Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-31

There will bee no services at the Univer-
alist church during August and the ses-
SONS of sunday school will be suspended.
The Dung Peoples society of religious
Improvement meetings will continue to be
held on Sunday evening at 7 O'Clock. Mr..
Sprague and his daughter Stella left yestcr-
day for Philadelphia. Mr.. Spraguc will
spend most of his vacation with his par
ents in that city, but will go to Cape May,
Atlantic City and other places Mrs.
Spaguc and daughter Maud will have their
outing at Spoitord Lake
Work has begun on j. NJ. Tyler's new
house on Chaplin street 1t is understood
that the house will BE- occupied by Col
Miles.
The Windsor county veterans will hold
their annual reunion at Springfield to-mor-
row.
The Highland Tennis association court
on Central street was opened Tuesday even
ing. with a game between Thompson and
Hopkins, and Gregg and Boyden. of the
BrattleborO tennis club. The former won
the first set 10 to &. and the latter the sec
ond to ,. \ number of spectators, in
Guiding a good-sized delegation from the
Brattleboro club, witnessed the playing.
The Highland association has about -
members.
Wndham County Pomona grange held
meeting with Protective grange in Grand
Army hall yesterday. There was large
attendance. 1t is expected that a report of
the meeting will be published in The Phu'-
nix next week.
-Four Ansonia cyclists were in town over
night saturday Ell route for opofford Lake.
nearing completion.
The funeral of the youngest child of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Pellet of Worcester
Mass. was held on sunday at the home of
Mrs. Pellets parents. Mr.. and Mrs T.. b.
Barrett. Rev. Mr. Webb officiating. The
cause of death was cholera infantum.
Nearly all the poles for the electric fire
alarm system have been set and the work
of >tringing the wires will begin at once
An expert from the GamcWell company will
come here about August - to set the APP
paratls
only few Bratteboro people took adj
vantage of the excursion to Nautaskct last
week. but a large crowd turned out from
the stations along the line of the Fitchburg
road. The 800 tickets allotted for Green
field were sold, and - more might have
been: 80 were sold at Montague and more
wanted, while ll3 passengers went from
Turner's Falls.
Mrs. Irene Boydcn' large house on Canal
street has been sold to Hiram c. Farr of
Boston. The terms are private.
Nj Richardson. the manager Of the town
hall. has already booked several tirSt-clas,
companie, for appearance here during Sep
tember and October. Pat Rooney. the
foremost OF all Irish comedians, will hold
the boards September :. and will be followed
by Hands across the sea. Lucirrs $ min
Strels. Two Old cronie>." New Orleans
MINISTRIES, and Mckee Rankin in the
" Canuck
{. =. GilSOn's annual ciosing-out sale Of
horses. carriages, and horse goods. is still
in progress at his West Chesterfield stables.
Very low prices are quoted in his adver-
tisemen' elsewhere in this paper.
The ladies of the Industrial Union had
very attractive program arranged for their
lawn party last evening on Mrs. +. Z.
Carpenters grounds which the heavy rain
sadly interfered with. There were to have
been tables and decorations on the grounds.
with outdoor orchestral music and indoor
tabeauX and other attractions As it was.
however, a very excellent supper was
articles. the parlorS were well filled with
guests, and music by the orchestra from
the upper hallway helped to make the
evening cheerful one in spite of the per
sistent downpour outside. In spite of the
unfavorahle weather the receipts of the
evening We're about 500
DR.. Draper has had opened this week "A
path from beyond the pinnacle to a spring
or stream of running water 80 rods dis
tant, at the head of the swamp at the north
end OF the mountain. This furnishes
supply of good drinking water for the
mountain-climbers, and completes the sea
son 5 work and Improvements Oh the noun
tain.
Wantastiquet lodge, No. ., |. O. o. F..
requests a full meeting next Monday night.
when business of Importance will come up.
Asa Gilkey has bought the j. d. Plum
mer house on Chaplin street and will occu-
py it about August L.
A handsome show case, running the
length of the counter, is the latest addition
at Thurber ~ COrbett's bakery.
A sad accident occurred on Wednesday.
Willie Long. aged eight or nine, son of
Thomas Long, i'll company with several
other boys, was climbing on the supports
Connecticut. when he fell to the floor a
distance of about Il feet, striking upon his
head. DR.. ketChum, who was summoned
to care Tor him, found that the skull was
fractured at the base of the brain. The
accident is very serious and recovery is
doubtful. Only last year the lad had a leg
broken by falling from a velocipede
The lawsuit of George c. Averiu. guard
ian Of VIM. Thomas of this place. against
Mr.. Thomas son, james b. Thomas of
North Hinsdale was tried at Hinsdale re-
Gently before Referee Hiram Blake of
keene. The suit was to recover the value
OF a note of $500 The defendant claimed
that the amount OF consideration on the
note was only S52j, and that he had larg-
er sum in offset. The decision was re-
served.
The unusually cool July temperature
which prevailed on Monday night and
Tuesday morning is accounted for bv the
fact that it was the last remains of
genuine cold wave from the West. In
western New \ ork, northwestern Pennsyl-
vania, and northern Ohio. on SUNDAY night.
the temperature was the lowest on record
at this season. On the Michigan peninsula
the mercury fell to 40 degrees and lower
and there were slight frosts there in some
localities, while for the whole "A hours
covering Sunday and Sunday night. the
mean temperature over the entire country
east OF the Rocky Mountains was from
nve to fifteen degrees lower than the mean