Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-25

er's Falls, Mass.
There will be but one mass Sunday at
the Roman Catholic church, Rev. Father
Cunningham saying the early morning
mass az South Vernon.
The Barna Clark property on Walnut
street will be sold by auction about June
21. The sale will be conducted by F. j.
Bailey and A. V. May.
George Heaton of Vernon was thrown
from his team Wednesday morning in front
of the Grange store, striking on his head
and shoulders, and was severely bruised
He was unconscious for some time.
The next meeting of the Woman's club,
which will be the last OF the season, will
be mature study day" TO be held on the
lawn of Mrs. q. j. Pratt next Friday, June
1, at 4 o'clock. 1t will be joint session.
Plans and specifications have been com
| pleted for the proposed new building in
the rear of Hooker block, but work on the
staucture will not be begun at present as
| Col. Hooker and Durham Brothers have
not yet come to an agreement.
G.. f. Policy, owner Of the Hinsdale and
| Brattleboro stage, had an unpleasant eX
perence during the shower Friday after
noon. The lightning struck near enough
to his team to throw dirt on the coach and
one of the horses was somewhat affected
by the shock
The Wilmington Times of this morning
contains a leading editorial favoring the
candidacy of Col. Kittredge Haskins for
| Congress. The Times gives deserved rec
| ognition to the colonel's qualifications and
| says: Down this way everybody is for
Haskins, and we have yet to hear from the
first Plumley man or Stafford man.
The ladies of the Baptist society gave an
| excellent strawberry supper last evening,
which was largely attended. AT the close
of the supper a special supper was arranged
for j. f. Halls Bible class, which consists
of about 80 members. The tables were
arranged in the form Of Greek cross, and
they were decorated very prettily. After
supper an hour was spent in social inter
course in the ladies' parlors.
Leon Canedy, Familiarity known as
Squash" who is awaiting trial for peck
ct peddling, had change in bondsmen last
Saturday. Lawyer K. c. Bacon, who has
been on Canedy's bond since his hearing,
made an application for a transfer, and the
usual legal process was enacted, Canedy
being taken TO Newfane Jail, where the
key was turned on him, and then brought
back to Brattleboro and given hearing
before Judge Kellogg, who fixed the bail
at $500. David Downer signed Canedy's
| bond.
The will of c. b. Tilton of South Deer
field brother-n-law of Mrs. g. w. Brown
| Of Brattleboro, was filed in Greenfield
| Wednesday. The sum of SO, 900 is given
| to Mrs. Tilton and a son, and other be-
| quests are: Four hundred dollars each to
| the American Board and the Congrega-
tional Home Missionary society; $40 to
the Congregational Sunday School and
Publishing society; $1,000 to the American
| Missionary association to buy a location
! for a colored school in Florida, and $1,000
in trust TO the South Deerfed Congrega-
| tional society. The balance of the estate
| is to be used for a home for the poor.
The Boston Sunday papers contained an
account of the wedding at LenoX, Mass,
Saturday, of Lieut.. C. Henry Haigh of
! the 4th cavalry, L. 5. A, now stationed
at Manila, and Miss Margaret Winthrop
Folsom, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Winthrop Folsom of Lenox and New
| York. The bride is well known in Brat
| tleboro, her parents having lived for many
years in the house now occupied by L. +.
Holden. She is niece OF Mrs. Henry
Devens. The wedding was fastened by
the order that Lieut.. Haight must join his
| regiment at once, for Manila. Mrs. Haight
will remain with her parents until autumn,
and will then make the journey across the
seas to join her husband,
A special session of the United States
court was held in the Office Of Waterman
Il Martin Tuesday afternoon. The case of
the Bibber, White company against the
White River Valley Electric Railroad COM
pany was heard by Judge Wheeler. The
hearing was on an intervening petition of
creditors who had attached property Of the
railroad before a receiver was appointed,
and of some land owners for payment Of
their land damages. The land damage
cases stand over until July 10 for settle
ment, and the attaching creditors petition
1 is held for consideration. John j. Will
son of Randolph and Mark Wilson of
| Bethel appeared for the petitioners; Judge
+. l.. Waterman for the railroad company;
Judge Bruce of Boston for the receiver
and some OF the creditors, w. b. c.
Stickney of Bethel for some of the conttac-
tors, and Frank Plumley of Mortified
for other contractors.