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

daughter of Mrs. J. II Dunklee of West |
Brattleboro and John Phean of New York |
city which will take place in the Congre-
gational church at West Brdttleboro, Sci
tember |.
A Boston Transcript item says: The
large four story house numbered Con-
cord square, the first house on the right,
near fremont street, has been bou hit by
G.. II. Shoes for investment. The house
has Is rooms, and is assessed for $4,000.
John Nesbitt of West Brattle orc is
reaping a good return from his peach or
chard this year. He began marketing
| Early Canadas a fortnight ago, and this
week is bringing in very nice Crawfords.
He has 800 trees and will probably har-
vest 800 baskets of fruit this season.
The members of the New York State
! Hotel Mems association held their annual
convention at the Gilsey House in New
York last week and reelected L. l.. Mer-
rifeld president. Mr.. Mortified is a
Windham county boy and is now proprie-
tor of the Continental hotel in New York
city,
Robert, son of Lawyer c. G. Fits, gave
a birthday party to 10 or II of his young
friends Tuesday afternoon in honor of his
fourth birthday anniversary. The guests
were given a ride on the electric cars, and
at $50 o'clock supper was served The
guests pres their host with several
birthday gifts.
The assig nees of the estate of Hugh NJ.
Adams. insolvent, will sell by public auc-
lion at the county clerks office at o'clock
p. NJ, Sept. 3, policy of $4,000 issued by
the Mutual Life Insurance company on the
life of Mr.. Adams. The policy natures
June |, 1913. 1t was assigned to Sherman
& JENNIE as collateral security.
The Republican voters of Brattleboro
should remember that the September cleo
ton is merely ratification meeting aud
they should realize the necessity of coming
out to the caucus on Friday of this week.
Whoever is nominated there for town
representative will be elected in September.
The polls will be open from 3 to o'clock
p. VI.
The horse attached to one of the Il NJ.
+. grocery wagons, took fright at an cleo
trio car this morning while standing in
front of j. l.. Martins house, and ran
striking the wagon against an electric light
pole and damaging it considerably. one
wheel of the vehicle was demolished and
one side crushed. The horse was stopped
in front of b. d. Harriss by Patrick Dris-
lane.
The indications are that Col Haskins
will receive strong and united support for
denomination as town representative. 1t
is recognized by all that he did the state
valuable service in the session OF 1896,
and that he is for that reason specially
equipped to continue such service this
year, while his return to the legislature
, would doubtless assure him and his town
the honor Of the Speakershp.
n EnOultop g XVip1aor csv,,a Tuaa
day to take possession Of the American
House which he has leased Of Harrie G.
Pratt, the present proprietor. Mr.. Knowl
ton was to have taken possession Monday
but was delayed in getting here. He has
had much experience in the business. He
was at one time proprietor of the Com
mercial House at Bellows Falls. Mr.
Knowlton. will make no changes in the
employees of the hotel.
Edwin W. Haskell of Brattleboro, a
member of the Bratfleboro company at
Chickamauga, has sent to the c. b. Law
ton Grand Army post and the ID. p
Chandler camp, Sons of Veterans of Will
mington some mementoes which will be
highly priced by those organizations. They
consist of two oakeu gavels, ore for each
organization, made from trees on Lookout
mountain. a bullet is embedded in each
gavel, having lodged there during the fight
: OF September, lSG3.
j. +. Walsh, the Vermont Wheel club
champion, won the one mile professional
, handicap race at the national meet OF the
League of American Wheelmen at Indian
apols Wednesday. Walsh started from
the llOyard mark. Bald and Taylor
started from scratch and rode game
race. On the turn out of the home
.t.1, ~ /. l.,
Tom Butler rode over him and was thrown
Walsh, from 119 yards, worked up to the
: head of the field and made a red hot fin
ish in that position.
The selectmen have ordered that the
new iron bridge be fitted with grooyed rails
? for the use of the Brattleboro Street Rail.
way company. The grooved rail differs
from others in having a broad fiat surface
with groove for the fange of the wheel
e to run in. The brick of the pavement is
laid snug with the rail- so that there is al
e most no break in the pavement of the
! bridge, and teams and bicycles can cross
the rails safely at almost any angle. This
rail is the one now laid in nearly every
city on most paved streets, except those
: most heavily used, and has come TO be re-
; garded as necessity in many places. The
street railway companies at first opposed
it bitterly, on account of the fancied incon-
> venience of the lodging of snow and ice in
I the groove so as to prevent the Aange from
holding, but it has been demonstrated that
. it is much more convenient than the old
] style of rails.
: Lawyer George b. Hit was in Winches-
ter last night to defend Edward Frink.
t who was arrested for drunkenness. The
evidence of the prosecution tended to show
that on Sunday night Frink was intoxi-
} Gated and that he entered church, stag.
2 gered up the aisle and took a eat; that
after he had been seated a few minutes he
spoke out, and a few minutes later he
staggered out of the church. Frink
claimed that he was not intoxicated and
that he behaved as anyone should, except
that he whispered to someone near him in
appreciation of the music which the choir
had just rendered. 1t appeared that the
complaint was signed by Mary Bosquett,
and Mr.. Hit brought out the fact that the
, Bosquett woman year ago accused Frink
of bastaTdy with her. The court thought
she was not the proper person to sign the
complaint, and rendered a verdict of not
guilty.
Death OF Mrs. william SimOnds
Mrs William Simonds, so, died at her
home on Estabrook street Monday from
exhaustion after an illness of several
months, Mrs SimOnds had not left her