Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-10-12


The sale of the Conant place on Canal
street, announced to take place at auction
Wednesday, was postponed until Saturday,
at 2 PM.
y. L. Kron, the young Swede who was
in charge of the Swedish church during
the summer writes from New Haven that
he is how hard at work there in the study
of Latin. Sanskrit and comparative philol-
ogy.
The Prospect Hill Aqueduct companys
annual meeting was held Monday, when |
the following officers were elected: Fresi |
dent, d. p. Cobb directors, j. c. Pellet, |
Leander Thomas. w. Adams; secretary |
and treasurer, G.. b. Kirwan.
At the regular meeting of the Fort Dunn !
mer colony, Pilgrim Fathers to be held !
this evening it is eXn'cfo. The supreme
governor. John /. N..es of Boston, will
be present and deliver au address a full
ATTENDANCE Ot members is desired.
W NJ. Amsden. formerly a Brattleburo
iev.Igr and now with the George II. Cor
nelt company, jewellers. of Worcester.
Nass.. is given the credit, according ID
Worcester papers, of having drilled q hole
through common pin from head topont.
Ash. w. Lord was moving ID load of
Clark street. down Canal and was stopped
in Main street, but uoj before an overtum
occurred which proved disastrous to the
goods and resulted in a severe cut on the
horse leg.
An important auction will take place at
the depot farm in East Dummerston Sat
urday. the 10Th, when Randall n Clapp
will sell eight choice horses and colts and
quantity of cattle hogs and poultry,
! crops and farming tools. The sale will be
| gin at 10 o'clock.
y. c. Chase of Halifax was the victim
| of a bad accident while here to attend the
| Valley Fair. He was walking down Canal
| street when he was run over by bicycle
and thrown upon the sidewalk. Mr.. Chase's
skull was fractured and he was unconscious
several hours, but he is now recovering.
The Forestville book club met with Mrs.
E. L. Parker Monday evening. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Mrs W. w. Walker; vice president, Miss
Nettie Cheney; secretary and treasurer,
Miss Alice Phillips; book committee. Mrs.
f. L. Parker, Mrs. j. II. White and Mrs
II Harris.
Hubert f. Allen, an Englishmen, was
arrested in New York Friday on a charge
of obtaining $500 under false pretences.
d. b. Lyons of Des Moines Iowa, the
complainant, is well known in Brattleboro
Lyons advanced the money to Allen, to pay
hi, expenses in starting an investment
syndicate in London
Charles Cook of Brandon, who fled from
Bratlleboro recently to avoid arrest, has
been sent to the house of correction at
Rutland for the third time for lettering
about the depot III that city. Cook is un-
b doubtedy insane. He attracted much at
tention in the Unversalist church at Rut.
land Sunday on account OF his peculiar
actions.
The Eighth Vermont Regimental asso-
citation will hold its 3ls, reunion at the
court house in Montpelier next Tuesday
afternoon. Capt :. Z. Howard, now OF
West Newton. Mass, bu, formerly of Brat
tleboro. will deliver an address, and Capt
George NJ Carpenter will read a poem
The annual banquet AMI campfire will b,
held in the evening.
5 j. W SimOnds, as driver of the Brattle
f boro Livery company's tally-hO left Satur
F. day with a party. from New London on
z coaching trip. The route from here wa
q to Jacksonville and Readsboro, to Nortl
/ Adams and WilliamstOwn, and thence
through the Berkshire hills. They vii
return next week The party Is headed
e by Mr.. Chappell of New London, a nephew
u of the late Mr.. Chappell OF Norwich, VIII
owned what is now the Glidden farm OIL
= the Putney road.
d Jerome b. billiard, one of the oldes
r residents at Wallngford, died in that towI
e Sunday. aged 81. MI billiard was a ma
r tive of Cavendish, but had lived in Wal
o lingford 80 years. He leaves two sons an,
Il. a.,
lizard, is longtime employe at the Este
e Organ factory. Mr. billiard was grand
father of Mrs. Theodore T6dt, the Ney
4 York singer, who, as Miss Earle, will b
- remembered as one of the soloists in Tn
, Brattleboro musical festival few year
n ago.
Il The pardon and kirmess which wa
It given by the Woman's Relief corps @
De Marbehead, Mass, last week under III
direction of L. Wales is described in
column article in the Salem Evening New:
The kirmess was in reality a dancing car
r. nival, in which 100 boys and girls of th
"a city appeared. says the News. The grace
'e regularity precision and discipline wit
1t which the little ones took their often time
2 difficult parts, reflected great credit upo
their instructor as well a upon the INTEL
gence and application OF the pupils,
Gil Curry the grey ghost that broke tl
- Brattleboro track record at the Valley FAN
!" set the New England record for half mil
tracks at 2:l11 at Brockton last week
IT After the race a wealthy Russian made NJ
Brock two propositions. one was for TN
IL purchase of the horse outright the othe
was 10 give bonds for the price OF til
If "gbost" and allow Mr.. Brock 5000 an
y expenses 0 take the horse TO Russia fo
Il three races. In case the horse is injure
J. the bonds are to be forfeited. Mr.. Bro'
will not give his decision until next week
5 The Springfield Republican voices tn
II sentiment of the Connecticut valley whe
h it says at was stated at the local ottiC
A. of the Boston II Maine railroad. before III
'e recent change in the schedule of traiI
VI took effect, that the 10 a. NJ. train mort
~ from here would run as far as ErattIebor
through the winter. 1t proves, however
g that this was a mistake, for the train h1
81 stopped at South Vernon this week. Tn
lie is extremely disappointing to patrons c
'r the road, VINO cannot get TO BrattlebOrO
j. the morning until 1913, and then only b
IS waiting at South Vernon over an hour an
IN taking a New London Northern train.
z, seems as if the Boston d Maine and Cel
tral Vermont people might arrange TO ru