Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-08-10


Elliot street stand.
May & Grown have sold the Harry G.. f. |
Pratt restaurant to Charles Potter of New |
York. Possession given at once.
Miss Brown, a Brooks House guest, was
thrown while riding horseback last even |
ing, sustaining some bruises, but no serious
injury.
Coleman's barber shop has new steel
ceiling. All traces of damage caused by
the recent fire have been removed by new
paper and paint.
Sewall Morse came up through the rapids
below the toll bridge Monday in a canoe,
something which has not been accomplish
ed before in long time.
Henry A. Winship of Bradford, the hard
ware jobber, whose suspension was an
nounced Wednesday, is the man for whom
f. b. Gleason has been at work.
S. A. Smith, with a force of seven assis-
tants, has been in Jamaica this week to
get the machinery in running order for
saving the lumber from Smith e Co.'s lot
in that place.
A pleasant evening was spent by a small
party of guests at Miss Mary Martins last
evening, excellent music, both vocal and
instrumental, adding to the enjoyment of
those present.
A new telephone line from Brattleboro
] to Williamsville is being put in. The bust
| ness between Brattleboro and points north
ward has so increased as to require another
! line to handle the business promptly.
n A party of young people, about 30 in
number, picnicked at the pinnacle yesterday
afternoon, taking supper there and return
ing in the evening. Miss Lula Elmer took
the prize for reaching the pinnacle first.
f. E. Vanderpoo was arrested Friday
night on the charge of drunkenness. On
being brought before Justice Newton his
hearing was continued for one month and
he was released on his own recUgnzance.
The Republican town committee have
decided to call the caucus to nominate can
didates for town representative and justice
of the peace to be held on Saturday after
noon, August %, the polls to remain
open from 2:30 till s.
Mr.. Hoskins, the hulled corn dealer, met
with an accident on Elm street Wednesday
morning, his team going over the bank and
smashing things generally. A railing has
since been put along the bank to guard
against further accidents of the kind.
In the civil suit brought by L. j
johnson against Frank Thurber, for tax
ing fish from private preserve owned by
johnson, the matter was settled without
trial by Thurber's paying S25 and costs
Two or three well-known residents raised
the money.
Mr.. Tyler of the Brooks House will Civ,
a dance next Tuesday evening for the
guests of the house, and to which the pub
r lie generally are invited An invitation
5 will be extended to the visiting military, an,
2 the event will be the most brilliant of it,
kind this season.
J. II. Chamberlan's horse sale was wei
: attended Tuesday and some fine keniuck
and Vermont horses were sold. The price
were remarkably low, ranging from $50 I,
J, $50. Some fine animals were bought b.
+. A. Tyler, w. +. Fay of Hinsdale an,
i Mr.. Carroll of Claremont.
G. A. Billings of Hatfield, Mass, agen
+ for Suffer Brothers, is in town today t
Il look over the growing tobacco crop. Loca
y tobacco growers will be glad to know tina
l. Mr.. Billings expects business demands T.
Il call for the purchase of some portion c
Il the crop of 1898 in the near future.
= As j. f. Leach of the post-office fore
n was returning by bicycle TO his home i
W Guilford Tuesday night, he met party {
- wheelmen coming from the fair ground
- and in trying TO avoid collision with theI
y in the darkness ran into curb stone
t. smashing his wheel and receiving injurie
which have kept him from his duties a
the office until this morning
- Miss Wessehpft and Mrs. Selma We
IS selhnft of Boston were in town Tuesda,
= They are the daughters of DR.. Robe
: Wessehnft, the founder of the waite
- cures, so famous in their day, and their vi
| - har 70 "a oil
: and to call on Mr.. VIM. Klnge who
the only survivor of those who came hel
, from Germany with DR.. Wesselheft.
p. A hearing was held Tuesday, befol
5 Judge Royal Tyler, IN petition brougl
$ by the heirs of Miss Martha Barker
,e have DR.. Conland removed as her guardian
30 Msmanagement and waste of funds wei
i. charged by the petitioners. The petite
N was dismissed, the court finding the char.
not sustained. Waterman and Haskins a.
A. peared for the petitioners, and Fits f
re- DR.. COnland.
q Eugene 5. Blair, son of a. L. Blai
as died Sunday from consumption, at the az
5 of "a years. He had all his life been
l.. sufferer from asthma which developed i
a to the disease which caused his dealt
nd Prayer was held at the house on Mond.
nd at o'clock, Rev. A. j. Hough ofiiciatn
an and the body was taken Tuesday to Blan
e, ford Mass, his native place, where funer
In service was conducted at the Methodi
nj church, and burial was in the family 10
IN where his mother was buried.
us Windham county crops have begun
he feel the lack of rain severely during Il
Ell past week The potato crop has be,
greatly reduced, corn is suffering in maj
IL places, and grass fields and pastures a
id scorching. Showers of short duratit
a have furnished temporary relief in sor
ar parts of the county, but the need of a soa
rs, ing rain is very great. There has be
he more rain in the central and north part
lal the state than here Throughout Vermo
NC a large hay crop has been secured in un
nd sually fine condition.
al ID. S. Pratt feels farmers pride in |
* field of lusty corn which stands west of |
'al house and borders on the avenue. \ go
all many of the stalks measure more than
dy feet to the tips of the upper leaves, and
at feet is not more than a fair average. T.
*, drouth has retarded the growth and caus
CHI the leaves of the outer rows to curl, b
er- fortunately the corn was planted TO
he inches deep, giving it good heart again
MS this emergency. The corn is red cob en-