Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-07-28

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studio east of the Brattleboro House to
j. w. Prouty, the former proprietor. Mr..
Haywood will try to secure position in
some professional studio.
A. w. Chids & Co. have paid to the
heirs of Charles f. Thomas, jr, who was
recently killed in railroad accident near
Yantic, Conn, Mr.. Thomas's accident
claim in the Travellers Insurance company.
Luther II. Miller will leave next week
for Lake Pleasant, Mass, where he will
have employment during the month of
August in acandy store of which his broth
er, Austin K. Miller, is one of the propri-
etors.
Windham County Pomona grange has
received a cordial invitation from Cheshire
County Pomona grange to meet with them
at Spofford lake on Aug. 8, it being their
annual field day. Dinner will be served on
| the picnic plan.
Some of the citizens of Frost street have
presented to the selectmen petition ask
ing that the town alter the highway at the
| junction of Frost, Flat and Elm streets by
widening it so as to include a part of the
land where S. A. Smith & Co.'s barn sat
before the fire.
Thomas Manning, who has been serving
a term in the house of correction, return
ed to Brattleboro Wednesday, having been
pardoned by Gov. Smith Manning was
sentenced in February.to 525 days for sell
| ing liquor, and he had served about one
third OF the sentence
The regular afternoon meeting of the
Y. NJ. G. A. next Sunday will be held on
| the common in West Brattleboro. Rev.
Mr.. Chandler, who is supplying at the
| Congregational church in the absence of
Rev. j. II. Babbitt, will deliver the address.
Music will be furnished by a male quartet.
Col. NJ. A. Mcclure of Rutland is ar
ranging matters in regard TO Vermonts
part in the 10Th annual session of the Sow
ereign Grand lodge of Odd Fellows TO be
held at Detroit September Is to 80. He
thinks that between 100 and $50 Odd Eel
lows will go from this state. The New
Hampshire Odd Fellows will go with the
VermonteIs.
Thomas j. Murphy, so, died Saturday
night at the Brattleboro Retreat where he
had been an inmate the past two yeasr
He was formerly telegraph operator in
Burlington, where he has spent most of
his life. He leaves a widow who for some
time past has worked at the Brooks House
The body was taken to Burlington Sunday
night for burial.
Capt. w. T. Haigh was at the armory
Saturday afternoon with pay-rols TO be
signed by the men who enlisted i'm COM
pany and went to Camp Olympia. Sixty
or more signed the rolls, and nearly all the
others have signed them since then. The
rolls will be returned to the adtutant gen.
eral and the men will soon receive pay at
the regular rate from the. time of enlist.
ment to the going into camp.
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three more houses in Springfield, Mass,
for investment, exchanging in part two
houses in Somervllle, Mass. One of the
houses in Somerville has been exchanged
for the Thomas Clark farm, near the
Dummerston ferry, owned by Mrs. Annie
NJ. Silva. The Clark farm was sold to
Henry r. Brown of Brattleboro. Over
S25 900 worth of property changed hands
in the transactions, which were conducted
through F. ]. Bailey's agency.
The North Adams Transcript of Tues
day had the following in reference to the
performer who will be the star attraction
at Brookside Park next week: Santa
nelli, the hypnotist, gave remarkably sat
sfactory performance at the Wilson thea
tire last evening. He had class Of a
dozen and good sized first night audience.
All of his work was very good, and in his
final work, the production of living pic
lures, he excelled any hypnotist who has
ever been seen here. 1t is we'll worth
while to spend some time and energy to
see these groups, which offer remarkable
character studies"
The assignees of A. F. & L. Z. Kelley
OF Minneapolis have sent 10 BrattebOro
this week several release blanks to be
signed by their creditors. According to
the terms mentioned in the documents the
creditors who sign them agree to accept
,, whatever dividends the assignees are able
to pay and to make no further claims
against the estate. A dividend of 10 per
, cent on the estate of A. +. & l.. f. Kelley
will be paid at once and it is probable
that another dividend of 10 per cen.
,, will be paid later. 1t is expected that a
, dividend of 20 per cent will be paid to the
creditors of the individual estate of A. F.
, Kelley.
The funeral of Maurice Higgins was
held from the Roman Catholic church
Saturday morning at O. 80 o'clock, Rev.
Father Cunningham officiating at the serv-
ices. The burial was in the Catholic
! cemetry. The bearers were Michael j.
Baker, Job A. Long, Richard L. Heaphy,
John j. Austin, and Michael Baker, jr.
Among those present at the funeral from
, out of town were Mr.. and Mrs. Wyman
Jefferson, George p. McGuirk, r. G. Port
er, William Tyrell, N. E. Angler, and
, Frank Pitcher of Claremont, N. H.; NJ. j.
: Houlihan, p. Houlhan, Miss Mary Houli-
han and Miss Maggie Houlihan of Chic
opee, Mass.
, An interesting condition prevails at the
, Flynt quarry which the company has thus
far been able to meet, said the Monson,
Mass, correspondent of the Springfield
, Republican Saturday. The company has
been furnishing stone on one contract
: from its quarry at DummersLon, VT,
where most of the employees are non-union
+ men. Some of it was sent to Monson to
be set. One of the union cutters at the
, Monson quarry was given a stone Thurs
day which he understood came from the
Dummerston quarry. He refused to cut it.
The Italian cutters were then given the
Vermont stones, and the union black
. smiths refused to sharpen their tools. The
company has thus far its stone, but the
outcome is awaited with interest. Mr..
Flynt said yesterday that he did not know
that any of the men in the Monson quar-
ry were members of the union. Work is
somewhat slack and he thought the men
would be glad of the work. If they pre-
fer to loaf they can do so. The company
has always been able to hire all the men
needed and expect to be able to continue