Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-16

AnOUnor IalSc nrO alarm was SOunucu
Sunday night at 11.40. Box 81 was
soonded this time. 1t is located on
Canal street near the corner of Clark
and Elm streets. The last false alarm
was from box IL on April 16, and on
March "a box 43 was sounded when
there was no fire.
Irwin Smith, who is employed in
the bookcomposing room of T.. l.. Hill
dreth & Co., fractured his forearm
Tuesday evening in two places. Mr..
and Mrs. Smith were riding with
friends in an automobile near Dunn
merston and he got out to crank the
car, when the crank flew back and
struck his arm.
The village commissioners have off
cred reward of $50 for the arrest
and conviction of a person sounding
a false alarm of fire. This offer is be-
cause of the frequency with which
false alarms have been sounded in
the last three months and the author
ity vested in the commissioners at the
last village meeting.
In the regular meeting of the village
commissioners Friday evening, w. A..
Subway was appointed purchasing agent
chases of supplies for the department, with
the possible exception of small necessities
in the event of emergency, will be made
only upon requsition to the board of vii
lage commissioners and by the purchasing
agent.
Instead of spending the day Satur
day at the outdoor rifle range on the
Putney road under inspection by Capt.
w. p. Springer, assistant inspector of
small arms practice of the Vermont
National Guard the inclement wealth
err forced all of the work to be done in.
doors. That evening the company was
inspected and instructed by Capt.
Springer in the Armory.
Charles Henry Carlisle, 4G black.
smith of Springfield (Vt), died Sun
day night in the home of Mrs. Eva O.
Bell, nurse, Of meningitis. Mr.. Carlisle
was born in Chester but had lived the
greater part of his life in Springfield.
He leaves his father, wife and one son.
The body was taken Monday night to
Springfield where the funeral services
were held and the burial took place.
a jury was drawn Wednesday in
the municipal court to hear the suit of
w
Moore of Newfane. This is an eject
ment proceeding. Mr.. Doolittle bought
of Mr. Moore Il farm in Newfane and
the trouble has arisen over the time
that Mr. Moore was to remain on the
farm, He claims that he was to remain
there year and Mr.. Doolittle insists
that few months was the time limit.
The case will be heard June 26.
Judge Frank f. Barber of the mu-
nicipal court heard yesterday after
noon the civil suit of Alfred Lenois,
now of Greenfield, Mass, against Ar
thur A. Allen, a music dealer of that
town, who owns a farm in Guilford.
Lenois brought suit to recover $S0.35
alleged to be due him for labor on
the Allen farm. The defendant in the
suit claimed offsets amounting to
$94.74. Decision was reserved. w. d..
Smith appeared for Lenois and Harry
E. Ward of Greenfield for Allen.
The annual Memorial service of the
Odd Fellows were held Sunday after
noon at 2.3O O'Clock in the new temple
of the order. where about 175 Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs were present.
After the services in the lodge room
the Rebekahs were taken in automo-
biles and by trolley car to Prospect Hill
cemetery, while nearly all members
Of the order marched in the rain be-
hind the First Regiment band. The
services in the cemetery were cut short
because of the hard rain which fell
during the entire parade. Officers of
the lodge decorated graves in the
other cemeteries in the morning, and
those in Prospect Hill cemetery were
decorated in the afternoon.
A regular meeting of the w. C. r..
U. was held Tuesday afternoon in
the rest rooms. This is the last meet
ing to be held until September and
there was an unusually good attend
ance Important plans We're discussed
for the work to be done during the
summer vacation, and the following
officers were elected to attend the
county convention to be held at New
fame, June % and 90; Mrs. A. G. Al
len, Mrs. George E. Greene, Miss Adj
die NJ Fay, Mrs. C. b. Lamson, MIS-.
A. j. Currier. The alternates are Mrs.
F. f. Perry, Mrs. C. l.. Wyman, Mrs.
F. L. Smith, Mrs. w. F. Mixer and
Mrs. w. E. Banks.
The United States civil service com.
mission announces that open compel.
tive examinations will be held in
Brattleboro to fill the following vacan.
cies in the federal service June 81
Chemist, ordnance department, %l,400,
July 5-Junior pharmacologist, agri
cultural department, $1,000 to $1,000;
scientific assistant in oceanography
5000; district assistant in forest cdu
cation, 81 500; assistant librarian, bu'
reau of%mines, $1,000 to $l,400; aid
qualified in radio work. 5000; music
teacher (female), Indian service, 500;
assistant in dry land agriculture
81 200 to $4,000. July and G-lleat'
ing and ventilating engineer and
craftsman, $1,000; librarian, naval wal
college, $l,700; assistant inspector of
weights and measures, 81, 200 to $1,000;
assistant alloy chemist, bureau OF
mines, 81, $50. copyist structural steel
work craftsman, $3.50 to $3.2s day
July 1l-radio craftsman, navy depart
ment, 1904 to SO day. sawyer and
carpenter, Indian service, $40; agri
culturist and field agent $4,000 tC
So. 0OO investigator in cooperative
purchasing, office of markets and ru
raj organization, 81 800 to $4,000. july
1S-natural gas engineer, $500 tC
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