Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-02-09

Referee +. ID. e. Stowe has declared
first dividend of per cent. in the N.
f. Skies bankrupt estate, payable next
Monday
The contract for decorating the halls,
office, parlors and dining room of the
Brooks House was awarded to c. A.
Borden & Co., who began the work Mon
day.
DE- Henry Tucker, health officer has
qIarantinod th"ce cases of scarlet fever
thi. week. 80 IN the family of Timothy
Aher on Forest street and one in the
family of w. d. Newton on Ames Hill.
Miss Myrtle Ethelyn Robinson. formerly
of the Boston Normal school of domestic
science will give a series of free cooking
lectures in Grange banquet hall begin
ming next Monday at 2.30 o'clock to
which all ladies interested in good cook
cry are invited.
The unclaimed express packages in the
offices of the American and National eX-
press companies in the state will be sold
by public auction at Bellows Falls Feb.
"a at 7.30 D. m. Packages unclaimed in
the Bratteboro office are addressed to
George Algers. the Brattleboro overall
company, w. A. Cheney, ID. A. Emerson,
and Emma Soper.
THE soloist was Anita Rio, lyric So
prano, of New York Her glorious Voice,
particularly beautiful in the high regis
ter, abundant temperament and magnih-
cent stage presence made a combination
not soon forgotten by our music loving
people," This from the Lowell Daily
Mail was written concerning the Choral
Union soloist for the evening of Feb. 20.
Rev. f. II. Mathison of Shelton, Conn,
brother of Rev. e. T. Mathison of Brat
tleboro, will give a stereopticon lecture
on "a Trip UP the Nile" in the Congre-
gational vestry next Tuesday evening at
o - a toll, oh
tanned from the ladies of the Episcopal
church or at the door. Rev Mr.. Mathi-
son has recently returned from tour of
the Holy Land.
Next Wednesday evening will be the
| last Wednesday evening rehearsal of the
Choral Union before the mdwinter con-
| cert Mrs. Katherine O'Connor Weeks
| will be heard in solo work. Mrs. Weeks
| was unable to sing last Wednesday even
| ing, but Miss Ethel Randall, who is home
| from the New England conservatory of
music in Boston kindly accepted an in
vitation to sing and delighted her hearers
All the timber on the site of the pro-
| spective reservoir in Pleasant Valley has
been cut off this week, leaving the land
ready for stripping. Crosby & Parker's
men not employed on this work began
laying pipe between Sticiney brook and
| Pleasant valley brook Monday. Water
| from Pleasant valley brook was turned
into the new main leading to the Chest
nut Hill reservoir Thursday night of last
week in volume sufficient 20 keep the
| reservoir filled.
Among their immediate friends Mrs.
S. w Kimball of North Main street and
| her nelghbor across the street. Mrs. Will
liam Dare, are known as the twins. -
because their birthday anniversary falls
| on the same day. Last Tuesday was the
day. and in the evening company of
their neighborhood friends dropped in"
at the Klmball residence with the va
rious essentials of a double birthday cele-
bration. Supper was served and a social
hour was enjoyed. The event was entirely
a surprise to Mr.. and Mrs. Nimball.
The cold wave which materiallzed in
| Brattleboro Tuesday morning with tenn
perature around 10 degrees below zero. a
drop of at least 40 degrees from noon
| of the day before, originated in the far
Northwest on Sunday and made a quick
| trip to the Atlantic coast Extreme low
temperatures were reported over the
| Canadian Northwest and the cold wave
| extended down over Kansas, Missouri,
Arkansas and Texas. Northern Ohio had
a snowfall of six to eight inches, but at
most points further east the fail of snow
was very light
Meetings of special interest have been
held each night this week at the Baptist
| Will continue until the HISt
of March Arrangements are being per-
fected for a great evangelistic convention
Feb % to March 1, conducted by DR.. A.
c. Dixon of Boston Next Monday night
there will be a meeting for men, Tuesday
night a reception will be rendered the
church and congregation by the Young
Peoples union, at which evangelist d. A
MacPhle will be introduced; then will fol-
low Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
nights services conducted by him. He
will preach each night. His manner and
method are not sensational, but strong
and impressive. The results of this
special work already have been very
gratifying.
A decision by Judge H. H. Wheeler
received in Burlington Saturday by Clerl
George r. Johnson, of the United States
court, sustained the objections of cred
itors and denied the petition of Knott 6
Closson brokers, for n discharge from
bankruptcy The firm was adjudget
bankrupt in March, 1900. They had 6
large number of creditors, one of whom
was Fred w. Putnam of Brattleboro. Mr.
Putnam, through Lawyer c. c. Fits
objected to a discharge being granted
contending that books had not been KEEP
properly and that fraud had been prac
ticed. Mr. Putnams claim was paid, anC
afterwards other creditors filed objections
Referee George w. Deberville recon
mended in 1902 that a discharge be no
granted. Exceptions were taken and
hearing was held in Brattleboro SOM
weeks ago. Judge Wneelers decision Il
as follows: Exceptions overruled, anC
report accepted; objections sustained an(
/ | discharge denied" The banlIrupts ma!
appeal to the circuit court of appeals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addison A. Work of Yer
non, through Lawyer Frank e. Barber o
Brattleboro, have brought suit this weel
against George o. Abbott of Springfield
this state, formerly in the meat bushes
| in Brattleboro, to recover damages il
the sum of $4,000 for injuries which Mrs
: Work received in an accident April rs
| 1905. The claim of the plaintiffs is tina
while Mrs. Work and her son were drivinl
to the South Vernon station they me
: Mr.. Abbott in his automobile a short dis
lance from Aldermans hotel. They al
lege that the automobile was going at
, high \rate of speed and that although
2 they turned out the automobile strucl
l the carriage and tipped Mrs. Work GU
2 on to the ground, injuring her internally
besides nhicting several bruises and tina
l she has since been in the care of physi
l clans. The warrant was served on MI
2 Abbott in Springfield Monday by Consta
I BILE r. r. Thayer of Brattleboro, and MI
: Abbotts son-in-law, w. ]. Ackermar
became surety for his appearance at tn
! April term of the county court.
: A subject of which little is known, /
( general was handled in an enlightenin
v way by John e. Gale of Guilford Mon
r day evening, when Mr.. Gale gave a pa
2 | per on "Shintoism" before the Brattle