Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-01

loi the ABtu NONs 10.
The Salvation Army will hold rum
mage sale tomorrow, Saturday, in their
hall on High street, beginning at $50.
Protective Grange held social after
the meeting Wednesday evening. Games
and dancing we're enjoyed and dough-
nuts, cheese and sweet cider were served.
The women of the Baptist church will
hold a rummage and second hand clothing
sale Nov. H. is and 16 in Emerson build
ing on Elliot street. VIII all contrib
uting please see that articles are left at
the room Thursday or notify Mrs. Fred
Smith.
The heavy Schacht motor truck owned
by the Crystal Springs Ice company went
over a steep bank at Green River Tues
day afternoon when part of the steering
gear broke. The truck was returning
from Turner'S Falls. 1t came back to
town under its own power Wednesday
afternoon
James Reed, a laborer on the new
railroad job, appeared before Judge Will
liam Daley Monday morning charged
with drunkenness. He pleaded guilty and
was assessed s. and costs, making
total of 1874. He did not have the where
withal and went to the county Jail at
Newfane for 10 days.
The Ladies' Catholic Benevolent soc-
ETY. held Halloween party and dance in
Knights of Columbus assembly hall Tues
day evening. Home mady candy, cake
and coffee were on sale and music for
dancing was furnished by Dugan and
Wales. Cards were furnished for those
who did not care to dance. About so
couples attended.
pair of horses attached to a wagon
loaded with lumber and owned by the
Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins corporation
ran away on Bridge street Wednesday
afternoon. They crossed the railroad
track and when on the bridge Giuseppe
Larago, the driver, was thrown off and
the wheels passed over his right foot,
which was badly crushed. DIR. II. p.
Greene was near and Larago was hur-
ried to the Memorial hospital. The horses
were stopped near the covered bridge at
the east end of the island and were not
injured.
Edward Ryan. As, a laborer, made a
record for municipal court appearances
this week. He was arrested Sunday
evening and on Monday morning was
brought before Judge w. r. Daley,
charged with drunkenness. He pleaded
guilty and was fined S. and costs a
total of 1894, which he paid. He was
arrested again Monday evening by
Chief Police Wilson and on Tuesday
morning was brought before the munic-
ipal court. He pleaded guilty the second
time withip "a hours to the charge of
drunkenness and Judge Daley sentenced
him to 30 days at hard labor in the
county Jail
Contractor j. E. Connors of Schenec-
tady, who has been here since August
laying the new cement sidewalks will
finish work here for this season about
next "wednesday. The men are putting
few finishing touches on different parts
of the work and the rest will wait until
next year. Mr.. Connors expects to start
work again about next April. He went to
Schenectady yesterday to remain over
election day, and many of the men on
the job want to go home to vote. During
the time that Mr.. Connors has been here
he has lost about six dozen shovels,
worth SO a dozen and nine picks. S. E.
and Roy b. Miner have been measuring
the work done by Mr.. Connors and the
record they make will be compared with
the contractors record of work done in
order to determine how much the town
owes for the work
The largest number of diphtheria cases
in several months has been reported to
Health Officer Henry Tucker this week.
nine cases having been quarantined
They are in the homes of j. c. Skinner.
I Thomas street; Martin Dunn. 9 Reed
street; j. c. Kennedy, 10 Laurel street;
Mrs. Lena Barrett, Gulford street; Mrs
Spaulding. 1O4 Elliot street; Alison Dugan,
Oak Grove avenue; Maurice Scanlon, Oak
Grove avenue; Mrs. Flora Rawson, Is
Frost place: and J. II. Denning ~ South
Main street. Whooping cough has been
reported In the homes of Hermon E. Ed
dy and John L. Stewart on Western
avenue. DR.. Tucker said last evening
that the greatest danger of a spread of
diphtheria came from mild cases of the
disease, which parents and persons af-
with mt laIi
silitis and therefore do not consult a
physician.
The first of the winter socials of the
Baptist Bible school was held Wednesday
evening and about 200 persons were pres
ent. Halloween ames were played. The
junior department held a party in the
| chapel, which was decorated with jack
olanterns and black cats, the children
making the decora tons. Halloween
stunts were performed and Miss Julia
Simonds recited and Leighton Noyes play
ed a piano solo The older classes as
sembled in the social rooms upstairs and
program consisting of a song by Mrs
Bassett. duet by Miss Bane and e. V.
Morse and two readings of Eugene Fields
poems by Miss Julia Simonds in a witch's
| costume was interspersed with games
Refreshments of fruit punch and waters
were served, in charge of j. E. Halls
class. the program being arranged by Hen
ry Bonds class The Baracca and Phila-
thea classes had charge of the Halloween
features and the teachers of the junior
department conducted the children's en-
tertainment.
The body of Fred c. Hulett, formerly
of this town and Jamaica, was brought to
Moran & Co.'S undertaking rooms Satur-
day evening from Folyoke and was taken
to Jamaica for BURIAL accompanied by a
relative. 1t is said that last week Mr.
Hulett changed his rooming headquarters
and the evening he moved he was fatally
hurt. and died Saturday He was accom-
panied to his room by the man who own
ed the lodging house. This man said he
left Hulett In his room and was on his
way down stairs when he heard a noise
as though somebody had fallen. He hurried
back and found Hulett on the floor with
wound back of his ear, said to have
been made by falling against the bed
Hulett was unconscious and a doctor was
summoned. 1t was with some difficulty
that Hulett's identity was discovered
While living in Brattleboro last January
Hulett claimed that he lost a roll con-
tanning $4,000 following a fire in the build
ing In which he lived on Church place.
He withdrew the money from bank in
Massachusetts, Jan. 81, and that evening
the fire occurred. For week afterward
he was unable to give any satisfactory
account of the episode. 1t Is said that