Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-10
BRATTLEBORO.

The tickets for MY Boys go on sale
Saturday evening at O'Clock at the news
room.
The Mutual Fire Insurance company OF
New York, Of which H. Z. Taylor & Son
are agents, has changed its name TO The
Manhattan Fire Insurance company.
The Estey Guard will shoot for the CEN
tennial trophy Oct. 2, the score Of the en-
other companies of the regiment will shoot
on different dates.
The hearing Of VIM. J. Cleary and
Patrick j. Guiheen at Northampton re-
suited in each being bound over for the
grand jury, which convenes in December.
Bail was fixed at 5000 each. The girl
who was assaulted and DR.. Fay, who ex-
amined her, were the principal witnesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. William LAWN and Lucien
Howe leave next week for Pawling, y.
Y, TO spend few days with Fred and
Sherman Howe at Mizzentop hotel. Mrs.
LAWN and Mr.. Howe expect TO sail next
week Saturday for Germany, where Mrs.
LAWN is under contract to sing in grand
opera as guest" of the opera compan
les Of several cities. She has many more
engagements this year than were made
last year at this time. Nj. LAWN sings at
the Worcester festival, after which he will
begin, in November, tour of this coun-
try with Nine Sembrich.
The Estey Organ company two weeks
ago presented to the baliffs a bill for 500
for damage to the company's hose sustained
at the recent fire on Williams street. The
damage was the bursting Of three lengths
Of hose by hauling steamer No. 8 over
them while under pressure. The baliffs
offered in payment three lengths of the
hose which they bought a few weeks ago
and about which there was so much criti-
csm on account Of its alleged poor quality
The company refused to accept the hose
without test, therefore this week test
was made at the organ factories. The
hose was subjected 10 2GO pounds pressure,
which Is 60 pounds more than the ordinary
pressure at fire, and as il showed no de-
fects it was accepted in payment of the
bill.
Stolen Bicycle Recovered.
Fl. NJ. Wood played successfully the role
of detective on Wednesday for the third
time, capturing a youth in the attempt to
uispose of a borrowed or stolen bicycle.
Between and o'clock in the afternoon a
young man went into Mr.. Woods store
and offered for sale a "Windsor" wheel
He wanted $40 for the wheel, but was
eager to take $40. He told conflicting
stories which led Mr.. Wood to believe that
the young man was acting crookedly, and
by questioning him he found that he was
Bland Robertson of Wilmington. On
some pretext Mr.. Wood left the store and
teephoned TO Wilmington, receiving the
information that Robertson did not own a
wheel. He returned to the store and tried
to get the young man to admit that he had
stolen the wheel. The young man persisted
that it was his and started out. Half an
hour later Mr.. Wood received word from
Editor Packard of the Deer6eld Valley
Times stating that the wheel was his and
that he had loaned it to Robertson. He
requested Nj. Wood TO stop the boy, and
Mr.. Wood at once started in pursuit, going
first down the Hinsdale road. He soon as
certained.that he was on the wrong track anC
returned and went down the Vernon road
He overlook the boy at Vernon, and aftel
impressing upon him the knowledge of the
gravity of the offence, induced him TO re
turn to Brattleboro. He was kept owe
night and headed towards home yesterday
morning. Robertson said he was out o
work and thought if he could sell thu
wheel 1t would give him start.