Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-05
BRATTLEB0RO LOCAL

candidate and then the Cnlei degree VIII
be worked on nine candidates.
Columbian lodge, No. 80, a. f. & A.
NJ. conferred the first and second degrees
at a special communication Monday even
ing This lodge will hold another special
communication next Monday evening,
when the third degree will be conferred.
The funeral of oscar Theodore John
son was held Sunday afternoon at 23O
O'Clock i'm the home at % Brge street.
Rev. II. T.. Larson of the swedish church
and Rev. Harry X. Miles of the Centre
congregational church oficated and the
body was placed in the Prospect Hill
cemetery Vault.
The continued case of Matthias Sullivan
against James Sullivan and NJ. J. Moran,
administrator of the estate of Cornelius
Sullivan. came up in municipal court
Monday morning. As neither defendant
made an appearance judgment was rem
dered for the plaintiff of $40 against
James Sullivan ana of $206.40 against ---.
Moran as administrators
Golf players had the first trial of their
favorite game this season on the local
links last week, playing to the temporary
holes. \ large part of the grounds are in
good condition and the greens seem to
have come through the winter with less
damage than ever before. In the past
year the local grounds have been used
for playing every month except January
and February.
Horton d. Walker has received the con-
tract for wiring the Adnabrown hotel in
Springfield for a complete telephone
system and for the electric lighting sys-
TEN i'm the addition of 10 rooms which is
to be built Each room in the remodelled
hotel will be equipped with a telephone
connected with the outside telephone ser
vice and any guest may have long dis
lance service i'm his room If desired.
Crosby x Parker have two large con
tracts in Springfield. this state. one is
for the foundation and stone work for
the new factory of the Jones Il Lamson
company. which will bc 400 feet long, 100
feet wide ana one story high, the other
for the construction of abutments of a
bridge which VIII extend across the river
b low the foundry. The bridge will be l25
feet in length and the cost viii exceed
| $4,000.
The funeral of Mrs Mary H. Newhall
| formerly of Brattlcboro. who died March
| % in Worcester Mass. was held March
| - in the home of her son, George l.. Kib-
| by, POO Stafford street. that city. Rev. \.
| G.. Todd pastor of Bethany Congrcga-
| tioual church. officiating. The church choir
sang In the sweet bye and bye" Some
! time Wen understand" and Lead kindly
| light There were mahy beautiful floral
| tributes. The body was taken to Walrolc,
| y. H., for burial in the family lot
| Policeman William L. Warren severed
| his connection with the police department
Of the village Saturday after presenting
| his resignation to the baiIffs. His res
ignation was not unexpected and was
| promptly accepted. Policeman James IL.
| Evans took his place temporarily aud a
regular successor will be appointed by the
bailiffs who are elected in May in the an
nual village meeting. The meeting Is so
near at hand that the bailifs thought it
| unnecessary to make an appointment so
long as Mr. Evans was ready to take up
| the work. Mr.. Warren will engage in
farming.
Mrs Lyman Cooley. 81 who died Mon
| day i'm the home of her daughter, Mrs.
| William A. Benson of Greenfield is sur
| vived by her husband and four of her six
| children, Mrs Benson. Edward and David
| Cooley of Brattleboro and Walter Cooley
| in Whately. Mrs. Cooley was a native of
| Hadley. her maiden name was Eizabetl
Dunailin, and slte was the youngest and
last survivor of a family of ten children
| Mr. and Mrs. Cooley celebrated their Goth
wedding anniversary in North Sunder-
land, where they lived half a century
Last fall they moved to Greenfield tc
make their home with their daughter
| Mrs. Cooley was a member of the Baptist
church il Sunderland many years.
Henry r. Brown received painful in
juries about the face last Saturday fore
noon by being run into by one of his liv-
cry horses. The horse, which was being
ridden by lad, Harold Shaffner from the
south side of Flat street to the main
stable, started to run Mr.. Brown stopped
in front of the horse, fully expecting that
it would stop. but the animal did not
slaCken its pace and struck Mr. Brown
full in the face with its head, throwing
him to the ground Mr.. Browns righ
eye was injured so that he will not be
able to use it for a time and his Other
eye and cheek were disColored. After
having his eye dressed he was back al
the stable. The Shaffner boy escaped un-
injured.
The ladies' aid society of the Metho,
dist church has elected the following Of,
ficers for the ensuing year: President
Mrs. c. ID. Smith; first vice president
Mrs. William Moore; second vice presi
dent, Mrs. Thomas Edwards; secretary
Mrs. Eliza Adams; treasurer. Mrs. a. +
Atwood; directors. Mrs. oscar Rawson
Mrs. Ephraim Haskell, Mrs. EmOgen,
White and Mrs. George Thomas. Tn,
final returns from the sale of the auto
graph quilt showed that $l15.75 had beer
made on 1t. The rummage sale held il
the place formerly occupied as a Chimes,
laundry in Elliot street Wednesday
| THURSDAY ana saturday OF last week net
ted the society $4S. The proceeds of tn,
creamed fish supper served last week II
the church parlors We're $50
An unusually small number of candi
dates took the teachers examination
conducted by County Examiner Herber
D. Ryder of Bellows Falls in the higl
school building Friday and Saturday. II
most years there are about 30 candidate
but this year only 13 presented them
selves. In regard to the changes i'm tn,
school examination statutes made by tn
last legislature Mr. Ryder said that here
after he had the power to accept or re
fuse teacher who had passed the eX
| animation of a local superintendent
Heretofore the statute read that the can
didate should be accepted if she had beer
passed by the local superintendent bu
now it reads that the county examine
may accept such a candidate without fur
Their examination. This is a change tina
Mr.. Ryder has been working for som
years and will tend to raise the standar,
of teaching throughout the state.
The Wndham County Association o
Ministers met in the Congregational par
sonage on Monday. Rev l.. NJ Kenes
ton was chosen moderator Rev. A. L
Martin of West Townshend read an essa,
upon Henry Ward Beecher, setting fort
the main features of the life and charac
ter of this celebrated preacher rev
e. g. Fisher of Westminster West gave
book review, Goes Education in Religion
and Morals" Each number was well re