Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-15

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gatherings will be held at the Wheel club
rooms this evening.
"Twede' Griffin was arrested Saturday
night by Chief of Police Hall. He was
brought before Justice Newton Monday,
charged with intoxication, and was fined
s. and costs.
The Retreat has planted an orchard of
800 young apple trees on the "40-acre' lot
back of the women's retreat this spring.
This makes about 800 young fruit trees
now on the Retreat estate.
The insulation got off two wires in the
mechanism of electric car No. Sunday
with the result that the field burned out
and the car was delayed until field from
another car could be put in.
The Democratic caucus will be held in
the town hall the evening of the 10th, to-
morrow, at 1880 to elect delegates and al
ternates to the state and district conven-
tons, to be held in Montpelier, May ~.
The newly elected board of bailffs held
their first meeting Friday night and APP
pointed Ernest S. Hall to serve as chief of
police another year. The special police
men will be appointed at a later meeting
The listers have filed in the town clerks
office an abstract of the individual list of
the tax payers of Brattleboro, and they will
be in session at the selectmen's room on
Tuesday, May 10, to hear all who may feel
aggrieved and to correct any errors.
The Junior Epworth league pleasantly
entertained their friends last Thursday
evening in the Methodist church, with
music, solos and speaking. The church
was trimmed with the league colors, flow
ers and flags. The children cleared about
S17 dollars.
The arrangements for Mem 0rial day have.
not been completed but it is expected tn, AZ a,
the exercises will be held in the Aud ITO,
rum, where Col. Hooker will deliver The
Grafton. There will be an observaI .Sce on
the High school grounds in which the stn.
dents will participate.
The renovation of II. A. Chan Jr,s druo.
store is now practically compleaSeJ wiz
new floor a new ceiling fire i.cood IN bor.
monious tints, and new paint throughout.
the Improvement is very me, ,rked and the
store becomes one of the Atn,ost ottractive
business places in town. u
Two quail were captueSrod on Noir stroot
Monday night. One eedev into tho saIes
stand of w. G. HortTnflTn and tbe ether wa
found on the sid walk nearly These
c o1iu1 CIV iT Thay cen in this part of the
al - * 80! "a we're undoubtedly attract
W M W NC o'ieoI by the electric lights.
-. ne s T u ncampment of the Odd Eel
, Io"s ~ .&aont will be held in Rutland
,ie eAo ueSL ~. The grand lodge will con-
y. ,oie W 1lesday and then go from Rutland
90 ~ lit Eni Ssw to the dedication of the Gill
-" lows home. No arrangements have
go &c.. Lade for excursion trains, so that the
So ISlance from this part of the state will
~ Email. About II members of Wantas-
~ uet lodge will go to Rutland and from
'Iiere to Ludlow.
n Richard Golden and "Old Jed Prouty,"
I of Prouty's tavern, Bucksport, Maine, will
be at the auditorium May %. The recep-
ton will last from s to 1920 p. NJ. and the
invitation, it is hardly necessary to say, is
general. The company is in Boston this
week and the papers of the city all give the
star and his support high praise. This will
be the first time that the play has been
given here with full scenic effects, and
Jeds fast horse" and blackboard and the
Bucksport fire tub, that could not be used
on the old stage, will appear.
Herbert B. Chamberlain surprised his
friends Thursday morning by introducing
them to Mrs. Chamberlain, heretofore
known as Miss Nettie Phillips. Mr.. Cham
berlain had received many congratulations
within the past few weeks upon his en-
gagement, but he had confided to none
that the wedding was to take place this
spring. Owing to the illness of immediate
relatives the ceremony was strictly private
1t was performed Wednesday evening by
Rev. L. d. Temple at the Western avenue
home of the brides mother, Mrs. Alice L.
Phillips.
Four handsome windows, have been
| placed in st. Michael's Roman Catholic
church this week, which were recently re-
ceived from Munich, Germany. ''St.
Michael" the church's patron saint, is the
gift of P. NJ. Baker; the "Angel Gabriel"
is given by Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Ryan of
Holyoke, Mass, and the CANCEL Guar
dian" by the children of st. Michaels
school. The CANCEL Raphael has not
yet been taken, but place is left where
the name of person may be put in at any
time. This makes in all II handsome
some windows in the church, all of life
size figures, of high standard of art.
The protracted spring drought, which is
causing anxiety and threat of loss to Wind
ham county farmers, prevails throughout
New England. The Boston Transcript
| says: "From the Connecticut shore of
Long Island sound to southern Maine
drought extends. The New England Crop
Report indicates that the farmers of Yer
mont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Mass
achusetts, Rhode Island and southern
Maine are anXiously looking for warm
rain. In some sections of New England
the exceeding dryness of the soil has pre-
vented planting, notably on Cape Cod.
The drought is very severe in Connecticut,
and its effect is seen in the thin stands of
grass and grain. The same is true of New
Hampshire"
DR.. and Mrs. II. D. Holton, who attend
ed the meetings of the American Medical
association in Atlanta, Ca, last week,
reached home Monday night They Wis
tied the Luray caverns in Virginia while
en- route north. DR.. Holton was strongly
supported for the presidency of the Amer
lean Medical association. The first init
nation that he was to be supported for the
office was when his portrait appeared in
the Atlanta Constitution as the man
who would probably be elected. When
he learned of the movement in his behalf
DIR. Holton announced that he was not a
candidate, and he served on the nominat-
ing committee which selected Dr. Nicholas
Sem of Chicago for the presidency. DIR.
Holton was one of the two physicians who
were appointed to escort the newly-elected
president to the chair The Atlanta Con-
stitution says: "Dr HoltOn presented DIR.
Sem to the president in a thoroughly
graceful way that quite caught the audi
ence and stirred every one to applause"
The Estey Organ COMPANY has sold the