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

George II. Danyew is building a barn
in the rear of his house on Elliot street.
A high school dance will be held In
Odd Fellows hall this evening from 7.SO
TO IL o'clock.
Mrs. r. H. Brown entertained the clerks
in Houghton & Simonds's store last
evening at her home on Oak street
The Y. NJ. C. A basket ball team de-
feated the Brattleboro academy team 2S
to 10 in West Brattleboro last evening.
Vendall Johnson, of the Y. NJ. c. A team,
made eight baskets from the floor.
The executive committee of the Valley
Fair association met Wednesday and con-
firmed the election of the department
superintendent by the advisory directors
two weeks ago.
Mrs. F. H. Morse has sold her mil
linery store to Miss Lulu Smith. Mrs.
Morse, who has carried on the business
successfully the past - years, will re-
main with Miss Smith for the present
The third of the series of FIVE assem-
blies in the Brooks House was held last
evening with a larger number present
than attended either OF the preceding
gatherings.
Mrs. E. H. Crane will give a tea at
her home Tuesday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. Jennie Cross Trull. who will give
night meeting of the Woman's club We'd
nesday evening.
The Professional club will meet in the
Brooks House next Monday evening. Sup
per will be served at 6.45, after which a
paper on "Shintoism' will be given by
John E. Gale. Rev. j. A. Mitchell will
lead the discussion.
The body Of Mrs. Catherine Mccarthy
of Maiden, Mass, win be brought to
Brattleboro this afternoon for burial In
the Roman Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Nc
Carthy was mother of Mrs D. M.
Moriarty Of Maiden. The family for
merly lived in Brattleboro.
Today is the feast of Publication. Mass
was celebrated at 8 o'clock in ST.
Michael's Roman Catholic church, also
the ceremony of blessing the candles. To-
morrow will be the feast OF st. Blaise
Mass with the ceremony OF blessing the
threats will take place at o'clock.
A Batesburg. s. c., paper says that the
new Hotel Lexington" was opened Sat
urday night JAM 12 with an informal
reception to which a large number Of
guests were invited including His Elk
cellency the Governor of South Carolina
| and many other distinguished visitors"
State Treasurer John L. Bacon in his
answer to the petition of John L. Barney
asking that the treasurer be ordered to
pay back part of the collateral inheritance
taxes of the Charlotte L. and Elizabeth
B. Barney estates, moves that the petit
ton be quashed. The case will be argued
before the supreme court soon,
Col. John Hunt, pension attorney, has
been notified of the following increases
in pensions: Henry o. Leonard, Walpole,
SIT to $24; John Tucker, Brattleboro, SO
to $12; Francis Hager, Brattleboro, So
to S12; Levi Morse, Guilford, $12 to $24;
Francis V. Randall, Brattleboro, $24 to
$50; Orange Higley, Brattleboro, So. to
$12.
An item in a New York mining paper
says. The mine known as the Monterde,
Guazapares, Chihuahua, has been bought
by a syndicate Of Santa Barbara people,
and H. s. Game is president of the conn
pany, and w. B. Clarke OF Baltimore,
secretary. DR.. Bagg of Chihuahua, VINO
Is the manager and consulting geolo-
gist has already so men on development
work. The price paid for the property
was $4,000.
Miss Katherine M. Toomey, 32, died
of pneumonia Friday in Brooklyn The
body was brought to Brattleboro Monday
and funeral services were held in the
Roman Catholic church Tuesday morn
ing. The burial was in the Roman Catho-
lie cemetery. Miss Toomey was sister