Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-05


gagged in masonry work at Rudyard Kip
ling's this week.
The annual meeting of the underwriters
of Windham county, called for last Tues
day, was adjourned to June 25.
The local temperance union gave the
convention delegates and friends free
ride over the entire route of the electric
railroad Wednesday afternoon.
Stratton G. Foster will have their open
ing dance at Spofford lake June -. Mr.
| Ware will have no formal opening but will
be ready for business this week.
Bishop Hall has accepted the resignation
of Rev. Allan d. Brown from the charge of
the Church of the Good Shepard at Barre
to take effect June 30, or as soon as his
successor is appointed. Mr.. Brown will
return to Brattleboro to reside with his
family.
Hunt Hubbard, only son of Sheriff G.
w. Hubbard of Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
and Miss Carrie Zellers of that city were
married recently at Alton, la. Mr.. Hub
bard spent last summer in Brattleboro
with relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard
will make their home in Sioux Falls.
An overindulgence in ''red eye'' precipi
tated a quarrel on Elliot street Saturday
night and Officer Hall was sent for. Ed
Moore, who was arrested, spent the night
in the cooler. He was brought before JUS
tice Newton Monday morning, plead guilty
to the charge of intoxication and paid
fine of 1851.
The committee appointed at the annual
meeting of the Pocumtuck Valley Memo
rial association to arrange for the annual
field day which is to be held at the site of
Fort Dummer, will meet committee of
Brattleboro citizens at South Vernon
Saturday to make the necessary arrange
ments for the meeting.
John Best, a Mount Hermon student,
who acted as assistant secretary of the
Brattleboro Y. NJ. c. A. for two months,
is now supplying the Congregational pull
pit in Northboro, Maine. The Congrega-
tional Sunday school voted last Sunday to
send him 80 singing books and 80 tesla
ments for use in his work.
Mr.. A. |. Richardson of Jamesburg, n.
j., has been visiting his brother, w. f.
Richardson, whom he was pleased to find so
improved as to be able to ride out. Mr.
Richardson reports the outlook for a
hay crop in New Jersey as not very
promising. The acreage for the corn crop
is large and in fine growing condition.
A. Schumann, the noted photographer
of San Diego, Calf, and inventor of the
tiash-light process of photography, was in
town Wednesday and made arrangements
with photographer A. J. Robertson to use
the tlash-light process in connection with
his business, giving him the formula for
compromising the required chemicals
President f. c. Smith of the Central
Vermont railroad company made a state
ment to the stockholders of the Brattle-
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showing that the gross earnings of that
line for the year ending Dec. 30, 1895, were
$40, 043.34, and the operating expenses
SIS, 079 IL, leaving the net earnings $6964.
Is.
The annual business meeting of the
Western Aqueduct company was held in
the office of c. +. Thompson Tuesday
evening. The old board of officers was re-
elected. The officers are: c. F. Thomp-
son, president; K. c. Crosby and Francis
Goodhue, directors, and G. c. Averll, sec
rotary and treasurer. 1t was voted TO levy
an assessment of 81 on each share of
stock.
The New York Sunday train is now an
} assured fact and will be put on June 2S.
A train will leave Springfield at 8 10 in the
J morning, arriving here at about $50, and
will proceed TO Windsor. The return train
will leave Windsor at 3 o'clock in the af-
ternoon, arriving here at 4:35 and at
Springfield in season to make connections
with the train which reaches New York at
| 10 o'clock at night.
All friends of the North street school
are invited to be present at the services to
be held in the Unitarian chnrch, Sunday
, evening, June I, beginning at o'clock.
To such of the former students as still re-
tain an interest in the school, a cordial in
vitation is extended to the exercises. Cards
for Monday evening, when Rev. S. NJ.
Crothers of Cambridge, Mass, will give the
address before the graduating class, will be
furnished such students on application at
( No. 4, North street at any time before
Monday noon.
J Z. B. Pratt was brought to Brattleboro
Wednesday from Bellows Falls by Deputy
Sheriff Arthur II. Thompson. The case
against Pratt at Bellows Falls and the ones
here were not settled, but he was released
as it was understood that he was willing to
take the poor debtors oath. He left town
as soon as possible, but on arrival in Green.
field, Mass, was apprehended there by
Deputy Sheriff Ward, on complaint of c.
, w. Lanfair, manager of the Postal Tele.
, graph company, who loaned him about $2J
five years ago. Pratt gave satisfactory Sc
curity and was released.
| The electric motor bought by Z. Crosby
& Co. to furnish power for the machinery
in Harmony building was put in operation
yesterday for the first time, and The Pho.
nix this week is printed by electrical power
, furnished through this motor from the
, power station of the Brattleboro Gaslight
, company. The motor is of 25-horse power
, and takes the place of the steam engine
heretofore used by Crosby & Co. 1t fur.
nishes strong, steady power. By some
, mischance the current from the power sta.
ton was turned into the machine Wednes
day night, and it narrowly escaped being
burned out, but prompt action by Machin.
list Rand prevented serious damage
Arthur Thompson was arrested at La.
, coma, N, H., Wednesday by United States
, Marshal Clark Campbell. The charge was
, fraudulent use of the mails. 1t is alleged
, that Thompson asked people to send him
cancelled postage stamps and did not paw
for them as agreed. Thompson is the gay
youth who cut swath in Brattleboro last
', winter. He took orders fer mackintoshes
and received $40 or more in advance pay
ments. He was followed to his home in
Laconia, and on being threatened with ar.
rest he returned here and made restitution.
Z He canvassed here later and rallied suits OF
clothes. 1t is claimed that the winners of
suits never received them.
Deputy Sheriff Mcclure received tele-
phone despatch from Deputy Sheriff Smead
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