Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-05-24

Monday evening in preparation for Memo
rial day
The material for the electric railroad
has nearly all been received. There are -
to 20 carloads of rails, bolts, straps, tools,
etc.
Mrs. Dawson of West Brattleboro is
probably the first woman to receive a Ger
tificate from the Vermont board of phar-
macy
/ The ladies association of the Congrega-
tiona church will hold their annual straw
berry festival in the Congregational chapel,
June 6.
The annual meeting of the Western
Aqueduct association will be held June 4,
at 1880 j.. Ne, at the office of c. F.
! Thompson
The store at S Central street. which has
been closed since the death of the propri-
etor, will be reopened by Mrs. Chandler
next Monday.
Arrangements are being made for 40
hour devotional service to be held at st.
Michaers Roman Catholic church the first
week in June.
Judges Walker and Titus and Sheriff
Gordon were at ewfane Saturday, arrang-
ing for a larger and better water supply
!
ton of a shed for carriages and wood.
The Vermont Wheel club is preparing
for large addition to its membership in
contemplation of occupancy of its new
rooms. 1t is expected that 20 to 80 new
members will be voted in at the next regu-
lar meeting. GEAsR
George Goddard has bought the restau-
rant at Al Main street of c. p. Potter, tax
ing possession yesterday. Mr.. and Mrs
Goddard formerly ran boarding house
very successfully in the Morse house on
Elliot street.
The houses of Mrs. George Shea, r. G..
Harde and Mrs. p Starr have been con-
nected with the telephone exchange. Long
distance instruments have been placed in
the offices of A. W. Childs n Co., and
Crosby IL Co.
Company A of the boys battalion, with
the girls company gave an exhibition drill
on the Retreat grounds Saturday afternoon
In addition to the inmates of the Retreat
200 to 300 spectators gathered on the com
mon to witness the drill.
There has been a veritabe boom in the
wheat market the past week. amounting tc
ten cents bushel The market has gone
wild over the reported damage to the grow
ing crop. Wheat is now 80 cents higher
than when at the lowest point
, The annual convention of the Windhan
and Bennington county association of Uni
versalists will be held at Vernon. Wednes
day and Thursday, June and 6. A gooC
program is being prepared and it is hoped
this gathering will be very interesting one
, Rev. Alexander Macgeorge has resigne,
the pastorate of the Baptist church at Ben
b. nington. and will 20 to New York to en-
gage in missionary work His resignation
r will take effect June @. Previous to goin.
10 to Bennington Rev. Mr.. Macgeorge wa
Baptist state missionary for eight year
and during much of that time lived il
- Brattleboro
e EX-Goy. Fuller will be the Memoria
S day orator at Barton: Rev. A. J. Hougl
e at Woodstock; Col. X. Haskins at BeI
r. nardston and Mortified. Mass. Rev. Ha
D. Maxwell at West Halifax; Col. Hooke
e at Vernon on Sunday. Col J. H. Gould
e ing, now of Wilmington will speak a
e Brookhed. and Hon. l.. NJ. Read of Bel
. .ows Falls at Chester.
Rev. DR.. George b. Cow, who went iron
e Brattleboro TO Glens Falls, n. y, has re
signed his pastorate there after being on
Il leave of absence two years on account o
i'll health. DR.. Cow has spent much o
u this time with his son in Northampton
e Rev. W. O. Stearns has been chosen pas
tor of the Glens Falls church and DR.. GOV
s elected pastor emeritus.
hearing in the case of Charles Potte
u VS.. George W. Bliss on a writ of eiectmen
' was heard at Waterman, Martin a Hit
+ office Monday before Justice 5. II. Shel
70 man and a jury consisting of A. Marshall
G. B. Dickinson, ID. l.. Herrick, +. A
10 Chamberlain, L. B.-Barrows and S W
Kimball. The verdict was for the plant
D if e. b. Hit appeared for the plaintiff
and S. T. Davenport for the defendant.
y The May Bookman says that Kipling'
: walking Delegate will not be included
in the books to be published in the autumn
$ as Nj. Kipling is reserving this for
T. ''book on American backwoods life. or W
S might say, of underbrush life" The ney
Il volume of essays by Brander Matthew
l. will contain a dedication to Mr.. Kiplin
+ which begins as follows: "To Rudyar
e Kipling of BrattlebOro Vermont" Ii
2 said that this way OF converting him into
l. Yankee greatly amused Mr.. Kipling.
> The hearing in the case of Albert Stet
. bins, the alleged defauting tax collector q
: Deerted, Mass, who was captured i
Brattleboro while en- route to Canada, ha
. been postponed until May 81. A settle
ma7t so far as the money loss is concerne
4 10 1err1ing between Mr.. Stebbins, his bonds
l. men ond his wife on the one side and tn
). tow, ~, ~ other. Mr.. Stebbins is cont
r dam tbat t6a GOWN will not lose penny
d He is cheerful .yd apparently happy, an
seems to be confdeiS 'N"' III 'ue Gnu every
/ thing will be all right
This months Architee- e. 'lial RECORD
' devoted almost exclusively " WI tne N We
ork nrm of McKim, Mead d 1870 - =" -
were the architects of the new Bo1.oti Pul
lie library and OF many important snI'tiIs5
III all parts of the country BioSt"PIiiiioo'a
sketches are given of the different maS l !
OF the nrm, one of whom is VIM. r. ia "a
a brother of the sculptor, both bowl.
I residents of BrattlebOro The Canal STR
schoolhouse is tasteful specimen of til.
hrm's work. The design of the Well,
fountain was VIM. r. Mead personal work
and gift
Charles F. Hill was arrested Monday nv
Sheriff Starkey, charged with stealino
hens. He was arraigned before Justice
Royal Tyler. He pleaded guilty and was
Ined about 50 and costs. Hill is about "a
years Old He is Grand Army man, a
member OF Sedgwick post, and saw service
IN the 10Th Massachusetts regiment. He
has OF late been living in the water
cure building on Elliot street. 1t an
pears that during Sunday night he
walked north from the village two miles
and appropriated to his own use a wheel
barrow owned by Mr.. Murphy. the black
smith, He had sacks, which he either OBJ