Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-02
BRATTLEBORO.

Col T. Harmon will have charge of the
dining hall at the Valley Fair this year.
some new sills and new flooring are being
laid in the kitchen of the Congregational
church.
The final meeting of the creditors of the
Gould ~ Hrlyar estate will be held on the
last Saturday in this month.
Superintendent Jones of the electric
road has secured Mains circus to exhibit
on C,ark's meadow sept. L.
Protective grange worked the third and
fourth degrees Wednesday night The
work of all was good, that Of the march
ing staff being especially fine.
The fall term Of Miss Fitts's kindergar-
zen will open Monday Sept. II 1t is de
sired that as many as possible of those in
tending to enter will be present at the
opening week.
program Of unusual interest, with
special musical features has been prepared
FOR the annual reunion of the Wndham
county veterans, to be held at Central
park, Vernon, Saturday, the Sd.
The selectmen Of Guilford offer a re
ward Of 500 for evidence which will re-
suit in the conviction Of the person or
pers ons who caused the death of the cattle
of Lyman Huntley and Samuel Boyden by
paris green poisoning last week.
:. W. Edgett q Co. have sold the Thorn
residence on High street to +. B. Richar'
son, Mrs. Thorn taking in part payment
Mi Richardson's house on the opposite
side Of the street, which she will use
the present as an Investment, possession
80 be given about oct. !.
Miss Chrsta NJ. Parks private school
opens most week Monday. A good attend
stncc is assured. Besides teaching gram
mar, High school and business branches
n her school. it is Miss Parks desire TO
be considered a tutor for any pupils who
need assistance while attending the public
schools
The fall term of the Brattleboro Acad-
envy opened at West Brattleboro yesterday
with an attendance OF about 60 pupils.
The academy is in charge of Principal
Miller, who has proved himself the right
man to be at the head Of the school. Miss
Hayes takes Miss Shorts place as assist
ant and Miss Hill succeeds Miss Powers as
primary teacher.
MI and Mrs. Will Schuster are now
singing at the Tivoli opera house in San
Francisco. The Dramatic Mirrors CORE
spondent wrote recently about weeks
.'Fraulein LIGHTER continues to charm with
her sweet, even voice, ~ and "Schuster car.
Cied of Henry ! well
Barney lowered the state trottng record
n the free for all race at the state fair at
white River Junction Wednesday, winning
in straight heats in = II, l3 and 10.
Six started Od Hutch being second and
Peter 1umey third. Gilessia won the
ole 10. tt.Il az a..
Easiest heat being 2l5 II. The show of
.,jye stock was small.
The name of Merton G.. Warren Of
Company G Of the 9th Massachusetts, reei-
tnent appears in the list of those who ar
rived At Moutauk Wednesday on the trans
port Allegheny This vessel carried eight
companies Of the regiment, or G25 men,
and 40 we're sick when MOntauk was
reached, The record at sea was worse
chan that of any transport which has left
Santiago, - men dying en- route.
The top courses of the abutments for
the new Main street bridge were completed
yesterday afternoon, and the work of Ward
y Douglass on the structure is practically
finished. That they have done an excel
lent piece of work admits of no doubt.
There is yet some cleaning up to do before
the iron work can begin their work, but
their contract time does not begin until to-
morrow,
Il f. Stevenson has received news of
the death of his brother, Leonard l.
Stevenson, G5, which took place in Lock
port, H., Aug L.. Mr. Stevenson was
born in West Swanzey, n H. He spent
several years in Keene y. H., was for
Two years in Putney, and in 1857 went
West He lived in Wilmington, H., for
"a years, and for ~ years of This time was
town and city clerk. For the past siN
years he had lived in Lockport He is
survived by a wife and one daughter.
"Hon. Hoyt II. Wheeler of Bratteboro,
Judge of United States district court was
in the city last evening, said the Mont
pelier Record of Wednesday, "when IS
persons from this city and vicinity were
made American citizens and this morning
three more were naturalized at the Pa
vilion, making a total of o. out of this
number none were furnished from Barre,
while - were from this city and six from
Berlin. Eleven signified their intention of
becoming citizens three years later by TAX
ing out their first papers at this time