Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-04
BRATTLERoRO.

6fAi G69OFNS'
Fred C. Adams will sing at the Choral
Union rehearsal next wednesday evening.
The annual meeting of st. Michaers
Episcopal church will be held next Mon
day evening.
Iiveryman H. r. Brown is building a
carriage and hearse house near the De-
Witt Grocery company's building on Fiat
street.
Manley Brothers received carload OF
Rambler automobiles Wednesday. Henkel
Brothers received a carload Of Cadillacs
yesterday.
w. w. Plimpton win give demonstra-
ton Of cooking a dinner in his freless
stove at his store in the Milestone build
ing Saturday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. Frank L. Masseck held
an "at home Tuesday afternoon and
received informal calls from Pensioners.
Refreshments were served.
The work of laying uhe foundation for
Adams & Crosbys building on the Amer
lean House site was begun Monday by ].
c. Pellet and his force of men.
The Sunshine society branch l, will
hold a charity whist party in the Brooks
House tonight. There will be an infor-
NAL reception from to $50 o'clock, play
ing beginning promptly at $50.
and family in the brick building on School
street were guaranteed by Health Officer
Henry Tucker this week, a son of Mr.
Crone being i'll with diphtheria.
By request there will be one more
mammoth" social in odd Fellows hall,
on Wednesday evening, May Q, to which
all Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and friends are
invited. There will be dancing in both
halls.
The annual meeting of the Y. NJ C. A.
will be held at o'clock tomorrow even
ing. officers will be elected and num-
Der of new members will be voted in.
large attendance of members and officers
is hoped for.
The ladies' Enterprise society will hole
their annual meeting for election Of Of
ficers next Wednesday afternoon at
O'Clock with Mrs. A. Blanchard on Estey
street. 1t is hoped that every member
will be present.
Every boy in town is invited to the
special service at the Universalist church
Sunday morning at 1890. Mr., Masseck
will give a talk of particular interest To
the boys on 1.-The Age of Chivalry. 81
Adults also will find this talk profitable
Arguments in the Davenport Crowel
case were scheduled for today before
Chancellor John w. Rowell in Montpelier
but a telegram from Judge Rowell yes
to-day said he would not be able to heal
the arguments until later, being indis-
posed
A rumbling sound near Ullery building
Wednesday night was suggestive of al
earthquake A large ash box 20 fee
high pulled away from its fastenings IL
the wall in the rear of the building ant
fell over, completely blocking Arch street
4 1t contained the winters accumulation
of ashes.
The shipment made last week to III,
San Francisco sufferers consisted of foul
boxes of mems and boys garments, eigh
boxes of womens and girls clothing
seven boxes of miscellaneous clothing
one box of shoes and two large boxes o.
bedding, blankets, sheets, pillow cases
etc. At modest valuation these boxes
would aggregate $780,
The Womans Missionary and Aid so
ciety of the First Baptist church held it,
annual meeting in the church Monday anC
elected these officers: President Mrs
Julius ]. Estey; vice president, Mrs. VIII
b. Smith; secretary, Miss Nettie Cheney
treasurer, Miss Esther Thomas; chair
man OF the home missions committee
Mrs. L. w. HawlCy; chairman of the for
eign missions committee Mrs A. p. 81
monds; chairman of the hospitality com
mittee, Mrs. III. p. Wellman. The reports
showed q balance in the treasury o
SdCH DIduEI VI the SOClelys During In'
summer each member will try to earn S
and at a sociable in the autumn reports
will be made as to how the money wa!
earned. A box supper will be held with
in few weeks.
]. r. Rand has received letters from rel
atives living in Santa Rosa and Sebasto
pol Calf, telling their experiences in tn,
earthquake. The house of E. r. Sawyer
a cousin, living in Santa Rosa, was Sc
verely shaken, but not ruined, and it es
capped the fire which followed the earth
quake. Mr.. Sawyer is a jeweler and il
the only man of his trade in the city VIII,
saved his tools and goods Two sisters
of Mrs. Sawyer were killed In the cas-
of one of them the husband and wifi
started together to leave their house, ant
the husband found, when he reached tn,
street that his wife had been caught IL
the rimbers of the stairway and killed
The body of a niece eight years old hai
not been found, and it is supposed L
have been consumed by the fire in thu
ruins. Not a brick or stone building Il
left standing in Santa Rosa. In Sebas
topol, seven miles away, the effect o
the earthquake was much less severe
The parents of e. r. Sawyer uncle o
Mr.. Rand, experienced the indescribabl
horror Of the qualing earth but the wors
INJURY sustained by their house was thu
loss Of the chimney top.