Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-05-31


of $1,000 is bequeathed to the Brattleboro
academy at West Brattleboro.
Daniel Eagan, while unloading rails in
the freight yard for the electric railroad,
Saturday, had his foot seriously cut by a
rail falling upon it.
Hackey Il Moran think the receipt Of
10 wheels in one shipment Saturday puts
them pretty near the head of the list on
large cOnsignments.
j. O. Frost extends general invitation
to the opening concert and dance to be
held in his pavilion at Vernon June Z.
The opening is to be complimentary.
A new switch board equipped for two
operators is to be put in the local telephone
exchange. This addition is made neces-
sary by the increased number of subscrib-
els.
The Raponda at Wilmington E. E.
A lien proprietor, holds its opening dance
this evening. The hotel is new sub
scrber to the Brattleboro telephone eX-
change.
Five members of the local tribe of Red
Men go to Burlington today to instruct the
newly instituted tribe in that city in the
unwritten work of the order, returning
home tomorrow.
Il is suggested that if all bicycle riders
would keep to their own side of the street
in meeting other wheels or teams, the
danger of serious injury from collisions
would be greatly diminished.
The First Regiment bands Opening
night concert on Wednesday evening was
a success, the audience being large and APP
preciative and the selections and their exc
cution up to the bands longtime standard.
The class of 'Q5, Vermont Academy,
came to Brattleboro Tuesday on their class
ride with Major and Mrs. Howard as
chaperones. The class had dinner and
supper at the Brooks House and were
photographed by Wyatt.
Rev. Mr.. Needham spoke to large and
interested congregations Sunday morning
and evening at the Baptist church, his sub
jects being two upon which he has spent
many years of study.-"The second com
ing of Christ and The first resurrec-
ton He will preach here again next
Sunday.
Ralph, the elder child of j. II. Chamber
lain, pupil at the Chase street primary
is i'll with scarlet fever at his home on Ter.
race street. As a precaution for the safety
of his own family Charles Miner at once
moved his effects TO his new house on
North Main street, and the Chamberlain
tenement is carefully quarantined, Mr..
Chamberlain living at the Brooks House.
Rev. and Mrs. f. B. Leavitt left on Mon
day for bingham, Mass, and will be alb
sent from Brattleboro till July /. This
week Mr.. Leavitt is in attendance on the
meetings of anniversary week in Boston
Early in June he is to leave for Duluth
Mimi, where he is TO preach three sun
days in the month. His Brattleboro church
will be closed for the next two sundays.
L. j. Retting, member of the commit
tee on the establishment of an Odd Eel
lows Home in Vermont, has been at Rut
land and Bradford this week with tn,
other members of the committee investiga
ting sites Tin those towns. The commit
tee received every attention from member!
of the order and citizens. These are Mr.
Rettings colleague ON the committee: II
W. Hall, Burlington; W. D. Wilson, St
Adams; H. L. Stillson, Bennington; O
H. Henderson, st Johnsbury.
Last Sunday evening pedestrian, evi
| IDENTIFY stranger, was noted proceeding il
laborious and painstaking way along on,
of the nearby village streets. He lifted hi,
feet high, and put them down with grea
care, but in spite of his best efforts thos,
useful members insisted on occupying boil
sides of the walk. Meeting a fellow pas
senger he remarked, SHAY, mister, this i:
| the worst town | ever struck. That Dc
electric light won't stand still a minute
1t is flying around all the time
The Artillery band played at Nortl
| Hinsdale at the cemetery for the mornin!
exercises yesterday, and in the afternoon
in the town hall at Hinsdale and also a
| the cemetery, the school children of tn,
town participating in these exercises. Ii
the evening concert was given from tn
lawn near the hotel. The band speak il
highest terms of the splendid treatmen
received at the hands of the Grand Arm,
and Relief corps. At the conclusion o
the exercises they were promptly engaged
for next season.
If the business of the railroads is an in
deX of the general situation, business i!
| decidedly picking up Mr.. Brooks say
that freights, both north and south, hav,
rarely been better. About 70 cars o
| freight for the West come up through anC
| go north every day, and there is larg,
| quantity of merchandise moving in boil
directions. Double headers" are neces
sary going north nearly every day, anC
extra trains are often required. 1t ha
been necessary for some time to work sun
days in order to keep the business cleaned
up.
Two horses out of a carload which j. II
Chamberlain received from the West thi:
week were badly injured EN- route some
where beyond Buffalo. A brakeman lief
a combined feed and water trough turned
down with its sharp metal corner towarC
the inside of the car, and in jolting about
probably in a switchboard, the two horse:
were thrown against it. One had the cord:
in both hind legs cut OFF; a Buffalo vetere
marian pronounced the animal WORTHLESS:
and it was killed. The other will recover,
The railroad company will settle the bill.
The semi-annual meeting of the Con,
necticut Valley conference of UnitaritiaI
churches will be held with the Free Con,
gregational society at COsmian hall, Flor
ence, Mass, next Tuesday and Wednesday
Rev. M. j. Savage of Boston will preach
the conference sermon Tuesday evening
and at the Wednesday afternoon session
Rev. S. NJ. Crothers of Cambridge will give
a paper on THE religion of John Milton.
The six delegates named from the Brattle
boro society are Mrs. O. D. Esterbrook
Mrs. P. h. White, Mrs. j. NJ. Tyler, f. A.
Tyler, Ii. R. Lawrence, Linn d. Taylor,
About 70 stockholders of the Brattleboro
q Whitehall railroad company from "uI
the West river" availed themselves last
Saturday of the occasion of the company
annual meeting to visit Brattleboro and
dine at the Brooks House. The business
!
board of officers was reelected, these be-
inc. Diractnrs @ f Thnmnsnn lnrasi.