Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-07-21

H. II. Hackley entertained his Sunday
school class at Sunset lake Friday and Sat
urday.
The mail from Chesterfield N. H.,
which formerly reached here at $3.50 p. NJ,
will hereafter arrive at o'clock.
Rev. George Edward Martin of Philadel-
phia, Pa, will occupy the pulpit of the Con-
gregational church Sunday, August n.
S. W. Edgett & Co. have sold for Will
liam Baker of Boston large orange grove
in Barlow, Fla, to w. s. Hastings of
Mortified, Mass.
j. o. Smith sold his pair of so called
ARABIAN" horses to j. w. Shipman, pro-
prietor of the Uncle TOMS Cabin company
which exhibited here last week.
There was an attendance of about 40 at
the Red Mems fish supper Friday evening.
An interesting program was carried out,
the festivities closing about o'clock.
The sacred concert which was to have
been given at Brookside Park Sunday af-
ternoon by Leitsnger's orchestra was
postponed on account of the stormy
weather.
Mrs. E. r. Dimick of Brooklyn, N.
Y, who is now at her summer home in
Halifax, came to Brattleboro Monday to
have a needle point removed from her
thumb. The point was broken off in the
end of her thumb five weeks ago and it
was removed from the third joint, having
traversed the entire length of the thumb.
G. F. Thompson has adjusted the loss on
the farm buildings of Jerry Dodge in Dunn
merston, which were burned last week, at
$5635S, in the Vermont Mutual and
Union Mutual Fire Insurance companies.
He has also adjusted the loss on the David
Bemis farm buildings and contents, burn
ed last week in Townshend, at S1052, in
the Vermont Mutual.
The funeral of the late James II. Capen,
who died last Wednesday, was held from
his home in Centerville Saturday afternoon
at O'clock The services were wholly in
charge of Beauseant Commandery, Knights
Templar, about 25 members of the order
attending. Several selections were sung
by Frank II. Brasor. The burial was in
Prospect Hill cemetery. The bearers were
j. Henry Pratt, l. d. Bailey, II. K. Tay-
Tor, W. II. Vinton, A. w. Crouch and G.
L. Piper.
Harry Pike was arrested by Chief-of-Po-
lice Hall Saturday night on a complaint
charging him with selling Intoxicating
liquor at the night lunch room. The pro-
prietor of the lunch room was arrested in
January on a disclosure, and Pike, who
was then employed in the room, was to
have been arrested, but he left the state
and has remained away ever since, except
Sundays, until Saturday night. The trial
of the case against Pike was continued
until July IS, and Pike was released on
bail.
Arthur Adams, who lives in district No.
6, killed fox with a charge from a shot
gun Tuesday at distance of Is rods and
six feet while the fox was running at full
speed. Adams was out back of his barn
hunting for woodchucks with which TO
feed his six young foxes when he saw the
old fox coming toward him, about 20 rods
away. The fox discovered Adams before
he was near enough TO present a good
mark and turned to run. Adams deter
mined to take his chances, however, and
brought down the animal
George Harris of West Brattleboro was
run over by team and seriously injured
about o'clock Saturday in front of Hol-
denis drug store. He stepped off the side
walk to board an electric car just in time
to be struck by the horses shoulder, neither
Mr.. Harris nor the driver of the horse see
ing the other. Mr.. Harris was thrown to
the ground, his face striking the macadam,
and one wheel passed over him. His feet
were caught by the rear wheel and he was
thrown completely over, again striking on
his shoulder, which was broken some time
ago and which had not wholly united, ag-
gravating that injury. One ear was LAGER
ated, long cash was cut on one side of
nd he =. 4
places. He was rendered unconscious and
remained so for 10 minutes or more.
The j. w. Shipman company lured two
large audiences to its presentation of Uncle
Toms Cabin Friday and Saturday even
ings at Brookside Park. The large tent
was filled each night, many people being
unable to get seats. The entertainment
itself was at par with the presentations of
Uncle Toms Cabin which have been given
here recently. The small stage and the
primitive scenery added very little to the
work of the actors, most of them being
second or third rate "stars." Some of the
situations were strain upon the magma
ton. The defects in the performance
were concealed in a great measure how
ever, by the comic song sellers and the
lemonade and candy dispensers who did a
rushing business among the audience dur
ing the touching scenes of the play. The
company gave street parade Friday noon
and band concerts in front of the town
hall Friday and Saturday evenings before
the performance.
The suit of John B. Manley against Har-
riet Barden, to recover the price of a bicy-
Gle, was tried before Justice Merriheid
Monday, the testimony and arguments oc-
cupying large part of the day. The evil
dence tended to show that Miss Barden
bought the wheel of Manley in April with
the understanding that she was to pay S.
a month until it was paid for. She made
the May payment, but about the middle of
June she returned the wheel for new
rear tire, claiming that the old one was
porous. Manley refused to replace the
tire without pay for it so Miss Barden left
the wheel. The plaintiff claimed that the
tire was all right when first sold, but that
1t had become porous by being improperly
used. The defendant denied that the
wheel had been improperly used and
claimed in reply to the allegation that it
had been ridden by men that there should
be no difference in the tires whether they
are for mems or women's wheels. II. G.
Barber appeared for the plaintiff and Kit
tredge Haskins for the defendant.