Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-08-18
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A tablet was put up on the front of the
Congregational church Monday by E. L.
Parker.
The Rollin T. Cakes company of Eol-
yoke, Mass, are wiring J. G. Ullery's new
block for electric lights.
Oasis Encampment of Odd Fellows con-
ferred the Royal Purple degree upon two
candidates last evening.
II. J. Merchant, while coupling cars in
the freight yard Saturday had two fingers
crushed. DR.. Miller amputated one and
part Of the other.
One hundred and two tickets were sold
for the Block Island excursion Saturday
and 66 were sold for the excursion to Suna-
pee lake Sunday.
Smith, will speak at the convention of
Kings Daughters and Sons in the Congre-
gational church, Sept and 7.
A telegram was received yesterday from
G. Fred Childs announcing his arrival at
Banff Hot Springs, Northwest territory.
Snow, he says, is in sight everywhere.
A large granite monument, weighing
about ten tons, has been placed on the lot
of s. 81. Sherman and G. F. r. JENNIE in
the Prospect Hill cemetery by G. II. Grant
E Wales, who four years ago so sue
cessfully presented Pardon and Kirmess
at st. Johnsbury, has been engaged to
present his pageant and opera carnival
there three evenings during the week of
the county fair.
The New England Telephone and Tele-
graph company has gang of men at work
stringing another copper wire from Brat
tleboro to Bellows Falls to meet the needs
of an increasing patronage. The company
already has two wires between the two
towns, one of which is copper.
Mrs. Schuyler johnson, SO, of Clare
mont, N. H., died Aug. 10. She fell two
weeks before and received injuries which
fastened her death. She was mother of
Mrs. E. L. Parker of BrattlebOro, besides
whom she leaves a husband and two sons.
Mrs. Parker had been caring for her since
June.
There will be special meeting of Full
Ter Battery at 1880 o'clock next Tuesday
evening to take action upon closing up the
personal affairs of the battery. Every men,
Der is expected to be present, and everyone
who has uniform or property belonging to
the battery is expected to return it at that
time.
A bonfire which was started yesterday
morning near the woods on the Bradley
farm got beyond control and soon the
woods were ablaze and the smoke rolled up
in clouds that attracted the attention of
nearly everybody in the village The fire
was finally extinguished by about 80 men
from the Brattleboro Retreat.
Justice Merri6eld has rendered his deci-
sion in the case of Francis A. Pond against
Charles C.. Bartlett, which was an action
of trover for the conversion of a truck
wagon He holds that there was no con-
version of the property, but that a sale had
been made in which payment had not been
made,as agreed upon. He allows the de-
PENDANT to recover his costs.
Dispositions have been taken in the
county clerks Office this week in the mat
ter of the foreclosure Of E. II. Davenport
of West BrattlebOro, who holds a mort
gage of about $1,000 on the water cure
building on the south side of Elliot street,
owned by Hosea Mann and others. An
effort was made to show that the value of
the property was less than the mortgage
with view to getting a short time decree,
or decree shortening the time of redemp-
ton.