Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-02
The social dance at Grange hall to-mor-

The social dance at Grange hall to-mor-
row evening has been postponed.
Mrs. e. r. Pratt will sing at the Episco-
pal church next Sunday morning.
Miss Belle II. Emerson will give her fall
opening in millinery goods next Thursday
aud Friday. All are welcome
The meeting of T.. Waless dancing class,
which was announced for Monday evening,
has been postponed to Thursday evening.
Weather permitting the First Regiment
band will give the last concert of the sea-
son at West Brattleboro next Wednesday
evening.
The Valley Fair committee in charge of
agricultural hall will meet at the Brooks
House Saturday evening at 7 o'clock to fin
ish paying premiums.
Mrs. Geo. A. Briggs of Claremont,
whose display of ha id-painted china was
admired by every visitor to floral hall, will
open class in Brattleboro for instruction
in this art should a sufficient number wish
to join it.
Rev. f. W. Lindstrom, who is well
known by the Swedish residents of Brat
tleboro, has resigned his pastorate at Proc
tor to accept call to Co ord, N. II.
James Coleman ran six chairs at his
barber shop both days of the fair. He had
as extra assistants Ned Cleveland of Fitch
burg, @. L. Davenport of Putney and
Walter Sturgs.
VIM. Lee of this village, who was ar
rested Tuesday night, was found guilty of
drunkenness on being arraigned before
Justice Newton and was fined So and
costs. There were three fair DRINKS, 10 hn
Donovan of Westmoreland, Henry Morse
of Winchester and Chas. Colburn of MARI
boao, n. H., and each was mulcted So and
costs.
John b. Lynch, salesman and collector
for the Wrought Iron' Range company of
st. Louis, has been arrested on charge OF
ENLIGHTENMENT. The amount of his short
age Is not known, but it is believed to be
greater than $4,000. This company did
an extensive business in Vermont, selling
hundreds of dollars worth of ranges in the
smaller towns of this county, and many
thousands of dollars worth throughout the
state.
Two of the daughters of h. L. Haskins
the owner of a box shop at Greenfield,
Mass, and former resident of Brattle-
boro, have been married this week. Miss
Lottie Haskins was married on Tuesday
evening by Rev. G. Glenn Atkins, to Peter
Stoddard. On Tuesday evening, Clark p.
Frost, the engineer at the mill, and son OF
Roswell Frost of Brattleboro, was married
to Miss Ida S. Haskins. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. n. Newton Ola
zier.
Col. A. A. Hall of St. Adams, a native
of Athens, whose critical condition in New
York city as the result of wound mystic
riously received was noted in The Phoenix
last week, is improving and his recovery is
now expected. 1t is now supposed that
Mr.. Hall had an attack of vertigo on 4Stt
street. and sustained his injuries by fal
to the sidewalk. His wounds were treated
at the Roosevelt hospital and he then start
ed for the sanitarum where Mrs Hall was
being treated. He arrived there in dazet
: condition and did not regain consciousness:
for several days.
w. A. Samson, an employee of Well'
Brothers & Co. of Greenfield, Mass, me
with an accident Saturday which may cos
him his right hand. He was at work on {
large lathe and was attempting to shift thu
belts, when his hand suddenly slipped ant
was drawn in on the cog-wheels of the ma
chine His right hand was fearfully man
gled before the machinery could be stoppeC
and his hand extricated. Samson is mem
, Der of Wantastiquet lodge of Odd Fellow
= at Brattleboro. He was an employe o
Smith & Hunt several years before tina
, concern was moved from Guilford to Brat
! tleboro. Mr.. Samson is brother of Free
Samson of this village.