Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-15

Mrs. G. E. Davis and son, Howe, are Wis
iting her parents in Granville, Vt, for
few days.
]. H. Blakeley goes to Detroit tonight to
attend the national meeting of the Odd
Fellows of the United States
Mrs. 81. F. King, Miss King and Henry
and Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Sawyer closed
their cottages at Sunapee and returned to
their homes here Tuesday
The Barber family from Brooklyn, N.
Y, who have been spending the summer
at the Naples, the home of John Stoddard,
have returned to their home.
The ladies' union of the Congregational
church will hold their first Home Missionary
meeting of the season next Wednesday at
ternoon at 4:30 in the vestry of the church
This will be followed by social hour and
supper served at $3.50 by Mrs. John Morse,
Mrs. F. A. George and Miss Nellie Dean.
Work upon the laying of the new eight
inch water pipe through Canal street and
across the island to Bridge street is pro-
crossing rapidly, large gang of men be-
ing at work. Last Sunday the pipe was
laid under the tracks of the Boston &
Maine railroad in the yard. Only week
or two more will be required to complete
the job.
Few cases of local Importance are ex-
pected to be tried by the present county
court at Newfane. The highway case
against the town will not probably be
brought before this session. The mileage
case against the Rutland railroad will
probably be settled and the verdict of JUS
tice @. H. Williamss court paid by the road.
At least that is what the roads attorney,
W. w. Stickney, intimates.
The Washington dispatches of Tuesday
stated the appointment of W. N. Batch
elder of Chester as first lieutenant in
the 10th infantry. Mr.. Batchelder will be
remembered here as lecturing last year be-
fore the ladies' union of the Congrega-
tional church, giving his experiences as the
only Vermopter who was a member of
Roosevelt's Rough Riders. His snthusi-
asm in army matters was unbounded, hav-
ng secured his opportunity to join that
regiment through the influence of Senator
Proctor, who has now evidently assisted
him to his present position.
V.K. Nash of Providence, who has
been known here the past year as
the constructing engineer of the electric
railroad, went last week to Idaho
to examine gold properties for the Interna-
tional Exploration company. Mr.. Holton
has been in town a portion of the past
week. He thinks he has secured New Ha-
ven parties to put money into the building
of the road in the place of the Burling-
ton syndicate. He thinks work will be be-
gun at once "If can get them to agree to
one or two things more" which he went to
New Haven early in the week to do.
The Baptist society scored great sue
cess in the rendering of their cantata,
"Under the Palms." Tuesday evening
The church was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity, those unable to get seats filling the
aisles, halls and steps outside. A large
chorus of 90 voices took part and the rich
Jewish costumes were very effective. The
direction of the affair was in charge of
Mrs. j. X. Thayer, to whom a large
amount of credit IS due for the success of
the evening. A large number of local So
loists, as we'll as those from abroad, assist
cd. No admission fee was charged at the
door, hut the collection taken amounted to
457. The expenses we're nothing as every
thing was contributed, and so the building
fund of the church was increased by that
amount.