Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-15
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

"Bobby Shaftoe Up-to- Date" will not be
presented under the auspices Of the Yer
mont Wheel club.
The trustees of the Vermont Savings
bank declared their usual semi-annual divi-
dend of Il per cent Wednesday.
There are some 20 log camps on the
Deertield and tributaries this season. It is
estimated over 10000, 900 feet of logs will
be cut and with the stranded logs OF last
year the biggest drive ever known in that
locality is expected next spring.
Henry Liscom is building a large shed
on to the barn on Reed street owned by G.
II. Ryder. John Flood is repairing his
Reed street house extensively, as is C. S.
Hemenway of Clark street. An addition
is being built to Mrs. Charles Newell's
house on Elliot street.
The annual supper and sale of the ladies'
aid society of the Methodist church was
held in Grange banquet hall last evening.
Supper was served from to after which
sale of fancy and useful articles took
place. A feature of the sale was the re-
membrance table which contained articles
contributed by former members of the So
ciety who now live out of town. The pro-
ceeds of the supper and sale were about
$40.
Through former President Cleveland. an
Ohio woman sent her check this week for
S25, 900 toward the endowment fund for
the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In
stitute of which Booker T. Washington is
president This was the conditional sub
scription announced at a recent meeting
at the Madison Square Garden concert hall
in the interest of the fund. The donor
had removed the condition imposed.
Other gifts make the whole amount added
to the fund since the meeting in the Gar
den about $4,000
j. o. Smith has brought against suit
the Brattleboro Street Railroad company
to recover 5000 for damages sustained on
the night of Aug. 3, when his baggage
wagon was run into by an electric car on
OAK street. Mr.. Smith alleges that the
company, through its servants, carelessly,
negligently and improperly drove, govern
ed and directed one of its cars so that it
was run against the wagon, and that the
wagon and harness were broken and rem
dered totally unfit for use. he also alleges
that the horse was badly injured and
was unfit for use for a long time. He
claims to have paid large sums for re-
pairing the wagon and harness, for medi-
cal services for his hor Sc, for hiring an
other wagon and horse and for keeping
the hired horse. The suit will be tried
Jan. %. Haskins & Schwenk and Il. g.
Barber for the plaintiff; Waterman &
Martin for the defendant company.
The missionary meeting held in St..
MichaePs church on Thursday evening
proved to be most interesting and instruc-
tive. There was a good attendance, al
though the meeting held in the Auditori-
um, at the same hour, prevented certain
ones from being present Missionary ad-
dresses were made by the Rev. Mr.. San
ford of Bellows Falls and the Rev Mr..
Davis of Chester. The former spoke up
on diocesan missions, or those confined to
the state of Vermont, and the latter on
domestic missions, or those in the country
at large. The service was unsteady rend-
cred, being intoned by the Rev. Mr.. Davis,
with a full choir and Prof. Cramer as or
ganist. A number of other speakers we're
expected, but were prevented from coming
by various causes. These missionary meet
ings are to be held monthly, in the differ
ent parishes throughout the state, the next
occurring in January in Chester and Proc
torsville.