Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-18
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The chemical engine was taken to North
street Tuesday forenoon to put out
brush fire on the railroad track
About 100 people attended the straw
berry supper given by Bingham chapter
o. E. S., in Masonic hall Tuesday.
James f. Hooker and Fred c. Adams
have bought of L. f. Adams the building
lot between their residences on Tyler
street.
Brattleboro high school base ball team
will play Orange high school on the
home grounds next Friday, May %, at
2.S0.
A meeting of Company 1 win be held
Friday night of next week TO elect sue
cessor to Second Lieut.. George e.
Mosher
The Garment Workers union held a
regular monthly meeting Monday evening
in Grand Army hall. Four members
were initiated.
The south section of the old freight
depot has been torn down this week.
The framework for the new depot has
been erected and partly boarded up.
Harrison ]. Wolf who took a leading
part in 1.-THE Marriage of Kitty" at the
presentation here the past season, died
from smallpox in New York this week.
A service in memory of Deacon Charles
F. Thompson will be held in the Congre-
gational chapel tonight at 745 o'clock, at
which DIR. Holton, Clarke c. Fits, H. II.
Thompson, L. F. Adams and others will
speak.
Arthur B. Clapp is president and di-
rector of the Wilson Brick Co.. which
was recently incorporated at Windsor,
Conn, by Massachusetts, and Vermont
capitalists and which has a capital stock
of $4,000.
Uncle Rube," Townsends four-act
drama, will be presented in Grange hall
tonight by the Grange Dramatic club.
The club has put some hard work into
rehearsals and is prepared to give a
good performance.
The National Novelty corporation has
leased for five years the Hildreth build
ing on Elm street for the use of the
S. A. Smith branch. The corporation will
use it for storage purposes instead of
building a new storehouse.
Henry Roleau of st. Adams fell off
the framework for the new freight depot,
about 20 feet high, this forenoon and was
badly injured. He was taken to the Brat
tleboro Memorial hospital. He struck on
his side and the left side of his head.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. A. A. Blanchard on Estey
street next Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. This will be the annual meeting
which was postponed two weeks ago
and it is hoped that all will be present.
The annual meeting of the Murray
club was held in the Universalist church
vestry last evening when the following
officers were elected: President, Mrs. A.
e. Hobart; vice president, Frank q. Bar
Der; secretary, Miss Alvena Walker;
treasurer, John Tasker; directors, Mrs.
H. F. Brooks, Mrs. w. E. Sturgis and
Harold Smith.
2. H. Allbee of Bellows Falls was ap-
pointed by Judge James NJ. Tyler Satur-
day as master to hear the case Of Frank
H. White of Hinsdale against s. J. Wis
wall of Newfane and DR.. George X. Rob-
erts of Brattleboro, which is a petition
for foreclosure, involving a farm In
Newfane. e. w. Gibson is counsel for
Mr.. White and R. C. Bacon is counsel
for DR.. Roberts.
E. Crosby & Co. have returned this
week to their Office in Crosby block.
The office is now one OF the most attract
i've in town. 1t has been fitted with
steel ceiling, a hard wood floor, and
handsome electrical fixtures, the walls
have been tinted pleasing shade of
green, modern desks take the place of
old ones and a porcelain washstand has
been put in. A new safe has been Or
dered.
Louis and Mary Contois of Brattleboro
who came to this city to sell their house
at AZ Walnut street to A. M. Gladstone
'eturned on Saturday to Brattleboro but
m different trains. Mrs. Contois left on
he early morning train but Mr.. Contois
'mained in this city and frequently wise
I'd the license places for amusement At
out 10 o'clock he discovered that his
fe had returned home and that she had
taken all the money which was re-
red by the sale of the house. Mr.. Con-
was feeling good natured but when
discovered he did not have sufficient
to buy ticket home, he was sad
somewhat. He left on the noon
and said that he would get to Brat
% without money! Burlington
Press.
es Lathis, a banana peddler was
ID on Green street Saturday after
y Constable e. r. Thayer on COM
of Peter Alexander, who alleged
athis was owing him and was
\ abscond Alexander Is a dealer
t. with a store near Bakers barber
t. 'e claimed that Lathis owed him
this was kept in the oci1-up I'M
La morning, when a hearing was
NOS e Justice A. c. Spencer. At the
'etol awyer F. e. Barber offered to
lg after Lathis was arrested he
thai lother person between 800 and
10 al directions to carry it into New
with but the court ruled that the
pshire as not admissible. A. f.
nee )unsel for Lathis, argued that
venk' q in the regular performance OF
lis was hen arrested, that he had
duty to indicate that he was
} nothini 2ond and that he in fact did
IT TO aps' abscond. He showed that
intend &c in Hinsdale and made reg
his hVea Brattleboro twice a week
r trips II he left the state 1t
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