Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-26
VERMONT PHOENIX. BRATTLEBoRo FRIDAY,

A fifty room enuncator with electric
call and return bells has been put into the
Brattleboro House this week.
George Z. Crowel's Jersey and Holstein
cattle were tested this week for tubercu-
losis. Two animals were found to be af-
fected.
Bishop Hall will ofiicate at the Sunder-
land Brown wedding, which takes place at
st. Mchaels Episcopal church next Tues
day evening.
The Worlds Fair award to the Carpen-
ter Organ company has recently arrived
and is on exhibition in Jordan e Van
Doorns window.
w. G. Doolittle has traded his cottage
house on the corner of Pearl and Central
streets with Mrs. Phila n. Wheeler for
building lots on Pine street.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Toilet Paper Supply company will
be held at Portland, Me-, June 30. This
is a concern organized by Windham county
men.
The steam launch to be used on Raponda
at Wilmington was drawn there this week
by j. A. Taylor's teams. The weight of
the boat was $780, Three small boats were
also carried there.
The Peels Food company will move its
business next week from the L of the Jelly
company's building on Flat street to the
building across the road formerly occupied
by Gale & Esterbrook
Photographer Robertson has made pho
tographs of the interior of the Baptist
church and vestry, which will be exhibited
at the International Triennial Sunday
school convention at Boston.
Rev. Mr. Leavitt gave one of the two
principal papers before the meeting of the
New Hampshire Unitarian association at
Charlestown last week, his subject being
"Unitaranism in relation to personal reli-
gion."
L. II. Knapp of West Brattleboro has
made trade with w. A. Ramsdel of
Prospect hill by the terms of which he
receives farm and some mill property in
Wardsboro in exchange for his place in
West Bratteboro.
Mrs. Dennis Cain, mother of Mrs II. G..
Hill, fell on the steps in front of the water
cure building, Monday night, and broke
both bones of her left leg below the knee
Mrs. Cain is nearly so years old and had
been about but few days after a four
months illness with the grip.
Sheriff Stearns of Rutland was here
| Tuesday morning summoning iurymen to
the session of the United States circuit
court which convenes at Montpelier Mon
day. John i. Knowton, Fletcher X. Bar
rows, George II. Bond Elliot w. Blodgett
and Lucius A. Moore were chosen from
Brattleboro.
John A. Gould, proprietor of the night
lunch room, was arrested by Chief of Police
Hall Friday on suspicion of dealing in in
toXicating beverages. Gould was given a
hearing before Justice Newton and pleaded
guilty to one first offence each of keeping
and selling liquor, for which he was fined
50 and costs for the former and SO and
costs for the latter offence, the whole
amounting to $50, which he paid.
The surplus and undivided profits of the
Peoples National bank having reached a
point equal to its capital stock, the drec-
tors have voted TO declare a sem-annual
dividend of 1-2 per cent, payable July l.
The semi-annual dividends before this
have been per cent. Since its organiza-
ton in 1875 the bank has earned about
1865, 600 gross, and 1920, 800 net. 1t has
paid in dividends to stockholders Sis, 800,
leaving at present a surplus and undivided
profit of S105, 900.
The many Brattleboro friends of Mrs
Abbe Z. Cooke will be saddened TO learn
of her death, on June 10, at the home of
her son, George o. Cooke, in Central Falls,
r. l. A devoted mother, a loyal friend,
a largely gifted mind her heart and hand
were ever helpful and her Christian faith
undaunted to the last Her loss is not to
measured by mere words. Besides her son,
she leaves one daughter, Mrs. George S.
Pratt, of this town. The funeral was on
Sunday in Central Falls, and the burial
the following day in West Brookfield, Mass.
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club run about town on Tuesday evening,
June go starting from the club house on
Elliot street at Pm. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to every rider in Brattle-
boro and vicinity to join the club in this
run. After the run the club will hold open
house for the riders at their rooms in the
grange block. 1t is hoped that every cy-
clist, especially the ladies, will consider
this a personal invitation, as 1t would be
impossible to reach every one by letter.
If it is stormy Tuesday evening the run will
be held Thursday.
There is a decided feeling of unrest
among Brattleboro people who invested to
the amount of many thousands of dollars
in the Wright building stock at Minneapo-
lis. The stock was not fully paid in when
it was taken, and call for the full pay
ment has now been made. When the
stock was placed in Brattleboro 1t appeared
to be gilt-edge. The building for office
purposes was in the heart of Minneapolis,
and dividends of 10 per cent were being
paid. The stock now pays no dividends,
and the receipts from the building do not
pay the expenses of maintaining it.
The narrow-gauge engine house made
another persistent effort to burn down
Monday. Fire started ON the roof from
sparks from passing engine E. G. Cros-
by went down with a fire extnguisher, but
was unable to get at the fire satisfactorily,
so a hose was brought out and a stream of
water turned on from the hydrant near
John Galvin's. The fire department will
waste not a great many more efforts to
save this building unless it is slated or COW
cred with tin roof. Now is a good time
to slate it as about all the shingles were
taken off by the stream of water Monday.
E. j. Lennon, the travelling agent for the
American Wringer company, who was ar
rested and locked up by Chief of Police
Hall Thursday night and who broke jail
Friday morning by prying off the bars of
his cell with a bed slat, was caught in
Athol by an officer to whom Chief Hall
telephoned, and was brought back here
Saturday. He was given a hearing before
Justice w. S. Newton Saturday night and
pleaded guilty to the charge of intoxica-
ton, for which he was fined IS and costs,
amounting to S16 which he paid. He
was placed under bonds in 500 to keen