Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-30


The Brooks House barber shop will be
open until 8 o'clock Monday night, and
will be closed all day Tuesday.
The annual collection for Vermont
home missions at the Congregational
church last Sunday amounted to $50.
The first logs of the annual drive in the
Connecticut river reached Brattleboro
Tuesday, and a boom was constructed that
day.
The finance and membership committees
of the Y. NJ. G. A. have recommended a
change in the price of the junior member.
ship fees.
The abutments are nearly ready for the
iron railroad bridge at Winhall Station.
This bridge will dsplace the last wooden
bridge on the narrow gauge railroad.
j. II. Mortified has been appointed
administrator and VIM II. Rand and VIM.
7. Bruce appraisers and commissioners of
the Minerva G. Reyes estate of Newfane
The resignation of Rev. DR.. George Lee
on Walker as member of the Yale cor
pOration was presented at the annual meet
ing of the corporation Tuesday afternoon.
The parochial school closed Wednesday
John Kaine, jr, was the only graduate.
Father Reynolds of Bellows Falls and
Father Houlihan of Ludlow conducted the
examinations.
A. E. Atwood has issued a pocket time
table of the Brattleboro street railroad and
the Boston q Maine and Central Vermont
roads corrected to June 26. 1t also gives
the location of the fire alarm boxes and the
special signals
d. F. Shea has completely renovated his
fish market, making it very neat and at
tractive. Among the improvements is
computing scale, the only one of its kind
in town. This scale both weighs the arti-
Gle and tells its price at from three to %
cents per pound.
A meeting of Dennis Rebekah lodge was
held Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows hall,
the degree being conferred upon two can
didates. About % from the Hnsdale
lodge were the guests of Rebekah lodge
and following the degree work was So
cial hour, during which refreshments were
served.
The fourth open-air concert by the First
Regiment band attracted a large crowd
Tuesday evening. At one time there were
so teams between the Brooks House and
the Peoples National bank. The concert
was good, the plantation selection which
was played by request before the last num-
Der taking best with the crowd. There
was, however, more real musical worth in
the overture Light Cavalry" by Suppe
than in all the rest of the concert.
Deputy Sheriff Butler made a raid on
the brewery Tuesday. Beer was being
sold there but no spirituous liquors were
found. Harvey Clark, who was at the
brewery at the time of the big raid a week
ago, was not tried at Keene Monday. A
new police court has been established at
Hinsdale with Charles 2. Hopkins as JUS
tice. Mr.. Clark appeared before him yes
terday, waived eXamination and furnished
bail in the sum of 500 for appearance at
the October term of the county court.
Ex-Congressman II. II. Atwood, a ma
tive of Londonderry, was elected Tuesday
by the school board of Boston to be archi-
tect to prepare plans for new normal
schoolhouse to be erected in that city. A
bitter attack was made on Mr.. Atwood,
and charges were brought up regarding
his work a number of years ago as city
architect. Testimony which appeared in
the libel suit which Mr.. Atwood brought
against Mr. Peabody was also introduced.
A strong defence was made for Atwood
and the final vote of the school board was
II to 10 in his favor.
The insolvent estates of Van Doom &
Morris and Jordan IL Van Doom were
closed in the court of insolvency Monday.
In the estate of Van Doom IL Morris after
the payment of preferred claims the court
ordered dividend of 16 per cent to be
paid to the unpreferred creditors. In the
estate OF Jordan & Van Doom the court
ordered a dividend of u $40 per cent.
n, L
by the probate court. The account of the
administrator was allowed and the balance
in his hands was ordered divided among
the creditors whose claims were allowed
by the commissioners at the rate of 3-4
per cent
Gen. j. j. Estey spoke to an attentive
audience in the Baptist church Friday
evening upon the May meetings in San
Francisco, held by the Baptist missionary
societies of the United States. Gen. and
Mrs. Estey were in California on a bust
ness trip at the time and they took occa-
sion to attend many of the sessions. In
addition to many interesting things about
the meetings Gen. Estey told of numerous
incidents of his trip, speaking especially
of his visit to the seat of the Mormon
church, Salt Lake City, Utah, and of his
attending services in the great Mormon
tabernacle.
States Attorney II. G.. Barber issued
warrant yesterday morning for the arrest
of Chas. l.. Olsen, who has been employed
as asalesman in the shoe store of Durham
Brothers in Bellows Falls. Olsen was dis
charged the first of the week, and when he
left he took some goods from the store and
went to Boston where he attempted to
dispose of them. The persons to whom
he tried to sell the goods suspected him
and they called in a policeman who ar
rested him. Olsen admitted that he stole
the goods, and a message was sent to Dun
ham Brothers, who identified them. Of
icer Thompson of Bellows Falls went to
Boston with the warrant yesterday. He
will probably return today.
The new time tables on the Boston &
Maine and the Central Vermont railroads
went into effect Monday. The Central
Vermont schedule did not arrive until late
and several people who We're unaware of
the change in the early morning train
south, which has heretofore left at As,
but which was changed to 500, got left
Monday morning. The other changes on
the Central Vermont are as follows: The
Pals south arrives at 2:10, does not leave
until $40; the 2:05 north does not ar
rive until 2:20; the $3.50 from New Lon
don and Palmer does not arrive until 0:55.
A new train arriving from Springfield at
4;O3 has been put on, making Keene con-