Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

ana Miss Emily Clapp went to Boston |
this morning on visit Of several days.
Rev. DR.. Edward Holyolxe OF Providence |
will speak at the Baptist chapel Tuesday |
evening on THE Work of the Institutional |
Church"
The w. c. T. u food sales will be dis
continued for the present. A regular |
meeting of the union will be held Tuesday
afternoon.
The directors and the new industries
committee of the board of trade met last
evening to take steps to secure a new
industry which is under consideration
An organ recital will be given in the
Baptist church the evening of Nov. l. by
s. Archer Gibson Of New York, assisted
by Edward Johnson, tenor, also OF New
York.
The annual meeting of the Green Street
book club was held with Mrs b. ID. Whit
ney oct G.. The following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. H. H. Thompson;
vice president, Mrs. e. H. Putnam; Sec
rotary and treasurer, Mrs. George f. Bar
Der; book committee Mrs. G. l.. Sticlxney,
Mrs. L. L. Durham and Mrs. Annie
Green.
DR.. Alfred Worcester of waltham.
Mass, will speak on 1.-THE Crusade
Against Consumption at the mothers
meeting in the Congregational church
o.o
dress will be OF general interest, and the
meeting will be open to both men and
women. Through an error the address
was announced for Wednesday of this
week The meeting will be the first Of
this seasons series.
Fred c. Leitsinger and Clinton NJ Du-
gan have been in New York and Boston
this week buying stock for their new mu-
sic store in Retting building. Besides
l4var. Of tuh 10, Mo hoy will
a line Of musical instruments and sup
plies of every description, also sheet mu-
sic, both foreign and American, vocal
and instrumental The new store is be-
ing put in frst-class condition. 1t will
be opened Saturday Nov. 3.
Peter F. Daley in THE Press Agent"
will be the Offering at the Auditorium
Monday, Oct. 22. In Chicago Cleveland
Pittsburgh and New York, which consu-
tutes the list of cities in which Daley and
the new piece were seen last season, the
approval of the newspaper critics could
not be made too warm. The success
scored in the places named is sufficient
to warrant a forecast Of an exceptionally
fine performance here.
e. R. Thayer, for IL years janitor of the
town hall building, has received a note,
signed by James F. Hooker as chairman
Of the board of selectmen, notifying him
| that his services win be dispensed with
| Nov. l and that another man will take
| his place. The receipt of the note was
| the first intimation Mr.. Thayer had that
| his services were not wanted longer and
| he was not given any explanation or
reason for his discharge. This action has
caused considerable feeling on the street
| and has resulted in a petition TO the Sc
lectmen asking that Mr.. Thayer's SER
vices be retained. The petition is being
largely signed. A member of the board
| NJ No.
ceeded by Herbert E. Harris
Over IT'S acceptances of invitations to
| attend the banquet of Brattleboro lodge,
| No 102, A. f. & A. NJ, have been re-
ceived The event will occur next Tues
day evening Oct %, in Grange hall, and
will celebrate the 25th anniversary OF the
organization of the lodge. Members OF
the order who have not answered theii
| invitations are requested to do so at once
1t is probable that the attendance will be
upwards Of 200, including all the charter
| members and past masters Of the lodge
Bingham chapter. o. E. s., will furnish
the banquet at Z and the arrangements
are In charge of the wives OF the pas
masters Of the lodge. Leitsingers orches-
ira will furnish music during the banque
and the post prandial exercises will be in
terspersed with songs by f. II. Miller
baritone, and a great variety OF selections
by Dudley Prescott, the widely known i'm
| DerSOnatOr, OF BOSTON. Inc "
all Masons promptly at Is urged.
Mrs. Marguerite Bowen. 49, wife o
Albert ]. Bowen, died at Pleasant stree
at 1890 o'clock yesterday forenoon ate
/. | an illness of more than a year with
tumor. She underwent an operation som
time ago but received no benefit, and TO
several months she had been connned I
, her bed. She was born in Harrison, n
J.. April 6, 1868, but went to Newark whe
Chi M
came TO Brattleboro Is years ago. He
maiden name was Marguerite Miller. Be
/ sides her husband she leaves four chill
l iren by former marriages, Edith, wire o
Alfred Bushnell Miss Florence Boyle
| Henry Wellman and Helen Wellman' a
, Of Brattleboro, also mother who is owe
3 90 years old and two sisters In Newarf
5 She was a member of the Episcopa
church in Newark. The funeral will b
held at the house at O'CLOCK Sunday
Rev. e. T. Mathison, rector OF 81. Mlch
a aePs Episcopal church, officiating. Tn
T. burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery
: Brattleboro consumers of gas will pa
less for that commodity from now on
substantial reduction in price being on
y of the first acts of the new owners
Il the gas property, the Twin State Gas
e Electric company. The bills for the pres
y emit month will be made out on bas
p of three per cent. reduction on 81 thoui
= | and feet. In Otner WORKS. no ildetSA ~
:, much more than 50 a customer now pay
:. the price from now on will be figured
o a uniform basis OF 50 a thousand an
! for this month the charge will be thr'
e per cent. Off, for next month six per cen
off and so on for six months, the Dill
made out April 1 being at reduction
- IS per cent. from 50, which Is $l.64. IN
- will be the price for everybody at TN
= time. The natural result OF the redu
= ton in price will be to increase the col
- sumption of gas, both for lighting ana
= gas stoves, and If conditions warrant
3 a still further reduction will be made ART
"A April 1.
y Mrs. Hannibal Hadley, who lives wi
a her daughter, Mrs. Emerson, at the lon
time family homestead on High stree
was 30 years old last Monday. In re
IGNITION of the event Mrs Emerson ga
t. A family dinner party at which four ge
r; era1ions were represented. The gathe
r, ing consisted of Mrs. Hadley, Mr.. al
Is Mrs. George T.. Selleck, Mrs. Emerso
n Mrs. p. A, Shumway, Miss Mabel Shur
ne way. and Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Shumw
:. and their young son. In the afterno
neighbors and other friends came TO ori
their concentrations; there were remeI
brances OF flowers, and Mrs. Hadley fou
the day one of great enjoyment. S
A. retains in full measure her interest In 4
friends, in books, and in the arairs
a. the day. She is physically well and a
tive. She likes to help about the nous
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