Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-06-15

Clared the usual semi-annual dividend of
2t per cent, payable July l,
The High street primary school is suf-
ferng a measle epidemic, rs of the pupils
of the school being i'll with the disease.
The party of Brattleboro people reported
last week as delayed at Colorado Springs
by the floods reached San Francisco June
c. p. ellison has q carload of 30 Yer.
mont and Canada horses which he will sell
at the stables of J., w. Buckmnster at
Keene next Thursday
The Dennis Rebekah lodge initia ed II
new members at the regular meeting last
Tuesday evening. A number of others
are tobe initiated soon.
Miss Hattie Barrows entertained her class
from the Chase street primary, at her home
on Oak street last Monday afternoon, the
day being the sixth anniversary of her
birth.
j. II. Chamberlain announces an auc-
ton sale of 80 horses next Thursday. The
horses will arrive Tuesday and will include,
beside matched teams, several Vermont
drivers.
The tax list has been made out and con.
sists of 22T0 names. The town tax
amounts to S33, 406. II, the village tax to
S14, 1855 and the town district school tax
to S176047.
Children's day will be observed at the
Baptist church next Sunday. The pastor
will preach to the children in the morning
and in the evening the Sunday school will
present a concert.
Members of the local lodge of Odd Eel
lOuc yara Of Drpcnopt nm
Wednesday evening marking the graves of
Odd Fellows buried there There are
about 80 such graves in the cemetery.
The annual June meeting of the trustees
of Mortified seminary, was held at "The
Northtield'' Hast Saturday. The meeting
of the Mount HermOn trustees was held
Monday. Gen. Estey attended both meet
ings.
w. G. Doolttle has this week finished
his winters numbering, having cut five
timber lots in different places. F. NJ.
Waite has been with him and during the
busiest time 80 men and 40 horses and
oxen have been employed. Mr.. Doolittle
has already made several good sales, al
though it is early in the season.
C. b. Ford, who recently bought the
Benjamin Ward farm in West Brattle-
boro, announces a sale of Idaho horses at
that place Saturday, the 23rd. There are
20 fine animals in the lot. They were all
bred and raised by Mr.. Ford aud are sold
because of the closing out of his business
in the West. A description of each one is
given in the advertisement in this issue.
Notice is elsewhere given of the Re
publican caucus to be held at the town
hall tomorrow evening at 1870 to choose
ten delegates to the Republican state con-
vention to be held at Montpelier June 20:
and ten to the district convention at White
River Junction the 10Th. Woodbury. will un
doubtedly be the unanimous choice of the
delegates for governor, with the sentiment
in favor of Mansur for second place en- the
ticket.
This week has been busy one for Lett
singers orchestra. They played at Mrs.
Hooker's reception Tuesday evening and
later at the Glenwood commencement eX-
ercises; Wednesday for the Hinsdale High
school graduating exercises; last night for
the meeting of the alumni association at
Hinsdale, and at the anniversary exercises
at Winchester High school. Tonight they
60 to Winchester to play at a reception.
The orchestra has four engagements for
next week.
The Swedish residents belonging to the
Swedish Evangelical mission church of
Brattleboro enjoyed the visit of Rev. C. E.
Carlson of Springfield, Mass, who led the
prayer meeting in Esteyvile schoohouse
Wednesday night. After the prayer meet
ing a business meeting was held, when
these officers for the following year were
elected: Deacons, j, Larson, G. Herzberg;
trustees, c. S. Larson, G.. Il. Lndwall.
w. Erikson. A. j. Lindquist was chosen
chairman and A. Olofson secretary.
Peter S. Chase, Chaplain of Sedgwick
post, has forwarded to Rev. E. y. Haynes,
the chaplain of the Vermont division of
the Grand Army, report in regard to the
Memorial day exercises in Brattleboro. 1t
shows that the post decorated the graves of
1875 soldiers and sailors in II cemeteries
four graves and cemeteries and II graves
in Guilford, two graves and cemeteries
and 10 graves in Dummerston, and five
cemeteries and 102 graves in Brattleboro.
Dr. Arson and Mrs. PAMELA NJ. Shep-
ardson Cobb celebrated their golden we'd
ding at Montague Mass, Monday night.
Hundreds of friends We're present. Fifty
dollars in gold and other presents were be
oIONCu upuI Tue COUPLE IueN were mar
ried in Brattleboro. DR.. Cobb has prac-
tised medicine for over half century in
Montague, sometimes visiting patients in
three states in single day before the era
of railroads The couple have two chill
dren, Mrs. Chas. n. Reed of Greenfield
and Arson F. Cobb of Montague.
The summer schedule for the Connecti-
cut River division of the Boston IL Maine
railroad will 90 into effect July l. Sever
al changes of interest locally will be made.
The White Mountain express from the
north will arrive in BrattleborO about l: 80
p. NJ, the one from the south reaching
here an hour later. The train leaving
Springfield at 7:15 A. NJ. will be run
through to Windsor, giving Brattleboro
train north at about 9:30 and bringing the
Springfield papers here about an hour and
a half earlier than at present. A train
will leave South Vernon at 10:4S A. NJ.
and run through to Springfield. The 1925
train on the New London Northern will
connect with this train. An accommodate
ton train south will pass through Brattle-
boro about 3:15 p, NJ. A Sunday morn
ing train north will probably not be run to
Keene, however, will be
reached by Sunday train, leaving Spring
field at 1870 A. NJ. and arriving at Keene at
1910 A. NJ Returning the train will leave
keene at $40 p. NJ, arriving at SPRING
field at 6:l5 p. NJ, making connection
with the New York express, leaving there