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


boro.
Miss Fits will open her fall term of kin
dergarten next Monday, at her home on
Chaplin street.
A regular meeting of Brattleboro lodge,
No 102, will be held at Masonic hall
Thursday evening
A special teachers examination will be
held in Brattleboro September l and 2, and
in Bellows Falls September 8.
About 900 excursionists for Saratoga
came up on the New London railroad as
far as Millers Falls Wednesday.
A large number of people have gone
from here to Lake Pleasant on the ex-
cursion trains the past few Sundays.
The post-ofiices of the country have
been ordered not to receive checks and
drafts, on account of the unsettled finan-
cial condition.
The annual fair of the ladies of the
Episcopal society will be held at the town
hall next Thursday evening, with supper
and the usual attractions.
Durham Bros have had 80 many Out-of-
town enquiries about the ankle supporters
which they advertised last week that they
quote full list of prices for the goods this
week.
DR.. Smiths last excursion from Lake
Pleasant to Queen City park will be run
the 2Sth, two cars being attached to the
regular forenoon train. The fare will be
SO for the round trip.
The entries for the trotting races at the
Valley fair close Saturday, Sept 10, at II
O'Clock, with W. S. Mckinney the secre-
tary. Entry blanks may be obtained by
addressing Mr.. McKenney
! About 30 people from here joined the
| Christian Endeavor excursion to Watch
! Hill Saturday. They had pleasant day
for the trip, but returning the train did
not reach here until midnight.
Lucius futile, the newly elected presi-
dent of the Boston & Maine railroad COM
pany, is brother-in-law of Rev. Geo. E.
Martin of st. Louis, formerly of Brattle-
boro, having married Mr.. Martins sister.
Mayor d. L. Farr of Holyoke a native
of West Chesterfield, announces that he
will not accept denomination. He has
been in public office in the services of the
city for four years, and feels that he has
done his share of the work.
Miss L. II. Williams last week bought
an Ideal Hammond of Miss Florence
Clark, and many in town are exchanging
typewriters for the new Anvil and Shuttle
Hammond, which is considered great i'm
prOvement on the old style.
About 20 members of the Universalist
society at Guilford Centre, with a few
friends from this village and West Brattle-
boro, held picnic at Sunset lake Wednes-
day with Rev. f. W. Whitney and family,
who are spending their vacation there.
D. L. Griggs has established Morrell
cure at Springfield, this state. The open.
ing took place last evening The band
gave a concert, and Hon. Adna Brown pre-
sided at a meeting in which speeches were
made by several men interested in the
cure.
Portraits of Mary Howe and Mr.. LAWN,
shown in Chaplin d Co.'S window this
week, have attracted deserved attention. In
this production Mr.. j. C. Howe, the artist,
has caught a rapt and PARKWAY expression
in his sisters face which is as charming as
ii is ideal
The September term of the Windham
county court begins the 18th. There are
112 cases on the docket, 30 of which have
been set for jury trial, but it is probable
that larger part of these will be settled.
There are II cases on the chancery docket.
Hon. Laforest II. Thompson will be the
presiding judge.
Mr.. Snow Of Boston, until recently with
Thomas's orchestra at Chicago, is here to
arrange with Mr.. and Mrs. LAWN for their
concert tour next spring. Mr.. and Mrs.
LAWN will go to Pawling, n. Y, for a
short visit with Sherman Howe before sail
ing, sept. o, for Italy, where they will make
their debut in opera.
Owing to the cold nights small cucum-
Der crop has been harvested, only so, 900
cucumbers having been brought to the pick
ling establishment on Plat street. Tire
yield grown for the picking works will
probably fall under the estimate Of 6,0O0,-
O0o, but much will depend apon the wealth
eT of the next two weeks.
The case of Charles c. Bginckerhoff vs..
RNss Whites estate, in insolvency, has
been settled, so as to yield the estate $780,
BiDckerhoff, who was Whites brother-in-
law, had a mortgage Of 5000 on property
here. A. Starkey, assignee for the estate,
claimed to have found that partnership
agreement existed between Brinckerhoff
and White.
Et seems like strange condition when
the supply of dairy butter in Brattleboro
is not equal TO the demand, but Pullen
Brothers found it necessary to buy of
Rutland dealers this week. The scarcity
arises from the fact that the majority of
farmers in this section send thRir butter to
the creameries. Dairy butter now sells for
26 cents and creamery for 30 cents.
Letter Carrier Barber has received a let
ter stating that Lewis LaEton had his
thigh broken and his legs badly scalded in
the explosion of boiler on steamer in
the Snake river in Oregon recently. Eight
men were killed, including the two who
accompanied Mr.. Lawton. All on board
who escaped alive were wounded. Mr..
Lawton is a son of the late James Lawton
of Wilmington. He was for a long time a
practicing dentist in Rutland, but for the
past few years has had an Office in st.
Paul.
AS the Boston & Maine railroad now en-
tiers BrattlebOro through the lease of the
Vermont Valley road, it is of local inter-
est to note the election of a new president
of the great corporation, Lucius futile,
vice president eff the New Y ork, New Ha,
ven and Hartford, having been chosen at q
meeting held in Boston Tuesday. Mr. Tut.
tie will receive a salary of $25, 900, or an
increase of $4,000 over his present posi-.
tion. The selection of Mr.. futile mean.
that the large owners in the Boston &
Maine desire to see 1t operated on a strictly
business basis by trained railroad man
who will do what he can TO correct thu