Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-05-20

The Estey Guard and Fuller Battery
will take part in the Memorial day process
sion
The new 1S-horse power boiler for the
laundry room at the Brooks House has
been put in place this week.
The timber is now on the ground, and
the work of laying out and erecting the
stone-crushing plant has begun.
A. Munroe has begun to erect his house
on Chestnut street in Esteyvile, the foun-
dation of which was put in last fall.
J. II. Goodrich has arranged to have the
opening at his Spofford lake resort June B.
The Philharmonic orchestra will assist
/ Mrs. W. A. Dutton, the wife of the we'll
/ known marble dealer. died last night. She
had been in failing health for several years
Ambrose Knapp has added to the equip
ments of his Main street store handsome
new wall case for hats. 1t is of solid cher
ry with nickel trimmings.
The tennis court at Rev. c. o. DAVIS on
! North Main street has been put in condi-
/ ton for use by the club. Further i'm
provements will be made later
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r. Plummer are now at
/ the WoOdside cottages at Spofford lake for
/ the season. Long distance telephones
have been put into the offices at Mr. Plum
mer's, Wares and Goodrich's this week.
Notice is given today of the dissolution
of the firm of Henry & Helyar the sue
cessors to the business at the Hunter d.
/ O'Neil shop. Mr.. Helyar continues the
business.
+. j, Bailey is circulating subscription
paper for the benefit of the First Regiment
band. About $500 has already been sub
scribed and IL is expected that this sum
will he increased to $500
Large log Jams have been seen in the
/ Connecticut river at Brattleboro, but the
one which has just formed in the ST. CroN
river near Grantsburg, Wis, is the largest
ever known. 1t is five miles long and con
tains l50,0O0,O00 feet.
a. G. O'Nels tools and furnishings
were disposed of by auction sale on Satur-
day. Mr.. O'Neil is in New York. where
he has a responsible position in one Of the
largest wood carving establishments in the
country.
Liveryman H. X. Brown drove to Win
chendon, Mass, yesterday with his span of
handsome brown mares, which he has sold
for a large sum to DIR. Gleason of that
place. DR.. Gleason was formerly a stu
dent with DR.. Holton.
George Ees narrowly escaped being shot
at Vernon on Wednesday morning. He
was sitting in a car on the 1920 train
when a rifle bullet passed few inches over
his head and lodged in the woodwork of
the car. Whence the bullet was fired is
not known.
The boys have had some fun this week
with an officer who prides himself on his
alertness and who spent two days hunting
for the famous New York burglar, adver-
tised by the theatre company which appear
ed here last night. The Burglar was
duly captured but the officer was not on
hand to receive the $1,000 reward
The Connecticut Valley Unitarian CON
ference meets with the Brattleboro church
the second week in June. The sermon
will be preached by Rev. Charles G.. Ames
of Boston, DR.. James Freeman Clark's
successor at the Church of the Disciples.
and other men of note in the denomina-
ton will be present and take part in the
proceedings. The ladies will entertain
delegates and other visitors with a collation.
at the town hall
4 good house greeted a good company
in a good play last night, when The Bur
glar' was presented at the town hall The
play is founded on the well-known story
of Editha's burglar and is on the whole
pathetic, although it is billed as a comedy
drama. The young actor, Eugene Moore
(the Burglar who made his first appear
ance here, Miss Anna Boyle, as the bur
glars wife. and little Sadie Boardman As
his daughter, were the stars of the COM
pany, which, however, was strong in every
part. The scene in the third act where
the burglar recognizes his own daughter in
the house which he has entered. was es-
pecially striking. The ending in the fourth
act, when the leading character dies. is
highly dramatic and aroused the feelings of
the audience to "A remarkable degree.
The Cleveland hotel man, to whom ref
erencc was made in an item last week. is
expected in Brattleboro tomorrow, when
the prospective lease of the Brooks House
will be definitely arranged, unless some
unexpected contingency arises. He is Mr.
/ W. +. Pence, now the manager of the
Hotel Pence of Cleveland. Mr.. Pence is
young man in the thirties. who has
spent his life in hotel since the age of IA,
and is thoroughly familiar with practical
I hotel management. The prospective ar
rangements include the purchase of the
Brooks House furniture, and lease of the
| house for a term of ten years, by Mr.
| Pence and Mr.. Z. A. Tyler, the present
] clerk al the mouse, VINO are 10 be equal
partners. Mr.. Pence will take personal
charge OF the kitchen and stewards de-
dartment, while Mr.. Tyler will have charge
of the office
Denison, the Texas city in which many
people from this section made Investments
and which was visited by several Brattleboro
capitalists, had a night of horror on Tues
day, when between the hours of IL o'clock
and 800 o'clock an assassin who is I'M
known, shot and killed four women, two
of whom were prominent ladies of this city,
and two of whom were inmates of disre-
putable houses. The first victim was Mrs.
Haynes, wife of DR.. Henry +. Haynes, one
of Dcnison's most respected citizens. and
prominent in business and social life. Mrs.
Haynes was young and attractive. She
was dragged from her home and put to
death by her captor outside and near the
house. The residence of Dr. Haynes is
outside the city limits. Five hours later,
in the very heart of the city, Miss Florence
Hawley was killed almost without word of
warning in the privacy of her mother room
in their cottage. Between the hours when
these murders were committed there was
enacted in different quarter of the city a
double murder.
The house of II. NJ. Cutting in the west
part of the town was broken into Tuesday
while the family were away, and a small
amount of money taken. A tin trunk in
which Mr.. Cutting kept his valuable papers
WAS carried from the house TO the woods