Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-09


meeting Tuesday evening.
Six members will be initiated into the
Catholic Order of Foresters at the meeting
of the local court next Tuesday evening.
G., II, Pratt and II. =. Welman have
been appointed appraisers and commits
sioners of the Frances E. Bingham estate.
Owing to a disagreement on the part of
the management of the Keene High school
base ball team no game was played here
last Saturday afternoon. The Brattleboro
boys play their last game of the season at
Hinsdale, N. H., tomorrow.
j. o. Smith bought new coach in Bos-
ton last week for use in the free passenger
service between the Brooks House and the
depot. The vehicle is of modern design,
nicely finished and attractive in appearance.
1t is much larger than the old bus and an
improvement over it in every respect.
The regular monthly business meeting
of the directors of the Y. NJ. G. A. was
held in the association rooms Monday
evening. The reports of the committee
were read and accepted, and plans for the
coming seasons work were discussed.
Three new members were voted into the
association.
The members of the junior department
of the Y. NJ. G. A., accompanied by Gen
eral Secretary Wilson, will go to Hinsdale,
| n. H., tomorrow on their wheels, leaving
the association rooms at O'Clock. They
will attend the ball game between the
Brattleboro and Hinsdale High schools in
| the afternoon.
The Brattleboro Military band will ac
company the Brattleboro contingent to the
international convention of Foresters
which is to be held in Burlington the week
of June 10. The delegation will leave
here on the late train Tuesday evening,
June 20. Over 80 bands already have
been secured to appear in the parade.
George A. Parmenter of Cambridgeport,
Mass, was in Bratteboro Friday to attach
Parmenter tenders to one of the Brattle-
boro Street Railroad company's cars.
The other cars will be equipped with fend-
ers of this make by June %. The Par
menter fender is one of three makes OF
tenders recommended by the state railroad
commissioner.
Arthur |. Howe, formerly of Brattle-
boro but now of Holyoke, Mass, and Miss
Mabel L. Hescock of this village were mar
ried Sunday afternoon at the Methodist
parsonage, Rev. Il. F. Lowe performing
the ceremony. Only few of the brides
relatives were present at the service. Mr..
and Mrs. Howe left Monday morning for
Uolyoke, where they will make their
home, Mr. Howe having employment in a
paper factory in that city.
The annual meeting of the Springfield
Electric Railway company will be held
next Tuesday. The Springfield Reporter
says: "The company is making extensive
improvements on its tracks and especially
on its terminal facilities on Mineral street
Two new tracks have been laid on the
land in front of the re-modeled store
houses and third is to be laid Thi:
will give good facilities for unloading, es
pecally coal. Heavier switches are being
put in, the track is to be strengthened il
many places and an additional passenger
car is to be bought"
A special session of the probate cour
was held Saturday. The will of Lovn;
, Weatherhead was allowed and Hiram f
and Elizabeth Weatherhead were appoint
ed executors. f. S. Morse was appointed
guardian of Waldo E. Richardson. Ira P
Chase of Nottingham chose Samuel b
Chase guardian. j. H. Merrifeld was ap
, pointed guardian of Obed Hall in place o
! II. M. Hescock, resigned. VIM. B. BishoI
! appealed from the report of the commits
Milton B. Bishop estate in Nottingham
The appeal was allowed.
DR.. Henry F. Walker of New York city
a native Of Pittsford and the donor of tn
! beautiful "Walker Memorial" is about t.
: present to his native village another sub
stantial token of his love for his boyhoo
4 home in the shape of a stone bridge owe
: Furnace brook. 1t is to cost Sl1 900 an
will be built of native blue stone, which i
being quarred in Chittenden, a new ledg
being opened for the purpose, as DR. Walk
. er was especially anxious that native ston
= should be used. The bridge will be in tn
= form of an arch, and stone will be use
entirely in its construction. DR.. Henri
: Walker is a brother of Rev. DR.. Georg
Leon Walker.
There is probability that the contest G
, the will of DR.. Thomas Seton Robertson
u the atheist, who was formerly a summe
y. resident of Brattleboro, will be settled on
- of court. DR.. Robertson left the bulk c
his estate to the medical department c
', the University of Vermont, making no be
quest to his wife who lived apart froI
,, him for the two years before his death
- and his wife, through her coutsel, Co
Robert G. Ingersoll, gave notice to the couI
: that she would contest the will. Whe
the case was called before Surrogate Fit
II gerald last week Col. Ingersoll, in beha
b. of the widow, announced that a comprC
d mise was under way, and he obtained a
adjournment.
VIM. Pomeroy sold the Orange, Mass
y Journal last week to G. S. Wall of Bale
winville, and the latter disposed of tn
property in few hours TO D. L. Crandal
. owner of the Orange Enterprise, and
s. S. Whitman of the Orange Up-to-dat
!, printing office. The three offices are
II be combined by the Orange Enterpris
u company. The capital will be $4,000
> and Mr.. Crandall will be president an
/ treasurer and Mr.. Whitman vice presider
. and secretary. Mr.. Crandall bought tn
Enterprise several years ago and has in
y proved the paper and enlarged the 10
d printing office until he employs 20 hands
Z Mr. Crandall was in the railway mail ser,
ice many years and was at one time
d newspaper man in Brattleboro.
y Cinnamon Ordered DepOrted.
q The hearing in the case of the govern
: ment against Lee Pong and Lee Fl
=. Chung, Cinnamon seeking admission
= the United States, which was continue
d two weeks ago, was finished before Judg
il Wheeler Monday afternoon. The cas-
70 was continued at the request of the go,
! eminent officials who wished an opportul
~ ty to get additional evidence. The 90,
,s eminent introduced two Cinnamon VII
toetiHa1 tbat I oa rpU ba1 ,