Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-26
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

The Central Vermont railroad iron
bridge across Broad Brook has been
completed this week.
The full score of the Hinsdale-Y. M. C
A. base ball game Saturday is given in
the Hinsdale correspondence.
The Y. M. c. A. base ball team will
probably arrange a game with Winches-
ter for the first part of August
There will be a dance at siverdale Sat
urday evening s TO 70 o'clock. Letsln-
gers orchestra will furnish music
Col J. G. Estey has appointed Can't
c. M. Brownell. of Burlington, and late
of Company d, 26th U. S. Vols. as cap
tain and paymaster on his staff.
Christie B. Crowell has bought tran
sit and other implements for surveying.
He surveyed Main street this morning
for sewer from the Brooks library to
the bridge.
]. j. Lossee. who was stricken with
paralysis recently, was taken today to
the Soldiers Home in Bennington by
Thomas Lynde. Mr.. Lossee was able TO
walk from the house to the coupe, but
is not able to talk.
The Altar society of the Episcopal
church will hold a lawn party Wednes-
day evening, July 31st. on the corner Of
Linden street and the Common. Ice
cream and cake will be served, and
aprons will be on sale. All are invited
Engineer George Vassar, formerly of
Brattleboro, was injured at Amherst
yesterday afternoon. One of the side
rods of his engine broke and the loose
end crashed through the cab. striking
Vassar. He was taken to the hospital in
Northampton. His ankles were badly
bruised. but the physicians thought last
night that no bones were broken.
Miss Sarah NJ. Burnham has been an
pointed aoministratriX of the Mary s.
Burnham estate. r. c. Bacon has been
appointed administrator of the Winfred
p. Randall estate of Chesterfield The
probate court this week dismissed a petit
ton of the Minneapolis Cooperative
company to reopen the commission in
the b. d. Harris estate.
Liveryman H. r. Brown has ordered
two locomobiles from Bridgeport, Conn.
of the same make as those now in use
in Brattleboro. A one-seated machine ia
expected to arrive next week. The other
will have three seats. one for the opera
tor. which will be long enough for two
persons, and behind this two seats run
ming lengthwise of the vehicle, each long
enough for two persons.
Fred JAEGER has just returned from a
two weeks trip to Brattleboro and vicin-
ity, where he has sold six locomobiles
nc mdut great MT at sunset lake, a
little north of Brattleboro where several
automobiles failed to climb the grade
there which the locomobile easily made.
Mr.. lager announces that the price Of
these machines will advance 500 on each
style, August 1. The company has been
improving the machines and in order to
give the people what they ought to have
1t has been necessary to increase the
cost.-tNorthampton Herald.
A. e. Park, who has devoted his spare
time the past year to the building of an
automobile in the Valley machine shop.
| took the vehicle out last evening for a
| trial spin, and to discover its weak
| points as well as fits strong ones. The
| machine made the hill in front of the
shop, showing that 1t is all right in prin-
| ciple, and had stronger material been
used In some of the vital points the trial
doubtless would have been satisfactory.
The main trouble developed in the pro-
| Polling gears. They were made of cast
| iron, and several cogs were broken off
| by the strain. Cut steel gears will be
| substituted which will remedy the defect
| in this respect The engine works SAT-
| isfactorily, and with strong gearing there
seems to be no reason why the automo-
bile should not be a success.