Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-10-28

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oughy repaired. The tables will be put in
first class condition.
O. II. Ellis Il Co.'S Tom Thumb was
| fourth in the . 20 trot at Holyoke Tuesday.
| There was a field of eight starters and
Tom Thumb finished sixth, second and
/ fifth. The fastest heat was 20 Ia.
Rev. L, NJ. Powers of Boston will give
| his lecture, "With our Army in Cuba"
next Friday evening at 1880 in the Uni
versalist church. Mr.. Powers was in San
tago for two weeks at the time of its sur
render.
An indictment was found by the grand
| jury at Keene last week against Fred
| Grew a Brattleboro painter, for obscene
conduct at Chesterfield. Grew pleaded
| guilty before Judge Chase Monday. He
was sentenced to six months in jail, the
mttimus not to issue until called ior-the
understanding being that he would clear
out of the state.
1.-THE Circus Queen" opened the light
opera season at the Tivoli in San Francis
co recently. The Dramatic Mirror says of
| Mrs. William Schuster: Gamma LIGHTER,
erstwhile the grand opera soprano, showed
how versatile prima donna can be by APP
pearing as Meta, the bride, nothing more
or less than a soubrette part. She played
and sang with much animation and with
perfect taste
The installation of Rev. George Edward
Martin, d. D., as pastor Of the Holland
Memorial Presbyterian church of Phila-
dephia took place the evening of Oct. l..
Rev. 5. w. Dana, d. D., presided and pro-
posed the constitutional questions. Rev.
Edward F. Terhune, d. d., preached the
sermon, Rev. Chas A. Dickey, d. d,
gave the charge to the pastor, Rev. Samuel
A. Mutchmore, d. D., the charge to the
people.
Delaney Sleeves, the horse thief who
stole Frank Willard horse In Williams
vile few weeks ago, also the horse of a
Paxton, Mass, man three years ago, both
of which were recovered by Chief Police
Hall, was sentenced on Oct. 20 TO six
years in the reformatory at Concord, Mass.
Sleeves was caught in Worcester Mass, at
the time of the Valley Fair, and was want
ed for burglary and other crimes.
Mrs. Harriet Brasor Pratt will be as
sisted in her concert at the Blanchard
opera house in Montpelier next Tuesday,
Nov. /, by L. Il. Miller, baritone; Charles
Bickford of Springfield, Mass, violinist
and Victor Harris Of New York, pianist.
Henry Wolfsohn OF New York. the lead
country, will arrange for Mrs. Pratts APP
pearance in concert and oratorio during
the coming season.
The two remaining girders for the Main
'street bridge and all the other iron 10 be
used on the bridge arrived during the pres
ent week Work on the bridge was re-
sumed Sunday, and during the week the
strips Of iron plate, which make
the foundation for the roadway, have
been put in place on the cirders already
in position, and have been partially riveted
to them. This work has brought TO light
an error in the drilling of the holes through
which the rivets pass The holes on one
side of one OF the girders, for almost its
entire length, do not correspond with the
holes in the iron plate.
The members OF the evening section Of
the Brattleboro Woman's club, with a few
other guests including Miss Clara NJ. Sim
monds, the new teacher of the kndergar-
ten, had delightful time Of a social, liter
airy, and musical character last evening al
Miss Annie l.. CIRCUITS, where choice pieces
on the piano, select readings, ferns and
their fields, birds and their nests, African
curios and folklore, specimens of Zulu
speech, speculations on the origin OF Ian
guAge and how the English must eventually
prove to be 1.-THE survival of the fittest,
together with light refreshments at the
close, filled the hours of the evening with a
rich and rare, yet informal variety OF enjoy
ments
About 100 people were present at the
Brooks House Tuesday evening in attend
ance upon the reception given by Mrs
Fanny c. Rice and Mrs. Annie G. Cobb to
the Sons and Daughters of the American
Revolution. The dining-room and parlor
OF the hotel were prettily trimmed with
flags and Gu, flowers. A short musical
program was rendered which consisted of
two songs, "Calm as the Night and AN
ME Laurie 10y Mrs. Harriet Brasor-Pratt;
1.-TWO Grenadiers" and "A Winter Lull-
aby' by Fred Adams; and Tit for Tai"
sweetheart and an Irish melody by Mrs
;. L. Lawton Mrs W. II. Bigelow read
a short paper upon her experiences in
Tampa during the first months OF the late
war. The exercises were concluded with
the singing of The Red White and Blue
by all present after which refreshments
were served in the dining.room.
+. S. Crosby was very much surprised
and disappointed Monday when, upon
draining the water from his artificial trout
pond il was found that only about 40 trout
remained Nearly four bushels of horned
= pout were picked up, however which ac-
counts in some degree for the scarcity of
the other fish. The pond, which is stu
ated upon the Putney road about four miles
from this town, was supposed TO have been
literally alive with trout, and ii was hired
by a syndicate of local sportsmen for the
last three seasons. Fewer fish than usual
had been caught out of the pond this year,
and the disclosure made by drawing off the
water confirms the belief held by some of
the frequenters of the pond that the trout
had been killed by horned pout. Mr..
Crosby killed all of the pout, and will re-
stock the pond with trout next spring. 1t
is thought that the pout got into the poad
from one of the streams which fed it,
Ellis Arrested, Gale Fled.
Deputy Sheriff Perry of Walpole, n.
H., came to Brattleboro Tuesday afternoon
with requisition papers from the governor
for the arrest of Orlin II. Ellis and Fred
c. Gale, indicted at the Cheshire county
court week ago for selling Intoxicating
liquor contrary TO the laws of New Hamp-
shire Deputy Sheriff Perry delivered the
papers to Sheriff Il. L. Gordon. Sheriff
Gordon learned that Ellis had gone to
HoyCke, Mass, TO attend the horse races,
so he waited until the arrival of the 1910
train, when he arrested Ellis as the latter
stepped off the train. He was given his
choice between spending the rest of the
night in the lookup and hiring some one