Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-06-29

ganization of local court OF the Ancient
Order Of Foresters.
Howard Burke has bought the valuable
saddle horse, Caddy formerly owned by the
Countess de Jotemps.
Miss Annie Wymau gave a delightful
lawn party Wednesday evening in honor of
her friend, Miss Moves of Greenfield.
About % members of the Bebekah lodge
spent yesterday afternoon enioyabIy at
Mrs. Geo. Harris, at West Brattleboro.
supper was served on the lawn.
The ladies of the Swedish Evangelical
Mission church will have lawn party on
West street next Saturday evening at 1880
The income will be devoted To- the church
building. All are cordially invited.
A. D. Pullen has bought the interest of
his brother, James Pullen. i'm the grocery
firm of Pullen Bros. and will continue the
business. James Puilen has two or three
business projects in view, but his plans
have not been definitely decided upon.
Mr. Durgn was in Wincheudou. Mass,
last weel; taking an inventory of his store
there. which he has sold to b. Il. Day ~
Go. Mr. Day has been head clerk in the
store there. Mr.. Durgin makes the sale In
order to devote his whole attention TO his
store here
There is q probability tina, the Boston
Ideal Opera company will be induced TO
present their comic operas Countess for
day and THE lovely Galatea' here about
July IT,. This is a very strong company
and is now playing in the large New Eng
land cities.
This week the Rural Improvement So
clety have Strengthened the turf edges and
cleared the cutters through the entire
length of Oak street and have finished
doing similar work ON Cemetery hill The
street department is doing a similar work
on Grove street.
Mrs. Jennie Taylor and Miss Jessie
Lawton of Eustis. Fla. are visiting at W.
L. Barber's They were passengers on
the steamship Algonquin and witnessed
the laundering last sunday. in New ork
harbOr, of the tugbOat !. d. NicOl, which
resulted in the loss of 80 lives,
At the Valley Fair last year Hamer's
Perfect washing machine attracted the
favorable attention of many people Since
then its use in various households has been
convincing that it possesses all the merit
claimed for it. Attention is called to two
Brattleboro testimonials printed in this
paper.
The Swedish Evangelical Mission church
on West street will be dedicated on Friday
evening of next week. the 9th at 30.
The services will be in the English Ian
guage. and Reys. HOugh and Parry will
take part a special invitation is extended
to people outside the society To be present.
There will be services for the swedish peo-
pie on Saturday Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Phila NJ. Wheeler. who lives with
her son. Engineer Charles NJ Wheeler. al
Central street, sustained an injury TO her
spine 10y falling from the rear door step
Tuesday morning. just how the accident
occurred is not known. but her son heard
her fall and cry out. and on going 10 the
door found her PROSTATE several fee, from
the step. Her condition Wa, at first con
sidered serious, but she is now more com
Portable, although still confined to the bed.
The following are the names OF the pu-
pills OF the Centreyille primary school who
were neither absent nor tardy during the
spring term; Edgar Bigelow. Gertrude
Beazey. Georgia Donelson. Charles Fisher.
Homer Higley, Annie Johnson Josie
Phelps, CaIl Strand. Arthur ThurDer.
Rollin White, Lawrence White Carroll
Stacy absent but halt day Whole num-
Der OF pupils %. Average daily attend
ence y II.
The London Vanity Fair furnishes this
local item: Five years ago RudvarJ
hipling left India 10 see China, Japan
and America. after which he came TO Lon
don and got married He has now made
his home in Y ermont. of Central America.
and when he has passed seven years in the
study of the people among whom he
du I,v-
on that country, which has in it the max
ing of several empires.
The summer arrangement of trains on
the Connecticut River division of the Bos-
ton ~ Maine is substantially as given in
The Phoenix two weeks ago. The impor-
tant changes are the new morning train
north and the White Mountain express
north and south The morning train
north leaves Brattleboro at 9:25 a. NJ. the
White Mountain train south at ] 40 J.. NJ,
and north at 2:lS y. NJ. The leaving time
of the southbound local will be 2:5O j.. NJ.
One of the best Jokes of the year is on
delivery grocery clerk. He has been &C
customed TO put his horse IN q yard for the
night, because the animal was slightly
lame. yesterday morning the horse was
gone. The clerk thought it had been
stolen and announced that be had traced
it toward Greenfield by peculiar mark in
the shoe. The telephone was used to no
tify officers in other towns of the theft.
Early in the forenoon it was found that
neighbor on letting the COWS into the ward
in the morning, had placed the horse in
nearby barn.
Delta lodge Knights and Ladies of Hon
or, have elected the following officers to
serve the ensuing term Past protector.
II. w. Sargent; protector, Mrs. c. 5.
StockweU: vice protector, Nellie j. Pettee:
secretary, Mrs. j. A. orion financial sec
rotary, /. II. Putnam: treasurer. Mrs. II.
w. Sargent; chaplain, Mrs. d. L. Van
Dusen; guide, Mrs W. II. Haywood:
guardian, j. L. Van Dusen; sentinel. Mrs.
A. L. Evans; auditors, j. a. Orton, W.
H. Haywood, F. X. Barrows The install
lation OF officers will take place Wednes-
day evening, July II.
An estate of 100000 is involved in the
Amsden will contest which began in the
Suffolk probate office at Boston Monday
Joel F. Amsden died last March His
widow, Mary A. Amsden, whom he mar
ried in June, 1887, objects to the probate
of the will, and seeks for the allowance of
a former will which provides more gener-
Ously for her. The deposition of DR.. Hol-
ton of BratteboTo was introduced. DR..
Holton stayed at the home of the Amsdens
l,1T ne H.