Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-06-22

The local insurance agents report a num-
Der of cattle killed by lightning this week
A bath house is being built on the Brook
road near the second bridge by Charles
Brasor.
Mary Howe and William LAWN will give
q song recital at the town hail. Thursday
evening, July 10.
The decorations at the Universalist
church last Sunday were photographed by
Charles Shattuck
There will be an adjourned meeting of
the Farmers and Mechanics Exchange at
Grand Army hall June 80 at : 80 p. NJ.
The Forest and Stream club open their
club house at Wilmington June 30. The
regular summer business meeting will be
held July /.
a representative of the Granite State
Provdent association of Manchester, y.
H., is attempting to form a local branch of
that organization.
Two valuable horses have been sold
from ellison IL Browns stable this week.
one, PAGER, to Gov. Fuller, for saddle use:
and the other, a driver, to Capt. j. g.
Estey.
Two young men who had attended the
dance at SpoftOrd lake Wednesday night
came to grief early yesterday morning,
their team being wrecked near the Little
river bridge.
There was a rumor on the street yester-
day that cousin of " Bat " Shea of Troy
fame was selling stoves to the local trade
As result one of Fuller ~ Warren's
statesmen is swearing vengeance on John
Calvin.
About 30 young people from this village
attended Mr.. Goodrch's opening dance at
Spottord lake Wednesday evening. A
large party, including one tally-ho load in
charge of Mr.. Higgins, went to the straw
berry festival at Vernon the same evening
The Ladies' Enterprise met Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. George Benson. 1t
was voted to give the Artillery band some
of the money earned at last weeks ice
cream supper. The society have lust
bought some new silver. The next meet
Ing will De held with Mrs. Angler, No.
Chestnut street, July D.
A personal item in the Boston Adver-
tiser of Wednesday says: MRS. Ridgley
of Springfield ILL.,, the only child of SEN
.ator Cullom, is now lying very i'll at the
Senator's residence in Washington, and
much alarm IS felt about her condition.
Coming so soon after the death of Mrs. X.
q. Hardie this illness is peculiarly sad"
The delegates from the local organiza-
tions who will attend the annual encamp.
ment of the Sons of Veterans and Ladies'
Aid societies at MOrrisvile next week are
A. |. Howe from the Sons of Veterans.
and Mrs. w. II. Harvey, Mabel Hescock
and Alice Miller from the ladies' society.
Mabel Witt will also attend the meeting.
For their annual festival this year the
ladies of the Congregational church will
introduce a novelty in the form Of a "Fes-
tival OF the holidays" to be given in the
town hall next Thursday afternoon and
evening Particulars of the event. which
promises to be unique in its attractions.
are given at the head of our local columns
The open season for black bass. wall
eyed pike, white perch and mu$kallonge
began Friday, the 18th. Many fishermen
have been trying their luck at West River.
hut very few good bass have been caught.
Under the present law bass less than 10
inches in length must be Immediately re.
turned to the water, or the fisherman is
liable to a fine of $40 for each fish so taken.
=, y. NJ. Butfum. who carries on the Ste
: phen Dutton farm in Dummerston. has
an acre and a half of winter rye. all of it
of heavy growth, and a large portion of
which stands - feet high. This will do
very well for hard times. In 1S9l the field
was planted with potatoes, in % with corn.
and last year with oats Early in Septem-
Der it was given dressing of manure and
seeded down with rye.
The ladies of the Methodist society had
good attendance at the lawn party given
by them Wednesday evening on 4. II.
Illness lawn on Green street. \ good
rrrit1 in,,
bles being occupied till late in the evening,
and the apron table was well patronized.
Lines OF japanese lanterns and ocomo-
tive headlight illuminated the scene. The
receipts were about 500.
The baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating class of the High school will
be preached at the Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at , o'clock by Rev. Hal d.
Maxwell. The exercises of the graduating
class will be at the town hall Monday
night, when the program published in The
Phoenix of last week will be carried out.
The class will give reception to invited
guests at the town hall Tuesday evening.
The stockholders of the Farmers IL Me-
chanics' Exchange held meeting last Sat
urday evening at which the matter of
building a business block was thoroughly
discussed. a vote was taken in favor of
the project and c. w. Pierce. j. c. Howe
and W. Z. Banks were appointed COM
mittee to solicit subscriptions to the stock.
The matter of site is still under consider
alton. There will be another meeting of
the exchange June 30.
The Rural Improvement society is do
ing good piece of work in strengthening
the turf edges and clearing the grass out
of the cutters along the streets on Pros
pect hill. A public-spirited citizen sug-
gests that, this work being once well done
if every village resident would take care of
the street edges and cutters in front of his
own house the burden would be slight.
while the addition to the appearance of the
village would be very great
Judge J. G. Crump committed suicide
by shooting at his home in New London.
Conn, Tuesday night. He had been sub.
ject to fits of dependency and nervousness
He was in his second term as judge of the
court of common pleas. He was member
of the class of 70 Yale university. He
served in the legislature two terms, and for
three terms was assistant city attorney for
New London. At one time he was editor
of the New London Evening Telegram.
but latterly transferred his work to the
Day, an afternoon daily. He was a mem-
her Of many of tho local ,l,,bs o,,I