Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-07-22

The Wheel club rooms are being thor
oughly renovated, repaired and redeco-
rated.
Charles Severance, a farm hand, 40
years old, committed suicide by shooting
Wednesday afternoon at Gill, Mass.
II. II, Murphy, formerly with Fletcher
& Boynton of Burlington, has been en-
gagged as travelling salesman by G.. II.
Eddy Il Co.
The members of Delta lodge, Knights
aud Ladies of Honor, celebrate the
18th anniversary of their local organiza-
ton today with picnic at West Brattle-
boro.
A noteworthy and commendable i'm
Irovement is the painting in an agreeable
shade of drab or gray, Of the brick end
wall of the Williston building next the
town building
An aggregation of local base ball tossers
will cross bats with the Hnsdale Reserves
at Hinsdale Saturday. The regular Hins-
dale team will play its second game in the
series against keeue at Keene.
Charles NJ. Abbott of Keene y. H.. son
of Judge John NJ. Abbott of that city,
takes the place in the Office of the Yer
mont Loan and Trust company of d. y.
Bartlett who retires on account of i'll
health.
Young & Knowlton have moved tenn
porarily from their regular quarters to the
second floor of the Van Doom building.
Their advertisement IN another column
shows that they are ready for business in
the new location.
Miss Ada Knowlton, daughter of L. j..
Knowlou of Prospect HILL a Ashbel D.
Meacham of Esteyyille were married in
Hinsdale Wednesday evening. They will
live in Esteyville. Mr.. Meacham is EN-
ployed in the Sunset paper mill
Frank Il, George II. Hidden's speeder,
finished fifth in field of seven starters in
the 2:20 class at the races at llolyoke
Wednesday, finishing in fourth place twice
| and sixth place twice. The time was 2;20,
2:20 1, 2:21 and PIP for the heat win
ners.
Eight cars of freight 81, Boston y
Maine, went of the track near the Bern
ardston railroad station at 4 O'Clock Tues
day afternoon. The single track was block
ed for several hours and ii was necessary
to carry by the passengers. No one was
injured.
A despatch from Chickamauga' Park
says private of Company /, First Yer
mont regiment, was caught asleep on his
post Monday night He will be courtmar-
tailed and sentenced in a few days. The
sentence will probably be a fine and 30
days imprisonment.
Rev Mr.. Sherwood and family came
Wednesday from Norwalk, Conn, to re
main here for several weeks They will
occupy the Baptist parsonage Rev. Mr..
tt,la far, f, W.. IL
Thursday, where Mr. Temple will supply
Mr.. Sherwood's pulpit.
W. II. Minors horse Belle VI, which
started in the POO class at Iolyoke Tues
day, was ninth in the frs, hea, and dis
tanced in the second heat. Belle NJ. was
driven by NJ. II. Spoftord of BrattlebOro.
George Iiddens Frank Il, which was en-
tered for the PHI class, did not start.
The third death in the First Vermont
regiment at Chickamauga occurred al l.
o'clock Monday night, the victim being
Private William f. Marseite Of Company
c, Brandon. He was suffering with bow
el complications and was thought to be
improving, but he suddenly grew worse
Monday
DR.. e.. f. Barber and his sons, Lester
and Lawrence, returned from a days fish
ing at Spoftord lake Wednesday evening
with a string OF bass which made many
pscatorians envious. There were eight
fish which weighed exactly ~ pounds.
The fish were of nearly uniform size, the
largest ones weighing three and one-half
pounds each.
The infant son of DR.. and Mrs. W. y.
Thompson of the Brattleboro Retreat died
at noon yesterday after an illness of only twJ
days from an acute digestive trouble. The
little one was seven months old. Its i'll
ness has not been generally known to the
friends of DR.. and Mrs. Thompson, and
they will have the sympathy of all in their
sudden bereavement.
Jerry Kaniry and Edward Connolly, the
two stone cutters who were arrested in
West Dummerston Tuesday were brought
before Justice Newton Wednesday after
noon for the third time. They still Ie-
fused to make a satisfactory statement as
to where they procured their liquor, and
they will be taken to Newfane tonight for
an indefinite stay unless they make con-
fesson today.
Chief-of-Polce Hall received word from
a Bellows Falls man Tuesday night stating
that his two daughters had left home and
it was suspected that they and third dam
sci had gone to Brattleboro Mr.. Hall
located the three girls in a boarding house
on Elliot street, and at once sent the news
to Bellows Falls. The father of the two
girls first mentioned came to Brattleboro
Wednesday morning and took the way
ward children home with him.
The Boston Globe has the following des-
patch from Chickamauga under date of
July 20: "The First Vermont TODAY en-
gagged in another battle exercise. they.
with the Eighth New York, attacking the
Third Tennessee in intrenchments. The
exercise was well executed, and Brigadier-
Gen. Colby decided the contest a draw.
Vermonts sick list is rather a heavy one.
there being about 81 on it today. This in
Guided all sick in quarters, but it makes s
per cent of the entire command"
Walter S. Pratt, for several years book.
keeper for Pratt, Wright & Co., went
Tuesday to Athol, Mass, where he has
bought the leading shoe store in that
tlourishing town. Fred ellison, clerk in
the store of Durham Brothers, accom-
panied him, and will probably enter the
employ of Mr.. Pratt. Mr.. Pratt has been
one of the active and popular young men
of the town, and there will be general re-
greet, especially among the young people,
that business interests make it advisable
for him to leave town.
A former well-known Brattleboro how
who rose to the rank of sergeant in the
Estey Guard, is now saluted as Captain
Walker at Chickamauga. He is in com
mand Of the Portsmouth N II oo,,,,.,..-