Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-21

A Bratteboro orchestra furnishes music
for dance at Mortified tonight, given by
the Unitarian society.
The sewer on Forest square will be COM
! pleted this week, to the satisfaction of
all the residents in that section.
E. II. Porter's appointment as postmas-
! ter at Wilmington was announced i'm the
| Washington dispatches Wednesday.
| The High street concrete sidewalk is
being repaired and leveled and the tree
roots, which have raised and broken the
walk are being cut out.
Geo. e. Kendall of Boston is here to adj
! just the insurance on e. +. II. Jennc's
house. Gov Fuller and f. II. Harris have
been appointed to appraise the damage.
In d. A. Martins window are displayed
some of the crayon portraits, such as he
| gives his customers who invest a certain
sum OF money in his goods, following the
card system.
! About % fresh air children from New
York came to the cottage in Highland
park this week. There is now a family of
about 40 there, including the attendants
and the shop and sewing girls.
Mr.. Bowler has begun work on his new
house on Brook street. Work is progress
ing rapidly on Seth Stones new house on
Cedar street, the new houses of d. p. Cobb
on Central street and Charles Cobb on
Pearl street, and A. d. Wyatt on North
| Main street
party from below. bound for the cele-
brated shrine of st. Anne de Beau-pr6 in
Canada, where such miraculous healings
are claimed to be made, passed through
here Wednesday night 1t is understood
! hn nrfNr
Brattleboro people.
The annual convention of the Univer-
salists of Vermont and the Province of
Quebec will be held at Mortified, this
state, Aug 29-31 The organization in
cludes about 20 parishes. The entertain
ment by the Mortified parish will be on
the same plan as the convention in4ugu-
rated at Woodstock, which gave general
satisfaction.
The body of Mrs. Thomas Cheske. who
died quite suddenly in Holytke, Mass. was
brought here on the late train Monday
night and buried from st. ALichaers Ro-
man Catholic church Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Cheske was the Oldest daughter of
p. II. Mcguire, and was married last year
to Thomas Cheske, a cigar-maker employed
by Leonard ~ Roess, going at once to
Holyoke to live.
On Monday evening the ladies of the
Esteyville Enterprise society gave a lawn
party on Fuller park in Esteyvile. Supper
was served and cake and ice cream were
sold through the evening. Music was fur
nished by the Artillery band There was
good attendance, and about $50 was taken
by the ladies. The evenings proceeds are
to be given to the improvement society 10
aid in the prosecution of their work.
A. p. Sturgis, lad of about Il years.
walked into town Wednesday, and is now
the guest of a relative, Col. c. A. Miles.
Young Sturgis's home is in New Bedford.
He went by boat to New York, thence
up the Hudson, the canal and Lake Cham.
plain to Burlington. From Burlington he
made a pedestrian trip here, coming over
the mountains in the central part of the
state. He was on the road eight DAYS and
was foot sore and weary when he arrived.
He has good pluck, however, and after a
rest proposes to continue his journey a-foot
to New Bedford.
Coles circus came to Brattleboro yester-
day. 1t wasn't the greatest show on
earth" and it didn't pretend to be. 1t did,
however, attract large audiences. both aft
ernOon and evening, to the island grounds,
and the general impression seems to have
been that the performance was very salts
factory. The trick horses and dogs gave a
good exhibition, and the horizontal bar
and the trapeze performance was some
thing little short of marvellous, while the
strong man lifted horse and several men
at once.
The Boston & Maine earnings for June
were SAC, 900 net ahead of the earnings of
June, 1892. General Manager Sanborn
inc a1p ;.l.
Gas company of New York for the cree
tion of Pintsch gas plant. 1t will proba-
bly, be located in Charlestown, Mass, and
will be capable of supplying all of the
Boston ~ Maine cars. 1t is the intention
of Mr.. Sanborn to Immediately begin
equipping his coaches with gas appliances,
and to continued the work until all the
cars are lighted by this means.
The Crowell water pipes from the pro-
posed pumping station on West River have
been laid to the road above the Brattleboro
Retreat. 1t will be several weeks, at least
before the station is in working order. as
the men are frequently called away to re-
pair broken pipes on the lines already in
operation. The reservoir was very care
fully cleaned out recently, and the water in
it is now 10 to Is feet deep. There is a
good supply of water at West Brattleboro.
but the fall is not sufficient to carry it into
the reservoir. The pump station on Whet-
stone brook is still in operation, but it is
not necessary to use it all the time.
A neat pamphlet, issued from The Phoe-
nix job office this week, bears upon its
cover the words "The Brattleboro Home
for the Aged and Disabled: Its purpose
and plan, with charter, bylaws and list of
officers The book is printed upon
heavy paper, with wide margins, and is in
every way an attractive piece of work. 1t
was upon the proofs of this work that O.
A. Marshalls last work was done, and his
ideas and wishes have been closely follow
ed by those who have had the work to
complete. These books are now ready for
free distribution.
The body of Eddie Heon, who was
drowned last week as recorded in The
Phoenix, was found by lOgmen Tuesday
evening in the river opposite the monu-
ment at North Hinsdale. The body was
partially supported by the logs, and appear
ances indicated that it had been on the
surface of the water two or three days. 1t
is quite probable that when the body first
went down it was carried quite a distance
under water. The body was taken to St.
Johnsbury for burial. Friday and Satur-