Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-03

Chief Judge jonathan Ross, instead Of
Judge Thompson, will preside as the com
ing term of the county court beginning
Sept. H.
The late Milon Davidson of Newfane,
treasurer Of the Windham comfy savings
bank, had insurance policies of $1,000 in the
New York Life and $1,000 in the Mutual
Life of New York through Brattleboro
agencies.
A. w. Childs & Co. have paid Mrs. j. a.
Alexander of Guilford Sl2S0-the value,
with return premiums, of policy in the
New York Life Insurance company upon
the life of the late j. A. Alexander.
The eighth annual banquet given to the
agents of the Granite state Fire Insurance
company by Hon. Frank Jones, president
of the company, will be held at the "Went-
WORTH" Newcastle, n. H., Sept. 10, at :
o'clock p. NJ. Sherman q JENNIE of Brat
tleboro will attend. There will be over
200 agents present.
The Speedwell farms at Lyndon, this
state, will make a large exhibition of coach
ing horses at the Valley Fair. II. r. c.
Watson Of Brandon will send here several
carloads of Ayrshire and Normandy cattle
and sheep, and the Hood farm of Lowell,
Mass, will be an exhibitor for the first
time with high bred Jersey cattle and
Berkshire swine
Leisure & Haywood is the name of the
latest Brattleboro firm, consisting of II. A.
Leisure, the well known photographer, for
merly of Brattleboro, hut of recent years
of Keene, and II. II. Haywood, son of w.
H. Haywood. They are the proprietors of
the Photographic studio east of the Brattle-
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meet all of their friends.
The Guy Brothers have 80 people with
them this season and their show is entire
ly new from start to finish. Their pro-
gram is necessarily long one, but there is
not dull moment until the curtain drops.
They have more up to-date speci Altie' than
any company yet seen at the Auditor um
and with the prestige already secured for
giving good, clean, funny entertainment,
it seems almost certain that they will be
greeted with full house.
Mrs. Jennie Fowler Willing gave, Mon
day evening, at the Methodist church. an
interesting account of her work in one of
the New York Stun districts in connection
with her evangelistc and training school,
which was begun two years ago She de-
scribed briefly her plans of work, including
the house-to. house visiting in :he tene-
nent house sections by the "twenty- one"
resident students. Mrs. Willing has thus
far borne the expenses largely herself. Her
call for pledges of $40 each was responded
to by several present.
Rev. B. Fay Mills, the noted evangelist
who is a member OF the Albany, n. Y,
presbytery, has surprised the religious
world by announcing that he is to labor
with the Untarians. He may go to Bos-
ton to take charge of a great institutional
church, conducted on lines similar TO the
Berkeley Temple and the Every Day church,
but in accordance with Unitarian church
pOity. Mr.. Mills is a comparatively young
man, but he has been one OF the most
prominent evangelistic preachers in the
country for II years. He was a personal
friend of Rev. F. j. Parry, a former pas
tor of the Baptist church, and at his solicit
tation came here to conduct revival services
several years ago.
The annual field day of the Pocumtuck
Valley Memorial association will be held
in Mortified next Wednesday, the mem
bers of the Mortified Village Improve
ment society acting as the hosts of the
day. An attractive program has been ar
ranged. Judge Wheeler will be one of the
afternoon speakers. Several hundred
Brattleboro people found last years field
day, held on the Hunt farm near the site
of Fort Drummer, an occasion of great in
terest and enjoyment, and many will be
glad to accept the invitation of the North
field people to attend next weeks exer-
cises. A special train will be run from
Bratteboro to Mortified in the morning,
and from Mortified TO South Vernon for
the return at night.
For the convenience of those wishing to
attend the annual encampment of the
Windham County Veterans association at
South Londonderry next Wednesday the
Central Vermont railroad will run a
special train leaving Brattleboro at OILS
O'Clock A. NJ, and leaving South London
derry on the return trip at 80 p. n. The
fare for the round trip will be as follows
Brattleboro, $1.25: West Dummerston.
81 Is; Williamsville, 81; Newfane. 90
cents; Townshend, 70 cents; West
Townshend, So cents; Wardsboro, 80
cents; Jamaica, 40 cents; Winhall, -
cents. The Boston Il Maine road will
carry passengers attending the encamp-
ment at reduced rates from Bellows Falls
and stations between there and Brattleboro.
The First Regiment band will furnish
music for the day.
The Bellows Falls correspondent of the
Burlington Free Press tells this story: "A
curious specimen of tramp was in this
section recently. He is man of fine
physique, dressed in white canvas. On
his head he wears what looks like an old
fashioned night cap, strapped around his
waist is an old army belt in which is stuck
a murderous looking knife and revolver.
He is never seen except in the night. He
passed through here last Saturday on one
of the early morning freights, riding in
coal car. A brakeman who was passing
over the train was badly frightened at first
sight of him. In conversation with the
train men he claimed to belong to the
United States navy and that he was look
ing for deserter. He can tell the time of
leaving and arrival of trains and names of
conductors on nearly all the roads in
northern New England. On the arrival of
the train at Brattleboro he disappeared.
Who is he?n
He Moved.
A new method of forcing a move at
checkers was established at the rooms of
the Young Mems Christian association
Monday afternoon, but it is not likely to
be generally adopted by the members of
the association. Its discovery was purely
accidental and cost a small quantity of
blood, one young man receiving a bullet
wound in his hand and another a wound
in his leg, besides creating no little amount
of excitement. During the afternoon Rob
ert Aldrich started out hunting with %
calibre target pistol, but stopped at the
rooms to have game of chess with Dan