Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-30

Workmen employed by the Estey Organ
company have cleaned up the bank beyond
the Elliot street iron bridge, giving it de-
cidedly improved appearance.
The work of replanking MILESTONE
bridge came to standstill yesterday ow-
ing to some difficulty between the contract
ors. The worst part of the bridge had
been replanked before the trouble arose.
The treasurer of the town of Brattleboro
recently received an envelope post-marked
Boston and containing crisp s. note. No
word of explanation accompanied the re-
mittance and the name of the sender did
not appear. 1t was duly entered upon the
towns resource column, with a mental
memorandum conscience fund"
o. S. Randall retires from the manage
ment of the Brattleboro creamery today.
lie has taken tenement in one of Mrs
Miners houses and will remain in town
for the present NJ X. Micott, who has
been his assistant for three years, will have
charge of the creamery. He has engaged
Wayne Hall of Wilmington TO work in the
creamery.
The members of the Vermont Live Stock
company continue to receive discouragine
reports from Manager John D. Stevens of
South Dakota. OF the 1000 or 5000 head
of cattle which the company owned from
80 to 10 per cent have persisted during the
winter and the remainder are scattered in
all directions. The winter SHOWS began
early and continued late and the snow fell
in such abundance that the stock was I'M
able to endure it.
Mrs. Nathan Gould, who sustained a
shock of paralysis at her home in Keene,
N. H., recently. died there Sunday night
She was sister of Mrs. Harvey Houghton
and Mrs. Geo. Fisher. Mr.. and
Mrs. Houghton and Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher
attended the funeral on Wednesday. The
burial was at Hinsdale. Mrs. Gould leaves
one son, Col Geo. w. Gould of Winches-
ter, and one grandson, Chas. l. Gould of
Keene.
Henry NJ. Currer has received informa-
ton that an order has been issued by the
post-otfice department for his reinstate-
ment in the railway post-ofiice service from
which he resigned six or seven years ago
during the Harrison administration. 1t is
not known to what service he will be as
signed, but it will probably be to some part
of the Springfield and Newport route.
Ernest NJ. Carpenter has been promoted
from the second to the third class on that
route. This assigns him to etter-case ser
vice, succeeding John E. Skinner, who died
in March.
Mary Howe LAWN and Lucien Howe
sailed from Southampton, England, April
"a, on the American liner, St. Paul, bound
for New York. They expect to arrive in
New York tomorrow and they will leave
at once for Brattleboro. William LAWN
left for New York ON the early train this
morning. After meeting Mrs. LAWN he
will start for Spartanburg, S. c., where he
will sing at the May festival of the Con-
verse college choral society May 5, and 7.
Mr.. LAWN had nearly completed arrange
ments to sing next year with the Metropoli-
tan Opera company of New York, under the
management of Mr.. Graw, when it was an
nounced that the company would not give
grand opera next year. 1t is possible that
he will engage to sing with the Damrosch
Opera company. Mr. and Mrs. LAWN will
give several concerts during the summer,
among which will be one in Brattleboro,
when they will sing the roles of some of
the standard operas in costume. Mrs. La
win has more engagements to fill in Ger
many and she will go abroad again the
coming autumn.