Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-05

Wantastiquet Golf club will serve a
tea for club members at the club !
house at o'clock tomorrow provided |
the weather is pleasant.
Mr.. Dunn, bass soloist of the choir
of st. Georges Episcopal church Of
Montreal, will sing at the Baptist
church next Sunday morning.
Our South Londonderry correspon-
dent records the death, which occur
red Wednesday, of Mrs. Esther White
Hooker, the mother of Col. George w.
Hooker.
w. f. Ray of Springfield assumed
Monday the position of assistant SUI
perintendent of the Connecticut
River and Passumpsic divisions of
the Boston & Maine railroad.
Thomas Long Of Reed hill was ar
rested Wednesday night by Policemen
Worden and Mason for intoxication
and was placed in the lookup. He
pleaded guilty before Justice Newton
yesterday morning and was fined S.
and costs.
A meeting will be held at the Y. NJ
c. A. rooms Saturday evening at 100
to arrange for a field day. All inter
ested in athletics are requested to be
present. Committees will be APP
pointed and names recorded of those
willing to participate in the several
contests.
Herbert e. Jonstone, 50, spare con
ductor on the New London division of
! the Boston & Maine railroad, fell from
| the freight caboose and broke his
neck Monday near Stafford Springs.
| Jonstone was married recently, and
| his wife was living in New London.
He was a native of Maine.
Mrs. G. H. Clapp entertained her
class of young women of the Congrega-
/ tional Sunday school at the Clapp
cottage at Spofford lake Monday. The
young women report a particularly
pleasant occasion, their entertainment
including, among other things, an en-
! joyable excursion around the lake
on the large steamer.
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men elect
ed these officers at a regular meeting
Friday evening: Prophet II. c. Har-
ris; sachem, G. E. GRAHAM; senior
sycamore, Charles Brockington;
| junior sycamore, C. p. Spencer: rep
resentatives to the supreme council,
f. L. Parker and r. II. Baker; alter
mates, John Retting and l.. j. Retting
The awning over F. w. Kuechs
store caught fire from an exploded
frecracker about o'clock Wednesday
night and was the centre of attention
on Main street for a few minutes.
John L. Roess threw some powdered
extinguisher on the flames and c. S.
Stockwell, who occupied the tenement
over the store. threw out a pailful of
water and between the two the de-
sired result was accomplished.
The members of the Unitarian Sun
day school, with a few friends from
the outside, enjoyed their annual pic
mic at Central park Tuesday, in spite
OF the hot weather Lunch was serv-
ed in the pavilion, and during the
afternoon Mr.. Hines, Alan Dugan, and
Mr.. Messer furnished music for dane
| ing. There was an excellent breeze
at the park. tempering the excessive
heat of the day, so that all returned
at night much refreshed by their out
ing.
A hearing will be held before Judge
| Hoyt II. Wheeler of the United States
court at Brattleboro July %, at 2
| o'clock, in regard to a petition asking
the court to order a sale of the Bethel
and Rochester railroad to pay the
debts of the road A petition from
| stockholders of the road asking that
certain contractors fulfill their obi
cations will also be taken up at this
time. Meanwhile Receiver Sawyer
of Boston will make a complete report
to the court of the roads condition
and standing up to date.
One of the events of the comic OPP
era season was the presentation at
the Dearborn theatre in Chicago Mon
day night of THE Explorers a mus
ical comedy in three acts, libretto by
Bert Lesion Taylor, score and lyrics
by Walter H. Lewis. Bert Taylor was
formerly a newspaper worker in Brat
tleboro, and afterward in Montpelier,
Barre and in Manchester, n. H. He
is skilled musician and a success
full story writer. A story which he
and a friend wrote in collaboration
won a prize of $500 offered by the
New York Herald several years ago.
]. e. Gleason has this week sold
his interest in the grocery store of
A. F. Roberts & Co. to his partner in
business, Arthur F. Roberts. Mr..
Roberts took possession of the store
Tuesday and will conduct it alone in
connection with the store on Pros
pect hill which he recently bought of
c. NJ. Wheeler. Mr.. Gleason became
a member of the firm two years ago
last November, buying the interest If
E. L. Roberts, father of the present
owner of the store, having served IN
the capacity of clerk in the store three
years. He has made no definite plans,
but will endeavor to locate in Brattle-
boro so as to continue his residence
here.
Harry S. Eaton and Miss Mamie
Jackson, colored, were married by
Justice William S. Newton in his Of
fee at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. The couple are both members
of the HUM & Eaton Coon Carnival,
who are giving entertainments nightly
in Brookside park, and all the mem
bers of the company, II in number,
were present. After the marriage SER
vice the company sang two sacred Sc
lections, and Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton left
in a shower of rice for a short wedding
trip. They live in Boston. The we'd
ding was advertised as one of the
features of the program for Tuesday
evening, but the ministers and JUS
tees who were importuned to perform