Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11
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L. F. Adams bought a 20-horse power |
Rambler touring car of Manley Brothers |
Monday.
Ninety-five couples attended the clos |
ing dance of the season in Odd Fellows |
hall Wednesday evening
S. w. Edgett & Co.'S agency has sold
the Heard farm in Vernon to Mr. McCord
Of New York, who will move there soon.
c. "A. Borden & Co. have been engaged
to paper about 40 rooms in the Mortified
residence of F. w. Schell, a New York
millionaire. They will do the work next
month. The residence contains 125 rooms.
St. Michaers court, Catholic Order of
Foresters, appropriated $25 for the San
Francisco relief work at it's meeting this
week The same amount has been appro-
priated by Leo council, Knights Of Col
umbus.
Columbian lodge, No. SO, A. F. & A.
M, conferred the third degree at a reg
ular communication Tuesday evening.
c. w. Cutler of Townshend, D. D. G. M,
who had arranged for an official vista
ton, was unable TO be present, owing to
illness.
Henry Crone, TO- son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Crone, died Wednesday morning at
School street of paralysis Of the heart,
following diphtheria. private funeral
was held at 8 o'clock yesterday, Rev.
Father M. j. Carmody officiating. The
burial was in the Roman Catholic ceme
terry.
The four-act drama, Uncle Rube," by
Charles Townsend will be presented in
Grange hall Friday night of next week by
the Grange dramatic club. The cast will
be as follows: Reuben Rodney, Austin b.
Miller; Deacon Smaiey, A. c. Trendall;
Mark John Manning; Gordon Gray, Rob-
ert Amidon; Upson Asterbilt, E NJ. Good
Harry WhitpaV. R11h Green
Henry Whitney, jr.; Bill Tappam, Harland
Miller; Milicent Lee, Zetta Weld; Mrs
Maria Bum, Lola B. Johnson; Tags,
Pauline Miller.
The selectmen and bailiffs posted no.
tees yesterday containing sections and
8 of Act No. Sc, laws of Vermont in re-
gard to the running of automobiles. At
the end of the two sections is printed in
larger type: '"This law will be enforced"
The sections cover the provisions in re-
gard to exercising precaution to prevent
frightening horses and in regard to speed
at which automobiles may be driven with
in the village limits, outside the village
and at the approach of crossings and
intersecting ways
Mrs. Julia M. Fuller, 70, step-mother of
United States District Attorney ]. l..
Martin, died Sunday morning at the home
of her niece, Mrs. ]. c. Richmond, in
Westminster. She sustained q shock the
N. H, TO Mrs. Richmond's. Her first hus-
band was James Martin, who died about
20 years ago. For her second husband
she was married to Eugene Fuller of
Westmoreland N. H., now deceased The
funeral of Mrs. Fuller was held at IL
o'clock Tuesday and the burial was in
Landgrove cemetery
Twenty members of the life problem
club of the Y. NJ C. A. spent Tuesday
evening at the home of General Secre-
tary Charles F. W. Cunningham on
Green street, the occasion being of the
nature of a serenade. The young men
were prepared for a pleasant evening,
having their musical instruments with
them Mr.. Cunningham was presented a
gold open-face watch with ribbon chain
and fob, as a wedding gift from his as
socia ton friends. After playing several
young men bade farewell to the happy
host and hostess.
The village water board received yes
terday the plans and specifications for
the independent water system which they
intend to install with Halliday brook as a
source of supply. The construction COM
mittee, consisting of John L. Roess, chair
man, c. E. Gilman and A. w. Rockwell, at
once arranged for sending out calls for
bids for putting in the system. These
calls will be mailed at once to a large
number of the leading contractors In this
KIM OF WOTK sealed proposals Will be
received by the construction committee
until o'clock p. M, May 25 at James F.
Hooker's Office proposals to cover all
the material and labor required for the
construction of a municipal water supply.
Proposals for certain parts of the work
will not be considered. They must be
general, covering the entire work. The
board reserves the right to reject all bids.
A. H. Towne of Springfield, an engineer,
will be in Brartleboro May 81 and 20 to
show contractors over the proposed work.
The specifications call for a storage res
ervoir and dam, having a capacity of
$4,000. 900 gallons, an intake with a capac-
ity Of 100000 gallons, "a, 400 feet of To-
inch pipe and large amount of siX-inch,
eight-inch, ten-inch and 12-inch pipe.
Edward Haase, a bogus oculist known
by several aliases, is in custody in Fair
haven, N. j., and .as soon as the requi-
sition papers are ready he will be brought
back to Massachusetts on various charges
of swindling. He was in Brattleboro Dec.
20 last and obtained money from Mrs.
Hannah Winchester and Mrs. White, 1.-TWO
elderly women in West Brattleboro. He
pretended to perform operations for them.
He claimed he was DR.. Miller of the Mas
sachusetts General hospital, and that he
had been sent to see Mrs. Winchester by
relative. He was accompanied by a
woman and while here stopped with her
at the Brattleboro House. where the
register shows the names~of "E. Haas and
wife, Boston" The couple also registered
at the hotel in South Vernon, and drove
from there to Mortified where the doc
tor" heeced three elderly people. Early
in February he was arrested at Spring.
field, Mass, and brought to Greenfield,
where he was held in the sum Of $500
for trial. He furnished bail and was
about to go on his way when he was re-
arrested to answer to a charge in Taun-
ton, Mass. State Officer Hodges came to
Greenfield to take the prisoner to Taun-
ton, but at the South station at Boston
Haase eluded Hodges and disappeared in
the crowd He is wanted for trial in
AIiddlesex, Hampshire and Bristol coun-
ties in Massachusetts.
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