Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-24

All lie DarDer shops IN town VIII close
at noon Memorial day.
Dr. and Mrs. c. S. Clark announce the
marriage engagement of their daughter,
Miss Mary Ellen Clark, to Wesley B.
Minis.
Fifty-seven couples attended the dance
in Centreville Tuesday night The Sat
,urday night dances will be continued and
other dances will be announced later
The annual meeting and election of Off
GERS of the Brattleboro Sunshine society,
branch one, will be held with Mrs L. X.
Fuller, Pine Heights, Friday, May 81, at
o'clock.
Congressman Haskins will be the Me-
mortal day orator in Barre, Judge ]. l..
Martin in Caremont James Fisk Hooker
in Wallingford, Rev. G. II. Lawson in
Wilmington, Judge Gibson in Vernon.
1t is perfectly evident that the Central
Vermont railroad company has no use for
an appeal to the present board Of rail-
road commissioners by the ong-suffering
business men of Brattleboro.
Arnold Pellet is building a smooth
faced wall of concrete, as solid as piece
of granite, on the boundary line between
the w. H. Ninton property and the Rich
ardson and Vaughan properties on the
north and the Retting property on the
east
Freeman Brothers needle factory on
the top floor of the Harmony building
will probably be closed the last of next
week. Since the factory was sold the
stock on hand has been used and It is ex-
pected that the last of II will be con-
verted into needles next week.
The seventh annual meeting Of the
Vermont Funeral Directors and Embalm-
ers association will be held in St Johns
bury June and 6. Prof. Charles A.
Renouard of New York and Prof. c. NJ.
Ranger will be speakers The local I'M
dertakiug establishments will be repre-
scented.
Rev. Walter c. Clapp of the Philippines
will give a talk on the islands, with
stereopticon views, Wednesday evening,
| at 730 o'clock in the Congregational
| chapel. Mr.. Clapp has been an Episcopal
missionary in the Philippines several
| years and has travelled extensively. He
! is an excellent speaker and his talk is
well worth hearing. No admission will be
| charged, but collection will be taken
for his work. All are cordially invited to
| attend
w r. Fraser of Elm street was pain
| fully injured Monday forenoon by being
| thrown from a team in Hinsdale. The
| horse started just as he laid down the
| reins after driving up to the sidewalk
and he was thrown out, striking the con-
crete on his face He received bad gashes
on the upper lip and the bridge of his
nose as well as severe bruises and abra-
sions For some time he was uncon-
sclous. His wounds were dressed before
he was brought to his home
The case of Elias Prouty against Greene
Worden was heard in Halifax Friday be-
fore Justice Frank Worden. Action was
| brought to recover a balance of $25 due
on a note given by the defendant to the
plaintiff in payment for three head OF
cattle. The defendant claimed that one
of the cattle did not belong to the plain
tiff when sold and that the defendant
had been compelled to pay another man
| +. ID. L. Stowe was for the defendant and
Chase & Daley appeared for the plain
tiff. Decision was reserved.
Brattleboro is represented this weel
in the session of the United States cour
IL Windsor by Judge j. L. Martin, Mrs
II. r. Brown, stenographer; w. ID
Smith, deputy clerk, who is acting clerk
Charles A. Boyden u. NJ. Barber and +
d. Kendall, Jurors; Michael Black, inter
prefer in the case of the Russian refu
gees who appeared here before Judg
Martin last month. Judge Gibson, a
attorney in one of the cases, attended tn
court Tuesday, and the following da.
went to county court in Newfane.
The annual inspection of companies O
the Vermont National Guard will TAX
place in June under the general direction
of Adjt Gen. Gilmore and Capt. c. +
Burnham Of Bellows Falls. Maj. Dyer wi
also take part in the inspection of com
panies of the first battalion, Major John
son those of the second battalion an
Major Tillotson those of the third ba
talon. The date for the inspection o
Company /. which is in the third battal
ion, is June 3. and for Company Il o
Bellows Falls, in the same battalion
June 1.
Jerome Hail. an inmate of the Retreat
left the institution last week and the OF
ficials have no knowledge Of where he
at present. He was seen in Chesterfield
, where he surprised people with his com
, ments and men We're sent from the Re
treat to make Il search for him. The
We're not successful. He has been ava
from the institution several times befor
and always returned safely of his own &C
cord in a short time. He is a perfect
: harmless man though his language in
! dicates the unbalanced state of his mine
} His former safe returns to the institutio
} give the officers every reason to believ
) that he will come back again.
! Mrs. LOREN Whitcomb. 81, who die
May in Searsburgr-4s- survived by fiv
! children, Joseph Biddle, Mrs. A. T. Kirh
wood and Mrs. f. b Whdden of Brat
tleboro, Mrs. James Russell of Whining
ton and Alex Whitcomb of Searsburl
Mrs. Whitcomb was native of Ems
land and in 1870 came to America wit
her husband, Mark Biddle, and her chi
; dren. Mr. Biddle died five years late
: leaving her with four small children
Later she was married TO LOREN Whit
r comb and their married life was spent /
Searsburg. Burial was beside her lat
husband, Mr.. Whtcomb. in Whining
ton. Mrs. Whitcomb united with tn
church early in life, possessed strong re
ligious faith and was particularly intel
ested In the cause of temperance.
The auction sale of unclaimed watche
to be held tomorrow by II. H. ThompsO
and Vaughan & Burnett will be the frs
sale of the kind ever held in BrattleborC
, The watches, SO in all, are those whic
have been left at these stores for re
pairs and have never been called for. O
, the charges on them paid. by their own
ers. In every Instance where possible tn
owners have been repeatedly notified, bu
have not responded. In most cases tn
present residence OF the owners Is un
known. One Of the watches has bee
in the Thompson store more than 20 year,
and several more than 10 years. Severa
have been cleaned and put in order NOR
than once. There is a special proVislo
OF the Vermont law stating explicit
how such sales can be made, and II
only by compliance with the law that tn
| holdars Of arch vUa fnhaa can aNnuira fhai