Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23

at the rooms of the Vermont Wheel club |
Tuesday night
The Crescent Hosiery company has |
moved its plant from Williams street to the |
building in the rear Of Holden ~ Martins !
shop
A beautiful Cuban flag was unf ed at
"The Trocha" at Spohord lake Sa,Jrday
night with fireworks and cheers for accom-
paniments. Commodore Crosby called
the gathering to order Immediately after
the raising and several of the Junta re-
sponded to toasts.
The street railroad will be controlled by
the Woman's club next Tuesday, July p,
from to 10 p. NJ, and it is hoped that
many will take rides then, as the proceeds
will be used for the benefit of the free
kindergarten. The First Regiment band
will give a concert at West Brattleboro in
the evening. Ice cream and cake will be
served, and fancy baskets sold at booths
on the common at West Brattleboro
Henry F. Jordan has leased the south
window of Morris II Gregg's store, and will
open there next week jewelers. repairing
and optical goods establishment. He
will make a speciality of repairing of all
kinds, and will have large facilities for OPP
tical work, in which he has had II years
experience. Mr.. Jordan is a thorough
workman in all branches of his trade, and
deserves to receive his share of the public
| patronage
There has been good sport with black
! bass at the mouth of West river this week,
the high water of the Connecticut having
driven the fish back into the smaller stream,
evidently. Harry Conland and Earl Mel
len caught p there Tuesday, Charles and
Dan Stolte -, and Robert Aldrich took
seven handsome ones with a fly. Several
good fish have been taken at Spofford lake
within few days. Frank Kmball landed
a four FOUNDER while trolling Saturday.
The petition Of Frederick w. and Chas.
Il. Gray, who have been patients at the
Retreat nearly 80 years, to have the action
of the probate court in appointing guard
ian over their property set aside was dis
missed at the hearing in the probate court
Office Saturday. The petition was made
by the Gray brothers because they are soon
to come into the possession of about $4,000
each from a French spoilation claim. The
guardian is c. II. Pratt. A. +, Cudworth
of Londonderry appeared for the Gray
brothers and Kittredge Haskns and c. c.
Fits for the guardian.
f. II. Anterior sustained fracture of
| TIE large UOHt vi inc ltB ny q Adll lIOill MS
bicycle on Elliot street near the engine
house Wednesday night The accident
was caused by striking some slippery sub
stance in the road while turning out 10
avoid team. Mr.. Atherton was carried
into Dr. Webster's, the fracture was set,
and he was then carried to his home. Mr..
Anterior has been very unfortunate, this
being the third broken bone from which he
has suffered. His collar bone was broken
by fall from a wheel while returning from
Spofford lake two years ago, and last win
ter his arm was broken by fall on the icy
sidewalk.
"The Walking Delegate" will open the
fall season at the fremont theatre in Bos
ton, The book will be gone over general
" by Charles Emerson Cook during the
summer and number of changes will bC
made. Anna LIGHTER MRS. Schuster) and
William Schuster have been engaged tC
play Fidela and Ding Dong. The com
pany will be headed by Oscar Gerard, and
after a short tour on the New England cir
cult will be seen in New York. Tn,
Dramatic Mirror says: Gamma Lichtel
and VIM. Schuster of the Castle Squar,
Opera company are celebrating their honey
moon at Atlantic city. Miss LIGHTER APP
pears with the company July % as Arlin,
in 1.-THE Bohemian Girl"
The score of the ball game which tn,
, Brattlebtro Amateurs played at Hinsdal,
, Saturday is given in the correspondence
! from that town. The team that wen
from here was picked up hurriedly anC
+ had not practiced together. Young Fisher
/ of the Brattleboro Academy team agar
showed that he is a pitcher of great prom
. Use, was batted safely only four times, anC
gave only one base on balls. The scor,
was l to O up to the eighth inning, anC
was 3 to 0 in Hnsdale's favor at the be
ginning of the ninth inning Williamson
then drove out single, Dowley a rafting
twO-bagger. and w. II. Perry put the bal
upon the left field bank for a home run
all three scoring. Hinsdale won ont in the
ninth on base on balls two stolen base.
and a base hit, the score being to s.
The committee on teachers reported al
the school meeting at Rutland Tuesday
evening that it had selected Miss Ella NJ
Palmer of Brattleboro as supervisor OF
drawing at salary of $3.50 a year Mis-.
Palmer is well qualified for the position
She was teacher of drawing in the Bratte
boro schools for years, but was obliged tC
give up work on account of Ill health. She
afterward had a position in New London
and last year took the place of teacher
who was absent from the Newport, X. l..
schools. Miss Palmer has spent much
time drawing moths for the Massachhu
sets board of agriculture, and in drawing
specimens from life for Prof. kernald OF
Amherst. She also drew the large geologi-
cal maps for Prof Clark of Johns Hop.
kins university, who is the state geologist
of Maryland.
David Willard of New York city is
spending a week at the home of his father.
Henry G. Willard of Greenfield, Mass
Mr.. Willard gives an interesting account
of the efforts to reform youthful Grimm.
ais by means of schools or educational
clubs in the receiving prisons of great
cities. In these prisons boys awaiting tri.
al are detained from one to eight weeks
with nothing to'amuse them except stupid
or lurid books from the prison libraries.
Mr.. Willard, under the auspices of the
Public Educatian association, introduced
the boys club at the Tombs, New York
city, last December. Mr.. Willard consid-
ers the school success. He teaches
boys from 10 to 21. The program
begins with music, followed by exercises in
vertical writing, spelling and frequent lect.
ures on physiology. Mr.. Willard is settled
at the NeighboThood Guild, 25 Delaney
street, which is branch of the university
settlement of New York city.
BrattIebOrO Lucky In Not Getting This
Shoe Factory.
! This despatch from Salem. N II an