Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-12-20
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

st. Michael's parochial school closes
today for the Christmas vacation.
In the Vermont Wheel clubs railroad
pitch tournament the Reds are four
games ahead of the Blues.
Pocahontas council will elect officers
for the coming year next Thursday
night. All members are requested to be
present.
received for the Vermont Wheel clubs
billiard and pool tournament which will
start about Jan. 1.
The Universalist Sunday school will
hold its Christmas supper and tree Mon
day evening. Supper will be served at
5 o'clock and will be followed by a short
entertainment
Harley Bruce. 81, formerly of this
town and a member of the Salvation Ar
my, died in the sanitarium in Randolph
last week of typhoid fever. Mr.. Bruce
formerly was an employe of the White
River Chair company.
Twenty teachers attended the union
school meeting in Academy hall Satur-
day. The town schools will close this
week for a two-weeks vacation, with
the exception of the Centreville school,
which will be closed for one week.
The annual meeting of the Methodist
Sunday school board was held Tuesday
evening and these officers were elected:
Supt, e. p. Smith; LIST asst, A.. E. Rob-
erts; I'd asst, Il. O. Mitchell; primary
dept, Mrs. Eliza Adams; Sec, Miss
Minnie Rawson; treas, F.. A. Shaw; Ii
brarian, Miss Corona Bell.
In the New England Poultry associa-
ton show in Greenfield ]. B. Harmon of
bennington exhibited In the buff orping-
ton class and among his winnings were
first on cock bird and first on hen, the
hen winning special for the best hen in
the show. This hen is of very superior
quality and was bred and raised by Fay
cite Miller of this town.
The regular meeting of the Sunshine
society, branch one, will be held with
Miss Mabel Houghton, High street, Fri
day afternoon, Dec. %, at $50. AS this
will be observed as Library day it is
hoped there will be a good attendance.
The society are making plans to give a
Christmas entertainment at the town
home Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 81.
The annual meeting of st. Michael's
court, c. O.. F., was held Tuesday eve
ming and these officers were elected: c..
r., John T.. Grady; V. C. r., John
Blake; p. c., j.. w. Blake; rec. sec
7. A. Austin; fin. Sec, D.. s. Carey;
treas, H.. b.. Haus; trustees, p. B. La
velle, w. o. Young, James Grady; dele
gate to state convention at Vergennes
in June, II. A. Austin; alternate, ]. T.
Grady.
In the regular meeting of Oasis En-
campment, No. 3, |. o. o. F., last eve
ming these officers were elected: Chief
Patriarch, II. A. Johnson; high priest,
II. j. JOY; senior warden, G. A. Stone;
rec. scribe w j. Cain; fin. scribe, D.
w. Tenney; treas, c.. G. Staples; junior
warden, C. B. Davis; trustee for three
years, II. L. Smith. The royal purple
degree was conferred on four candi-
dates. The officers will be installed In
the regular meeting Jan. 2.
The annual meeting of Hooker coun-
ell, j. o. U. A. NJ, was held last eve
ming in Red Mems hall and these offic-
ers were elected: c., A. w. George; V.
c., William Hebard: rec. sec, B. A.
Crown; fin. sec. and treas, j. w. Howe;
cond., r. w. Fisher; W., j. S. Bassett;
|. s., C. L. Coane; o. s., II. NJ. Sweet
land; trustee for three years, H. NJ
Sweetland. The installation of officers
probably will be held the first Thursday
in January.
David H. Cochran of New York, whose
father, the late DR.. David H. Cochran,
was for many years president of the
Forest and Stream club of Wilmington,
was killed yesterday by the collapsing
of the stairs of a Long Island railroad
station. Formerly he frequently visited
in Wilmington, and had many friends
there and elsewhere. His brother, Thorn
as Cochran, married Miss Ethel Childs,
daughter of the late Asaph p. Childs.
Mr.. Cochran was one of the best art
statesmen and judges of art in New York
city.
A bill in equity was entered in the Of
flee of County Clerk F. d. f. Stowe yes
terday in the nature of a creditors suit
and bill of discovery. The orator, the
Valley Grain company, through Attor-
ney o. B. Hughes, seeks to secure an
equitable lien Upon a sum of money
which the orator alleges is on deposit
with the Brattleboro Trust company in
such a form that it cannot be reached
by suit at law. The defendant is Isaac
X. Bascom of Vernon, and the money in
equity belongs to him. The bill also
seeks to discover any further assets of
the defendant. An injunction has been
issued to restrain Mr.. Bascom from re-
moving the money or e~ncumbering or
disposing of any of his property.
Five old local employees of the Ameri-
can Express company are not working
for the company-Guy w. Stockwell,
clerk at the railroad station; Frank w
Melendy of South Londonderry. messen-
ger on the West River division many
0''t "'C O. NbS lCtdi
transfer station; Tony Peterson, James
Pomfrey and Solomon Nesbitt, drivers.
Harold L. Newell has been promoted to
the position of clerk at the railroad sta
ton. j. r. Glover and E. H. Pike of
this town, and Wayne N. Holman of
Burlington. who has been at work for
the company in Bellows Falls, are en-
ployed as drivers. and Walter Liscom is
acing as messenger on the West River
road. Manager e. NJ. Stone of the local
office refuses to discuss the trouble
which led to dropping the men. There
are a variety of stories afoat about con-
signments of liquor into this town being
short when delivered, and at least one
man dropped has talked freely about the
trouble. 1t is known that an inspector
of the company has been in town and
1t is presumably as the result of his in
designations that the sudden changes
were made.
Mrs. Sarah Sophia Tyler, 81, widow of
John Tyler, died in the home of her
sister, Mrs. Julia Cooley, on Birge street
last evening. She had not been in good
health for three years and for the past
six weeks had been confined to her bed.
Death was caused by a complication of
diseases. Mrs. Tyler was born in Gull
ford Feb. Is, 1S45, a daughter of Orrin
and Betsey (Tyler) Weatherhead. About
40 years ago she was married to John
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