Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-06-07


wheels.
At the meeting of the Vermont Wheel
club Tuesday evening, 80 new members
were voted in.
The Ruthians held a sewing meeting at
Lindenhurst Wednesday evening with a
good attendance.
A tallyho party from here will attend the
opening of the new pavilion on j. Q.
Frost's park in Vernon this evening.
A tallyho party of ladies went to Keene
yesterday where they were entertained by
Mrs. Beal, a niece of Mrs. G. II. Ryder.
Louis Whitney had his right hand badly
injured yesterday morning, by its getting
caught in a lathe at J. Il. Rand's shop in
Harmony block.
j. c. Howe has some excellent photo
graphs of the memorable scene of May 30,
1895, the laying of the first tie on the
Brattleboro trolley road.
Estey Guard June drill occurs today,
with inspection and drill at the armory
this morning, and skirmish drill on the
fair ground this afternoon.
In the tax list printed last week the list
of E. A. Slack, guardian, should have read
SOS, 900, instead of $4,000. This is the
largest individual list in town.
A horse disturbed by some of the trolley
excitement did some high and lofty tumb-
ling on Elliot street Wednesday afternoon
In his little racket the thills of the carriage
to which he was attached were broken.
Harry Freeman and Guy Estey "payed
Injun' the other day with such realistic
effects that Harry got "double b. shot
under one eye which it required a doctors
services to remove. Both boys are glad
the gun wasn't aimed half an inch higher,
The annual meeting of the Windham
county underwriters association was held
in Bellows Falls Tuesday. The following
officers were elected; President, Col H.
| L. Taylor of Brattleboro; secretary, George
F. Ball of Bellows Falls; treasurer, a. W.
Childs of Brattleboro. A banquet at the
Hotel Rockingham followed the meeting.
j. L. Howard. who has been instructor
of penmanship in the Brattleboro public
schools for three years past, has been
elected by a vote of eight to one, supervisor
of writing in the public schools of Maiden,
Mass, at a handsome salary. Mr.. Howard
has done good work in the Brattleboro
schools and his departure will be regretted
by all friends of our public school.
The work of putting a new plate glass
front and a maple floor into the Ranger d
Thompson store is nearly completed. With
other renovation and improvements which
are to be made the old store will easily
hold its own in point of attTactiveness.
The new window is one of the best on the
street for the display of goods. II. II.
| Thompson takes the business in his own
name and will continue it on the lines
which have given this store its longtime
reputation for excellence and reliability of
goods.
The death of Mrs. Katherine Casey, 81
occurred Monday at the home of her neice,
Mrs. n. T. Ryan, on Oak street. Mrs.
Casey has lived here for about five years
coming from Bridgeport, Conn. The
cause of her death was general breaking
down from the effects of old age. The flu
neral was held Wednesday from ST. Mi
chaers Roman Catholic church A brother,
Michael Lillis from Vernon, and a nephew
and niece, Thomas and Bridget Lillis of
Bridgeport, Conn, were here to attend the
| funeral.
Landlord Tyler's booklet among the
! Green Mountains" is an attractive bit
of work well written and well printed, and
should attract many visitors to the Brooks
House. The text describes not only the
hotel but the country around, and the half
tone engravings show, besides several
Brooks House interiors, the Hunt farm and
cascade, the suspension bridge, the COM
mon in midwinter and the mountain road
near the summit. 1t also gives a reproduc-
ton of Graus map on a reduced scale.
The booklet was printed at the Phoenix
| job printing office.
If the hopes for entrance of the young
! people are fulfilled, eight colleges will have
representatives from Brattleboro entering
this fall: c. Fred Childs and Gilbert Batch
J elder (Newfane) at Yale, John Ryder al
| Harvard, Harry White at the architectural
department of the Institute of Technology.
Boston, Harry Smith and Arthur Piper al
the University of Vermont John O'Con-
nor at Dartmouth, Florence Wellman and
Florence Pratt at Smith, and Marion Fisk
at Wellesley. A son of Roadmaster Clark
of Charlestown, who is fitting with Col
Miles, will also 90 to Dartmouth. Merit.
mer Stoddard, Edwin c. Thorn and vii
Robb 60 the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Baltimore.
The plans and specifications for the town
! hall improvements, which were sent to the
architects for certain changes and i'm.
provements, have been returned to the
committee. There has been added to the
town hall a gallery on three sides with two
rows of seats. The specifications have
been carried into more detail in some par
ticulars. Two or three builders will put in
construction bids in addition to those men
toned last week. Definite arrangement.
have not yet been made for post-officC
| quarters while the Improvements are being
made. The present Farmers, and Mechan
les Exchange quarters will be available
after July l and removal there may be-
the solution of the problem.
Patrick Guiheeu and Jack Martin were
in a rutlled state of mind when in the
night-lunch room Wednesday evening ant
the proprietor asked them to quiet them
selves or get out. After they went out
Guiheen assaulted Martin near the Judge
building stairway and Officer Mcclure ar
rested him, while Martin got out of the
way. Guiheen is a brakeman on the New
London road, and by his urgent request he
was given his hearing before Justice New
ton soon after o'clock Thursday morn,
ing, so that he could 90 with his train al
7:30, as otherwise he would lose his place
He plead guilty of disturbing the peace
and was fined s. and costs, amounting il
all TO Sl0.07, which his mother paid.
The annual fair of the Congregations
ladies, held in their parlors and on the
church lawn last evening, was another OF
their usual successful efforts. The booth.
which were arranged outside drew many
patrons in by their very attractivenass
Near the entrance stood green and white
table, surmounted by a green and white
parasol, where Miss Ruth Noyes dispensed
lemonade Just opposite was the pink
wit pf ],