Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-07
BRATTLE BORO.


The picture of handsome Alice johnson
of the Della Fox company appears in the
April "Munsey."
Two hundred and thirtynine dog Ii
censes have been issued by the town clerk
the last few weeks.
FIR. Vaughan has recently comp eted an
apparatus for Roman gold finishing, and
GREATER will do considerable work in that
lin. The plating is done with the aid OF
an electric current and the finish obtained
by Mr.. Vaughan's apparatus is of the best,
The process is the same as that used by all
p'ating works, but the apparatus Mr..
Vaughan uses was made entirely by him
self.
Charles F. Mann of The Po@nix job
printing office, won the prize offered to
the best gentleman dancer in Hinsdale
Monday evening. The competition mar
rowed down to four couples, Paul Mann of
the Brooks House Pharmacy, Lawrence
Provost of the Brooks House barber shop,
and Miss Sadie Turner being among those
who finally danced for the prize. Miss
Stella Spencer of Hinsdale won the ladies'
prize.
The selectmen have received from pen
sion attorney in Boston list of soldiers
who served in the Second and Third Yer
mont regiments in the war of 1861, who
are entitled to 500 United States bounty
if they have not already received it, which
their discharge papers will show. The at
torney wishes to know the addresses of
the soldiers, and he states that if the SOL
dier is dead the 500, if unpaid, will be
paid to his widow, child, father, mother,
brother or sister, in the order named. The
following Brattleboro names are in the
list: Henry H. Prouty, Elijah Wales and
Francis A. Gleason.
Two diamonds have been won in the
Vermont Wheel clubs tournament-Spen-
Ger w. Knight being the winner in four
ball billiards and j. G. Howe IN three ball
billiards. The scores in four ball in the
closing game were knight 10, Munger
ZIG; Knight 70, Wood 122. The last four
ball game was the most exciting of the
tournament, knight winning out after he
apparently had no chance for victory. The
last game in three ball billiards was played
last night, Howe scoring so to AZ for Mil
Ter. Other games in three ball billiards
since last week: Bingham 80. Wood 4G !;
Howe so, Pettee AZ; Howe so, Bingham
80. The final game in pool will be played
next Monday night by Larrow, So, and
Dugan, so.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, in answer to
communication sent him from The Phua-
nix Office, states that the only time that
he was ever in Brattleboro was on visit
of few days with his father during the
last days Of the latter life. The elder Miles
carried on his numbering operations here
two or three years after 1868, and the visit
to which the General refers was probably
some time after the close of the civil war.
Gen. Miles also states that his mother and
her brothers we're born in Westminster,
Mass. B. c. Miles, brother of Gen. Miles,
writes that the general never spent win
ter in Brattleboro. b. G. Miles was here
several seasons with the father, who began
his operations here about 1860. b. &.
Miles says his mother was born in Sharon,
Mass, in 1902 and, that her parents went
TO Westminster, Mass, in 1904, and that
her entire life after that date was spent in
Westminster.
About two weeks ago DR.. Burke of New
port, who was substituting for Dr. j. L.
Rathbone while the latter was on a visit to
his home in Montreal, was severely bitten
by horse while he was attempting to ad-
minister medicine to the animal in the
Gilman stables on Elliot street. The horse
shut on to Mr.. Burke's arm and aftei ward
bit off the neck of the bottle which con-
tanned the medicine. Later the horse died.
Mr.. Burke was suspicious at the peculiar
actions of the horse and he had the horses
brain removed aud sci to New. York for
examination. DR.. Rathbone returned
home last Saturday, and on Wednesday of
this week he received word from New
York that the horses d ath was caused by
rabies. He Immediately telephoned to DR..
Burke, and the latter started at once for
the Pasteur Institute in New York where
he will undergo treatment to revent
hydrophobia.
Miss Alice c. Whitney of Rutland, for
merly of Brattleboro and George B. Bas-
com of Ticonderoga, n. Y, were quietly
married Wednesday noon at the home of
+. III. Chapman on Grove street, Rutland,
Rev. Theodore b. Foster performing the
ceremony, using the full Episcopal church
service. The house was prettily decorated
with palms and Easter lilies. The guests
from out of town numbered about 40 and
about dozen intimate friends of Miss
Whitney from Rutland were present.
Among those present was Prof. S. b.
Whitney, organist of the Church of the
Advent of Boston. The bride was given
away by her father, C. L. Whitney of New
Haven, Conn. miss Mildred Chapman
acted as ring bearer A wedding break
fast was served Immediately after the cere-
mOny, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bascom left on
the flyer for New York. They will make
their home in TicOnderoga. The bride
was born in Brattleboro and lived here I'M
I'll she was Is years old, her home being
with Mrs. Harriet Gibson after the death
of her mother. From here she went to
Montreal where she was educated in the
Villa Maria convent. Since then she has
lived In Rutland. The groom is the audi
tor of the International Paper company.
At present he is engaged at the head office
in New York city, but his business will be
20 visit and look after the accounts of the
several mills owned by the company.