Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-06

The lied Men worked the Chief degree
upon one member at a special meeting
Tuesday night
The passenger branch of the Springfield
electric railroad was opened Tuesday for
passenger traffic
The laying of IL inch tile on South Main
street was finished Monday and the street
from the bridge to Canal street has been
given a new dressing Of macadam.
The current issue of The referee, a
sporting paper, contains a portrait OF j.
f. Walsh, the Vermont Wheel club cham
pion, wearing the cubs monogram.
Miss Alice H. Gould of Boston, who has
been doing business in Bratteboro under
the name of Gould & Helyar was adjudged
an insolvent debtor by the judge of pro-
bate Monday upon petition Of Robbins ~
Cowles, creditors
A. V. May has sold the saw-mill and
chair stock factory of Edward f. Reed of
"Slab Hollow" Dummerston, to Mark
w. johnson of Dummerston, formerly of
Fishers Island, n. Y. Mr. johnson will
take possession Sept /.
F. j. Bailey has sold the Coburn farm
in Holland, Mass, recently purchased by
Clarke c. Fits, to Phillip II. Duprey of
Worcester, Mass. Mr.. Fits takes block
of building lots on George street, North
Haven, Conn, in part payment.
The Gath annual convention of the Uni
versalists of Vermont and the Province of
Quebec will be held at Northfeld this
state, Aug. "a to 20 inclusive Rev. II. d.
Maxwell of Brattleboro is down on the
program for the occasional sermon Aug. -.
j. w. Clayton, a former Brattleboro boy
| l., AL ,1
been notified that the Office there will have
free delivery, beginning Nov l. There
will be three regular carriers and a sub
stitute and Athol Centre will not be in
cuded in the district covered.
Apparatus was sent from this village
| Friday, on hand cars, to the point where
| the narrow gauge train was derailed that
morning. and during the afternoon the
! train WAS replaced on the rails. The
trestle on the West Dummerston bridge,
which was carried out last Thursday morn
ing by the high water in West River, was
also replaced during the week so that the
regular evening train Saturday was able
to cross the bridge.
| The annual meeting of the trustees
of the Home for Aged and Disabled
was held last Monday evening at the
|
GERS were chosen as follows: President,
II. d. Hoton; vice president, b. ID. lIar-
ris: treasurer, Geo. c. Averill; secretary.
A. c. Davenport: auditors, A. c. Daven-
port, F. w. Childs; directors, H. D. Hol-
ton, b. D. Harris, Richards Bradley, J.
NJ. Tyler, F. w. Childs, Geo. f. Crowell,
Geo c. Averill, a. c. Davenport, J. II.
Babbitt. Several committees were also
chosen, the only change being the selection
of Geo. c. Averll to ill the vacancy in
the finance committee caused by the death
of Geo. 5. Dowey The treasurer's re-
port showed the value of the real estate to
be $1,000; loans and cash on hand S4040.-
81, or a total of S11,040.57.
Great alarm was felt by the many
friends of Miss Minnie Haskins Wedres-
day afternoon, when it became known
that she had fallen from her bicycle on
Elliot street, and that she still remained
unconscious after being taken to her
home on Frost street. The physicians
found that she was suffering from severe
conclusion of the brain. She did not re-
cover consciousness fully for several hours,
but during the evening she improved de-
cidedly. No visitors are allowed to see
her now. Her recovery with no serious
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probably be unable to return to her work
as stenographer at the Brattleboro Saw
ings bank for three or four weeks. Just
how the accident took place is not known,
as no one saw Miss Haskins fall and she
has no recollection as to what occurred.
She was found face downward, in the gut
ter at the north side Of the street opposite
DR.. Woodbury's, her bicycle across her
body, She was first seen by Ornan Pres
colt when he started to 90 up Union
street. He FASTENED to her. and after re-
moving her from the dangerous position
summoned help. The road has caved in
at the point where she fell, making an
| opening nearly two feet deep. Miss Has
| kins's wheel may have struck this opening,
or she may have become faint as result
of the intense heat.
The 10 fresh air children who arrived in
Brattleboro, July 90 for two weeks en-
| joyment of country life, left for their
homes in New York Tuesday afternoon
| They gathered at the chapel of the Con-
| gregational church between and o'clock,
where the roll was called to see that none
were missing. Seventy-siX bags of lunch
con were then distributed among them
although each child came supplied with a
! lunch, and they were given punches of
| flowers to carry home to their mothers
An hour was then spent in searching out
brothers, sisters and acquaintance and as
the hour for departure approached gospel
| hymns were sung in which all joined. At
4 o'clock the little company marched to
the depot where they were put aboard the
| 4 % train for New London. 1t was diff
cult task to say "good-bye' and many of
the little ones cried bitterly at being
obliged to separate from those who had
kindly cared for them during the two
weeks which to them will ever be pleas
ant memory. Arriving at New London
at about 10 o'clock, in charge of woman
who came to Brattleboro for that purpose,
they were put aboard boat which reached
New York between 6 and o'clock We'd
nesday morning. Before leaving the boat
each child was given Japanese fan to
carry home. The amount of physical and
moral good which these little folk derived
from their sojourn in BrattlebOro is inesti-
mable.
Charged with Setting a Fire.
Carl Schuster was arrested at Greenfield,
Mass, Monday by Deputy Sheriff Ward
on charge of setting fire to the house
on High street formerly occupied by his
parents, and where the young man made
his home until the afternoon of the fire.
He was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and
the hearing was set for August II. Depu-
ty Fire Marshal Durham spent some time
in investigating the fire Immediately after
it took place and young Schuster was call
ed to Boston and examined by Fire Mar
shall Shaw 1t has been known for several
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