Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-09-28


2:37 race at Amherst Wednesday in three
straight heats.
Mrs. G.. II. Smith will have her millinery
opening OF latest styles in millinery next
week Friday and Saturday.
Gorton's MINISTRIES gave an enjoyable
performance at the town hall Saturday
evening, with good musical, dancing and
farcical numbers.
-Four or five members of the First Regi-
ment band will play with the Wilmington
band Wednesday, and therefore there will
be no open air concert that evening
Frank Brown. who says his residence is
Montreal, but who is thought to be noted
crook wanted in Chicago, was arrested by
Chief of Police Mcclure this morning.
A collection Of pictures which will be es-
pecially interesting to older people may be
seen in Chaplin Il Co.'S window They
represent the Brattleboro of years ago, and
were collected by c. w. vii OK.
The annual meeting of the state Chris
tian Endeavor societies will be held at
Newport next week, and on the same week
the Epworth leaguers will hold their state
meeting at White River Junction.
The first foot ball game of the season in
town will be played on the island to-mor-
row, Saturday, afternoon, beginning at
o'clock, between teams representing the
Bra.tleboro and Greenfield High schools
The Windham County Pomona grange
will hold a public meeting next Thursday
afternoon, Oct. !, at , o'clock. Lectures
will be delivered by Geo. A. Bowen, master
of the state grange of Connecticut, and by
Alpha Messer of Vermont, national lee
turer.
John Wright, young man who lives on
Vernon street, was arrested this morning
for selling liquor, Oratus Bruce of MARI
boro swearing that he bought the ardent
from him. Wright was fined $50 each for
two offences. He will probably take an
appeal.
The society event of the year in Beebe.
Ark, was the marriage of Cecil Hampden
Cults Howard editor of the Town Topics
of that city, to Miss Effie Mai BARLEY,
celebrated in the Christian church Sept.
y. The church was deliberately decorated,
and the guests who filled it included the
prominent residents of Beebe.
Cards are out for the marriage of Abbie
Estey Fuller. daughter of George W. Full
Ter, to Francis Henry Spencer of Deep
River, Conn, on oct. 10. Mr.. Spencer is
graduate of Vermont Academy in the
class of 90, and after taking a partial
course at Colgate university went In bust
ness with his father at Deep River, Conn.
Lovers of the succuent bivalve, who are
largely dependent upon the Connecticut
crop, will be interested TO know that the
indications are that the present oyster sea
son will yield the greatest harvest in the
history OF Connecticut oyster growing. 1t
is estimated the harvest will exceed that Of
1850. when 1000, 900 bushels were gath
cred.
A very pretty but quiet wedding was
that of John Wilson Gordon, a contractor
of Gritiin's Corner, y. Y, and Minnie ).
Nesbitt, daughter of John Nesbitt of West
Brattleboro. The ceremony was performed
10y Rev. A. J. Hough in the Methodist
church Tuesday afternoon. The young
couple leave for Gritiin's Corner the last OF
this week
Rev. c. O. Day preached to the children
at the Congregational church last Sunday
morning, and at the conclusion of the
service a special temperance exercise was
presented by the Sunday school, with
short address by the pastor, appropriate to
the occasion. Nearly 300 were in attend
ance at this service, and a very earnest in
terest was manifested.
Mrs. Dora Hopkinson was elected dele
gate to represen: the Dennis Rebekah lod e
at the convention at Bellows Falls next
Wednesday, the 81. A large number of
the members will attend the convention.
plans being made to 60 up on the ll:10
a. NJ. train Wednesday, returning on the
owl train the following morning. The
rate for the round trip is fixed at 81.
The change in the railroad time tables
will 60 into effect Sunday. The > 20 4. NJ.
train south will leave at ) 40, the Q %,
2:jj and 4:3S will leave at 9:22, 2:l3 and
4:36. The early morning train, reaching
here about 9:2j from Springfield, will be
discontinued, both White Mountain trains
will be taken off, and Montreal IL Que
bee express will leave for the north about
, o'clock
A concert will be given about Oct. 5.
under the auspices of the ladies of the Bap-
fist society, by the Cecilia Bradford trio of
New York city, consisting of Miss Cecilia
Bradford, solo violinist pupil of Camilla
Urso), Miss Charlotte Bradford, eocution-
ist and yiolinist, and Master johnny Brad
ford, the wonderful boy tlutist,. The trio
were warmly received at an entertainment
given here three years ago.
Mrs. John Calvin and three daughters.
and Mr.. Galvins two sisters. the Misses
Calvin, of Middlebury, were driving around
the Elliot street corner, from Main street.
Sunday afternoon, when one of the wheels
of the surrey collapsed, the spokes sepa-
rating from the hub. The carriage was
tipped over and all the occupants thrown
out. The youngest daughter sustained a
wound three inches long by an inch wide
on one arm, and her nose was broken.
At meeting of the Congregational la
dies association, held at the church parlors
Tuesday afternoon, these officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Henry Houghton:
vice president, Mrs. c.. b. Rice: secretary,
Mrs. w. II. Bond; treasurer, Mrs. f. L.
Parker; chairman committee on hospital
ity, Mrs. W. W. Walker parish work,
Mrs. F, A. Wells; home missions, Mrs. f.
A. Whitney; foreign missions, Miss G. NJ.
Slate. Extended plans for missionary
work during the fall and winter were CON
sidered.
The Las Vegas New Mexico) Weekly
Optic of Sept. g contains the following
paragraph in reference to the business of a
former Windham county resident: "The
$4,000 head of Capt. J. G. Clancey's sheep
have been sheared, dipped and sailed and
started across the country for Puerto de
Luna. The drive will occupy about two
weeks. 1t is estimated by Capt Clancey's
neghbors that he will be out of pocket not