Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-26

Company I will begin regular weekly
drills tonight, in. Festival hall.
Leltslngers orchestra, made up Of the
men who will play at the masquerade ball
Monday night will play at the Masonic
ball in Athol, Mass. Tuesday.
Mrs. ]. II. Evans received news We'd
nesday of the death of her brother-in-
law, G. II. Bracket of Riverside, Calf
Mr.. Bracket married Miss Anna Parsons.
who Is favorably known m Brattleboro.
The Postum Cereal company recently
offered $1,000 in 14S prizes in the United
States for photographs of window dis
plays Twelve prizes came to New Eng
land and three to Vermont, one coming
to the Grange store of Brattleboro.
There will be graduating exercises in
the Congregational Sunday school the
coming Sunday, to which the public Is
invited Pupils will graduate from the
primary and junior departments. There
will be exercises in the main school room.
Adjutant General W. II. Gilmore of
Bradford has In preparation a general
order giving the dates for the inspection
of the First Infantry, Vermont National
Guard. by Capt George w. Kirkpatrick,
18th Cavalry of Fort Ethan Allen. This
will be the second annual inspection by
n regular army officer to be made by
Captain kirkpatrick. The date for the
inspection of Company l is March %.
The supreme court Tuesday reversed the
decision of the county court I'm the case
of Prucius Manley of Dummerston against
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany and remanded the case for trial
The decision of the county court was In
favor of the company. The court also over
ruled the demurrer of the defendant in
the case of Ray Mixer. by his next friend
against the Herrick estate. held that the
declaration was sufficient and remanded
the case for trial.
Col. J. Gray Estey commanding the
Vermont National Guard, issued an order
Wednesday in reference to rifle practice.
The season of 1906 will be from MAY 1 to
Oct 81 and all reports for qualifications
and decorations must be in the hands of
the regimental ordnance officer not later
than the 10th Another order states that
the gallery practice season will be from
Jan. to April 80 and from Nov. to Dec.
81, and at least one drill during January,
February. March and April to be devoted
to sighting, aiming gallery practice and
estimating distance drill.
Two Wlndham county cases will be
disposed of at this term of the supreme
court in Montpelier. In the White will
case briefs will be submitted without ar
gument. c. S. Chase of Nottingham is
counsel for George Shppee, prepayment.
and W. A. Davenport of Greenfield and
II. G. & f. r. Barber of Bratteboro are
attorneys for the contestant. George Rice
The case of Holden & Martin of Brattle-
boro against John Gllfeather of Wards
boro was argued this week. r. l.. Water
man appearing for the plaintiff and Frank
e. Barber for the defendant.
An accident to J. s Henrys attorney.
who lives in Brookline, Mass, made il
necessary to postpone a hearing which
was scheduled for Wednesday of this
week. in the matter of the accounting
between Mr.. Henry and the Geo. H. Phil
lips estate of Putney. The attorney was
thrown from acarriage and one leg was
hurt The hearing will be held in the
county clerks office next Wednesday, be-
fore F. a. Boles of Bellows Falls, APP
pointed by the county court The ac-
counting covers a period OF 20 years and
claims on both sides aggregating about
81 250,0OO. When Mr.. Phillips died a claim
was presented against the estate by Mr..
Henry, of Watertown, Mass, for a bal
ance of about $11.0O0 H. G.. Barber and
John f.. Gale spent weeks In going over
the accounts, with the result that the
commissioners found a balance of about
$1,000 due the estate. Mr.. Henry appealed
to the county court.
The officers of Dennis Rebekah lodge
We're installed Tuesday evening by Mrs
Effie Hoag of Springfield. district deputy
and Mrs. Frances Stone of Springfield
grand marshal. Refreshments were
served and social hour was enjoyed
Mrs Sarah Sturges and Mrs. Marcia Har-
vey were elected delegates to the Re
bekah assembly meeting in Burlington in
May. Following are the officers: Noble
grand, Mrs. Della F. Haigh; vice grand,
Mrs Jennie Moran; recording secretary
Mrs Mary Amidon; financial secretary.
Miss Minnie Brown; treasurer. Mrs. Ida
ellison; warden, Miss Josephine Farmer
outside guard. Floyd Johnson: right sup
porter of the noble grand. Mrs. Louise
Perry: left supporter of the noble grand
Miss Estella Fessenden; right supporter
of the vice grand Mrs. Louise Maynard;
left supporter of the vice grand Mrs. Ida
Sargent; conductor Miss Alta Bishop:
chaplain, Mrs Sarah Miller.
Members of the Baptist church are pre-
pairing for a series of evangelistic meet
ings to begin Feb. 5. Rev. c. c. Maxdeld,
who was to have been here to conduct
them, is Ill and has had to cancel all en-
gagements for the winter The week OF
Feb. Rev. James H. Spencer OF North
Adams and Rev. F. d. Penny of Burling-
ton will assist the pastor The week be-
ginning Feb. IL, Evangelist D. A. Mac
Phie of Boston will be here, to be accom-
panied, doubtless by a singer. Mr.. Mac
Phie is assistant secretary of the evan
gelistic association of New England a
man of thorough training and successful
experience. In preparing for this work
neighborhood meetings have been held
for several weeks Next week meetings
will be held as follows: Wednesday even
Ing, chapel in Esteyville; Thursday at
II. w. Spaulding's. Linden street. II. B.
Chamberlains, II Western avenue, Mrs
Nettie Frost's, 5 Main street and ]. b.
Bolligers, II Washington street.
Senator George w. Pierce. who started
some time ago a movement for the organ
ization of a fish and game league in
Windham county, has carried his plans to
such an extent that a meeting of those
interested in the scheme will be held In
the Brooks House tomorrow at to per-
feet organization. The meeting will be
public. A constitution and bylaws
will be adopted and officers will be elected
Already there is a membership of 226 1t
Is expected that the name 'Windham
County Protective Fish and Game Asso-
citation" will be adopted. The object will
be to promote fish and game I'm the
county, to procure and enforce suitable
laws for the protection and preservation
OF food fishes, game. song and insec-
ttvorous birds the Introduction of new
species and varieties of fish, game and
useful birds to disseminate Information
relative thereto and to procure the re-
vision and codfication of the laws on the
subjects when found necessary. Besides
the usual officers there will be a mem
bership committee of 2S, one from each
town in the county.
Those who heard Professor Sylvester
A. Long of Dayton Ohio, lecture in the
Y NJ C. A Star course Tuesday avan-