Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

building.
Several members of the village water
board went over the Sunset lake system
Sunday on a general tour of inspection.
A special business meeting of the Ep-
worth league will be held after the reg
ular mid-week meeting of the church to-
night. -
business meeting of the women's
Christian Temperance union will be held
at the headquarters next Tuesday after
noon.
Thirty-two lockers have been built and
installed In Palestine Canton room in Odd
Fellows han by N. II. White The mem
bers will use them for the protection of
their uniforms.
The house on High street where the
late Charles w. Briggs lived is being torn
down by the present owner. o. II. Stick
ney, who will erect on the lot two-story
residence for his own occupancy.
Fred c. Adams will sing at the Choral
Union rehearsal next Wednesday evening.
At the rehearsal this week Miss Jennie
F. Pierce OF Putney sang two numbers
in q way that afforded much pleasure.
Mrs s. E. Lawton will give her paper
on Mistakes that mothers make" at an
adjourned mothers meeting in the Con-
gregational chapel next Tuesday after
noon at $3.50. The meeting viii be open
to men as well as women.
Rev. s. r. vinton whose home was for
merly here will visit Brattleboro next
week. He will preach at the Baptist
church on Sunday, May 20, and in the
evening will give an illustrated lecture on
his mission work in Burma.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the Brattleboro & whitehall Railroad
company will be held I'm the Brooks House
Saturday. May 26, at 1890 o'clock. The
arrangements for transportation and din
ner win be the same as heretofore.
Mrs. Weeks, missionary from Maylasia,
will speak in the Methodist church Friday
evening" May IS. Mrs. Weeks is a very
interesting and eloquent speaker and it
is hoped that the public will avail them
selves Of the privilege Of hearing her
The two-act comedy, "a Box of Monk
eys" will be presented in Grange hall at
s o'clock tonight by the high school dra-
matte club for the benefit of the athletic
association. The play will be followed by
the last in the series of high school
dances for this season.
The annual meeting of the Murray club
will be held in the Universalist church at
s o'clock next Thursday evening. After
the business meeting a social hour will
be enjoyed and refreshments will be
as this will be the last meeting of the
season.
A delegation from Quonektacat tribe Of
Red Men Is making arrangements for a
trail to Keene on Saturday OF next week
TO witness degree work by the Winnie
purket tribe team Of Lynn, Mass. This
is the crack degree team of New England.
A special train will run from Hinsdale. re-
! turning after the work. IL is expected
there wi no la NJ
The last of the Brooks House assemblies
for this season was held Tuesday evening
with a good attendance. The decorations
were unusually attractive. being of pink
| and white steamers and carnations hung
from the chandeliers, also laurel and pot
! ted plants. The lights were covered with
| pink and white fower-shaped shades.
| The patronesses who received were Mrs.
| G. w. Hooker, Mrs. G.. s. Dowley. Mrs.
| S. f. Lawton and Mrs. l.. d. Greene.
The case Of Annie n Hopkins of Brat
| tleboro against the Boston & Maine Rail-
road company is one of the cases set
| for trial at the session of the United
| States circuit court which will open In
| Burlington next Tuesday. Mrs. Hopkins
| alleges that she rode from Gardner to
| Greenfield when she was unable TO get
| into the car on account of its crowded
condition and that she suffered from ex-
posture. for which she seeks damages,
The annual meeting of st. Michael's
Episcopal church was held Monday even
ing. The officers elected were: Vestry-
men, Kittredge Haskins, Ernest W. Glib
son, Frederick w. Childs. William f
Haskell, Charles r. Frink, Carl F. Cain
| Charles S. Nichols, William Cain and F.
w. Jpson; junior warden. f. w. Gibson
treasurer, W. f. HASKELL secretary
C. r. Frink. Kittredge Haskins was APP
pointed senior warden by the rector.
Three gangs Of telephone men are al
| work in Brattleboro, one gang placing
| cables in the underground conduits laid
last autumn, another stringing cables
from the underground system through the
adjacent streets and another putting ir
a new trunk line from Bellows Falls &c
Greenfield. The underground cables con-
tain 500 wires, or 400 pairs. which II is
| expected will be ample to take care OF
the future growth of the business. MOI
far from $4,000 worth OF wire and ma
terial has been stored in the BrattleborC
House yard the past week.
At a special communication of Brattle
boro lodge, No. 102, A. f. & A. NJ, held
at Masonic hall Wednesday evening, tn,
| following officers were installed: Past
Master r. I. Swift acting as installing
officer and Past Master NJ. c. Houghtor
as marshal: w. NJ. George NJ. Clay
S. W., A. w Simonds; ]. W., William II
| st. Germaine; treasurer w. II. Bracket
secretary ]. e. Haynes; S. D., II. c
| Freeman; ]. D., Luke F. Woodard s. s..
Frank F. Barber; ]. s., C. s. Daniels
chaplain, o. E. Randall; marshal, f. r
Vaughan; tyler, Harry Rowe; musical d.
rector, e. H. Crane.
The south section OF the Central Yer.
mont freight depot is being torn down
the depot having been sold to Adams &
Crosby, who win use the brick in theii
new building where the American House
stood. The railroad company has cleared
up plot OF ground about 800 feet south
OF the present freight house. where IL will
erect a new freight depot about 200 feet
long. 1t will be what is known as stand.
ard" in construction and design, beinl
built of wood and covered with corrugat-
ed iron, conforming in this respect TO the
new freight depots built by the Grand
Trunk system. II will be 80 feet wide
and so constructed that additions may be-
built on easily up to length of 400 feet
The selectmen have agreed to grade Yer.
non street so as to give an easy approach
to the new building, which II Is expected
will be completed about June l.
The Traders Insurance company OF
Chicago has gone to the wall as a result
of the San Francisco disaster, where II
had risks amounting to $3,748, 900, which
is sufficient TO wipe out the company's
capital OF 100000 and the surplus and
reserve Of 1880, OOO Property holders II
Brattleboro held 1853 policies in this com.
pany for an aggregate amount of $780, 900
The local risks were placed through
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