehearsals
and has engaged Emil Mollenhauer OF
Boston to conduct in place of Nelson p
Coffin, who is ill.,
A mid winter ball will be held in the
Brooks House Tuesday evening, Feb. a.
from 8 to o'clock, to which invitations
have been issued this week, although the
details have not been arranged The in
Vitations contain the names of the follow
ing patrons: Frederick L. Houghton,
Harry r. Lawrence, Frederick A. Thomp-
son, George r. Anderson, William E. Has
kell, c. Menzies Miller, Herbert f. Tay-
Tor. Ernest p. Perry, George A. Eels,
Charles H. Pratt, Walter H. Childs, ].
Willard Cobb, Charles r. Crosby, Charles
Health officer Henry Tucker received
yesterday a report from the state labo-
ratory of hygiene on its analysis of the
samples of water taken from the Chest
nut Hill Reservoir company's system re-
Gently. After the adverse report on the
sample taken from the southern supply
a few weeks ago the labora tory asked
for samples from both the southern and
northern branches Yesterdays report
hp hY.o, ,oI,
right, but that there was a slight trace
of contamination in the southern branch
The company has dug a trench near the
Smith farm, which it is expected will
carry off drainage and prevent contain
nation.
The management of the Brattleboro
Memorial hospital state that interest I'm
the institution is bringing more callers
than can be admitted without disturbing
the quiet necessary for the patients
There were Sc callers Wednesday. Here
after visitors will be admitted to the
wards on visiting days only when there
is no patient there whose condition re-
quires all possible quiet. Nearest rela-
tives may see patients on other than
visiting days. at the discretion of the su-
perintendent. They are asked to make
their calls between $50 and p m when
possible. No discourtesy is intended to
callers who are not admitted, but the
quiet of the sick room must be maintained
at the hospital for the good of its pa
TENTS.
John Richardson Ryder. 20, died about
10 o'clock Wednesday night at the home
OF Mrs, George H. Ryder on South Main
street. He sustained a shock two years
ago last October and had failed gradually
since then. He was son of William
and Mary (Richardson) Ryder and was
paf To-
went to Guilford with his parents when
he was a small boy and lived there until
he was II years old. From that time
until coming to Brattleboro ~ years ago
he was in business in Boston and Quincy
Since coming to Brattleboro he had lived
at the home of his brother, George H.
Ryder, who died Dec. 49, 1908 He is
survived by one brother, William B. Ry-
der of Cuba n. Y, and a half sister
Mrs. William T. Miller of Sufleld, Conn
The funeral will be held at the Ryder
home at 100 today, Rev. f. Q. S. Os-
good, OF the Unitarian church. officiating.
and the burial will be in Guilford
Michael Black, the junk dealer, brought
suit against f. II. Howard and Herbert
Yearly, composing the livery firm of How
ard & Yearly. Saturday for damages I'm
the sum of $4,000 for injuries received
March 2S, 1904. He alleges that on that
day. while he was under arrest and was
being taken to Newfane by Deputy
Sheriff f. S. Hall for a hearing he was
thrown from the carriage, which was
hired from the defendants, and was cut
bruised and internally injured necessitat-
ing the expenditure of $500 for care and
medical treatment, and that he never
viii recover from his injuries. He alleges
that the pole in the carriage was care
lessly and improperly fastened and that
the accident resulted solely from that
cause. The case will be tried at the
April term of the county court H. c.
Barber and c. c. Fits are counsel for
Mr.. Black. The defendants attorneys
are Waterman & Martin.
The money drawer in O. j. Pratts dry
goods store was robbed of about 81 dur
ing Tuesday night. When the store was
opened Wednesday morning the employees
noticed that it was unusually cold. and
soon afterwards George Pratt discovered
mat the cash left in the money drawer
the night before was missing. An in
Nestigation was made which showed that |
the window in the door of the sub-base- |
ment facing toward the river. had been |
broken in. The thief used the bolt which |
fastened the door i'm prying open the door |
1t the main basement, over the sub
basement, which was the last obstacle in |
the way of getting into the main store |
After rifing the money drawer the thief
went up stairs to the cloak department |
unlocked the door leading to the hall |
WAY on the north side and descended the |
stairs to the street The basement door |
was left open, which allowed the cold air |
10 get In, and the water i'm the pipes was |
rozen' The robbery was reported to |
'hief-of-Polce Hall in the afternoon, but
10 trace of the thief could be found.