Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-05-10


been here a portion of the week on bust
ness in connection with the change. Heis
still living at his cottage at Sunapee lake.
The Young Peoples Christian union Of
the Universalist church will hold their an
nual May festival next Tuesday evening.
II will take the form of drama entitled
"Megs DIVERSION followed by dancing
until ] o'clock. The proceeds from this
entertainment will 60 to swell the fund for
securing electric lights for the church.
These young people are well known for the
fine entertainments which they have given
in former years, and this will in no way
come short of the merit previously attained
The steam launch of j. H. Blakeley has
been put into the river for the season. 1t
has been furnished with a new engine and
boiler of greater power than the one used
last season, making it a much faster boat.
1t is understood that Fred n. Gilbert of
Westminster is to bring his new gasoline
launch up here soon for the season. He
has used it week or more at Westminster
and it is beauty. Quite a number of new
boats of various kinds are to be in com
mission this year, but interest in canoeing
seems on the wane since the sad accident
of three weeks ago.
1 ne lulllOI CldSS VI Jllt DtllOWS rams
High school give their annual exhibition
in the opera house next Thursday evening.
Claude Fisher, the celebrated violinist, will
assist, also some local musicians of merit,
This promises to be one of the best exhibi-
tions of its kind, and the students should
be encouraged to still greater efforts by a
large and appreciatve audience, and some
show of interest on the part of the citizens.
The speakers are Misses Stella Durham,
Lizzie Williams, Susie Roundy, Iva Young,
Jennie Daggett and Ethel Fullerton;
Campbell, Shaughnessy, Bacon and Pierce.
The steamer Widgeon, owned by Will
liam A. Hall was placed in the river two
weeks ago and has been in almost constant
use in arranging for placing booms for the
logs, towing logs for this purpose, and
within few days made trip up the river
as far as Windsor, arranging with the
farmers along the shores for putting the
logs back into the river which were left up
on the meadows by the freshet. So much
use is made of her in these ways that it is
probable the Fall Mountain paper company
will at an early day put much larger boat
here for towing and heavier work.
About 10 physicians gathered at the
Commercial House Tuesday, the occasion
being the annual meeting of the Connect
cut River Valley Medical association. Of
ficers were elected for the ensuing year,
the incoming president being DR.. S. NJ.
Dinsmore of Keene. DR.. Hill of our viii
lage is secretary and DR.. Campbell treas
urer. DIR. Ravens of Chester read paper
upon acknowledgements and a number
of remarkable cases of surgery were dis
cussed, among them being the removal last
rt~ir, far Of &c ls Is, rs
farmer at Alstead by DR.. Allbee, the skull
having been badly fractured by the falling
of limb of a tree.
Mrs Parkinson, who lived in Mrs. Up
hams house on Atkinson street, died Fri
day morning from the effects of a dose of
morphine taken the night before. She has
not appeared to be in her right mind at
times since the death of her daughter some
months ago. She seems to have planned
her suicide, as she had made all arrange
ments preparatory for her death some time
before. She was found Thursday evening
to be very ill., but the cause was not sus-
pected. She died on Friday, and it was
then ascertained that she had bought ff-
teen grains of morphine at one of the drug
stores, the day before.
The trials of cases for cruelty to animals
mentioned last week came 10 an emu FIJI
day. There were four cases brought by
the agent of the society for prevention of
cruelty to animals against as many citizens
of the neighborhood of Cambrdgeport for
cruelty to oxen and horses, and, as stated
last week, the case against Thomas Penni-
man resulted Thursday in a disagreement
of the jury. Friday the case against George
Luce was tried, there being a large crowd
of interested citizens of that locality here.
This also resulted in disagreement, States
Attorney Fits not being able to secure
conviction. He then decided to withdraw
his charges against the other two and drop
the matter.