Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-06-03


A. ID. Wyatt
Mrs. William Simonds slipped and fell
heavily in the yard at her home on Ester
brook street Saturday, causing fracture
of the hip.
Tommy Leahey, the base ball catcher,
will not PLAY with Springfield again. as
was expected last week. lie has signed a
Providence contract.
The Valley Drum corps furnished music
at West Halifax Memorial day. G. Il.
Hits Memorial day address was received
with great enthusiasm.
c. II. Betterley has delivered to c. NJ.
c. Richardson, during the past week five
Chester White pigs, eight months old, the
dressed weight of which was 1547 pounds
A good lot.
Twelve members of the Epworth league
had a ride on their wheels Monday to
| Hnsdale, and on their return they were
entertained by Miss Mary Graves, who
served ice cream and cake.
Lieut.. j. Harry Estey has been appoint
ed brigadier commissary for the temporary
organization of the Vermont and Tennes-
see regiments. Capt. Frank Greene of
the St. Adams company is acting adjutant
general.
The Brattleboro Street railroad company
put on an extra car Sunday afternoon,
running three cars where on previous Sun
day afternoons they have run but two.
The third car will be kept on for the pres
ent as an experiment.
The annual convention of the Windham
and Bennington Counties association of
Universalists will be held at Wilmington
June 21 Rev. j. f. Albion of Maiden,
Mass. who has preached in Brattleboro
will deliver the occasional sermon.
The Junta opened their lodge at Spot
ford lake Saturday night. kilograms
were exchanged with the three members
who are at Chckamauga with the Yer
mont troops-Lieut. Putnam, First Ser
geant f. j. Henkel and Corporal l.. H.
Henkel.
DR.. Edwin Thorn took his examination
before the Massachusetts, board of exam
liners at Boston recently, and last Fri
day he was notified that his papers were
satisfactory and that his certificate would
be forwarded to him al once.
The Catholic Order of Foresters had a
mass celebrated by Rev. Father Cunning
ham in St. Michael's Roman Catholic
church Monday morning, for the absent
members of the order who have gone to
the war. Seven of the Foresters are also
members Of Company /.
Secretary of State Field has written the
Rutland Herald letter declining to be a
candidate for election. 1t is thought that
the Office will come 10 the east side of the
mountain, and that W. H. Bracket OF
Brattlehoro or J. L, Bacon Of White River
junction will get the nomination.
Alexander Erkstrom, Arthur LaAechC
. and Herman Rhode were walking TO Indian
pond Monday when Erkstrom discovered a
rattlesnak directly in the path. Tn,
snake was ready to fight. but Erkstron
despatched him with a club. The snake
, was three feet long, but had only tire,
rattles. Erkstrom will have the snak,
preserved and sent to relatives in Germany
At business meeting of the Epwortl
League held Sunday evening, the following
delegates were elected to the stat,
convention to be held at Burlington
q June 21-23: Miss Minnie Rawson
Miss Mary Graves Miss Hattie Smith
Miss May Fraser, Mr.. and Mrs. VII
Stuart, Sanford A. Daniels. Several 9th
, ers will 90 from Brattleboro to the con
= vention.
a Mrs. Susan Goodrich, widow of c. P
Goodrich of Chesterfield, y. H., broke he
right arm below the elbow last Friday at tn
home of F. \. Sargent on the West Rive
: road She and Mrs. Sargent were hanging
wall paper at the time Mrs. Goodrich
;, stepped from stepladder upon the end o
papering board, which was laid acros
:. two barrels, the board tipped and she fel
. to the floor.
The marriage of Harmon Graves an
! Miss Elizabeth Hoyt of Hartford, Conn,
will be celebrated at an early date. MI
> Graves is a Burlington boy, and a nephey
VI MI W. IL Nbilllc VI DldLLltDOll
:, He is now practicing law in New Yor
:, city. He is a graduate of Trinity colleg
. and of the Yale law school. In his colleg
days he was one Of the best known has
. ball and foot ball players in the country
and in the past three years he has coache
-. the West Point cadets for foot ball.
- Ernest c. Wood, only son of Mrs. JUL
: Wood, died Tuesday morning at their home
. corner of Canal and Birge streets. He ha
been i'll a little over a week, first wit
T mumps, and later with meningitis. H
= was IL years and II months old An Ill
ness in childhood caused a contraction 0
his limbs, but in spite of his disability he wa
Il an active boy and one who was popula
- with his associates. He lived in We,
: Bangor, n. Y, before coming to BrattlC
a boro, the mother moving here after Mr.
- Woods death three years ago. Prayer wa
offered at the house Wednesday afternoo
- at l:30, and the body taken on the 1911
- train to West Bangor.
i Warren Robbins of West BrattIebor
S Fatally Injured at Putney.
l. News has been received of the fatal az
If cident which befell Warren Robbins {