Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14


Estey street to Mr.. Bakers house on Birge
street.
The Brooks House served five courses of
cold dinner at the Fort Drummer celebra-
ton yesterday.
Invitations have been issued to the Mil
Ter family reunion, which will be held at
Central Park in Vernon the 25th inst
Judge Royal Tyler has declined to &C
cept the nomination for Judge of probate,
made by the Democratic county conven-
ton.
Next Sunday, Aug. 16 being "Benning-
ton battle day." the Brattleboro banks will
observe Saturday as holiday and will be
closed all day.
A meeting of the county union of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor will be held at Marlboro, August
20, afternoon and evening.
Several members of the First Regiment
band being in attendance at the muster at
Burlington next week the concerts both
here and at West Brattleboro are necessarily
omitted.
Several Brattleboro people will attend
the national Grand Army encampment at
st. Paul. Arrangements for sleepers may
be made through Col. N. M. Puffer OF
Bennington.
The ladies of the Mission circle of the
! Universalist church will hold meeting in
the church parlors next Thursday evening.
A basket supper will be served. 1t is
hoped that every member will be present.
The Republican caucus to nominate
candidate for town representative and 10
justices of the peace will be held at the
1.an ia
and evening, Aug Is. The ballot box will
be open from to $50 p. NJ.
Charles Miner left last week with his
son Charles for 10 days trip among the
horsemen in the West. He has sold his
interest in the real estate business to Mr..
Bailey, and the business will continue I'M
der the name of F. j. Bailey d Co.
The report that man, Frustrated by the
heat of last Tuesday, had been found IN
one of Holden & Martins lumber sheds,
was false. A tramp was given permission
to go to sleep in one of the sheds and was
probably seen there, but there was no case
of prostration from the heat.
W. II. Minor has begun laying the foun-
dalton for a two-story building on Flat
street opposite the Valley Grain companys
building. The building will be 80 by so
feet, the first floor of which will be used as
a blacksmith shop and store house. The
upper floor will be used for a bowling
alley.
The amount of taxes which have been
assessed in town for the year ending June
80, is S73, 407.6S, which is divided as fol-
lows: State school, S2471.S3; highway,
$9SS7.35; state highway, S2471.S3 town,
state and county, $19,774.74; incorporated
school district, S240j0; town district,
S3Gl0; village, 81, l4L93.
Some one went into the shed at Gov.
Fuller's Saturday evening, borrowed pail
which stood there, filled 1t with the provi-
sions stored in the refrigerator for the Sun
day dinner, and walked off undisturbed
and doubtless happy. The family were
sitting on the front porch at the time, and
saw a man come up the walk, but had no
thought that he came on such an errand.
L. J. Retting was at Ludlow Wednesday
to attend a meeting of the trustees of the
! Gill Odd Fellows home. Rules and regu-
lations and entrance blanks were prepared
and other matters arranged in connection
with the institution. AS soon as the pa
pers are printed it is expected that there
will be four applications for admission.
ii. l.. Parker the grand master, has called
low Oct. 8. The delegates will be enter
tanned at the home.
Ed. W. Coleman, son of J. Z. Coleman,
was the victim Of apeculiar accident at
New London, Conn, Tuesday night. He
is an express messenger and like all en-
ployes IN that service, is required to carry
a revolver in his belt. He was unloading
Grated bicycles when his revolver caught in
| of ha rot nd oil IN ba
1t was discharged and 80 calibre bullet
struck Coleman near the left ankle and
passed through the leg coming out abouttwo
inches higher than where it entered. Cole
man took several steps before he realized
that he was wounded. His friends at New
London wished TO have him taken TO the
hospital, but he insisted on coming home,
and arrived here on the noon train We'd
nesday. Fortunately the bones were not
| splintered, and 1t is expected that the
wound will heal so that he will be about in
three or four weeks.
James Lewis, who stole a Heating bicy-
Gle from Bert Amidon of Putney several
weeks ago, now languishes in the Ben
nington county Jail, in default of $500
bail. Lewis is young man who was en-
ployed last year in Brookline. After steal
ing the wheel in Putney he sold it in West
Wardsboro, and it was bought there by
Mr.. Densmore of Jamaica. Mr.. Dens-
more brought il TO BrRttleboro TO have it
repaired at Fl. NJ. Woods shop, and Mr..
| Wood at once recognized il as stolen prop
erty. About this time Lewis was heard
from again, having stolen another bicycle
at Bondville. He was seen with the sec
ond wheel in Jamaica and Stratton. Mr..
Wood received letter last week from Eu-
gene Sargood of East Arlington asking
the name of the man to whom Lewis sold
the bicycle stolen in Putney Mr.. Sar-
good stated that Lewis broke into his
barber shop short time ago and stole a
bicycle, 81 razors and two pair of clippers.
Mr.. Sargood had heard that Lewis was in
Palmer, Mass, and had wired there to
have him arrested. Monday a second let
ter was received from Mr.. Sargood, stating
that Lewis had been arrested. 1t seems
that Lewis was found near Sunderland and
was followed and captured by Mr.. Sar-
| good and an officer. Lewis has confessed
to stealing several bicycles. He says his
home is in Needham, Mass.
Gilbert D. Mcclure died at his home at
No. l Birge street at O'Clock Saturday
afternoon from bronchial trouble which
he contracted in the army, and which has
practically disabled him for 10 years or
more. Mr.. Mcclure was son of the late
Daniel and Madula Andrews Mcclure, and
was born in Guilford, June II, lS41 He
lived on farm in Guilford until he was p
years old and enlisted in the army August
10, 1862, in Co. E of the 18th Vermont
Volunteers. He served in the defence of