Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-06-19


conference at Mortified yesterday
The annual session Of the Grand 10 lgp.
Knights of Honor, of Vermont. has been
held at Burlington this week, beginning on
Wednesday morning. G. l.. Piper of
BattlebOro was named a member of the
stan ling committee on finance, and j. NJ.
Allen Of the committee on returns. Grand
Dictator Thompson. in his address. urged
strongly that the work of the order be
pushed vigorously throughout the state.
Charles \. Wheaton of Barre was elected
grand dictator, and Frank A. Bond of
Middebury vice dictator. Frank L. Ben
nett of Bratteboro is the grand chaplain,
and Charles |. Pcrce of Vernon is the
grand guardian.
VIII Smith writes under date of the 18th
inst: Some of the friends of Colgate will
be glad to know of an announcement made
yesterday gift of S1,000,O00 to the uni
versity from James b. Colgate of New
York.
a movement has been started for the
formation of tennis association on Pros
pect hill, with good indications of success.
Thus far over 30 young people have agreed
to become members. II is hoped to have
grounds on Prospect street.
j. w. Bishop has completed the house
which he built on the site of the one burn
ed last November on his farm on the Gull
ford road from Centreville, and moved in
with his family last Thursday. The new
house is a convenient and substantial two
story structure, with l..
The Estey Guard and Fuller Battery
have their annual drill and inspection to-
morrow. The Guard will 90 to Vernon,
while the Battery rendezvous on the fair
ground.
Rev. W. II. Collins breaches the bacca-
laureate sermon before the High school
graduating class at the Baptist church sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. 1t is under
stood that the Princeton college quartet
will sing at this service. The commence
ment exercises of the class take place i'm
the town hall Monday evening, and will be-
gin promptly at o'clock. The exercises
will be followed by the usual class re-
ception at the High school room. The
keene High school class of 81 will attend
the graduating exercises, and a week from
Monday evening the Brattleboro class will
go over to see their Keene friends graduate.
Work has been i'm progress for day or
two on the public sewer which runs under
the Emerson building near the Main street
bridge. Ii proves to be bursted and it
will be necessary to put in new pipe.
\ meeting of the creditors of James f.
Jacobs was held Thursday. when claims to
the amount of about 5000 were proved.
and ;. II. Sherman was chosen assignee.
The assets of the estate, as appears by the
schedule of property filed, consist of three
shares of the stock of the Vermont Live
Stock company, an equity in a farm in
NcWtane, accounts TO the amount of about
$500, and a few articles of personal property.
The young girls of the Episcopal society
were organized into guild of st. Margaret
last Saturday, their work to be a branch of
that of the guild of st. Agnes. The society
of little folk will be in charge of Mrs. f. w.
Childs and Miss Belle Guild.
The Y. VI. c. \. and auxiliary commit
tee tea, which was to have been held at
Lindenhurst last evening, was postponed
indefinitely on account of the weather
\ section hand named Cannedy had
foot crushed near DummerstOn one day
this week by rail falling upon it.
Mr.. John l.. Ray, the sale of whose liv-
cry was noticed last week, has been in a
state of more or less nervous excitement
during the spring and of late has grown
morbidly respondent. Under these cir
[
by his friends and himself that he should
be placed under treatment for time. and
on Wednesday he went to the Mclean re-
treat at Somerville, Mass, where proper
arrangements were made for his care and
comfort, Mrs. Ray, DIR. Conland and S. W.
Edwards accompanying him on the journey.
His friends all hope for his early recovery
and return to Brattleboro.
The wife of Lieut.. G.. w. TYLER of the
| United States navy, stationed with the
L. :. s. MOhican at San Francisco. received
telegram from him yesterday morning
announcing that his ship had been ordered
with others of the Pacific coast squadron
to do patrol duty in Boring sea. The pa
pers OF yesterday stated that these orders
had been countermanded, but it is an
| nounced this morning that the Mohican
and Alert sailed yesterday for the Alaska
sealing grounds. Lieut.. Tyler has been,
since the first of May, in hospital at Mare
Island, suffering from severe attack of
grip, and was only able to rejoin his ship
at San Francisco last week The dispatches
this morning state that the orders of the
government vessels are to take summary
action with all seal poachers this season.
Every vessel encountered is to be warned
once, and a memorandum of the date and
place will be entered in the log of the reve-
nue. steamers. If after having been warned
once the vessel is caught sealing she will
be seized and escorted to Ounalaska. There
the skins will be removed and stored and
the officers and crew will be taken to a
naval transport steamer which is to be sent
up for this special purpose.
At meeting held Wednesday, John II.
Williams of Bellows Falls was chosen di-
rector of the Vermont Valley railroad COM
pany to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Frederick Billings. The other
members of the board were reelected.
There was a narrow escape Thursday
morning from very serious accident at
the crossing of the Fitchburg and New
London Northern railroads below the
Millers Falls station. At Palmer brake
man, Tom Levic, fell off the train and was
somewhat hurt. When his absence was
discovered the train was run back, and he
was picked up and put into the caboose.
This delayed the train and when coming
around the curve below the Millers Falls
crossing the men on the engine, including
Engineer Seers, Fireman Vassar and Ned
Prentiss, brakeman, saw a lumber car
across the main track on the Fitch
burg road, and jumped off, there being
no time to stop the train. The force of the
blow from the New London engine threw
the box car off the track and the train kept
on. The conclusion aroused the injured
brakeman in the caboose, and as soon as
he took in the situation he climbed to the
ton of the car and ran aIOnU tho fro in nm