Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-14
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Several bad places in the concrete side
walk on South Main street have been
repaired by filling in the large depres-
sions and cracks with the same material
Schmitt Brothers Of Rutland. who were
unsuccessful in their attempted aero
plane flights at the Valley fair. intend
TO compete in the aviation meet at Bel
mont Park, y Y. the latter part of the
month
BY invitation OF the Morgan Horse
club c. G. Barlow Of Wilmington will
exhibit his stallion Kenny's Morgan at
the national horse show in MadisO-
Square Garden. New York city Nov. II
to 10 This stallion attracted much at
tention at the Valley fair and at the
| state fair
| Statistics of the grand lists by counties
! IN Vermont for 1910 show the following
! figures for Windham county: Polls. II
| lo2: acres 456>6l appraisal $l2 i2O. is;
! personal property. 81. 422 $50. one per cent.
| Sl6S, 1861; deductions. $2SSG.0lS9f; list.
| $lS2. S37.6l Rutland county has the lar
gest list, $2S5.ll6. The next four counties
| in order are Chittenden. Washington.
| Windsor and Windham.
Gladys Grey, WHO formerly played with
! Lorne Elwyn i'm his repertoire company.
| at the present time is with David Belas-
! co. the most noted American playwright
and manager in New York Under t'e
| name of Jane Grey she will appear a = a
star this season at the head Of one Of
| Mr. Belasco's compa MES Miss Grey Is
| native Of Addison county and graduate
! Of Middlebury high school. Her father
| Joseph LaRock, is now a resident of Mil
ton in Chittenden county.
John D. Frnk. g. veteran engineer
| on the Boston & Maine railroad died
Saturday in Springfield. Mass. after an
| Illness of six weeks He began work
as brakeman on the Connecticut River
road N years ago and six years later
| became engineer For several years he
had been engineer on the Montreal ex-
press. He was widely known in the
Connecticut valley. all the way from
Springfield to White River Junction. He
leaves wife and one brother.
The report of the trustees Of the per-
manent school fund just issued shows
that since the passage OF the law Of 1896
the towns have paid 4S per cent Of their
Indebtedness on account of the United
States deposit money, which amounts to
$3.50, 1871 and an annual interest account
amounting to Sl4474.56. The trustees say:
The Act of 1906 provides for an easy
accounting of every towns obligation.
but we again urge IL to he wise policy
for each town to pay up its obligation in
the United States deposit fund and for
the state to discharge its obligation in
the Huntington fund No part of the
latter has been paid in" The towns in
this county which have paid the United
4, | States deposit money into the stat,
treasury and those which have not paid
are as follows; Total payment-Athens
. Brattleboro, Dummerston. Guilford ia.
maica. Marlboro, Rockingham. Vernon
Westminster Nottingham, Wilmington
Windham; no payment-Brooklne Dov
er, Grafton, Halifax, Londonderry. New
"a
bend. Wardsboro
The 3Sth annual meeting of the Yer
| mont Branch of the Womans Board o
4 | Missions was held in St Adams. Sept
. and % and was attended by about 10
/ | delegates. The delegates meeting Tues
day afternoon was one Of unusual inter
= est Mrs. Marden of Constantinopl
e spoke on the World Missionary confer
, ence in Edinburgh. At the session Tues
= day evening in charge of the Woman
. Home Missionary union. strong ad
I dress was delivered by Rev r. N
Houghton, of this town, the theme beinC
Woman and Missions" On Wednesda
among the speakers were Mrs Marde
n on her work i'm Constantinople. Mis-
Alice Kyle of Boston field secretary c
o the Woman's Board. on the subjec
Great missionary endeavors," and Mis-
= Harriet Osborn of China on the them,
THE charm that fails" On Wednesda
: evening Rev. F. r. Bunker of Medfor,
, Mass for II years in Africa, gave a
Illustrated lecture on the subject, 4"
\ Trip around Africa" At the bushes
= session Mrs. NJ. II. Buckham of Blu
lington was reelected president an
there were only a few necessary chang,
in the list of officers The word to II
o, Branch from Dir. Harriet Il. Parker
Madura was one which indicates that
large work is still being done by a w
man of limited strength and NINA p.
health. She has recently taken Il
Id supervision OF a much-needed work f,
lepers. Her friends in Brattleboro. Pu
ney and elsewhere will be glad to lea
so that she plans to return home on fu
he Tough next year.