Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-10-07
BRATTLEBORO.

Rice's Comediens will play in the Au-
ditorium every night next week Tickets
went on sale this morning
The stockholders of the Prospect Hill
aqueduct company will hold their annual
meeting next Monday evening at f. b.
Bissel's house.
home in South Londonderry tomorrow
after spending some time with her sister,
Mrs c. 5. Conant.
There will be an auction in the Brattle-
boro House yard at l O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon of goods consigned by Rev. C..
o. Day, j. W. Smith and Mr.. Wood. c.
p. ellison will be the auctioneer
The marriage of George NJ Whitney,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Whitney, and
Miss Lucy NJ. Simonds, daughter of MI.
and Mrs. Henry Simonds, is announced to
take place at Miss Simondss home on
Canal street Oct. 49,
Mrs. Ellen O'Keefe, IS, died Friday
night at the home of her son, David
O'Keefe, on Central street. The body was
taken to Mortified, Mass, where the flu
neral was held at 9 o'clock Monday morn
ing at the Roman Catholic church. Mrs
O'Keefe was former resident of North
field
In an item last week it was said that
the second premium in the second division
of the gentlemen's driving class at the Val
lev Fair was awarded to Mr., Smith of Put
ney. The premium went to Frank Waite
of Bratteboro. The error was due TO a
mistake on the part of the Judges in mark
ing the judges book.
The Boston Transcript of Wednesday
contains q two-column B.attleboro letter,
the writer of which makes warmly appre-
ciatiye recognition of the natural attrac-
lions of this village, and gives, with run
ming comment, a list of the celebrities who
have lived here, not forgetting those who
are buried on Prospect hill, John Will
son, NJ. D.. educated at Edinburg, closing
the list.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for
the running of a special train from Brat
tleboro to the state Christian Endeavor
convention at Bellows Falls next week.
The train will leave Brattleboro at 9:15
O'Clock on Thursday, the last day Of the
convention, and will return in the evening
after the close of the convention. The
fare for the round trip will be - cents.
Everybody is invited TO 60
The iron for which the Main street
bridge men have been waiting since the
Valley Fair has arrived and the work of
putting it in place began this morning.
During the high water this week it was
feared that the Lockwood which kept lodg-
ing against the temporary trestle would
carry the trestle out and one or two men
were kept on watch all Wednesday night
TO keep the trestle clear by the use of
spike poles.
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Chalmers
Holbrook, wife of Col. VIM, c. Holbrook,
who died at the residence of ex-Gov. Hol-
brook on Thursday of last week, was held
in the Congregational church at o'clock
Sunday afternoon. The service was pre-
coded by prayer at the house, The funeral,
which was conducted by c. A. Boyden,
was largely attended, Rev, c. O. Day
officiating There were many beautiful
floral tributes.
Miss WiILIns's New Serial is Hum OrOus
Miss Mary E. Wilkins's new serial is
the humorous story of an up-to-date city
woman who attempts to reform quiet
village and educate the people up TO the
latest fads of the town. 1t is called "The
Jamesons in the Country" and its serial
publication will be commenced in the next
issue of The Ladies Home journal. Ii
will have Mrs. Alice Barber Stephens as
its illustrator.