Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-07-17

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age street to the street running from Estey |
o Maple streets.
Yueu Yuen, the Chinese laundryman,
las removed to the old Canal street school
house on Flat street.
The Joseph T. IIldreth house on Frost
street has been sold to w. G.. Rockwell
through the agency of A. V. May.
A Christian Endeavor society was or
ganized at West Dummerston Sunday
night by about 20 from the Baptist young
peoples society.
Edward b. Russell of West Dummers-
ton, who took the contract to clean the
granite front of the town hall, expects to
the job tomorrow.
The aqueduct pipes on Western avenue
were broken by the fall of a large tree Tues
day, which explains to the patrons why they
were not supplied on that day.
Bailey & Miner have sold the building
lot on Forest street where the Josseyn
house was burned to Fred S. Fisher. Mr..
Fisher is now putting in the foundation
and will build fine eight-room cottage of
his own design.
E. c. Crosby has had 20 men at work
on High street since Tuesday taking up
the water pipe which supplies the Brooks
House and the Crosby block with water
from the western aqueduct. A new pipe
will be put in large enough to take the sup
ply to which these buildings are entitled.
The United States postal routes between
Essex Junction and Boston and Newport
and Springfield, Mass, have been made
railway postofiice routes by order of the
postofiice department. The salaries of the
clerks in charge have been increased to
$1,000 a year, and those of paper clerks to
$3.50 year.
The Grand Army and the Woman's Re
lief corps will 60 via the trolley cars to
Maj. Beck's at West Brattleboro next
Thursday evening at 7;30. A social time
will be enjoyed there and refreshments
served. All members of the two orders
and of the Sons of Veterans and Ladies'
Aid are invited to be present
II. F. c. Todt has received from Senior
Raphael Navarro, treasurer of the Cuban
army sanitary corps, a machete, a sabre
like weapon about two feet and two inches
long similar to those with which the Cuban
insurgents are waging such deadly war
fare against the Spanish soldiers. 1t is of
steel and is two inches thick at the back
and slightly curved at the point and has a
bone handle fitted to the hand.
Senator Proctor came to Brattleboro
by the mail train from the north yesterday
afternoon, the primary purpose of his visit
being to meet Col. Olin Merrill of the Re-
publican state committee and confer with
him about speakers and other details of the
campaign. He returned to Proctor by the
} 40 train. The Senator attended the
meeting of Republican committeeman and
spoke briefly, as elsewhere stated.
Mrs. Human d. Stafford died at Win
chester, y. H., Monday after six years of
suffering. Mrs. Safford's maiden name
was Eugenia r. Frink, and she was born
in Marlboro, n H., in 1893, but moved to
Chesterfield when a child. She was mar
ried to George Cressy in 1850 and of this
marriage there is one child, Mrs. Abbie
Sargent of Brattleboro. She was married
in 1866 to Norman d. Stafford, who sur
wives her, with one son, Bertram n. SAT-
ford of Fitchburg, Mass.
The directors Of the Valley Fair asso-
citation have decided to hold summer
race meet, Friday, July 81. A total of
5000 in purses will be offered, $500 each
being given in the $50 2:35 and 2:24
classes, all open to both trotters and pa
GERS. The races will be called at | 80 p.
NJ. Entries close with C.. L. Stickney,
secretary, July -, at lip. NJ The condi-
tions are as follows Mile heats, best
three in five to harness; national trotting
association rules to govern; no horse to
receive more than one money; five to en-
ter and four TO start; entrance fee five
per cent-winners per cent additional, to
be deducted from purse.
Rav q q Nav racaptIx- racait-aJ oo1l
to the presidency of Talladega college at
Talladega, Ala, but he wrote declina-
ton to the trustees this week. The college
is the largest of the higher institutions Of
the South in which the American Mission
airy association is interested. 1t was es-
tablshed in 1869 and is doing a noble
work. 1t has over 600 pupils, and one of
its features is an industrial department in
which good agricultural methods, printing.
wood working, drafting, ETC., are taught.
The late {. b. Rice of Brattleboro was
connected with this institution and Chas.
Mead of New York is one of its trustees.
The call showed an appreciation of Mr..
Days training and ability which Bratttle-
boro people are pleased to see recognized,
but they will all be still further pleased by
his decision to remain in Brattleboro.
The 30th national encampment of the
Grand Army will be held in st. Paul, Mimi,
Sept. to 3, inclusive. Headquarters for
the Vermont department has been estab-
lished at the Clarendon hotel, corner of
State and Wabasha streets, where accom-
modations have been secured for so peo-
pie at 81 per day for four days. This ho-
tel is but one minutes walk from the
post-offsce and city hall, and located on one
of the finest avenues in the citv Two
large parlors adjoining on the first floor
are reserved as headquarter rooms for the
department and Woman's Relief corps,
Railroad tickets will be sold from all
points in the state at $40 for the round
good returning until Sept. 10. By depos-
1t OF ticket with agent of terminal lines on
or before Sept. 10 an extension will be
given to Sept. 80 The party will leave
Vermont Saturday, Aug. 30 and arrive in
St. Paul Monday afternoon, the 31st
The south cottage at Rocky Point, Spot
ford lake, owned by Azor Marshall, Chas
Harris and F. X. Barrows, was burned
with its contents Sunday afternoon, the fire
starting at about o'clock. The cottage
was rented by f. d. Whitney and he and
his cousin, F. O. Whitney and family of
Boston were occupying it, the latter for
two weeks. F. o. Whitney was in a ham
mock when the fire started and was arous-
ed by the cracking it made. Z. d. Whit
ney was asleep in the cottage and had time
10 go out with goods only once. His loss
Is $500. F. o. Whitney's loss is S75. The
cottage was insured in the Granite State
with Sherman & Jenne for $500. |
There is nothing to indicate how the fire |