Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-18
LOCAL OV ERFLOW.

A. V. May has sold the Sydney Barrett
farm in Dummerston to S. c. Betterley.
Miss Mary Ferriter returned Saturday
from Northampton, Mass, where she has
spent several months.
Mrs. &. W. Brown received word last
nigh, OF the death of her brother-in-law,
c. B, TiltOn of South Deer6eld.
The annual meeting of the Rural I'm
p-oyement society will be held at the
Brooks House Thursday evening, May "a,
a. 80 clock.
Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Pettee returned last
evening from Baltimore, Md, where they
Wen. 10 attend the graduation of their son,
Dr. A. Louis Pettee.
Dr.. D. P. Webster went to New York
yesterday to meet his daughter, Mrs. Har-
rlett Webster Cary, who will come from
Cuba to spend the summer in Brattleboro.
The evening session of the Woman's
club will be held with Mrs. o. Z. Randall
on Oak street next Wednesday evening.
The subject for discussion will be 'Russia."
c. W. Selleck of Boston, general mana
ger of the American Express company,
and Superintendent T. j. Garvey of Bel
lows Falls inspected the Brattleboro office
yesterday.
A cablegram was received yesterday by
Miss Pauline JENNIE announcing the safe
arrival in Naples, Italy, of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. +. r. Jenne, and Miss Edith
Esterbrook.
DR.. A. Louis Pettee of BrattleboIo, who
has Just graduated from the dental de-
PaTtment of the Baltimore Medical college,
has been elected clinical instructor and
To- "A
prosthetic dentistry in the college. The
honor is one of which DR.. Pettee has
right to feel proud, and it is due to his
nigh standing in his class.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Putnam and
daughter Of Chicago, who came to Brat
aeboro to attend the Putnam Rogers gold
en- wedding celebration, will return TO
Their home tomorrow. Mrs. E. W. Frost
OF Chicago, sister of Mrs. Z. l.. Putnam,
VIII remain at the Putnam house in Estey-
vile this summer. Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers
Oh Barre, Mass, are still guests OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. Putnam.
jump of 70 degrees in temperature
within i've days is remarkable acroDatlc
leal for the thermometer to perform, out
mat IS Just what it did between last FIJI
gay and Tuesday. On the former occa
@NN 1Ar mercury went GOWN W 20 u0Si OS9
above zero and on Tuesday it sprang to The
S3 degree mark. W. H. Childs, who has
kept meteorological record for man!
years, says he has never known OF sucl
extremes in so short time.
=. Prof. and Mrs. r. E. Dodge will leaV'
New York next week for Dewey, Pueblo
bonito, New Mexico, where Mrs. Dodg.
ana children will spend the summer. Prof.
Dodge will 90 to Colorado to make TIL
through the grand canyon with party o
Sgo.ogsts. He will also come to New
IoFk to give instructions in the summe
scAoo at the Teachers college, returnln
70 spend the latter part of the summe
MN his family. He will make specla
MMlly Of the cliff jewellers while in Ne'
Mexico
Joseph n. Cabana, who has been raj
Ioad station agent for the last sewers
months, has this week sent his reslgnatlo
~ Ine central Vermont railroad company
n'; Caoana has not yet received an answt
uG therefore does not know when n
snaton will take effect or who his SUI
TSsIoT VIII be. A movement to reinstal
=, brooks, the former station agen
"1' Oegun yesterday and before night