Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

Growers park for the past month, return |
ed to New York yesterday.
Two electric fans have been placed on
the stage at the Auditorium through the !
kindness of c. f. Thompson.
Norman Newell cut off the end of his
right thumb last week while at work on IA
buzz planer at the Estey shops.
About - Rebekahs held a picnic at
Brooksde park last Saturday afternoon.
The afternoon was spent socially.
The following notice has been placed in
most of the store windows "This store will
be closed Monday Sept. 3-Labor Day"
Frank H. Towards mare, Lorna Doone,
won the 2:27 class at Lebanon, n. II.
Wednesday in FIVE heats, her best time be-
ing 1926 "a, =.
A meeting of Company was held in the
armory last evening, when each member
was paid Sll GO for his services at the re-
cent muster.
Mrs John Howe, mother of Miss Ellie
Kerr of this town, died at her home in
West Townshend last Friday as the result
of a surgical operation.
The 06 mail train was delayed about
20 minutes yesterday morning near Putney
by the breaking of the equalizer. A change
of engines was made when the train reached
here.
Next Wednesday, Sept 3, the opening
day of the Windham county court, the
mixed train north on the narrow gauge will
be held at Brattleboro until the arrival of
the 8 o. A. NJ. Boston & Maine train from
Bellows Falls.
The Thomas pharmacy, formerly the
Durgin drug store, has been made very at
tractive by new paint, new paper, new
arrangement, and pleasing display of
new goods. The store is winning It's share
of trade under its new ownership.
Hinsdale officers raided the brewery,
Beams and Adams's places on the island
last week. Beer was found at the brewery,
and the proprietor was taken before the
municipal court where he paid the fine of
| $50. Nothing was found at the other
| places
The Bennington correspondent of the
Boston Globe SAYS: "Rev Fiske Hartman,
| for a number of years leading clergyman
of Vermont, and who was missionary for
some time in the South. has been taken to
retreat at Brattleboro his mind having
become affected. lie is over so years old"
Work will be begun soon by the New
England Telephone company in relaying
the telephone line bet ween Brattleboro and
| Townshend. The old line has become un-
serviceable and communication between
! here and Townshend is carried on in
guess work fashion. The new circuit will
be metallic and the Townshend people will
thus be enabled 10 use the long distance
service.
There ought to be large attendance at
the Republican rally at the Auditorium
| tomorrow evening, which will be the
last rally before the state election. Col.
kittredge Haskins, Brattleboro's nom
inee for Congress, and Hon. Edward
p. Brown of New York, Editor of
the Expansionist, will deliver powerful
addresses Music will be furnished by the
| Brattleboro male quartet and the first Reg
| ment band.
The Talladega college male quartet, rep
resenting the American missionary asso-
citation college in Alabama, gave a concertin
the Congregational church Tuesday evening
before an audience that filled the church.
| The songs were plantation melodies, and
they were rendered admirably. No ad-
mission fee was charged, but collection
was taken for the benefit of the institution.
! This collection amounted to over $50,
which is the second largest cash collection
the quartet has taken.
The board of bailiffs held hearing Mon.
! dag on the petition OF citizens for the run
ming of a sewer pipe from Prospect Hill
across the property OF the Morningside
cemetery association to the Connecticut
river. The bailitfs had surveyed for a 10.
cation, but the association objected to hav-
| ing it laid in the place proposed on the
ground that the land would probably be
used for burial lots. At the hearing Mon.
day the bailiffs and the association came
to an agreement whereby the sewer will be
laid nearly to the extreme boundary of the
| cemetery, across land which will probably
never be used for burial purposes.
A hearing was held before Justice j. H.
| Mortified Monday in the case of John p.
Lscom against Charles Worden of Dunn
merston to recover Slj, the price of horse
which the defendant bought of Charles +.
Williams of West Brattleboro in 1884. The
horse proved to be unable to work and Mr..
Worden traded it TO George Worden of
Guilford, who turned ii out TO pasture,
where il died. The defendant claimed
that Williams afterward told him that he
need not pay for the horse. Liscom claim
ed that he owned the horse and that Will
liams acted as his agent in the trade. The
defendant introduced evidence tending TO
show that he was the owner of the horse.
At the last regular session of the pro-
bate court the following business was
transacted: The will of Lyman II. Dear
born of Brattleboro was allowed and Lau-
ra A. Dearborn and II. p. Wellman were
appointed executors. George B. Kendall
was appointed administrator of the Luella
A. Kendall estate of Wardsboro. Appli-
cations of appeal from the allowance of
the commissioners of the John G. Newton
estate of Wilmington were filed by Rachel
E. Oatman, Storms Bros, James McCreery,
John +. Nash and others, and were allow
ed by the court. X. f. Gordon was APP
pointed administrator of the Catherine
Doyle estate of Brattleboro and George A.
Boyden and w. II. Bracket were appoint
ed appraisers and commissioners. Nor
man N. Newell was appointed administra-
tor of the Artemisia A. Newell estate of
BrattlebOro Maude Frances Watson was
adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter +. Walk
er and her name was changed to Ruby
Walker. NJ. A. Bailey appealed from the
allowance of the commissioners of the f.
E. Stockwell estate, and his appeal was al
lowed.
BrOOksIde Park.
McCarter and Curtis, Virgnian trouba-
dOurs, gave fine class entertainment last