Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-17
LOCAL OVERFLOW,

| A convention or the Wlnunam county
| w. c. T. U. is being held in the Bap-
tist church. A report of the convention
| will be given next week.
Two wrestling matches will take place
in the Auditorium on Friday night of
! next week. Cyclone Burns of Boston
| will meet McPhee of Worcester, and
| Fritz Hanson of this town and Jack
| Collins of Worcester will have another
| go.
| George Delbert Mundell, who is en-
| ployed by the Valley Grain company,
| was married in South Newfane Wednes-
| day, his bride being Miss Clara May
| Knapp. An account of the wedding Is
| given in the South Newfane correspon-
dence in this paper.
Work was begun this week on widen
| ing Elliot street. A. wood retaining wall
has been put in front of the three houses
| owned by joan Kaine and large stones
| are being dumped in between it and the
| sidewalk. Later a cement retaining wall
| will replace the one Of wood
rhe marriage of Harry X White of
Plainfield, N. j., and Miss Elizabeth
Blossom Randolph of that city will take
| place tomorrow. Harry P. Webster of
| this town will be one of the ushers. Mr..
White is a former Brattleboro boy and
and Is a member of the firm of Wilder
| & White, architects.
Judge j. L. Martin, following a hear-
ing in New York, confirmed this week
| the sale of the property of the Hard
| ware e. Woodenware company to the
| factory managers. An appeal probably
will be taken, and it is likely that this
| appeal and the appeal from the courts
| decision to offer the property for sale
| after the first auction will be heard to-
| gether.
Rev. DR.. John R. Cow will start Mon
day for DesMoines Ia, to attend a
| meeting of the Northern Baptist con-
vention, being sent by the First Baptist
church. which will pay his expenses. He
will return May 81. Henry Bond, vice
president of the convention, started yes
terday, and after the meeting he will
visit relatives farther west in Iowa. The
convention will be in session from May
% to May 49, inclusive.
A meeting of Brattleboro liverymen
took place in the Brooks House yester-
day and an agreement as to prices to be
charged in future for livery teams was
reached. In some instances the price is
little in advance of the former price.
due to the continued high cost of hay
and grain. The agreement covers the
charges for single and dauble bitches,
for Sunday hire and for various dis
tances throughout this territory.
Lack of teams has held back the work
of Road Commissioner II. c. Squires
since Tuesday, when several teams own
ed by the Crystal Springs Ice company,
Frank Larrow and others were taken off
The team owners want IS a day for
their teams and the road commissioner
says they agreed last spring to work for
$3.50 a day and that he will not pay
the higher price. He expects to get
teams at $3.50 by the first of next week
The executive committee of the Wind
! ham County Sunday School Association
met on Tuesday of this week at the
home of the secretary, W. III. Farr of
Bellows Falls. There was large attend
! ance, all sections of the county being
: represented. State Secretary DR.. Durfee
was present L. T. Landman, the county
| president, was elected to the position OF
state director. After planning the work
: for the coming year it was voted to ac-
cept the invitation to hold the next con-
| vention in Bellows Falls, Friday, May 2;
1918.
: For the first time since the Masoni,
pool tournament opened Capt. w. R. Da
ley's team passed Capt. j. E. Haynes
team Teusday evening, but did not re
y tain the lead, as up to noon yesterda.
: the score was 1868 to 1866 in favor o
= Capt Haynes's men. These games hav
;, been run off this week: w. H. Buzby SO
q A. C. Buzby 30; F. w. Reed 81. A. J
y | Hildreth so; H. B. Chase so, ]. L. Suth
/, erland AL E. ]. Taggert so, W. D
:, :. Prouty 81; d. P. Dewitt 20. w. A
. Shumway so; F. C. Clark so, ]. W
n n Washington Al, The first in each pair i
., g a member Of Capt Daley's team. TIL
n tournament will close Monday evening.
s Richard w. Leray Of this town
d charged with promoting a lottery, wa
e arraigned in the district court Il
II Greenfield Wednesday and after a hear
ing was discharged. From the evidenc
y 1t appeared that he raffied a horse
8 year ago and that the lucky ticket wa
. drawn by Anthony Yohn of Greenfield
k Yohn's ticket called for $1.o7. but h
i declined to pay Later LeRay TOLD
o Yohn that he had won and then Yoh
a wanted to come across with the cash
h but Leray would not listen. A littl
Il feeling arose between the two men an
II when Yohn saw Leray in Greenfield h
had a warrant for his arrest served.
u State Forester A. F. Halves held
!. school for fire wardens Saturday mornin
% and afternoon in Grange hall. Many Q
i the wardens and deputy wardens wer
present and the state forester talked
!, them on features OF their work. AS thi
y section has been the scene of severs
% disastrous forest fires he was particular
- anxious to impress upon the men the ne
:, cessity of constant vigilance on thei
. part in regard to stopping fires befor
q they gained Roadway and urged them
- need of notifying the nearest warden @
~ deputy the moment fire Is discoveret
:. He described the working Of the feders
- and state fire warden services.
n, James MCGOWAN, who has been deal
X ing in insurance here several weeks, wa
s. arrested by Chief-of- Police George vii
is son Wednesday morning for the Rutlan
ID police Deputy Sheriff H. R. Adams
re Rutland came that afternoon and too
re the prisoner to that city. He was al
ID rested on civil writ secured by Jerom
he A. May Of Rutland. who gave his moi
Of for 500 to j. ]. Enright of that city |
As secure bail for MCGOWAN, who gave Ma
1t two checks. alleged to have been worth
Is less, 80 that May had to pay the $40
ty While in Rutland Thursday morning Nj
is Gowan jumped from a speeding auto
bile and for a short time was lost
a the officers but was found hidden unds
D. pile Of rubbish in a tenement houi
A. cellar and forced to surrender at tn
e point OF a gun. While here McGowa
~ boarded on WashinRton street