Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-05-05


n Moran's furniture store this week.
Sherman Il JENNIE have put out attract
i've new signs at their Office in bank block
this week.
The Chaplin street tennis court is being
enlarged and improved for the coming sea-
sons sport.
llawley wires from New York that he
will offer, on Monday, special bargains in
outside garments.
5. A. Smith IL Co. have bought the
island surrounded by Milestone brook and
the paper mill canal.
The trout fishing season opened Monday.
but owing to the cold weather and the
heavy rains no large catches have been
made.
Friendship lodge of Keene has accepted
the invitation of Dennis Rebekah lodge,
and large delegation is expected as guests
on May 30.
Timothy DoOlin, formerly of the Brat
tleboro telephone exchange, but now in
charge of the exchange at South Framing
ham, Mass, was married in that place re-
Gently to a Miss Hildreth
Madeline Merl played to a small house
in Frou Frou last evening The play is
hardly of the character that strikes the pop
MAR chord, and the actors were not warmly
greeted, although the performance as a
whole was of average merit.
c. p. ellison sold over 10 horses at the
auction at the Elliot street stables Saturday.
Mr.. ellison announces regular Saturday
sales, one being held tomorrow, beginning
at 10 o'clock. Since January | Mr.. Gibson
has sold % carloads of horses
The Phoenix wishes once more to remind
all its patrons that advertisements and
other notices must not be delayed until Fri
day morning. At the present hour of
going to press it is necessary to have all
copy in hand at the earliest hour possible,
and we have no option in the matter.
The death of Mrs Susan F. Goldsmith
took place at her home on Elliot street
Tuesday. The funeral was held Yesterday
and the body taken to East Putney for
burial. Mrs. Goldsmith leaves daughter,
Mrs. Belle Owen of Danielsonvile, Conn,
and a son, Lewis Goldsmith, who also lives
in Connecticut.
John Rettng, jr., retired from the firm
of Retting Brothers May l, but the bust
ness will be continued by Leopold Retting
under the old name. \ iirst-class up
holsterer has been engaged and will be at
the store next week. Herbert HAYNES of
Wilmington has begun work at the store as
clerk.
\ government fish car passed through
here on the "owl' Tuesday morning with
exhibits for the Worlds Fair. About 80
pounds of trout weighing from half
pound to a pound and a half were taken
on board here from the New England
Trout and Salmon club hatchery. Other
fish were taken from RoXbury.
\ demrnted man named Bennett, from
Winchester y. H., attracted the attention
OF residents in the vicinity of the common
by his strange actions Saturday. He would
divest himself of part of his clothing. per-
form gymnastic featS, smte the trees. put
back his clothing, and repeat the operation.
Officer Mcclure finally took him in charge
and he was cared for until his friends came
for him.
The Vermont Wheel club chose these
officers at the semi.annual meeting Tues
day evening: President, +. ID. Whitney:
vice president, NJ. j. Moran: secretary
and treasurer, Leslie Scott: captain, T.. IL.
Atherton; lieutenant, II. l.. Elmer; color
bearer, Arthur Knight; bugler, w. ii.
Perry; club committee, +. ID. Whitney,
Leslie Scott, Fred Holmes, Frank kimball.
Eric Landry, jr.
Queen Esther is to he presented by
the Cecilia club at Putney next Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings. Tickets may
now be obtained at Chaplin ~ Co.'S drug
store. The cantata is of special interest to
Bratteboro people as several of the choir
singers take leading parts, the cast includ-
ing +. H. Miller, Walter Gilbert, Miss
Emma Gregg, Miss Helen Robertson and
Miss Maud Kendrick,
The funeral of James Dupray, who died
last Saturday from congestion of the
brain, at the age of 81 years, was held
Monday afternoon at O'Clock from the
Episcopal church, Rev. Mr.. Collins Off
ciating. The burial was in Locust Ridge
cemetery. The floral offerings from friends
OF the deceased were handsome. Mr. Du-
pray came here from Ireland about two
years ago. During this time he had made
warm friends. He leaves a wife.
The John S. Tyler camp of this place
will soon issue the official program for the
state encampments of the Sons of Veterans
and Ladies Aid societies, to be held here
June : and s. 1t is expected that this en-
campment will be the most largely attended
and most successful ever held by the divi-
sion. The latest adjutants reports show
49 camps of Sons of Veterans with a menu
bership of 1895 and balance in the treas
ury of S1363.
G.. B. Kirwan was again arrested by Of
ficer Spear Monday, the charge being as
sault upon his wife. He was arraigned
before Justice Newton and fined $50 and
costs Mr.. Kirwan has left his family and
is said to be out of town. The exhibit
ton, or revelation of himself, which Mr..
Kirwan made in his testimony before the
court was shameful and disgusting, and
was such as no man would be guilty of
whose manhood had not been destroyed by
rum.
\ Brattleboro correspondent sends this
item to the Montpelier Argus, the accuracy
of which is not yOuched for by The Phoenix:
eddie Robbins, a lad of - years, cap
tured three pickerel last Sunday, weighing
l0t pounds, the largest tipping the scales
at st pounds. The finny representatives
had ventured from the turbid Connecticut
into the clear and shallow waters of a
small tributary near the Hunt farm, where
the boy easily took them with his hands"
The savings banks are getting some old
deposit books in response to the law which
requires that they shall be presented dur
ing the month of May for examination
and verfcation, writes the local CORE