Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-24


week. The links are being improved by
returning the greens.
Mark w. johnson of Dummerston and
Mrs. Florence (Keezer) Chamberlain OF
Brattleboro, were married at West Brattle-
boro Monday by Rev. j. II. Babbitt.
Sylvester +. Miner has sold his farm at
Centreville to Warren Fessenden and X.
II. Briggs, taking in exchange Mr.. Fessen-
den's house in Esteyville.
The "Society of the Seamstresses, Need
! lewomen and Shop Girls of Brattleboro'
will hold their annual meeting in Festival
! hall tomorrow evening at O'Clock
! full attendance is desired.
The first field day of Knights Templar
| will be held at Bellows Falls the first week
! in September The Communicates OF Bel
lows Falls, Brattleboro, Windsor and
Claremont will participate.
Linnie l.. Bemis, wife of Francis Truth,
| the "divine healer,' who recently had his
name changed from w. A. Bemis, has had
her name changed in the probate court at
Keene, to Linnie l.. Truth.
The Snowflake corn canning factory be
gan operations the first of this week, with
prospect of good season, in spite of the
predictions of a few weeks ago that the
dry weather had ruined the crop of sweet
| corn.
Brattleboro business men are interested
in the project for damming Broad brook in
Guilford for the development of power
for lighting and business purposes. 1t is
understood that the projectors are willing
to invest S25 900 in a plant,
Judge Wheeler will hold naturalization
court at the probate office next Monday
off not txun r,fn xuh
born person, entitled to receive naturaliza-
ton papers to allow him to vote at the
coming election, may appear. Judge
Wheeler holds a similar court at Bellows
Falls at noon today.
Two suspicious looking characters, who
boarded the Montreal express at Greenfield
Tuesday night, and paid their fare on the
cars, aroused much interest among train
men and others, who thought they might
be the criminals wanted in the Pittsfeld
murder case. One mans face was badly
scratched.
The Talladega, Alabama, college male
quartet will appear at the Congregations
church next Tuesday evening when they
will render program including plantation
melodies, dialect readings from Dunbar
and Uncle Remus and short talks upon the
work of the college. Prof. j. NJ. p. Met
calf, who accompanies the quartet will
give a short address. Talladega college
has had considerable help from BrattleborC
and there are many people in the village
who are especially interested in its work.
An audience of 500 people broke up tn,
performance which Rice's Comedians wer,
giving in Perth Amboy, n. j., Monday
night, and drove the performers out o
town. The manager cleared out with thu
receipts, taking four of the six actors with
him. The audience made rush for tn,
) box office, too late to catch the man will
the money, and then turned on the tive
actors left in the hall. The police had t
lock the two actors into cell to protec
them from the fury of the people.
The boating carnival at Pine Grow,
Springs last Saturday evening was one o
the most beautiful spectacles ever held a
Spofford lake. Over a dozen launches ant
row boats took part in the parade, eacl
craft being lavishly decorated and illumi
mated. The first prize for the most origi
nally decorated boat was awarded to Mr.
Sutton of Brooklyn, and Harry Dole o
Keene carried off second. James Boyc
of Keene, also won honorable mention.
A saddle horse belonging to Georg
Fairfield of South Vernon was stolen las
Saturday while hitched at Central park
but was found later in the evening quietl,
feeding in the rear of the Brattebort
House. The horse was evidently taken b,
a lad who inquired how long it would b
before the evening train arrived, and wheI
told, started toward the place where tn
horse was hitched. The horse was riddeI
about mile below the park, and thel
d turned around and ridden to this place
The lad probably went 10 the picnic, and
being short of money, took this course T.
reach home.
Edward johnson, who is employed b
the Brattleboro Street Railway company
. had two ribs cracked and was severed
bruised Tuesday afternoon by fall whicl
he sustained while at work at the new Cen
, terville power plant. He was jackin
, some timbers beneath the water whee
when the jack slipped, letting heavy tim
Der down upon him, and throwing him Of
an iron girder, from which he fell into tn
bottom of the wheel pit, a distance of 10 0
II feet, Walter Cain was injured at tn
car house last Friday evening by bein
struck on the head with piece of irol
which fell from the roof of the building
Mr.. Gains face was badly scratched an
the force of the blow loosened severa
, teeth.
,
beaten to death Saturday night at he
. home on the second floor of GA Secon
avenue, New York city. The body wa
discovered by her brother, Frederick, Is, VIII
returned home soon after midnight. Sh
was attacked with a hammer, and the pc
lice believe her assailant was some perso
who was in the rooms with her consent, a
there were but few evidences of a struggle
4 few dollars in money which the girl wa
known to have had, her gold watch an
two rings which she wore, evidently wer
u taken away by the murderer. Her broth
er has made conflicting statements and
now under arrest. Some of the policeme
(, in New York city believe that the murder
e er of Miss Scharn may have been the pei
{ son who killed Mamie Cunningham,
u niece of Rev. Patrick Cunningham,
{ 1896. Mamie Cunningham lived with he
Z mother on 37th street, only a few door
u from where Miss Scharn was slain.
u Plantation Melodies VIII BE Hear
Tuesday Night.
n One of the leading papers of Bingham
ton, n. Y, contained July % the follow
ing notice Cf the singers who will be hear
at the Centre church next Tuesday ever
ing: Plantation melodies, other songs an
recitations were heard at the First Presb,