Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-10

livery routes.
The Boston Globe says that "Tot'
Murphy, the old Yale aud Brattleboro
short stop, is now director of athletics in
Leland Stanford university in California.
The First Regiment band will give a
concert at Brookside park this evening.
The concert will be followed by dance.
The proceeds will be used for the benefit of
the band.
Emma Juch, the noted grand opera and
concert singer, and the Kaltenborn string
quartet of New York have been engaged
to give the first entertainment in the Y
M, G. A. star course.
Judge James NJ. Tyler is at Middlebury
trying the case of state VS.. Frederick East
wood for the murder of Franklin +. Fem
in August, 1890 This is a special term
and will PROBABLY last two or three weeks.
Judge Wheeler and Deputy Clerk Glib
son were in Wilmington Tuesday and is
sued naturalization papers to l6 Austrians
and one Italian. Two others took out first
papers. The new citizens are employed
in numbering operations in the Deerfield
valley.
The management of Brookside park is
trying to secure the appearance OF Harry
Mantell at the park for the week following
next week. Mr.. Mantell formerly lived in
Brattleboro and was known as Billy
| Barry. He appeared in the Auditorium
with Rice's comedians, but he is now do
ing a single turn in vaudeville.
The brick-layers on the building in the
rear of the Ullery building on Main street
are now at work in the fifth story, which
will probably be finished next week. They
were obliged to give up work part of two
| days the first of the week-one day because
of the excessive heat and on another day
because of rain The building will prob
ably be completed by Oct. l.
The Springfield Republican commented
editorially yesterday upon the statement
| given in its report of the Republican rally in
| Brattleboro Tuesday evening. which repre-
| scented c. Fred Childs as saying 1.-The Fill.
| Pine is more intelligent than either the Jap
anese.or Chinese" What Mr.. Chids really
said was: 1.-The little Fihpinos are far
superior to the Chinese and even to the
japanese in morality
PELLET Brothers, contractors, broke
! ground yesterday for the foundation of the
five story brick building which Col. George
| w. Hooker is to erect in the rear of Dun
ham Brothers store for the use OF Dun
ham Brothers. A gang of eight or ten
men is now at work excava,ing, and der
| rick will be erected soon. The dirt is be-
ing carried away by narrow gauge fiat cars.
| The foundation will be built of Dummers.
ton granite under the supervision of T,
A. Pellet.
Harry Haus, who was called to Balti-
more last week to attend the funeral of a
sister, which followed the death of an
other sister by only few days, writes that
sister and an aunt are also critically i'll
with typhoid malaria, which resulted
fatally with his sisters. The Haus family
moved early in the summer to their sub
urban home and it is supposed that the
sisters and the aunt contracted the disease
from the drinking water which had been
contaminated from drainage.
Two pulleys, valued at about 500, were
! smashed on a shaf,ing in the power house
of the street railroad company Saturday
| by workmen at the direction Of the COM
pany. The pulleys which the company
ordered for the place were TO have brass
bushing, but the pulleys which came had a
cast iron bushing, and as they were
used for elders they ground into the
! shafting. While they were being removed
the generator in the Brattleboro Gaslight
company's plant was used to furnish pow
er, but the machinery did not give out, as
reported.
William W. Plimpton, son of Mr, and
| Mrs. W. W. PHmpton of Canal street, and
Miss Nellie l.. 7. Llvelle, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. p. b. Lavelle of Walnut street,
were married at O'Clock Sunday evening
The bride wore grey travelling suit Mr..
and Mrs. Plimpton went north on the
! 1910 train, spending a few days in Bur
| lington. They will have rooms for a time
in the house with Mr.. Plimpton's parents
| Mr.. Plimpton is employed in The Phoenix
| job printing office and Mrs. PlimptOn has
been a compositor in The Phoenix office
the past two years.
The Pilgrim Fathers held an interesting
meeting Tuesday evening. The colony
received and accepted an invitation from
Verde Mont colony to join them in pic
mic at Gould's Mills, Aug. Is Mrs. w
F. Mixer, Mrs. Nellie Dix and DR.. Lynch
were chosen a committee of arrangement:
and they have secured reduced rates tc
| Charlestown, where a delegation from
Verde-Mont colony will meet the Brattle
boro members and escort them to the
grove. 1t is hoped that all the Pilgrim:
with their families and friends will avail
themselves of this opportunity. Those ac
cepting the invitation are requested to no
tify the committee as soon as possible
The members of the Ogarita- Hatfield
combination which will appear at the rustic
theatre all of next week are well known
through the southern and western states
and the press and local managers where
they have appeared are not slow to recon
mend them as performers of high class
Their acts are a novelty in this section
They carry a large amount of costly ward
robe and special scenery. Their manager,
Frank Bernard of Baltimore, has writer
here saying that the company will require
extra stage hands and curtain men. Al
though Ogarta aud Hatfield promise to be
the whole show, Superintendent Jones ha.
engaged Prof. George Litz's group of edu
Gated spanies. This is the group that ha;
been the hit OF the Boston summer resorts
for several weeks. This combined enter
tainment promises to be the best that ha;
appeared at BrOokside park this season.
Reception TO the Daughters OF tn,
American Revolution.
Mrs. Lewis d. Gregg's reception to tn,
| Dan Jhtars of the American RavOlution