Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-26
A new concrete walk has been laid on


the west side of Cedar street this week.
Bratteboro lodge of Masons will hold
special meeting this evening when the
third degree will be worked
Engine No. 191 of the narrow gauge
road has been sent to the railroad shops in
st. Adams this week for repairs
Llveryman Higgins took a tally-ho load
of Rebekahs to Hinsdae Wednesday night
to attend supper and initiation.
Prof Tufts of Chicago University, who
has supplied the pulpit of the Congrega-
tional church the last two Sundays, will
preach again next Sunday.
The High school base ball team will play
game with the Hinsdale High school
team Oh the island grounds tomorrow af-
ternoon at $50.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Brattleboro & Whitehall railroad
will be held in the Brooks House tomorrow
| forenoon.
Mrs. DIR. Drew of Lowell, Mass, by re-
quest will give another free lecture to
women at Grange hall tomorrow evening.
Particulars are given in our advertising
columns.
The ladies of st. Michael's Episcopal
church will hold a series of cake sales, on
! Saturday afternoons, in the choir room, at
the rear of the church. The first sale will
be tomorrow from to 5 p. NJ.
The large number of New York Life
policy holders in this vicinity will be inter
ested in the exhibit of life-insurance prem
ium incomes and gains 1S9S over 1897
presented in another column of this paper.
Veterinary j. S. Dutton tested 80 cattle
in Townshend the last of last week for j.
G. Newton of Fishers Island, N. Y. None
of them were diseased. They were shipped
to Fishers Island Wednesday of this week.
The next meeting of the Womans club
will be held with Mrs G.. F. r. Jenne on
Oak street Friday afternoon, June 2, at 3
o'clock. Members who attend are request
ed to be prepared with items Of current
events.
| Letsinger's orchestra assisted the Frank
| lin County Choral society in its final con-
! cert of the season at Greenfield, Mass,
Tuesday evening, when the cantatas
Feast of Adonis" and "Eve of st. Agnes"
were presented.
The Richardson block on Elliot street
and the block north of the American
House in which is the meat market, have
been sold by the W. F. Richardson estate
to L. H., f. B. and F. A. Richardson and
Mrs. o. o. Ware of Wilmington.
The trustees of the Bratteboro East so.
| ciety are ready to receive bids for the Con-
gregational parsonage buildings on North
Main street. The old buildings must be
removed as soon as possible in order that
preparations for the new parsonage can be
| made.
DR.. c. G. Wheeler, the osteopathist has
been in Bellows Falls Wednesdays and Sat
urdays during the past month, having an
office in Gray block. He thinks there is
| opportunity for successful practice of oste-
opathy in that place and he will continue
his visits for the present.
Philip, the three-year-ol son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Erickson, fell from the Elliot
street end of the iron bridge last Saturday
| afternoon while at play with number of
other children. The child was at first
thought to be seriously hunt but nothing
worse than several bruises has developed.
The officers and committee of the vari-
GUS organizations connected with the Bap-
fist church met Tuesday evening and dis
cussed plans for church beneyolence dur
ing the coming year. The meeting had no
authority to take formal action, but 1t is
probable that the plan which was favored
at the meeting will be adopted
1t is announced that Della Fox, whose
"Little Host company disbanded in Brat
tleboro short time ago, and who was re-
Gently reported to be dying in ST. Louis,
has returned to New York and is making
preparations for a summer tour Her
health has improved rapidly, it is said, dur
ing her rest at her home in st. Louis.
Rev. Harry r. Miles of Hartford, Conn,
will begin his pastorate over the Congre-
gational church of Brattleboro June l. He
will conduct the Friday evening meeting
next week. Mr.. and Mrs. Miles will not
begin housekeeping in Brattleboro until
the new parsonage is finished. Until then
they will probably board at the Brooks
House.
The announcement comes in a despatch
from Chicago that the letter carriers of the
United States are combining in move
ment to have their pay increased so that
the maximum yearly salary will be $1,000
instead OF $1,000 as now, with proper
tionate increase in the other grades. A
fund will be raised by an assessment of $40
each on the members of the National asso-
citation of letter carriers. The Bratteboro
carriers, who are members of the associa-
ton, have been notified of the levy of this
assessment.
Inc name Ol JULIUS -. OJOcKWell appears
in list of names in aWashington despatch
of Wednesday as having been commission
ed postmaster at West Brattleboro. When
w. d. Stockwell, formerly postmaster at
West Brattleboro, sold out to j. L. Stock
well his interest in the store in which the
post-office is located he resigned his posi-
ton as postmaster in favor of j. l.. Stock |
well. No public mention of the fact has |
ever been made, but his friends have ex- |
pected for some time that j. l.. Stockwell |
would be commissioned postmaster.
Work on the s. A. Smith company's
new building has been slightly delayed on !
account of the loss by fire of over 2OO.- |
600 feet of two and half inch and three |
inch hard pine lumber which had been or |
dered from North Carolina for use in roof |
Ing and flooring. Enough of this kind of |
lumber has been secured from other sources
to allow the work to 60 on for time, aud
more will be on the grounds before the
present stock is exhausted. The Smith
company has decided to have its main
building three stories high instead of two
as was at first planned This change is
made in order to give an increased floor
space which in all probability will be need
ed when the factory is in full running or
der.
Leaks In the maIn-StreeI Bridge.
Newton G. Bond of North Adams, Mass.
the engineer who was EMPLOYED by the