Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-08-25
BRATTLEBORO.

Peaches are selling in the local market
for 81 crate.
A small party of Baptist Christian En-
deavorers picnicked pleasantly at Sunset
Point last Saturday afternoon.
The jury disagreed in the celebrated
Conroe will case, tried before Judge J. NJ.
Tyler in the Addison county court.
The post-office is searching for the
whereabouts of DIR. G. X. Blackall, who
was here at the water cure 30 years ago.
Sheriff Starkey was called to Readsboro
last week to arrest Hal Allard of Whiting
ham, who returned recently from Wor-
cester.
The managers are planning for an at
tendance of 10000 at the Odd Fellows
picnic at Laurel park, Northampton, next
week.
E. A. Willard of the Wilmington savings
bank has the new contract for carrying
the Wilmington mail and Everett Putnam
is to drive the stage.
Hooker, Corser q Mitchell say that their
Overall factory has not been shut down,
and that their mail orders in August have
excelled those in any previous August.
Geo. H. Alling the New York represent
alive of Peefs Food company, has been in
town this week, and has made arrange
ments to also represent the Brattleboro
Overall company in New York.
The Valley Fair premium list will be
issued from The Phoenix job Office to-mor-
row, and copies for free distribution will
be left in the grocery stores, at H. B.
Chamberlains, and at this Office.
Ollie Boyden, a young girl from Dor
chester, Mass, who is visiting at Mr..
Phelps's farm in district No q, fell through
a scuttle yesterday, and broke her left arm
at the elbow and sustained a cut on the
head
Lewis E. Young met with very serious
accident at Hildreth d Riggs carriage fac
tory Saturday, part of his thumb and the
three first fingers of his left hand being
cut off in surface paner. The fingers
were taken off above the first joint.
The New London Northern railroad
company will run Block Island excursion
from Brattleboro and vicinity Wednesday,
Aug. 80. Tickets will be good to return
Wednesday or Thursday, and the rate for
the round trip is $1.50.
A Frenchman, who was at work in the
streets threw up his pick few days ago,
having received news that he had inherited
several thousand dollars in France, through
the death of his mother. He received a
remittance of $1,000, and this week sails
from New York for his old home. He had
been here only few months, and former
ly lived in Burlington.
Mr.. Sidney W. Edgett and Mrs. S. Au-
gusta Davis, of the firm of Donnell d Davis,
were quietly married Tuesday at the home
of the brides father, Elbridge G. Warren,
in West Auburn, Mass, the ceremony be-
ing performed by Rev. w. p. Bartlett of
North Oxford, Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
gett will soon return to Brattleboro, and
will live in Mrs. Edgetts house on Green
street.
The union Odd Fellows picnic to be held
at Laurel park, August 81, recalls the fact
that the members Of Wsntastiquet lodge
attended the first picnic of this kind at
Lake Pleasant about 20 years ago. 1t was
out of these gatherings that the Odd Eel
lows mutual relief association started that
has since paid out many hundred thousand
dollars to benefciares. John Retting took
out the first certificate, and he still holds it.
Miss Josephine Brown, one of the best
known members of the Brooklyn colony
at WoOdside, while padding fell from a
boat into Spofford lake Wednesday. Rev
Father Wilde and Mr.. Robbins of Chester.
where she was struggling in the water
She had gone down three times and was
on the bottom of the lake, when Mr.. Rob
bins dove from the boat, seized her by the
hair, and succeeded in swimming with hel
to the shore, although he had on pair o.
heavy rubber boots. Miss Brown was re
suscitated with difficulty Her mother, who
was on the piazza at Woodside, saw the
daughters struggles, but was powerIbss u
render assistance.
The Y. NJ. C. A. boys broke camp a
Chesterfield lake Wednesday, returning
home in the afternoon. A pleasant out
ing is reported; the first week the weather
was delightful, but several rainy days inter
ferred somewhat with the enjoyment of tn,
second week. The boys report the fishing
not quite up to last years standard ii
numbers, though larger fish were caught
Tuesday night the breaking of camp wa,
celebrated by huge bonfire, the frequen
repetition of the camp "cry' leaving N,
doubt in the minds of people within
radius of mile or two as to who tn
campers were. Mr.. Simmonds has been a
the camp since Saturday. Mr.. II. E. Ry
der, who has been with the boys durin
the two weeks, returned Thursday nigh
TO st. Adams.