Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-08-19

Jut tNCuISlOn 10 Lake Oundpee last Ounudy
The total number of people at the lake
was about II carloads.
The next number of the Boston Il Maine
Courier will contain illustrations OF Brat
tleboro The agent of the Courie, has
been in Brattleboro for several days solicit
ing Advertisements.
The Union Mutual and the Vermont
| Mutual insurance companies have made
Their annual assessment for the past years
business. The assessment this year is four
per cent, the same as for the past two
! years, which is a low rate of insurance.
The Brattleboro Soldiers Aid society
sent 500 to Camp Thomas Chickamauga,
! Tuesday for use in the hospital tent
of the First Vermont Regiment. The So
! ciety had learned that the regiment was
! in need of money for that purpose.
The Swedish Lutheran society gave a
! pleasant lawn party last Friday evening The
lawn of John Strand was prettily trimmed
with Chinese lanterns and tables decorated
with flowers The choir sang several times
and patriotic speech was delivered by the
pastor of the church. Refreshments of ice
cream, cake and coffee were served.
The second excursion to Mystic Island,
Watch Hill and Block Island offered by
Aug. 20. The train leaves Bratteboro at
500 \. NJ reaching Block Island at 1880
+. NJ. The fare for the round trip is 81 80,
tickets remaining good for the return trip
on Saturday, Aug. 90 or the following
Monday.
The workmen employed by Ward &
Douglass on the abutments of the new
Main street bridge moved the stringers of
the old bridge on to the completed mason
ry at the east end of the bridge Sunday.
They were assisted by the Central Yer
mont bridge men. Several hundred per
sons witnessed the work. Ward Il Doug
lass will go to Hatfield, Mass, after the
work here is completed to build stone
arch.
The Republican voters Of Bratteboro
who are qualified to vote in freemen's
meeting are notified that a caucus will be
held in the town hall this evening for the
purpose of nominating q candidate for
town representative and II justices of the
peace to be supported at the freeman's
meeting in September. The voting will be
by ballot. The ballot boxes will be open
from o'clock in the afternoon to o'clock
in the evening.
1t is definitely announced that Principal
II. X. Whitaker will succeed Miss VI. Belle
Smith as supervisor Of the schools of dis
trict No. the coming year. He will be
relieved of part Of his High school work
in order to enable him to perform these
duties. Mr.. Whitaker has not been APP
pointed superintendent of the Brattleboro
schools as has been announced in Massa-
sets papers.
"Much interest has been shown in the
announcement that Mary Howe LAWN is
again to visit Montpelier" said the Mont
deler Record Saturday, land the prospects
are that her appearance will call a very
large audience to greet her. A large mum.
Der of seats will be sold in Barre, Water
bury and Mortified, and the concert will
undoubtedly be one Of the finest given in
this city for long time" This concert
OCCURS this evening.
Miss Maud Essex gave an enjoyable
party 10 about 100 OF her friends Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. l.. h. Fuller,
in honor of the Misses Gillian of Phladel-
phia, Penn, who are the guests of Miss
Essex. The evenings entertainment con
sisted of short musical program in which
Mrs. Mclean, Mrs. J. G., Estey and the
Misses Gillian took part, followed by dane
ing. Refreshments were served during
the evening.
\ fine piece OF work is being done on the
Dickinson lot in the Prospect Hill Gene
terry where /elotes Dickinson, father Of +.
l.. Dickinson, and four other persons are
buried The work is in charge of j. Hen
~ Holden. The lot has been eNcavated
to the bottom of the caskets and the cas-,
kets have been arched over with cement
and rubble stone. The rest Of the eXcava-
lion will be filled with the same material
mp TO a certain distance from the top, thus
atfording an excellent foundation for the
marble slabs.
The following is from the South Nor
walk, Conn, Evening Sentinel of las Fri
day: Mrs. Isaac 5. Jennings, president
of the Central club and Mrs. f. II. Fox,
president OF the Friday afternoon club,
gave a luncheon at The Knob, yesterday,
to the presidents of the other Norwalk
clubs, to meet Mrs. l.. ID. Temple, presi-
dent of the Vermont Federation. Mrs.
Noble, president, and Mrs. Charles W.
Shelton, recording secretary of the Con
necticut Federation, were also among the
guests. The affair was very deliberately
planned and delightfully."- carried out"
News has been received of the death at
} Mortified, this state, last Friday, of p.
R. Kelley, formerly of Brattleboro Mr..
Kelley was formerly night Waterman at
the Estey Organ factories. He went to
Mortified last spring and from there he
went to Enfield, n. H., where he had a
sister. He returned to Mortified the first
of last week Mr.. Kelley had been i'll
with consumption for about year. He
was a son-in-law of Patrick Baker of Brat
tlehoro. He leaves widow and three
children in Brattleboro Mr. Kelley was
good workman, and was one of the first
foremen employed on the narrow guage
railroad by the Central Vermont com
pany. He was about 80 years old.
J. II. Mortified, administrator of the es.
tate of the late ). II. Sherman, has sold
the property on Elliot street known as the
5. II. Sherman block to w. A. Morse, the
well known painter The price paid by
Mr.. Morse was $500. This block is 10.
Gated next to the Herrick Il Boyden block
and has three tenements up stairs and
three stores down stairs. Mr.. Morse will
repair the property and will put in modern
plumbing throughout, making the block
up TO date in every respect, and he will use
it for rental purposes. Mr.. Morse buys
the property as an investment, knowing
that real estate is nov at bed rock, and he
has improved an opportunity which is sell
dom offered to get desirable property in
the business part of the village.
Indications that MIR. Crosby VIII Win.
In commenting upon the failure of the