Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-20

the central vermont road.
Miss Edith Esterbrook entertained tn,
Young Ladies' whist club last Tuesda,
night at her home on Walnut street.
The adjourned meeting in the Y. M. @
A. rooms for the purpose of organizing
camera club will be held next Wednesda!
evening.
| II. f. Weatherhead of West Brattlebort
has sold two-tenement house on Hayder
street in Springfield, Mass, to Frank e
Elmer of that city.
The work of excavating for the founda
ton of the new building which Hooker
Corser & Mitchell are to put up near thei
present factory has been begun.
The old board of directors was reelected
at the annual meeting of the Union Mutu
al Fire Insurance company in Montpelier
Wednesday, including County Clerk J. II
Merrifeld.
K. M. Angler sold Wednesday the hous,
which he recently built on Pine street A
Charles Finch, conductor on the Contra
Vermont railway. Mr. Finch has alread,
taken possession.
A calculagraph or recording clock ha,
been placed in the local office of the New
England Telephone and Telegraph com
pany by which the length of time occu
pied by person using the telephone NAV
be recorded.
Engineer Charles j. Reach, who with
Mrs. Reach returned Wednesday from a
vacation in West Townshend. shot a LYNX
while out hunting for partridges. The an
imal weighed IA pounds. Mr.. Reach will
have 1t mounted.
Inc selectmen have granted the petition
for the widening of Frost street where S. A.
Smith u Co.'S horse barn formerly stood.
also the petition for cutting down the hill
IN The highway near Marcus Robbins's in
district No /.
A pair of horses belonging to w. Rouil-
lard of North Hinsdale. became frightened
Saturday morning while Mr.. Rouillard
was unloading apples at the jelly mill, and
started across Flat street at remarkable
speed. The animals brought up against
Charles McMenimen's fence with broken
neck yoke, but the team was otherwise un-
hurt.
News has been received of the death of
u. d. Hicks, the blacksmith, who came to
Brattleboro from Putney II years ago and
bought the blacksmith shop on Canal
street with E. NJ. Angler Mr.. Hicks was
stricken with apoplexy while walking in
the street in Fall River, Mass, and fell
dead instantly. His home was in Worces-
ter, Mass.
About 20 persons, largely members of
Protective grange, accepted the invitation
OF Z. H. Stacy to attend corn husking at
his place in Centreville Saturday evening.
About $50 bushels of corn were husked.
and after that in the barns had been
husked out more was brought in from the
field. The refreshments consisted of hot
oysters, pumpkin pie, doughnuts and
coffee.
The annual fair and supper of Protec-
tive grange will be held in Grange hall
next Thursday evening. The ladies who
have the fair in charge have spared no
pains to make the supper the best they
have ever served. Fruit, vegetables, cake
fancy and useful articles will be on sale
and for entertainment there will be a three
act comedy 1.-THE Counting of Mother
Goose" by Fl children.
The marriage of George Aher and Miss
Margaret Dryer took place at St. An
thongs church in White River Junction
yesterday morning, Rev. w. N. Lonergan,
pastor, performing the ceremony. Martin
Aher, brother of the groom, was best man.
and Miss Katie Dryer, bridemaid. Mr..
Aher is Brattleboro boy who has had a
position in the express office at White
River junction some time. Mr.. and Mrs.
Aher are now visiting in Brattleboro with
Mr.. Aher's relatives.
The 50th annual convention of the Yer
mont State Teachers association will he
held in Brattleboro a week from next
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Addresses
will be made by Rev. Nathaniel Butler.
DID,, LII d., president of Colby college:
Rev. William J. Tucker, d. d., LII. d.. |
president of Dartmouth college; superin. |
endents Edward G.. Ward OF BROOKLYN |
\. Y, and Horace S. Tarbell of P1oyi. |
ience, X. l., Principal Walter f. Ranger
If Johnson, and others.
w. c. Cowan, who is known in Brattle-
loro through having spent some time At |
he Retreat, was thrown from his horse i'm
san Francisco last week and his skull frac.
ured. COwan left Brattleboro a few
months ago for Denver, Col He was al
he Retreat several months, part of the
ime as patient and later as a boarder
lie was sergeant in troop A, Second Unit
d States cavalry, during the Spanish.
American war, and was at Chickamauea
through the summer of 1898. Cowanis
ZONE is said to be in Massachusetts, al
hough he has spent much of his life In the
Vest as civil engineer.
The practice Of having clerk from the
peal post office go TO Greenfield. Mass. IN
ort the Brattleboro mail on the return
rip at 11:10 to facilitate its delivery Inv
be carriers, has been discontinued by an
rider from the Boston superintendent of
he railway mail service. As a result the
forming mail from the South is delivered
trough the business section of Main street
bout 20 minutes later than heretofore.
ostmaster Webster went to Boston We'd
esday and entered plea to have the ser
ice restored, and favorable recommends
on was made TO the department at Wash
lgton.
patient of the Brattleboro Retreat
AIMED Fowler was tainted with cries of
crazy" etc, by crowd of youths on
lain and Depot streets Monday afternoon. I
e became enraged and turned and struck {
ne OF the boys, and then started toward {
le signal station near the railroad. The {
)ys followed and continued their cries.
I'd when near the signal station Fowler /
ruck Leon Canedy with a club, break '
g his nose and backing both ewes
anedy claims that he did not veil at /
lWler. At the Retreat Fowler Is regard {
as harmless, and It is believed there q
at be would not have made a disturb /
ice if he had not been molested. t
The NiIes-Lundberg Wedding. 7
Charles H. Niles, son of Mr.. and Mrs G