Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-07-29
BRATTLEBORO.

There will he regular session of the
probate court next Saturday.
Nearly 40 persons from here took ad-
vantage of the excursion to Mystic Island,
Watch Hill and Block Island yesterday.
Warren l.. Walker has been appointed
by the probate cour- as guardian of Clin-
ton w. Lord to succeed f. A. Lord who
resigned.
The body OF Charles S. Barber, former
~ of Gulford, who died in Springfield,
Mass, Tuesday, was brought to Brattle-
ooro Thursday afternoon and was taken to
Guilford for burial.
A. w. Cbilds & Co. have sold the
LenoX house ON Hudson street, owned by
Mrs. Oscar Drury of Springfield, Mass, to
Mrs. Laura j. Haskins, who owns the
house between it and Young's store. Mrs.
Haskins will rent both houses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Schuster closed a sue
cessful engagement with the Harold New
York Opera company in Milwaukee the
18th inst, and left there Immediately for
San Francisco, where they will appear in
grand opera for ten weeks.
The barn of John Taurber in Centre
Vile was struck by lightning during the
storm Monday night. A part of the I'M
derpinning was knocked out and a young
hefer was killed. The property was in
sured in c. F. K. Jenne's agency. The
loss will be about $25.
The civil authority are requested to
meet at the selectmen's room in the town
hall Saturday, August 6, at 2 p. NJ, for
the purpose of hearing persons who may
feel aggreved over the appraisal of their
real estate. 1t is hoped that every men,
Der of the board will be present.
The first granite block in the abutments
FOR the new Main street bridge was laid
"Wednesday. AS is Invariably the case,
the preparation for laying the first course
Of stone appears to be carried forward
slowly, hut now that the laying of stone
has actually begun the progress of the
work will hereafter be more apparent.
Albert Baybrook, the boy burglar of
Stratton, who was held in $500 bonds
Wednesday for post-office robbery, has
been taken to Rutland by United States
Marshal Field in default of bail. He will
be confined in the county jail at Rutland
until the October term of the United
States court, which session will be in that
city.
Mervin l.. Whitney, an employe of D.
,McGillivray, and Miss Florence Lucy In
gram of Dummerston, were married at the
Baptist parsonage in West Brattlebolo
July 20, They took a we'd
Sing trip of a few days in Wilmington and
Halifax. Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney will live
with Mr.. Whitney's parents on the Put
ney road.
Letters received from Lieut.. j. Harry
Estey confirm the statement regarding his
appointment on the staff of Gen. Colby
This will give him new duties with a tent
and horse of his own. There will be gen.
eral regret among the boys of Company |
shat he is to leave the company, but he
will still be associated with the boys to a
large extent, as the First Vermont is in
Gen. Colby's brigade. Brattleboro friends
hope to see Second Lieutenant Putnam
promoted to the first lieutenancy, and Or
derly f, j, Henkel made second lieuten-
ant.
Mrs. Mary J. Wilson received Wednes- |
day, letter from her son George, who is |
a member of the party of Brattleboro |
Klondikers, who are now in the gold fields |
of Alaska. 1t stated that the boys, in
GLIDING Joseph Ferriter and Hugh Adams, |
were never in better health although some |
severe hardships were endured before |
reaching Dawson City. The boys arrived |
in Dawson City June Is, but when the
letter was written they had not begun |
digging for gold. They expected to be-
gin digging in day or two. Wilson and |
Adams will dig ''to halves" that is, they
will divide the profits equally. Whether
Ferriter's party, which consists of four
persons, will adopt the same plan is not
known.