Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-23

The first public dance in the new Grange !
hall is to be held next Thursday evening |
A new fire alarm box has been placed a
the corner of Main and High streets The |
number is 50.
The gasometer of the Brattleboro Gas
light company is being rebuilt by men
from Worcester, Mass
The first car from West Brattleboro has
brought down an average of over 20 pas
sengers each morning this week
The report of the board OF trustees of
the Baptist society will be heard at the
regular Friday evening meeting tonight
Twelve or 10 persons from the Swedish
Mission church went by tally-ho Saturday
to Lake Spotford, where they had picnic.
The concert which was to have been Civ
Ell at the Brooks House Saturday evening"
has been postponed to some evening next
week
Two houses and lot on Elliot street be-
longing to the estate of the late Catherine
Martin will be sold at auction tomorrow
at o'clock
The examination OF pupils Tor promotion
in the graded schools will take place the
first Monday in September, when the
schools begin the fall term.
The First Regiment band will give their
twelfth open air concert from the roof
garden of the Vermont Wheel club next
Wednesday evening
The largest catch of black bass this sea
son from Spottord lake took place Satur-
day when IS pounds were caught by
| Charles Clark of Springfield Mass. G. r.
tarr of Northampton. and /. y. Farr of
I\aef EHagfarHalT Tho tic b, rouoaI i'm sin.
from three-tOurths To- II pounds each
Frank Green saved the tive-year-old
daughter of Peter Pellerin from drowning
/ Sunday. The child fell into about five feet
of water near the Fletcher mill while at
play, and had sunk twice when Mr.. Green
and his father were aroused 10y the cries OF
her little brother Mr.. Green reached the
spot lust in time TO SAVE the child's life
There are two vacancies in the state ca
detship at Norwich University which may
/ bee filled by appointment 10y the senator,
/ from Wndham county. In accordance with
] act No. 20 OF the laws of 1872. ANY young
/ man who desires to- secure the benefits OF
/ this institution should make it known at
/ once To one of the county senators or Chas.
/ G. Brill, superintendent OF the university.
The 60th annual session of the Windham
/ county Baptist association will ue held with
/ the church at Yves, Dover, Wednesday and
/ Thursday OF next week. key. F. =. smith
/ of West Brattieboro is appointed TO preach
/ the annua. sermon, Eev. H. u. AICer OF
/ beadsboro being his alternate The com
mittee OF arrangements is Rev. G. =. >uer-
/ man. Key. G.. j.. H. Meacham and o. l..
/ Hal. An interesting program is promised.
/ and delegates are expected from al. the
/ churches of the county.
/ Mrs. Fanny Shephardson of Gresham.
/ y. H.. was taken insane SUNDAY at Oh,
home of her sister Mrs. J.. H. Bingham
/ on Washington street Mrs Shephardsou' =,
/ husband, who Is pastor of tine baptist
/ church of Chesham. was attending tine
! Baptist meetings az Martha's Vineyard az
the time of his wites leaving homo She
hr,t Wen, 90 heeue, where She dld some
trading. and then took the train supposed
/ by for BrattleOorr, but entering the wrou.
/ car She went 90 AtLu. She STAYED there
Friday night with niece and came here
on Saturday. Sunday She became quite
/ violent. requiring constant watching. Her
husband, who was sent for. took Mrs
/ Shephardsou home wednesday afternoon.
New England people whofurnlshed funds
/ Tor paying the debts of the W. J.. Rice iu-
vestmeut companies will boz interested 90
/ know That the Texas and Pacific railroad
/ is building into DeulsOu Tex Various
/ other lndustrle, have either been recently
/ established or are about 20 bee established
I there. among them being a $4,000 cot
/ ton-seed oil mill and a large grain depot.
/ The syndicate have had some idea of sell
in- out their interests in Deuisou. 0u- NJ
/ +. Foster of Milford, " H.. who ha- Tee
/ Gently visited the place and who has had a
/ considerable experience with southern cot
/ ton mills, advises against such q course.
/ He states that the cotton goods industry is
/ now so tiourishing that manufacturers in
! Lowell and other centres III this region are
/ refusing orders Tor spindles 10 bee sent
/ south. He says he knows of the refusal
OF one such order for 10000 spindles.
The 'Lounger' IN the Critic confirms
| the suggestion made in these columns as To-
/ the weak point in "The long arm" "Mr.
Hamilton W. Mabie is a much more astute
| judge of literature than / am. | should
hardly have given the 5000 prize TO Mis-,
/ Wilkins $ story, The long arm To my
mind it has not hundreth part OF Tho
| cleyerness OF either of her two volumes of
short stories. Ii begins well. and holds the
attention as tenaciOusly as the most exact
! ing editor could desire. but when il comes
TO the motive il utterly fails A woman
wants a much stronger reason Tor commit
/ ting cold-OloOded, brutal murder than
| PhWbe Dole had / don't see now any
one could read the story and not be disap-
/ pointed IN its ending, ! hope for the sake
! OF her art that Miss Wilkins will give US
more Humble rOmances' and fewer Long
arms in the future
The repairs on the Elliot street steamer
house are nearly completed and il is prob
able that within a week or two the public
viii be invited 10 make an inspection. The
repairs nave included the building OF an ad-
dluon to the house which gives room Tor
/ TWO more horses, four of the town horses
now being kept there. The stalls are di-
rectly in the rear of the engine. Two sets
OF hanging harness have been ordered
New paint has greatly improved the ap-
pearance OF the apparatus room and the
stair and hall ways. u pstairs, two rooms
Tor the use of the members of the compa-
MES have been fitted up. The room on
the west side will be a game and reading
room, while the east room contains a COM
blnatiOn pool and billiard table Both
rooms have been newly papered and
painted while new carpets, draperies.
chairs and tables add to the general at
tractlveness. New radiators have also
been added. The village has done the re-
pairing, paperlng and painting the work
being done under the direction of the bail
itts and the chief engineer. The members
OF the Hydro-FOuntain club, composed of
the members and substitutes of the two
companies, raised about $500. and 5000
was raised among the business men bv
Messrs. John Calvin and W. d. Perry,