Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-10-05

The drivers of II. o. Coolidges Brooks
House hack and coupe line have new time
table cards for free distribution.
Mrs. VIM. Russel's advertisement in
another column may be of interest to those
looking for millinery for the season.
Rev. A. d. Brown will attend the annual
meeting of the Brotherhood of st. Andrew
to be held in Washington the coming week.
Mrs G. II. Smiths fall opening began
today and continues through tomorrow.
Her rooms are prettily trimmed with au-
tumn leaves and variety of tasteful and
stylish millinery is shown
Bellows Falls, Walpole and Putney boys
engaged in a scrappng match on the 1890
train soon after it left Bratteboro Thurs
day night of last week, and as result
three Putney boys had their eyes closed.
A veteran Broadway bookseller is quoted
by the New York Sun as saying MARY
wilkins is the woman's author. She writes
the most steadily popular books for wom-
EN- today. Hers easily rank first for regu-
lar sales, though Harraden's may for
time hold sway and Grand's for the mo-
ment prevail
Gov Fuller, accompanied by Col. Could
ing, went TO Montpelier Tuesday. Mis-.
Fuller, Miss Essex, Miss Chase, Miss Full
Ter, |. y. Camp of the Estpy Chicago
house, who has recently returned from Eu-
rope, Capt j. Harry Estey and Walter
Fuller went up Wednesday for the recep-
ton given by Gov. and Mrs. Fuller to
Gov.-elect and Mrs. Woodbury..
The Central Vermont railroad company
will run New York excursion over the
New London road Wednesday, the 18th.
Tickets at 81 for the round trip will be
good to 90 by the regular trains on that
day, connecting at New London with the
Norwich line steamer City of Lowell,
known as the greyhound of the sound
The return tickets will be good for one
week.
The largest opera company which has
ever visited Bratteboro, and the only one
with full chorus since the Little Tycoon
was presented several years ago, will APP
pear at the town hall Nov. in DeKoven's
great success, "The fencing master. ="
There will be over 40 singers, with special
orchestra. The manager of the company
is Fred c. Whitney, son of j. c. Whitney,
the Estey Organ company's agent in De
troit, Mich.
Mrs. d. w. Hunt, whose death occurred
Monday was sster-in-law of Enos White,
who has cared for her with all the devotion
of a brother during the long time she has
beena member of his family. Mrs. Hunt has
been an invalid for many years but has
borne her suffering with great patience
and cheerfulness. The funeral was held
at Mr. Whites residence on Forest street,
Wednesday afternoon at , o'clock, Rev. c.
O. Day officiating.
The choir boys of St. Michaers Episco-
pal church who have been in attendance
at st. Adams this week, are Christopher
McCourt, Charles Stolte. Hugh Croft.
Henry Croft, George Schildmiler, Jerome
Moran, Oscar Anderson, Willie Wells,
Ralph Cain, Alison Dugan, Carl Ellis and
Willie Sanders. They went to ST. Adams
Wednesday morning accompanied by Fred
Brasor and Mrs. Sherwin, \. w. Childs
and Mrs. Haskins also attended the con-
vention.
A. f. Atwood, whose Brattleboro souve-
mir calendar was so widely sold, is the pub
Usher of a White Mountain route souve-
mir which comprises 80 views on or near
the railroads over which one passes in 60
ing from New York to the White Noun
tains. Views in Northfeld Brattleboro.
Putney, and Bellows Falls are among those
shown. The object of the book is felc-
| tously announced to be ''to hold the past.
refresh the memory, repeat in light and
shade the varied scenes, and preserve in
harmonious form the marvellous beauty
displayed by the Connecticut Valley and
White Mountains The souvenir de-
serves a cordial welcome, and will doubt
less have a large sale. The press work is
from The Phoenix job printing office.
The meeting held under the auspices of
the Pumona grange at the town hall yes
terday afternoon was well attended, nearly
all the oranges in the county being re-
presented. Visitors were also present
from New Hampshire and Massachusetts,
grange. Master c. w. Sargant presided.
After short speeches by +. o. Lee of Yer
non and O. T. Ware of Brattleboro. the
master of the state grange of Connecticut,
George 4. Bowen, was introduced and
spoke in an interesting manner on the
work OF the grange and its advantages.
He emphasized three points-educatio
organization and discipline. He also re-
ferred to the financial benefits to be de
rived from Membership in the grange.
Alpha Messer, national lecturer, expected
to be present but was detained by the
death of an uncle. Music was furnished
by the grange choir.
Many expressions of sympathy are heard
for John Wright, who was fined 500 for
two offences of liquor selling. Wright is a
crippled young man who has run the bill
lizard rooms over Judges store during the
summer He is of quiet, peaceable dis
position, and has always borne an excel
lent reputation. His friends and others
claim that he has never kept liquor to sell
in his rooms, but that one day last week
man handed him a quart bottle of liquor,
requesting that he keep it until it was
called for. The next day the man came
for the liquor. He was accompanied by
Oratus Bruce, and the two men drank
from the bottle. Bruce was afterward ar
rested for drunkenness and claimed that
he bought the liquor of Wright. When
Wright was arraigned he had no LAWYER,
and being frightened at once pleaded guilty.
The fine was paid by two friends who
heard the full circumstances during the
afternoon.
The last of the Boyden family. who
have been connected with Christ Epis-
copal church in Guilford since its forma.
ton over three-quarters of century
ago, passed away in the death of Mrs.
Louise Cleaveland, which took place at her
Canal street home Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Cleaveand was born in Guilford G2
years ago, the only daughter of Levi and