Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-05-03


electric railroad was made with the under
standing that in assigning the work prefer
ence should be given to home laborers.
G. F. Thompson having resigned as clerk
and treasurer of the Brattleboro Street
Railway company, Frank L. Hunt of the
firm of S. A. Smith & Co. was elected to
that position on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Daniel P. Cobb have is
sued invitations to the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Helen Lena Cobb, to Wal
ter Angler Gilbert of Putney, the event to
be celebrated the evening of May 10.
o. Peltier announces in another column
his purchase of the Canal street black
smith shop of K. M. Angler. Mr.. Peltier,
who recently moved to this town, was for
p years successful blacksmith at West
Chesterfield, N. II.
All who are interested in the work of
the Rural Improvement association are re-
minded that the annual meeting will be
held at the Brooks House reception room
next Thursday evening at 1880, when they
are invited to be present without further
notice.
Mrs. Katherine Marshall sold her North
street house on Saturday to Charles A.
Harris, treasurer of the Brattleboro Saw
ings bank. The price is understood to
have been about $4,000. This house was
remodeled for Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall sew
eral years ago into one of the finest resi-
dences in town. Mr.. Harris bought 1t for
his own occupancy.
Rudyard Kipling will shortly return to
India where he will prepare, for the Cos
mopoltan, twelve articles to appear in the
American and English editions of that
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teresting of countries, and Mr.. Kipling is
able to write of it as no one else. His
work will be looked forward to with world
wide expectation.
Margaret, three year old daughter of
John G. Adams, clerk at Scott Il Jones's,
was frightfully scalded Saturday, but as
she received prompt medical treatment
serious results are not expected. In some
way not exactly known she reached up to
the table and overturned tea pot, the
contents falling upon her head and hands.
Longfellow's Dream, which was given
very successfully by the Murray club sew
eral years ago, was brought out last week in
the Hollis street theatre at Boston by the
New England Woman's Press association
under the direction of the author, Henry
Redington Browne. 1t is pronounced one
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attempted in Boston.
Judge j. NJ. Tyler Is at st. Adams hold
ing the Franklin County court. The suit
of Brown, administrator, VS.. town of Swan
ton has ,been on trial for several days. 1t
is brought in behalf of the widow and
children of S. E. Mead, who received fatal
injuries upon bridge in SwantOn, which
it is claimed was insufficient. The defence
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town and that Mr. Mead was negligent in
driving
The Tavary Grand Opera company be-
gins Monday to play a two weeks engage
ment in New York city. The Albany
journal, commenting on the companys
appearance in "Cavalleria Rusticana,"
says: civilian Schuster decidedly the best
man in the company sang the part of Alto
with spirit and effect" The Galveston
Daily News said of the Brattleboro boys
work in that city: "Wm. Schuster, the
basso, has not only good voice but the
best stage presence of any of the cast Of
principals. He played Fernando and put
commendable dramatic action into the
work."
Rev. Clark Rice Moor, who died very
suddenly of heart disease at his home in
Cambridge, Mass, Sunday, at the age of
10, will be remembered in Brattleboro as
pastor of the Universalist church here
from 1S4S to 1852. He was born in Sweden,
N. H., but his early life was spent in Rock
ingham, in this county. His ordination
took place in Brattleboro, as this was his
first pastorate. From Brattleboro he went
to WATERFOWL, Mass, and thence to Port
land and Augusta, Me. For many years
he has resided in Cambridge. He was one
of the editors of the Gospel Banner, wrote
often for the denominational and other
publications, and supplied various pulpits.
He was one of the trustees of Tufts col
lege. Although restricted in early school
advantages he developed into a man of
broad general culture and excellent ability.
Arthur L'Heureux, aged "a, son of
Mrs. j. B. L'HeureuX of Holyoke, Mass,
committed suicide by gas poisoning at Bos-
ton Saturday. He was found in his room
at Is Indiana place about noon uncon-
scious, and attached to the gas jet was
piece of rubber tube the other end of which
was in his mouth. he had inhaled a large
quantity of gas. He was taken to the city
hospital, where he died. He was in poor
health and the suicide was undoubtedly
caused by dependency. L'HeureuX was
brother of Mrs. William Mette of this town.
He had worked in this town much of the
time the past year or more, both in the
shops of p. Rate and of Vim. Mette. he
went from here about two weeks ago to
work at his trade in Boston. He had acted
strangely for some time and when he went
away some of his friends here thought he
was becoming mentally deranged.
William James Richardson, who died in
Brooklyn, N. Y, recently at the age of 46,
was a brother of G. A. Richardson, who
spent large part of last year at the Brooks
House. Mr.. Richardson was a graduate
of the Polytechnic institute in Brooklyn
and began his business career in 1867 after
his father had become the manager of the
Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad company,
and three years later he was made super
intendent of the Brooklyn, Canarsie and
Rockaway Beach road. When his father
organized the Atlantic Avenue company in
1872 he became one of the directors, and
served in that capacity until recently, when
he was retired on account of his sympathy
with the strikers. He was secretary of the
Atlantic Avenue company for many years
and had been secretary of the American
Street Railroad association since it was
organized. He was fond of outdoor sports
and had Travelled extensively in Europe.
His wife was a daughter of President Ray.
mond of Vassar college.
The death of Mrs. Nettie Reed, widow
of the late W. j. Reed, who died ten years
ago, took place early Sunday morning at
the Elliot street home of her son, Leonard
b. Reed Mrs. Reed was i'll only five days,
and the cause of death was congestion of
the lungs, with complications. Mr. and
Mrs. Reed were born in Scotland, and