Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-07-15


The Altar society Of the Episcopal
church has placed aprons and hand-paint-
ed articles on sale at Miss Guilds room.
over Geddiss store, and will take orders
for making aprons.
The Universalist society in Milford,
Mass. of which Rev. +. w. Whitney, for
merry of Brattleboro, is pastor, will soon
begin the erection of new granite house
of worship, to cost So, 900.
The daughters of Vermont" living in
and near Boston, who belong to the state
federation of woman's clubs, are planning
an excursion in October to attend the an.
nual meeting of the state federation which
is to be held here.
one of A. f. Roberts's delivery horses
was frightened Wednesday while stand
ing on Bullock street and the animal ran
as far as G. F. r. Jenne's on Oak street
before he was stopped. No damage was
done to the wagon.
The hotel of James McNulty was raided
at Marlboro, y. H., Monday, and malt and
spurious liquors found. AT a hearing be-
fore Justice Holmes of Keene Mr.. McNulty
was bound over TO the October term of
court in bonds of $3.50.
The tramp who disturbed the residents
OF lIOsptCl mn MOuudl ulEll ltippValth
there Tuesday night and he was put in the
lookup by Special Policeman Bailey. The
officers became convinced Wednesday af-
ternoon that the man was mentally unbal-
anced, and he was induced to leave town
on the l:35 train. He said his home was
IN Fall River, Mass.
The annual meeting of school district
No. will be held Tuesday evening, July
. Il e fftfft lr a " "a
that the attendance at the meeting should
be large, as there are two very important
articles in the warrant. They refer to the
repairing and reconstructng the High
| street and Chase street schoolhouses, and
the erection of a new building
Or. f. A. Smith will leave Lake Pleas
ant July % with special car bound for
| Queen CITY Park The fare will be -. 50
for the round trip. ticket good going that
| day only, but good returning on any day
/ and on any train within two weeks. The
/ train leaves the lake al $3.50 and connects
/ with the train from Springfield at Brattle-
! boro. Passengers will be taken al any
! station.
The selectmen have decided upon Aug
| - as the date when the stone work on the
| new steel bridge must be completed, and
| they have given the bridge company I'M
/ til Sept. l. to complete the bridge. If the
/ companies fail to finish their work on the
| date called for in their contract they will
! pay a forfeit unless they are delayed una
/ yoidably.
| G. r. K. Jenne was called TO Hudson,
/ y. Y, Wednesday afternoon by a telegram
/ announcing that his father, Benjamin Il.
/ Jenne, was dying. Mr.. JENNIE has been
/ in i'll health for some time but it was sup
| posed that he was recovering. Major Jenue
was formerly proprietor OF the insurance
agency in Brattleboro which is now owned
| by {. F. K. Jenne and he sold the bust
ness to the late ). II. sherman.
The Boston Il Maine Railroad company
has abandoned the system OF paying its en-
| poyes by checks, and will henceforth pay
in cash, through the station agent al small.
! er stations and assistant paymasters in
| large cities. The treasurer of the Atchi-
son system has announced that he will
continue to pay employees in check, though
the revenue stamps will cost the company
$1,000 a month. The monthly pay roll of
this system is 100000.
A. c. Davis, employed by the Grand
Union Tea company of New York the
past two years, went to Bangor, Maine,
Tuesday, TO care for his aged mother. He
expects TO enter the employ OF the same
| company there. The concern has 40
branch stores and 1900 agents. c. +.
Downer, who is well and favorably known,
will succeed him in Brattleboro Mr..
Downer will continue to run his milk
business for the present.
Charles A. Prouty, a former Brattleboro
boy, writes at length to The Phoenix from
Key West, Fla, where he says he is lying
in the sick bay of the United States gun
boat Marietta with a Spanish bullet hole
| in his side and arm. He Is a fireman on
the Marietta. He went to Key West from
Boston as fireman on the Lancaster. He
does not explain how he received his
wound, but writes to refute a story in a
western paper to the effect that the sailors
in the navy are well fed.
meeting of Brattleboro physicians
was held at the Brooks House Monday
evening to discuss plans for the entertain
ment of the delegates who will attend the
annual meeting of the Vermont Medical so
ciety which will be held here oct. 1914.
DR.. Dinsmore was made secretary and a
committee was appointed TO make ar
rangements and report at future meet
ing. The committee consists of Drs. II.
d. Holton, c. S. Pratt and A. |. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs F. S. Upham of Whining
ton were driving down Western avenue
Tuesday afternoon when their horse be-
came frightened at an electric car near
the Slack place and the carriage was over
turned, throwing Mr.. and Mrs. Upham
into the gutter. The animal seemed not
to be frightened at first, but SHE'D sudden
ly when the car passed. Mr.. Upham's
right elbow was dislocated but his wife es-
capped unhurt. The horse did not run af-
ter the accident, and no damage was done
to the carriage.
Chickamauga Park, Ga, as stated Tues
day by the camp correspondent of The
Evening Phoenix, has been condemned by
the medical department, and the troops
remaining there will soon move. In a
private letter from Capt. William T.
Haigh, received Tuesday night, it is stated
that the park was condemned on account
of the water, which "resembles Milestone
brook after three days rain" All the
water is boiled before it is fit for use, and
the water which Capt. Haigh uses is
brought four miles by one of the company
whom Capt. Haigh excuses from morning
drill.
There was a much greater need for the
rain Wednesday than was realized by most
people. 1t was the general opinion among
those unacquainted with the real situa-
ton that the abundant rainfall of few
weeks ago would make the water supply
ample for many weeks to come. At the
present time, however, the supply is low,