Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-02-10

The Daughters of Pocahontas will hold
a dance in Red Mems han tomorrow,
Saturday, evening
Rev. Il. j. Lewis of West Brattleboro
VIII conduct the chapel service in the
Retreat sunday afternoon at o'clock.
Work on the buildings being construct
ed by the Island Amusement company on
the island, which was held up on account
OF lack of lumber, was resumed this
week.
The case of the bailiffs of the village
or Brattleboro against II. NJ. Angler for
sewer assessment set for trial Wednes-
day before Justice Lewis H. Dynde of
Dummerston, was settled out of court.
the full amount of the assessment with
COSTS about $103, being paid.
A sample of the new lamps which will
be used for street lighting is on exhibition
IN the window at the Twin state Gas Il
Electric company's office. The fixtures
which will be attached to the posts are
slightly curved and a large rejecting
hood hangs over the lamp.
Sergeant John c. Cody, 1st Infantry.
l. s. A., having reported to Col. II. f..
Dyer of Rutland for duty with the YER
mont National Guard, has been assigned
10 appointments of one week each with
the several companies lie will be with
of Feb. 20, and with Company l of Brat
ueDoro the week of Feb p.
The Brattleboro Hose team held the
seventh of its dancing parties in Grange
nail last evening. The hall was decorated
with red and green streamers and over
the stage a red and green sign babe
Welcome' to the 10 couples present
'eitsngers orchestra played and Alison
,DD'ugan sang several of the latest songs
The team will hold its next dance Dec
~ which will be the last until after Lent
The first case to come before Judge
William r. Daley, the new Judge of the
municipal court, was that Of Edwin NJ
spencer of Brattleboro against Elmer F.
wilkins of Weston. which was taken up
Monday. 1t was an action of deceit and
me amount of damages sought was 5000
wilkins sold a horse to Spencer, which
the latter claims was mortgaged. The
plaintiff gave judgment and appealed to
the county court. =. r. Holt of London
derry furnished bail for the defendant
Tor the amount of the suit.
DR.. Charles j. Watson of Portland.
Maine. graduate of the medical depart
ment of Bowdoin college, Brunswick.
Maine. class of 1898, has accepted a po-
Sltlon on the Brattleboro Retreat staff
as acknowledgements and general med-
cal assistant. DR.. Watson formerly held
position on the medical staff of the
NOLAN hospital Minneapolis, Minnesota
ana has been in general practice. He Is
a member of the Maine Medical associa-
ton and of the Penobscot County Medi-
cal society.
Rev Frank c. Briggs. who with Mrs.
Briggs, was a guest at f. s. knights
recently, and who has been a missionary
III Japan eight years, spoke a dinner
OF the Boston Baptist Social Union Mon
day night and assailed the attitude of
Richmond p. Hobson and Henry H. Rog-
ers in giving support to the talk of i'm
pending war between the United States
and Japan He was applauded by an au
dlence of $50. Rev. and Mrs. Briggs will
start across the continent next week and
VIII sail for Japan early in March.
Revised rates in the passenger depart
ment of the Boston & Maine railroad will
be placed in effect at once The fare
from Springfield to Brattleboro is sl3O
and from Brattleboro to Springfield 1t Is
20 cents more. or $1.55. 1t costs more to
get out of Vermont from all points fur
Their north than it does to go to the
same points from Springfield According
to railroad officials the discrepancy is due
to the fact that the traffic bureau at
Boston has had so much to do that It
has not yet got around to revising the
tariff between Vermont and other points
H.
vision of the Boston & Maine
"Our Martyred Presidents. Lincoln, Gar
field and Mckinley" by Rev. b. F. Ea-
ton of Dover, N. III. will be the subject
of the stereopticon lecture in the I'M
versalist church Sunday at 7 D. m. As
Sunday is Lincolns birthday the lecture
is very fitting. Moreover 1t follows logi-
cally the lecture of last Sunday. The
civil War" Mr., Eaton is a retired
minister, who is making a speciality of
Illustrated lectures His views, used to
picture the stirring scenes of these nobl,.
lives, are of the finest. No comment is
needed because the subject in itself an
peals to all true Americans, for one can
never learn or know too much about the
great simple American, Lincoln. The
public is welcome.
y suit to recover $1,000 for personal in
turies has been brought against the Cen
trail Vermont Railway company this week
by Fred Ellis of Brattleboro, Deputy
Sheriff c. e. Mann serving the writ Mr..
Ellis states that on July A. 1910. he
boarded train at New London and that
at Mortified, on the way home, it be-
came necessary for him to cross the
platforms from one car to another He
says he was thrown from the train as
the train was rounding a curve and land
ed on some stones and rocks injuring
MS neau, DdcK, shoulders and other parts
of his body. He alleges that it was the
duty of the company to provide gates for
the cars and keep them closed while the
train was in motion. but that in this in
stance no gates at all We're in place. Glib
son Il Waterman are ATTORNEY for Mr.
Ellis. The writ is returnable at the April
term of county court.
Mrs, Ida Wyatt Spear SO, wife OF
Columbus L. Spear, died in her home on
Washington street Monday afternoon
after three years Illness with diabetes
and complications. She had been con-
fined to her bed about a month. She was
born i'm Randolph July 2, 1854, and was
a daughter of Ammi and Helen 0Hadley)
Wyatt. She attended the schools OF
Randolph and on Aug 3. 1871, was mar
ried to c. l.. Spear Two years later
they moved to Brattleboro and began
work in the Estey organ plant, where
Mrs, Spear was employed up to three
years ago as a reed filler She was a past
noble grand of Dennis Rebekah lodge,
member of Bingham chapter, o. f. s.,
and an active worker in the Universalist
church Besides her husband she leaves
her mother Mrs. Helen II. Wyatt. who
lived with Mr. and Mrs. Spear, and one
brother Arthur ID. Wyatt of Brattleboro,
the well-known photographer. The flu
neral was held in the home yesterday
afternoon, Rev. ID. r. Trout officiating.
The members OF Dennis Rebekah lodge
attended In a body The bearers were