Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-12

F. E. Smith of Dover, n. H., has been
in town for few days.
Mrs. H. Z. Parker returned last week
from her visit in Connecticut.
Miss Florence Patterson returned last
week Thursday from the Woman's college
at Baltimore.
The Putney base ball team 60 to Ches-
ter tomorrow to play game with team
from that village.
Rev. Arthur Titcomb came from Spring
field, Mass, this week to visit his friend,
Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall.
j. w. Stowell, NJ. D. Whitman and H.
G. Everleth attended the grand lodge of
Masons this week at Burlington.
Miss Robertson gave very enjoyable
progressive games party Saturday evening,
the anniversary of her birthday.
Clifford Booth no longer makes the post
office his headquarters. Laundry should
be left and called for at Crosby's tin shop.
The Putney Creamery association offers
a reward of 500 for the arrest and convic-
ton of the person or persons who recently
burglarized their building.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Congregational church give Washington
'96 sociable next Wednesday evening.
After short program ice cream and cake
will be served.
The Guy Bros. Ministries disbanded for
the season after their entertainment here
last week. They will open the new season
at Brattleboro Aug. ~. Geo. Guy and
family are still here and will make a visit
of several weeks.
Miss Clarke, Mrs Munger. Mr.. WisWall
and Mr.. Titcomb returned yesterday from
Bradford, having attended the hundred
and first annual meeting of the general
convention of Congregational ministers
and churches of Vermont.
Wednesday evening Bert Amidon left
his bicycle in its usual place in w. D.
Waite's barn at about O'Clock. At 0
O'Clock it was discovered that the wheel
had been stolen. Tracks showed that the
thief took it over to the Brattleboro road,
and then probably mounted and rode off
with it. There was ladies' wheel beside
it in the barn but was not taken. The
stolen bicycle was Heating model G No.
5347 of 1894, with Palmer tires, 1894 pat
tern on front and 1895 on rear wheel.
A sad accident occurred at F. L. Pierce's
mill last Friday, when little Doreo Jacobs,
boy only II years old, lost three fingers
of his left hand. He should have been at
tending school instead of working in a
shop, and to allow a boy of that age to
come in contact with a circular saw shows
culpable negligence or worse on some
ones part. There is law on the Yer
mont statutes designed to prevent Just
such accidents, and it ought to be en-
forced.
The game of base ball Saturday between
the Vermont Academys and the Putneys
was comedy of errors, in which the Put
neys excelled. Owing to this fact the
game was won by the Academy boys. At
the end of the fifth inning the score stood
10 to I, the Saxtons River comedians hav-
ing made several runs in that inning.
Blake then pitched out the game. In the
last four innings the Putneys made seven
runs to their opponents four. The only
feature of the game was throw made by
Blake while sitting down, which retired
runner at second base.
The caucus Wednesday evening was we'll
attended and the result was something of
a surprise. An expression of opinion be-
fore delegates were elected showed "a
Stickney and 10 Grout men. Z. S. Mum
ger and A. W. j. wilkins were then elect
ed as Stickney delegates to the state con-
vention by reclamation. For third dele
gate Fl. G. Everleth for Stickney and L. P.
Bailey for Grout were nominated. Mr..
Everleth was elected, receiving rs votes to
Mr.. Bailey's Pc. The motion to send these
same delegates to the district convention
was lost there being % votes for and p
against it. Geo. II. Phillips was then nomi-
mated as Grout delegate and A. w. j.
Wilkins as a Martin delegate. Mr.. Phil
lips receiving 80 votes to Mr.. Wilkins's 20
was elected. No further opposition was
made and two more Grout delegates, L. P.
Bailey and Walter Crawford, were elected
by reclamation. A town Republican COM
mittee was then chosen, consisting of Geo.
5. Foster, L. P. Bailey and Geo. II. Phil
lips.