Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-02


Rev. F. f. Marble will be one of the
speakers at the commencement exercises
of Vermont Academy.
Eight carloads of immigrants passed
through here Wednesday on the way from
Montreal to New Nork
A base ball team representing Estey's
shops defeated a Bellows Falls team on
the island grounds Tuesday morning by
score of to 3.
After the parade on Memorial day the
members of Sedgwick post assembled in
Grand Army hall and were served with
refreshments generously furnished by Col
William Austine.
Three Brattleboro fishermen were ar
rested and fined in West Halifax Monday
for having in their possession trout under
six inches in length Two Halifax anglers
met the same fate.
Joel Tyler, formerly teller of the Safety
Fund National bank of Fitchburg, Mass,
has been found guilty of abstracting funds
of the bank. The shortage was approx
mately $500 Sentence will be imposed
later.
A New York man who heard Col. Has
kins's address on Memorial day said it
was, without exception, the best Memorial
day address he had ever heard. He hoped
it would be published in pamphlet form so
that he might have 100 copies for dstri-
button.
NJ. j. Cavanaugh of Brattleboro, the
only steeple jack in the state, was in town
Monday to interview those having charge
of the repairs on the different churches
and made an engagement to do some work
on the church in North Walpole.- Bel
lows Falls Times.
About 40 boys in charge of Secretary
Wilson of the Y. NJ. c.. A., went to Cen
trail park, Vernon, last Saturday and spent
the day in outdoor sport. A game of
base ball was played between the Y. NJ. c.
A. junior team and picked up nine, re-
sulting in victory for the former p to 6.
Mrs. Laura Haskins, who recently
bought building lot of L. Z Holden and
j. T. Hildreth west of Mr. Holden's resi-
dence on Common street, is to build upon
the lot a two-story house which will be
occupied by Lawyer A. F. Schwenk. The
work of excavation for the foundation has
already begun.
The ladies of the Congregational society
will tender a reception to their new pastor,
Rev. II. r. Miles, and Mrs Miles, at the
church parlors on Thursday evening, June
s, from to 10 o'clock. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to every one connected
with the church or society to come and
greet the pastor and his wife.
Arthur d. Patterson, ~, formerly en-
ployed in the hardware. store of Gleason
& Robbins, now Robbins Il Cowles, died
in New York Sunday after weeks H.
ness. The burial was in East Charlemont,
Mass, in which town Mr.. Patterson's
mother lives, Wednesday. Mr.. Patterson
went from Brattleboro to Springfield,
Mass, and for the past four years he had
been employed in a house furnishings
establishment on Broadway, New York
The base ball team of the High school
will play its last home game of the season
on the island tomorrow with the Keene
High school team. The Bratteboro boys
were defeated by Keene at the latters
grounds earlier in the season in a hard
fought game, the score being II to 10.
Tomorrow the boys will try to even mat
tiers. The team will close the season next
week Saturday at Hinsdale, n. H., with a
game with the High school team of that
place.
The horses attached to the Wilmington
stage started without bidding yesterday,
having been left in front of the Richard
son meat market. Their gait soon in
creased to run and before people could
realize it a runaway was in progress. The
horses ran the length of Elliot and Birge
streets to Canal street and attempted to
cross the Elm-street bridge, but they fail
ed to turn the sharp corner at the approach
of the bridge and ran into one of the
trusses. One horse received several
scratches and the stage was badly smash
ed. Another wagon was procured from
livery stable.
A young woman whose conduct appear
ed to Chief-of- police Hall to be unbecoming
was sent home by that officer about II
o'clock Tuesday night. The girl had been
on the street late for several nights, and on
Tuesday night Mr.. Hall accosted her and
inquired as to where her parents lived and
as to whether they knew what she was do
ing. She replied that they thought she
was at work. The girl had no regular lodg-
ing place and Mr.. Hall told her that he
thought he should lock her up, whereupon
she promised better behavior. Mr.. Hall
took her to a livery stable where he hired
a team and driver and had her carried to
her home, which is several miles out of
Brattleboro. This may serve as a caution
to other young women of similar stamp.
c. F. K. Jenne has received this week
a letter from John c. Pellet who started
for Europe last February, accompanied
by his son, to spend a year in travel and TO
be present at the Paris exposition in 1900.
Mr.. Pellet first stopped at Naples where
he spent four days, visiting Pompeii. From
there he went to Genoa where he spent
week, to Leghorn, to Pisa where he went
to the top of the leaning tower, and from
there he went to Florence. AT Florence he
called on the artist, Larkin G. Mead, who
showed him the sights of the city, and he
met Capt. S. L. Howard, formerly a bust
ness man in Brattleboro. He spent four
weeks in Rome, visited the island of Sar-
DINA, which belongs to Italy, Castella
Mare in the Adriatic sea, Ancona and
Venice. His letter was written in Venice
May s. From Venice he intended to go to
Vienna and Buda Pest, Austria.
Midnight Seizure OF Liquor.
States Attorney Barber of Brattleboro
and Deputy Sheriff NJ. NJ. Martin of
Townshend went to Wardsboro station
last Friday and seized two gallons of liq-
uor which they suspected was intended TO
be passed around at a dance which was
held in West TOwnshend that night.
They found that the liquor was on the
train which carried them to Wardsboro
station, and they did not allow it to get
out of their sight. The liquor was put off
at Wardsboro station, and soon afterward
Henry Trip of West Townshend and an
other person arrived at Wardsboro station