Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-07-27


Leavitt who was a former pastor of his.
At the meeting of the Baptist Christian
Endeavor society on Tuesday evening
Myron Davis gave a brief account of the
international convention at Cleveland,
which he attended.
Dr. Smith will leave Lake Pleasant with
two special cars for Queen City park. on
Lake Champlain, near Burlington. Satur-
day, the 18th, on regular passenger train.
Brattleboro people have an opportunity of
joining DIR. Smiths party. Tickets good
going Saturday, and returning on any train
any day within two weeks, will be sold for
$3.50
Six talks on natural history, for children
and adults, will he given at the COngrega.
tional chapel on the afternoons of Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday, of the first two
weeks in August These talks will be il
Illustrated by accurate drawings and speci-
mems. Tickets will be on sale at Geddis's
store, as will be seen 10y the announcement
at the head of this column.
At a special meeting of the board of
bailitfs Tuesday night a proposition was
received from the Brattleboro gaslight COM
pany to replace 81 gas and gasoline lamps
with % candle power incandescent electric
lights. The contract for the gas and gaso-
line lamps expired July /. The matter
was discussed and action deferred to the
regular meeting next Thursday evening.
A special excursion will be run to Block
Island next Wednesday, Aug. l, leaving
Brattleboro at , :4j A. NJ. arriving at New
London 9:45, stopping at Mystic Island
and Watch Hill. reaching Block Island
l2:4j =. NJ Returning, steamer leaves
Block Island at 2:00P. NJ, Watch Hill $3.50,
Mystic Island 4:lO, connecting at New
London with train for Brattlebolo and in
termediate stations. The fare for round
trip will be $50, tickets good TO return
either Wednesday, August /, or Thursday,
August ,.
II. G. Field an aged and well-known
resident of Western avenue, met with a
serious accident last Monday He was
washing windows on the second story of
his house and started to step out on to the
edge of the bay window. He stepped over
the edge and was thrown to the ground,
striking on his right foot. Besides being
badly shaken up his heel was severely
bruised and bone in his right wrist was
broken. Mr. Field is doing well and will
no doubt recover in spite of his age and
the nervous shock.
The sixth annual meeting Of the Yer
mont Society, Sons of the American Revo-
luton, will be held at the Brooks House,
| Brattleboro, Thursday evening. August lG.
A banquet will follow the business meet
ing. 1t is expected that special rates will
be secured on the railroads from stations
on the Central Vermont and Boston II
| Maine. Members are requested to notify
Secretary c. :. Forbes, St. Adams, in ad-
vance, if they propose to be present, and
| the number OF banquet tickets desired.
In accordance with a resolution adopted
| by the United States Senate last April the
| secretary of the interior has transmitted to
| that body statement of the number of
| pensioners whose names were suspended
between March !. 1898, and May 10. 1894,
| and resumed at the same rate; the number
| of pensioners in whose cases payments were
suspended during the same period upon
which no further action has been taken
! the number of pensioners whose rates were
reduced, also the number of pensioners
whose names were dropped from the rolls,
| during that period. Among those whose
pensions were reduced for the reason that
the disability did not exist in the degree to
warrant continuance at the former rates
were A. A Betterley of Brattleboro,
! Thomas II. Gordon of Wardsboro, Joseph
A Stabird of Saxtons River; dropped for
the reason of not ratably disabled from
earning a support by manual labor, Z. H
Putnam of Brattleboro, John Van Drum
of Chester Depot.
George +. Nichols was nominated fol
state treasurer of North Dakota on the
Republican ticket at the convention held
last Friday. Mr.. Nichols, who is a son OF
Mrs. Jane f. Nichols and brother of Frank
W. Nichols and Miss Carrie Nichols OF
BrattleborO, was born in this town in 1856
He went to Marshall, Mich, in 1872 and
was employed in hotel there six years
In 1878 he went to Fargo, North Dakota
and for seven years filled the position OF
clerk in the Headquarters hotel there. In
1883 he accepted the deputy county treas
uryship under A. II. Burke, the treasurer
of Cass county, at Fargo. In 1890 Mr.
Burke was elected governor of the state
and Mr.. Nichols succeeded him as county
treasurer Mr.. Nichols is now serving hi.
second term as county treasurer, having
been elected both times without opposition
which is remarkable tribute to his popu.
larity. His splendid conduct of the county
trust and his wide acquaintance with lead
ing men of the state brought him to the
llO4lt a. q NdllNAlhdLt III SldLt treasurer. ant
his nomination was made unanimously
The Swedish Lutheran church on Wesl
street will be dedicated Wednesday, Aug
% Rev. Nilsenius of Pontiac K. l., pres
ident of the New York conference, viii
otficiate, assisted by Revs. jacobson o,
Waltham, Mass, Beausang of Gardner
Mass, and Lindstrom of Proctor, this state
The Augustana quartet will also assist
and render songs in both English ant
Swedish. This quartet includes A. b
Nikberg of Cambridge, Mass, first tenor
Adolf Hult of North Easton, Mass, seconC
tenor; n. K. Kron of this place, baritone
l. M. Anderson, at present of Cambridge
Mass, bassO. These gentlemen have al
studied at Augustana college, Rock Island
ILL.,, which is the principal institution o.
learning among the Swedish Americans
The first two named are temporarily il
charge of congregations at their respective
places. Mr.. Kron, A. NJ, is at the head
of the church work here during the summer
months, and is pursuing graduate studio.
at Yale in the department of Latin anC
philOlogy. Prof Anderson holds the chat
of English at Norwegian institute in Rec
Wing, MINI. Tuesday evening of tn,
same week the Lords Supper will be cele
brated. Thursday the congregation will
have supper, fair and concert at Re,
Mems Hall. The quartet will appear a
this concert, and there will be vocal solo