Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-07-03

| The Village Improvement society mas
| graded the Prospect street park.
The First Regiment band will give their
regular concert, the fifth IN the series, next
! Wednesday evening.
The carriers will make no deliveries to-
morrow and the post-oflice will be open
from 9 to II a, NJ. only.
James Colemans barber shop will be
open until 10 this evening, but will close
for the day at tomorrow.
The Barnum q Bailey's third and last
advertising car arrived last night Adver-
Using flags have been put up today.
The Methodist society had a pleasant
lawn party Wednesday evening on the
grounds of c. d. Smith of Spruce street.
Photographer Robertson made picture
of the midget wedding party by flash-light
at rehearsal at the Universaist church.
Several wheels have been left on Main
street over night recently, where they
might easily have been stolen, but Chief
of Police Hall discovered them and locked
them up.
The New York World will reach Brat
tleboro every Sunday morning hereafter at
8 o'clock. The convention number of
next Sunday is being looked forward too
with much interest.
A. E. Atwood has issued a IL page pock-
ct pamphlet for free distribution, contain
ing the time tables of the electric road,
Boston & Maine and Central Vermont
railroads and the location of the fre-aarm
boxes.
The state railroad commissioners are in
town today. They will go over the Brat
tleboro Il Whitehall road on a tour of in
spection, and will be accompanied by
Messrs. Mackenzie and Shanks of New
London.
Seventy to 100 bcyclsts Joined in
the Vermont Wheel clubs parade Tues
day night After a ride through the viii
lage the party returned to the club house,
where visitors were welcome and lemonade
was served.
Since the announcement in The Phoenix
last week that Principal o. L.. Beverage
would not return to the High school the
committee have received nearly 100 appli-
cations for the position, mostly from New
England teachers.
Bishop Hall made his annual visitation
to st. Michaels Episcopal church Monday
A sermon was preached at T:30 in the
evening and at its close the rector pre-
sented class of seven who were confirmed
by the bishop.
The Central Vermont road has bought
of the jackson X Sharp company six new
vestibule coaches for use on the northern
division, three common coaches for use
on the New London division and one COM
bination coach.
The Nermonter for July contains very
interesting article on the war administra-
ton of Gov. Holbrook. The cover con-
tains full page portrait of the governor,
and there are illustrations of the old camp
ground, the old Brattleboro House and
other scenes in Brattleboro in the COS.
Mrs. Elmra S. Morse died at her home
on Chaplin street Saturday in her Sjth
year. She was the mother of John II
Morse, superintendent of the Carpenter
Organ company. Prayer was offered at
the house Monday by Rev. c. O. Day and
the body taken Tuesday to Hubbardston
Mass, for burial. The family will remain
in Hubbardston until Monday.
The state railroad commissioners ac-
companed by Charles Hurd, passenger
agent of the New London division, Road
master Shanks, Mr. Olmstead of St. AL
bans, superintendent of bridges, and d.
Mackenzie, superintendent of the New
London division, came this morning and
inspected the Brattleboro & Whitehall
road and will inspect the Central Vermont
road to South Vernon this afternoon.
Louis Phelps, "A, prominent resident
of Jamaica, died at that place Wednesday
night from the effects of a stroke similar
to a sunstIoke, which he received while un-
loading hay. Tuesday afternoon. He was a
blacksmith by trade and was of late re-
tired merchant. He had held prominent
town offices for many years. He was the
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Funeral services will be held Sunday after
noon.
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men held their
sem-annual election of officers at their
wigwam Friday. These officers were
elected: II. A. Chaplin, sachem; Robert
Baker, prophet; Clarence Stockwell senior
sycamore; Benjamin Devol Junior saga
more. The. other officers will be APP
pointed. All members of the tribe are
requested to assemble on the eighth SUM-
sturgeon moon, eighth run, at the wigwam
where the chiefs will be raised to their re-
spective stumps.
A log drive of the Connecticut River
Lumber company of 100000 900 has been
released from the boom at Wells River and
is passing slowly, owing to the low cond-
ton of the Connecticut river. Work has
been discontinued upon two drives of
5 ,0O0,00 each of the Fall Mountain Pa
per company, the water in the smaller riv-
ers being so low that it is impossible to
move them One is on Amonoosuc river
strung along for number of miles north
of Lisbon, n. H., the other in White riy-
er in the towns of Stockbridge and Roch-
ester. Water almost entirely left them
two weeks ago. Pulp mills in Bellows
Falls are short of logs and will buy of the
Connecticut River company enough to sup
ply them until rain comes to take some
down.
A change in the time of the carriers de-
livery of mail will go into effect Monday
The second morning mail which hereto
fore has gone out after the arrival of the
northern and narrow gauge trains will be
held half an hour until the arrival of the
New York and Springfield mails and the
two delivered together at 1910. The
morning mail closes at S:55 instead of
0:10 as heretofore. The last forenoon de-
livery which has previously been made at
10:40 will wait until about 11:15 and in
clude the IL :07 mail from the River road.
The afternoon mail from the north will
close at 2:55, an hour later than usual as
the 2:17 train will wait until $40. The
Sunday afternoon collection from the
Main street and hotel boxes will be made
at 4 o'clock TO accord with the new Sun
day train which leaves at 4:36.
The young ladies of the Baptist auxiliary
hit upon novel scheme of replenishing
their treasury last week and carried it in
to effect yesterday. They chartered the
electric railroad, and DOMINIC white caps,
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