Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-28

Manley Brothers received Is entries
this morning for the five mile lap race
at the Valley Fair grounds July 4.
DR.. ]. e. Prescott sprained a knee
badly recently by stepping through a
trap door of a barber shop in Windsor.
The First Regiment band will give
It's next open air concert from the
Brooks House balcony Thursday even
ing, July 4.
DR.. d. II. Dinsmore pitched for the
alumni team which played against
Dartmouth varsity at commencement
this week. The varsity boys won, 4
to g
S. w. Edgett e. Co., as agents, have
bought the Patrick Fenton house on
Chestnut street in Esteyville. The
new owners make the purchase for
an investment
Cashier w. II. Bracket has bought
of c. H. Thompson the Cune home
stead on Main street, one of the most
desirable residences in the village.
After it is renovated Mr.. Bracket and
family will occupy it:
The thermometers registered 80 to
| 81 in the shade yesterday, and as
! high as 100 in the sun. This morn
ing has started in as a record breaker
with temperature of "a in the shade
| at II o'clock.
Nelson Cooley was thrown Sunday
| while leading his horse from Canal
| street to the Elm street spring. He
was struck in the head by kick from
the horse, a long cash being cut, and
he was also bruised by being dragged.
| He will be disabled some time.
Henry Pelton, formerly a laundry
man in Brattleboro, is scoring a great
| success at the head of the Lynn, Mass,
business college, which, at the season
of the next school term, will be housed
in a pretentious building of its own.
One of Mr.. Pelton,s partners here was
Bemis, now known as Francis Truth,
the divine healer.
The late Col. Thomas Sloan of New
| York, an account of whose death is
| given on the second page of this paper,
was insured for $4,000 in the New
York Life Insurance company through
! the Childs agency. Mr. Edwards, one
of Col. Sloans companions at the time
of the accident, says that Col. Sloan's
death was caused by lightning and
not by drowning.
News was received this week of the
death of Hammond Livermore of Ge-
neso, ILL.,. at the age of &C. Mr.. Liv-
ermore died of paralysis. He %vas a
native of Jamaica and was the or
ganizer of the boot and shoe com
pany in that town. with quarters in
the building which was afterwards
moved to Brattleboro and is now a
part of the Brattleboro Jelly com
pany's factory.
Albert Wayne Butler of East Jamai-
ca received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts from the University of Vermont
this week. The degree of Master of
Science was conferred upon Clifton
Durant Howe of Newfane, who grad
uated from the university in 1898 with
the degree of A. B.
Adjutant General Gilmore, Vermont
national guard. has issued a special or
der for an examination of the follow
ing named officers at the armory Of
90. l. Brattleboro. at 2.30 p. m. Mon
day, July /: Capt Charles A. Plum
ley, Co. F; First Lieut.. Claude J..
Moore, Co. F; Second Lieut.. Z. w. Glib
son, battalion adiutant; Second Lieut.
William W. Russell battalion adult
ant; Second Lieut.. H. G. Lesser Co. A.
The body of Miss Katherine Leahy
of Boston was brought to BrattlebQro
Tuesday and was buried in the Roman
Catholic cemetery. Miss Leahy was
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
Leahy of Brattleboro, both of whom
are dead, and was 81 years old. She
lived in Brattleboro until a few years
ago. She died in Boston Sunday after
an illness of five days with sceptic
peritonitis. Funeral services were
held in Boston.
ExPresident Grover Cleveland and a
party of guests passed through Brat
tleboro Wednesday morning. They
occupied a private car attached to the
regular early morning train, which
was three or four hours late. Several
persons saw the distinguished visitor.
and during his brief stop at the rail
road station telegram was taken into
the car for him. The party had been
in Canada on a fishing trip and were
on their way to New York.
Manager Boutwell, of the Bellows
Falls ball team expects to have a
strong aggregation in the field at an
early date, including some of the play
year. strengthened by several college
players and professionals. The salary
list calls for an expenditure of $125 to
$3.50 a week. A scheme is on foot for
the formation of a league to include
Hinsdale, Keene, Newport, Claremont
and Bellows Falls. 1t is expected
that the first game will be played in
Bellows Falls July at p. m, but
the opposing team has not been de-
termined upon definitely.
At the Baptist church next Sunday
will be great day for the Bible
school. In the morning the children
have the right of way, and the whole
school will turn out in large numbers.
A professional hymn, with marching
by the primary class, will open the SER
vice. Singing by the school and con-
gregation, male quartet and special
songs and recitations will precede the
address of the pastor After the morn
ing service the Bible school will hold
its 61st annual meeting for the election
of officers, etc. At 5 o'clock in the af-
ternoon there will be a recognition and
installation service for the newly elect