Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-08


c. F. Mason has sold his Flat street
Greenfield, Mass.
New iron ratings are being placed on
the Elliot street bridge. The bridge is
also being replanked.
E. E. Stockwell, with such help as he
can enlist along the route, is at work with
teams on the highway in the west part of
the town,
AT the regular business meeting of the
Grand Army post Wednesday evening one
new recruit was mustered ina rare occur
renee in these days.
r. E. Gordon is building an addition to
his South Main street house. E. q. Cros-
by is renovating and making Improvements
upon his High street residence.
The Grand Army post has extended to
the boys battalion an invitation to partici-
pate in the Memorial day exercises. The
invitation will probably be accepted.
A large sale of furniture and household
goods will take place at auction at the
Prospect House, Lake Spofford, next We'd
nesday, May IS, beginning at 8 A. NJ.
About dozen members of the Vermont
Wheel club participated in a run to Spot
ford lake Sunday. Dinner was served to
the party by Landlord Cobb at Chester
field.
Crosby & Co. have received their 25
| horse-powe motor, which was made by
the general electric company of. Science
tady, N. Y. 1t will be running in about
two weeks.
The Clegg farm at West Chesterfield
was sold at auction Wednesday to F. w.
Fisk for $3.50. There was large attend
ance and the personal property brought
high prices.
The Hotel Mems association will hold a
conference at White River junction to-
morrow. Some from this place will attend.
This will be practically the first meeting
since the association was organized.
Mr.. Long, late of the Springfield Repub-
lican editorial staff, is in town this week
looking over the ground preparatory to To-
eating here in the interest of the New
York Life insurance company.
The body of Dorothy Cabot, who died
several months ago, was brought here
Tuesday from Boston for commitment in
the family lot in the village cemetery. The
services were conducted by Rev. w. II
Collins. She was the eldest daughter OF
W. B. Cabot.
George A. Hines is building porch or
his Canal street residence E. L. Knowl
ton is building a new house on Contra
street. l.. w. Lord of Cottage street i.
laying the foundation for a new house. Ed
Robinson is putting on an addition to his
! Highland street residence.
While Patrick Mcguire was Gaping the
chimney of Arthur O'Leary's two-story
house on Southern avenue, Monday, the
staging gave way and Mcguire went with
it to the ground, a distance of 80 feet
breaking one rib, injuring an ankle anC
giving him severe shaking up.
1t is safe to say that it will be some time
before anybody attempts to run another
Brattleboro caucus on the lines adopted al
the one held two weeks ago last night
The new way seemed to work that night
as if it was creased, but the more the peo
pie thought about it the more they thought
they didn't like it. 1t wasn't the Brattle
boro way.
One of the best results of Tuesday.
election is the assurance that the present
method of policing the village is to be
maintained. The endorsement should moi
lead to OVERRIDING this matter, and there
will be no occasion for using magnifyinG
glass in the search for offenders. What i:
wanted is a steady and impartial hand car
ried 365 days and nights in the year. One
of the surest ways of keeping violators Of
the liquor law in check is to make them
feel very sure that men who get drunk will
be arrested and dealt with as the law pro
vides.
A gang of burglars are evidently operat
ing in the Connecticut valley. Two week;
ago several buildings were entered al
Charlestown, n. H. A bicycle stolen from
6 tl,o, 81, - 1
der pile of brush Two Charlestown boy:
picked up bag of old coins on the bal
ground, and it now appears that this money
was taken two years ago from the store o.
Mr.. Divoll of Rockingham. 1t will be re
, membered that Mr.. Walkers store al
, Westminster was entered recently. Tn,
burglars got their largest haul Monday
/, night, when they entered the store of Car
} d. BrittOn in Westmoreland south village
pTied open the cash drawer and distracted
$3.50 in cash. Our Putney correspondent
records the entrance into the Baptist
church and railroad station at that place
but nothing of value was stolen. II. p
Farr's and George Parker's houses at Eas
Putney were entered, the intruders evil
IDENTIFY being in search of eatables, which
they found.
The May catch of trout was the largest
for years, nearly all the sportsmen report
ing good luck, while there were many large
catches. Harry Kinson and Hugh Adam:
returned from Green River with IA pounds
Charles Cobb secured catch of 10 pounds
Herbert Harris s pounds, F. E. Thompson
pounds, E. Kenney, 10 pounds, G. w
Sargent, 5t pounds, one of which weighed
pound, John Pease pounds. o. H
Ellis and Ralph Chamberlain returned
with $50 trout, David Cooley and son with
100, Charles Cakes with "a, E. G. Frost
and sons A, George Bishop 81, Ii. NJ
Wood and son 40, DR.. Barber and son a.
S. A. Smith 40, Bert Akley %. Charles
Horton and Fred Gale returned from Ches-
terrified with total catch of Is pounds, The
10 largest fish weighing 10 pounds. Dur.
ing this week there have been several more
large catches, Warren Walker and Will
Miller getting II pounds in the Hinesburg
branch of the Green river Harry Kinson
filled an eight-pound basket Monday
Some of the anglers explain the good sport
by saying that last year the streams con
tanned many front just under the lega
length.
The George E. Lyons company of West
DummerstOn has secured contracts fol
furnishing granite for the new rOund-house
and grade crossing of the Boston & Maine
railroad at Northampton, for the mill yard
underpass for the same road, for the King
street work of the New York, New Haven
IL Hartford railroad and other work
amOnntinU in ali n 9S00 uards Of YnoaOnrr