Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-08

Company returned to Bratteboro one
year ago last Monday.
Several from here went to Keene, N. H.,
Monday to attend the bicycle races there.
Eight carloads of Russian Jews passed
through here Tuesday OH the way to New
York city.
David Perry has been awarded con-
tract for gravelng 5000 feet of the state
road to be built in Ashfield, Mass, by the
state highway commission.
John r. Stapleton, jr., 20, a promising
young lawyer of Holyoke and Springfield,
who died Saturday. was known. in Brattle-
boro through his visits heae with James
Fisk Hooker.
The Newport Express and Standard
publishes entire this week the address de-
livered nv Col. X. Haskins before the Yer
mont Officers Reunion society, entitled
"The Future of Our Republic"
Charles r. Crosby sprained his ankle
badly at Vernon Monday while practicing
for the three-legged race in the Vermont
Wheel clubs sports. He is at the office
this week, but is obliged to travel on
crutches.
The Shelburne Falls Veteran Firemen's
association took part in the parade at Me-
chanicsville, N. Y, Labor day. The prize
for the best band was awarded to the Or
ganization with the Shelburne Falls con-
tlngent under the direction of G.. L. Brig
ham.
G. V. White, the canal company's sur
veyor at Bellows Falls, has records show
ing the height of the water in the Con-
necticut river the past 1S years. The
point recorded last week was 10ths of a
foot lower than any previous measure
ment.
An adjourned meeting of the Vermont
Loan Il Trust company for the election of
officers was held Tuesday at Keene, n. II,
when the following were chosen: Presi-
dent, F. Holman of Spokane, Wash. vice.
president, George Z. Holbrook of Keene (;
treasurer, II. L. Withheld of Grand Forks,
North Dakota; secretary, F. W. Wilder of
Grand Forks assistant secretary, G. b.
Hopkins of Hinsdale, N H.. general
agent, c. B. Hopkins.
The tide of vacation travel has been at
flood since Sept. /. The Boston & Maine
railroad is now taxed to its utmost. Every
train needs extra cars, and accordingly
the big locomotives often find hard work
In keeping on schedule time The White
Mountain express, both north and south,
went in two sections Monday and even
then the south-bound train was an hour
late-all because of the big piles Of hand
bags, bicycles and trunks of the returning
guests.
A new counterfeit two-dollar bill has Just
made its appearance. 1t Is Of the series
of 1891, check letter d, plate No. 4, and is
signed by B. X. Bruce registrar, and Ellis
II. Roberts treasurer, of the United States
treasury. The portrait of Mcpherson
appearing on the bill is defective, the seal
is dark red instead of carmine, and the
parallel ruling under the treasury number
is poorly initiated. The paper on which
the bill is printed is thin and the silk fiber
is initiated by fine red and blue ink lines.
Lizzie A. Crouch, 80, wife of K. c.
Crouch Of Centreville, died at her home
Sunday afternoon after a six months i'll
ness. Mrs. Crouch was born in Williams
burg, Mass, the daughter of c. w. and
Betsey Bardwell. She married Mr. Crouch
about Is years ago and had since lived in
Brattleboro. Mrs. Crouch is survived by
a husband and one son. Funeral services
were neld Tuesday afternoon at the house,
Rev. r. +. Lowe of the Methodist church
officiating. The burial was in the West
Brattleboro cemetery.
The log drive of the Connecticut Valley
lumber company has reached its destina-
ton, and the employees were paid off
Monday by Paymaster w. r. Moore, who
distributed about $4,000 among the 70
men. There we're 45, 900, 900 feet of lum-
Der in this years drive, and the work of
saving 1t up will be divided between the
company's mills at Mt. Tom and Holyoke.
Most of the log-drlvers will wend their way
northward to engage in the next seasons
operations, which have already begun in
northern New Hampshire and Vermont.
Three men from Bfattleboro participated
in the Labor day races at Keene, N. H.,
but none of them was able to secure a
place among the prize winners. Ernest
Langille and Frank Hopkins took part in
the one mile novice, the former winning
his trial heat in 2:37. Langille, Hopkins
and Maurice Burbank rode in the one
mile handicap, and Hopkins and Burbank
also took part in the two-mile handicap.
Langille was thrown at the last turn in
the mile handicap, although his position
at the time was not one which promised a
place among the winners.
o. L. Lawton of Brooklyn, formerly of
Wilmington and we'll known In Brattleboro,
10 lhO O"hCl VI Usual LIZ, iIo Hlnu6T Oh
the 2.18 pacing race at the opening of the
grand circuit races at the new Empire City
trotting park, near New York, Monday.
Oscar L. is chestnut gelding, by Alcan-
tara-Cambridge Girl by Ben Franklin.
There were nine starters, and Oscar L.
won the first and third heats and was sec
ond in the second. The time was ala 1-2,
PIP, 2. Is 1-2. Oscar l.. was bred by Mr..
Lawton and was started In public for the
first time less than month ago.
A surrey containing Mrs. George A.
Eels, Mrs. d. A. Abbott, Miss Alice Eels
and Mrs. Carmen of Kalamazoo, Mich,
collided with one of the street railway
company's poles Tuesday afternoon in
front of the Vermont Savings bank. One
wheel of the surrey was torn off, and the
horse, becoming frightened, started to run
up Main street. When in front of the Bap-
fist church Mrs. Carmen tried to Jump
from the carriage and fell heavily, striking
on one shoulder and slightly injuring one
elbow. The other occupants of the car
riage kept their seats until the horse was
stopped short distance farther on.
Chinese Gases Before Judge Wheeler.