Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01


advanced to per cent.
The Rev. DR.. Anstice of Philadelphia |
will preach in St. Michael's church on Sun
day morning next. Sermon 1880 A. NJ.
Maurice Burbanks, Frank Hopkins, |
Robert Longuille and David Shaw have
entered the bicycle races which take. place
at Keene, N. H., Labor day.
The body of Mrs. Nellie Foley Kimball,
who died in Spokane, Wash, last We'd
nesday, was brought to Brattleboro w d.
nesday and buried in the Roman Catholic
cemetery.
The Miller family union repeated their
corn roast and dance last Saturday evening
at Brookside Park. The affair was de-
light to all who attended and was also a
financial success.
The marriage of George Cakes and Miss
Lenna Fansler took place at Greenfield,
Mass. last Thursday. Their home will
be at Millers Falls where Mr.. Cakes is
proprietor of a lunch room.
Rev. Father Cunningham preached the
sermon at the funeral of Rev. Thomas
Lynch, vicar general of the Roman Catho-
| lie diocese of Vermont, at Fair Haven
Tuesday. Over 40 priests took part in the
service.
An important auction sale is advertised
in this paper to be held in West Halifax
Sept. 10. The sale includes the we'll
known G. f. Griffin farm and all the live
stock, farming tools and other personal
property.
The brick work on j. G.. Ullery's new
block was completed last week and the
structure is now being lathed preparatory
to plastering as soon as the roof is put on.
Hackley & Moran expect to occupy their
new store about Oct. 10.
Services will be resumed at the Univer-
salist church next Sunday after vacation
of five weeks. The pastor, Rev. r. K.
Marvin, will preach at 1920 upon "Gifts
and Responsibilities" The meeting of
the Young Peoples Christian Union will
be held at Z.
Arrangements have been made through
the Bailey agency for the sale OF the
Brooks House Pharmacy to Harry Haus
and C. E. Graffam-the latter an expert
enced pharmacist from Merrimac, Mass.
An inventory will be taken by George A.
Briggs of Claremont and a Boston drug
gist.
One of the connecting rods on the en-
CINE of the south-bOund White Mountain
/ express broke Tuesday afternoon few
= miles below Putney, delaying the train near
ly an hour. The accident was caused by
a sudden stop which was made to avoid
running into herd of cattle. Both con-
Meeting rods were taken off at Brattleboro
and the engine continued to Springfield,
Mass, using one pair of drive wheels
A hearing on the question of the distri-
button of the estate of Jonathan +. Rich
ardson was held before Judge Waterman
Saturday. The question at issue was
whether the son, Waldo K. Richardson,
had complied with the provisions of his
; fathers will in regard to supporting his
mother until the time of her death, and
was therefore entitled to his share of the
: estate. Judgment was given in favor OF
: the son.
Sylvanus Fox was arrested by Constable
Stockwell for intoxication Monday after
noon at West Brattleboro, where he was
D making a disturbance at the home of his
I sister, Miss Augusta Fox. He was ar.
raigned before Justice Newton Tuesday
} morning andp loaded not guilty but he wa;
confronted by five witnesses who testified
g | to the fact that he was drunk. Fox was
fined $50 and costs, amounting to S33 90
a with an alternative sentence of 100 days il
7 the House of Correction. He disclosed
5 that he procured his liquid joy from a cidel
: barrel in the cellar of his sisters house by
means of rubber tube.
Company l, 1st regiment, V. n. G..
/ held last evening its first regular drill pre-
? paratory to its participation in the Dewel
y celebration. The company is now recruit
, ed nearly to its full strength, 81 men, al
3 though there are still few vacancies left
The Springfield rifles which are TO be uset
o by the company have arrived, but have no
= yet been unpacked. Following is list o
3 the men who have enlisted since the frs
d meeting Oscar Guiheen, William f. Dun
d levy, William T. Ryan, M. j. Lynch ant
Harry M. Walker of Brattleboro, Franl
IL Golden, T. w. Golden, Fred c. Knapp
st James G.. King and Harry F. Smith 0
l. Hinsdale. N. H., G. A. Tenney of Wind
a ham and II. P. Mandigo of Bellows Falls
:; The Brattleboro Woman's club will be
r. gin at its next meeting, which will be he'll
: Sept. 8, an unusually interesting course o
: study to be continued throughout the win
ter. 1t is called "Our Year in Europe,
/. and full program of each meeting is Civ
al en- in the neatly gotten up Year book whlcl
r was published by the club last spring
t. Nearly every meeting will be devoted to
s, country or group of countries in Europe
lie Papers pertaining to the country will
a read and discussed by club members. His
y torical poems also will be given, and tn
meeting will close with the national hymn
IS The program of the first meeting, which
S. of an Introductory nature, is as follows
he Roll call, summer memories; curren
Is events of the summer, Mrs. Dewitt; boo
h reviews, Miss Fletcher and Mrs. Whitaker
N reading from "Our Hundred Days in Ell
ID rope" Praise is due Mrs. Whitaker an
r the other members of the program con
e mittee for their work in arranging cours
r. of study which will prove of so much Der
al eft TO all who have the advantage of it.
I'd g. p. Chase and Son Thrown ThrOug
r Plate Glass window.
rs c. p. Chase, the Lyman street lumbe
81 dealer and his son, j. b. Chase, had
lg thrilling experience in a runaway acciden
70 at Springfield, Mass, Thursday, and thei
lie escape from serious injury was almost mi
s. raculous. Both men were thrown violentl
n from their wagon and through the centr
re of the large plate glass window of the P.
II Moore company, at the corner of Main an
OF Worthington streets. The horse was
four-year-old colt, but it had never prev
n ously shown any disposition to run away
n On Main street, near Harrison avenue, til
"a, bit broke, and the colt started runnin
I'd and went up Main street at a terrific pace
p Mr.. Chase lost all control of the ANNA
e- Near the corner of Worthington street th
n