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

Rev. F. w. Greene of Middletown,
Conn.,, formerly of Brattleboro, will preach
at the Congregational church next Sunday.
He will be a guest of F. W. Putnam.
Mrs. Foster takes the place of Miss Hal
lie Thompson as organist at the Methodist
church, Miss Thompson having gone to
her home in South Londonderry.
The Vermont Wheel club BOYS will
bring up at their next meeting the ques-
ton of having a field day, to include a
clam bake, athletic sports and base ball
game between the married and single men.
Mrs. Matilda C. Root, IS, sister of Mrs.
John c. Wells of this village, died early
Thursday morning at her home in Hart
ford, Conn. Mrs. Root was the widow Of
Elisha K. Root of Hartford, who died in
1865. Another sister, Mrs. John F. Wells
of New York, survives.
The Congregational and Baptist churches
united in praise service at the COngrega-
tional church Sunday evening. Rev. Mr..
Merriam made some remarks of special in
terest, but the service consisted largely of
musical selections, one of which was Kip
ling's Professional" set to music by Regin-
aid DeKoven.
The street railroad company contem-
plate laying grooved rails on the new iron
bridge. The rails will be about eight
inches deep and will be firmly embedded
in the brick paving so that there will be
no possibility of carriage wheels being
caught in them. The grooves will be Just
deep enough to receive the flanges of the
car wheels.
The Boston Sunday Globe has the follow
ing its society columns: "Robert Gordon
- t. l. d.
his commissions that he will probably be
in town most of the summer. He is paint
ing Mrs. Robert NJ. Morse's portrait and is
just about finishing one of Prof Ciley,
the famous Greek scholar. Mr.. Hardie's
recent portrait of Mr.. +. A. Strong, and
one of his best, is at Doll & Richards,
where it ia receiving much favorable atten-
ton"
The Boston Sunday Globe had the fol-
lowing in a despatch from Chickamauga
Park: "At the Vermont camp there was
the usual Saturday inspection, after which
Maj, Estey, Maj, Bonet, Capt. Burnham
and Lieut., j. H. Estey went to Chatta-
nooga to meet their wives, who have come
from the north for a short stay in this vc-
nifty. TheFirstN ermont has five typhoid few
patients, four dysentery and two of malaria
er in the division hospital. DR.. jackson did
not care TO mention the names at present,
as the cases were all of mild character
and were not, in his opinion, at all ser-
Gus"
Young & Knowlton, the clothiers, an
nounce that they will vacate their store on
July Is on account of repairs to be made
in the store and that after July Is until
the repairs are completed they will be
found in the Van Doom block, up one
fight. From now until the store is va
Gated, therefore, they will make a general
and genuine cash reduction of 20 per
cent from marked prices on all their cloth
ing except black worsteds They will put
in new hard wood floor, steel ceiling,
new stairways, and will renovate the store
throughout.
Judge Waterman was in Jamaica We'd
nesday to appear for the plaintiff in the
case of Austin H. Lackey of Jamaica
against Minor W. Newton of Winhall
The suit was to recover SOS, Lackey claim
ing that that amount was due him as wages
for word in Newton's mill in Winha!l.
Newton claimed that he had paid Lackey
in full, reckoning in his house rent and
and fire wOok. Lackey claimed that there
was to be no charge for rent or wood and
that although he had settled with Newton
several times the latter made no account
of those items. The court took Lackey' S
view of the matter and rendered judg-
ment for the plaintiff. A. f. Cudworth OF
Londonderry appeared for Newton and the
case was heard before Justice j. C.. Rob-
inson. The defendant appealed.