Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-27
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY JULY

Pipe was laid last week for running
water in the Roman Catholic cemetery.
The fresh air children at Crowel's park
returned to New York Tuesday Another
party arrived on the same day.
Two of the largest cells taken from Sun
set lake in recent years we're caught few
nights ago by Bert Sergeant, the conductor.
The two weighed nine pounds.
Every Republican in Brattleboro is in
vited to attend the meeting to be held at
the town hall next Thursday evening at 8
O'Clock, when a Republican club will be
formed.
Henry Guellow, who has been employed
in John Bissett's barber shop on Elliot
street several months, has bought the
Weeks barber shop at the corner of South
Main and Canal streets, and will take pos
session next Monday.
The 10Th annual summer meeting of
Universalsts at Saratoga Springs, n. Y,
will be held next from Monday to Aug. g. in
the convention hall. Mr.. and Mrs. Il. j.
b. Cudworth are among the Brattleboro
people who will attend.
Harie M. Taylor of North Hinsdale,
who served with Company | of the First
Vermont Volunteers in the war against
Spain, has been granted an original pen
sion of So per month, through the office of
Col John Hunt, pension attorney.
Chief-of- Police Hall and policemen
Thayer and Worden raided the Brattleboro
House Sunday night on a complaint issued
| by States Attorney Barber. Several men
were drinking beer when the officers en-
tered the bar-room, and G. G. Turner was
| behind the bar No intoxicating liquor
was found.
Thomas Manning was arrested by police
| man Worden on Flat street Sunday night
| for intoxication. He was arraigned before
Justice Newton Monday morning, pleaded
! guilty and was fined So and costs, amount
ing to 80 Sc, which his wife paid Man
ming said he got his liquor of 'Jack" Mar
tin on the New Hampshire side of the
bridge.
The board of trade has made arrange
ments so that freight from Brattleboro to
Boston may be shipped ali the way by the
| Boston & Maine system, If the shippers
will notify the clerks at the freight office of
their wish to have shipments 90 that way
Freight loaded before II o'clock at noon
will reach Boston at 2 o'clock the next
morning.
Paul Dwight Moody, son of the great
evangelist, a senior in Yale college aud
president of the Yale Y. NJ. G. A, will
speak at the y. NJ. c. A. meeting on the
common next Sunday at o'clock. If the
weather should be stormy the meeting will
be held in the Methodist church. People are
requested to bring camp-chairs, although a
limited number will be furnished for the
ladies'
Durham Brothers, who have been the
general agents for the celebrated Mishawa-
ka goods since Jan. l in New England,
have just had all of Canada east of the
Ottawa river added to their territory, in
Guiding Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia Prince Edwards Island and New
foundland This will make a very large
increase in their business in this line,
which already amounts to several hun.
dred thousand dollars annually.
Ernest r. Longuell of Company <, 10th
United States Volunteers, arrived in San
Francisco few days ago, having been sent
there from Manila on one of the hospital
ships as an invalid. Longuei's father re.
ceived letter Wednesday from the boy au-
nouncing his arrival, and stating that be
weighed only los pounds. Longueil is
only 10 years old, bu. when he enlisted he
was fine specimen physically, weighing
over lou, ana possessing unusual endur-
ance. He was well known among local
bicyclists as a long-distance rider. Lon
gueil is now in the government hospital.
John G. Baker gave a skillful exhibition
of craftsmanship Saturday morning on
Main street, when high-spirited horse
which he was driving SHE'D quickly at the
starting of the steam roller, and overturn-
ed the buggy. Mr.. Baker and Maurice
Guiheen were thrown to the macadam
roadway, and everybody in sight expected
to see bad smash.up. Mr. Baker held
tenaciously TO the reins, however, despite
the fact that one wheel ran lengthwis over
his body, and after being dragged a dozen
feet on the slippery roadway he stopped
the horse. A minute later both men were
back in the buggy, and the horse was being
taught a lesson through a closer inspection
of the steam roller.