Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-23
The Baptist Sunday school will hold its

The Baptist Sunday school will hold its
annual election of officers next Sunday.
The teachers of the Congregational Sun
day school gathered by invitation Tuesday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
II. Thompson to meet Rev. and Mrs. II.
II. Miles and to discuss matters relating to
the school.
The tenders for the street cars of Brat
tleboro have not yet arrived although the
time limit for their addition, fixed by.a re-
cent legislative enactment, was today. The
state railroad commissioners have been in
formed of the delay in the arrival of the
tenders and they have extended the time
limit 10 days.
A newspaper train controlled by the New
York Herald, World and journal will
make Sunday trips through Brattleboro
and other Connecticut valley towns this
summer, beginning next Sunday. 1t will
arrive in Bratteboro with the Sunday pa
pers at o'clock in the morning. Repre-
sentatives of the Herald and journal were
in Brattleboro Tuesday in the interest of
those papers.
Miss Fanny Sexton, who lives at the
home of II. S. Goodenough, on Elm
street, met with a serious accident Satur-
day evening. She had returned to the
house and was standing on the steps,
when she fell, probably fainting, and struck
her head directly over the temple on the
tar walk. She was rendered unconscious
for some time and cash was cut in her
forehead. The accident has kept her con-
fined to the house the past week.
j. Ii. Mortified, justice, and E. w. Glib
son and Fred Spaulding, attorneys for
the defendant, went to Guilford Monday
to participate in the trial of the suit of
Charles G. Weatherhead against Frank
Pond, an action of general assumpsit. The
plaintiff claimed a balance of SAP. The
defendant admitted debt of 500. A YER
dict of $50 was agreed upon, but decision
was reserved in order that the court might
have an opportunity to decide certain
other features in the case.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Harvey met with
an exciting accident last Friday morning
while driving home from Brattleboro
When descending the bill near the Catho-
lie church in Hnsdale their harness broke
and let the carriage run against the horse.
A lively runaway ensued. Mr. and Mrs
Harvey were thrown out and the latter
was rendered unconscious for a short time.
Neither one suffered serious injury, and
the horse and carriage came out in pretty
good shape Winchester Star.
Mrs Mary Walker, widow of Rev. DR..
Aldace Walker, died at the home of her
daughter on Crescent street, Northampton,
Monday of heart disease. She had been a
resident of Northampton about ten years,
going there from Rutland. She leaves a
daughter, Miss Mary Manning Walker, a
teacher at Capen school at Northampton,
formerly a teacher in the Brattleboro High
school, and Aldace +. Walker. who is at
the head of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad company. The burial was
at Rutland.
Cecil Hampden Cults Howard of Beebe,
Ark, at one time assistant librarian of the
Astor library in New York, has decided
to issue a small selected collection of his
poems provided his friends desire copies
sufficiently TO warrant publication. The
collection will contain all that Mr. How
ard has written upon Brattleboro, Ports
mouth and Kittery, as well as his best
writings upon miscellaneous topics Mr..
Howard is the author of Life and Public
Services of Gen. John Wolcott Phelps -
"Brattleborough in Verse and Prose-"
"Genealogy of the Cults Family and
Materials for Genealogy of the Spar
hawk Family"
The Capital Journal of Pierre, S. D.,
said in recent issue: Ivan w. Goodner
is demonstrating his worth as city attorn-
ey, and today finds two cases won and an
other on the verge. He is careful and
well-read lawyer who will save the city
thousands of dollars before his term of Of
fee expires" One of the cases won was
an action in the United States court
brought to recover an amount due on in
terest coupons. The amount involved was
from $1,000 to $4,000. Mr.. Goodner is
brother-in-law of Francis +. Perry of Brat
tleboro and he was formerly In the office
of the Estey Organ company. He grad
uated from the University of Nebraska two
years ago this month, winning the prize
for the best thesis.
Notwithstanding the shower Tuesday
evening there was a fair-sized crowd on
the street to hear the third Open-air con-
cert by the First Regiment band. The
concert was good one, and at its close the
band and the delegation from the Catholic
order of Foresters went to Walnut street
where they formed in line and marched to
the depot to board the 10: 10 train for Bur-
lington to attend the international conven-
ton of Foresters. Red fire was burned at
intervals along the line of march, and sew
eral pieces of fire works were set off by
H. M. Wood. John Calvin, n. T. Ryan
and 7. A. Aher went to Burlington Mon
day morning and Rev. Father Cunning
ham went Tuesday morning. All the 9TH
er members of the delegation waited until
Tuesday night