Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-12
BRATTLEBORO.

The ladies of Protective Grange will
serve public dinner next Thursday
noon at the Grange banquet hall. The ar
rangements are in competent hands and
an excellent dinner is assured.
The Brattleboro Street railway COM
pany will run three cars on Commute time
for the summer beginning Monday, May
Is, week days only. Sunday time will re-
main same as now. Third car will 90 on
at 11:20 A. NJ, meeting at bridge and wa
ter house switches, and is taken off at 9:20
p. VI.
Col. Kittredge Haskins will be the Mem
orial day orator in Brattleboro this year.
Hon. j. L. Martin will deliver the Memo
rial day address in Westminster. Both
Col. Haskins and Mr.. Martin had accept
ed invitations to speak elsewhere, but they
cancelled their engagements in order that
they might be in Brattleboro on the day
following Memorial day to attend to i'm
portant business matters.
James Thomas was severely bitten in the
left leg Wednesday morning at his farm on
the Hinsdale road by boar which became
Infatuated while Mr.. Thomas was at work
in the pen. The animal tore three large
gashes in Mr. Thomas's leg above the knee
before he could get out of reach. Several
stitches had to be taken in each of the
wounds, the flesh being lacerated nearly to
the bone. The injury will confine Mr..
Thomas to his bed for several weeks.
Three saloon passengers on the White
Star steamer Teutonic were arrested on the
arrival of the vessel at New York Wednes-
day. One of the three was DR.. j. Owen.
Mrs. Owen, fashionably clad and wearing
diamond jewelry, was at the pier to meet
her husband, and was surprised to find him
prisoner. Owen attempted to pass some
thing to his wife, which was intercepted.
1t was found to be well-fiiled purse con-
cealed in handkerchief. The officials de-
clined to give the particulars.
private letter received in Brattleboro
tells of the arrest and Imprisonment in
Rutland of Fl. F. Burnham, formerly a
painter in Brattleboro. The charge was
alternating the affections of the wife of w.
II. Thomas of Rutland, formerly an insur-
ance agent in Brattleboro. Thomas, who
has been in Brattleboro within few DAYS,
stated to a Brattleboro friend that he had
separated from his wife since Burnham's
arrest. The circumstances of the case as
told by Rutland lawyer are that Thomas
went away from home on a business trip,
leaving word as to when he would return
He returned sooner than was expected and
found Burnham hiding in a closet in his
(ThOmas's) house. Thomas Immediately
had papers made out for the arrest of
Burnham, and demanded several thousand
dollars for the alienation of his wife's af-
fections. The Rutland officials have noti-
fed the selectmen of Brattleboro that this
town must pay Burnham's board while he
is in Jail awaiting trial.
The Robinson Comic Opera company
gave four performances, all pleasing and
meritorious, at the Auditorium last week,
closing Saturday night with "The Bohe-
milan Girl" The strength of the company
lies in not having single weak principal,
instead of depending upon one or two stars.
The singers are also excellent actors, and
the chorus sang with more power than
some choruses twice as large. Frank D..
Nelson, the bass; Laura Clement soprano:
and Charles n Holmes, tenor, were the
finest soloists, but the others were highly
satisfactory. The Robinson company left
Brattleboro with reputation which will
be sure to draw large audiences if another
engagement is played here. "The Bohe-
milan Grip had special interest for a
Brattleboro audience, as Will Schuster
scored his greatest success in this opera,
in the part of Count Arnheim, which was
taken here by Mr. Nelson. The solo,
"The Heart Bowed Down." which Mr..
Nelson sang so effectively, was the one in
which Mr.. Schuster was so often recalled.