Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-02

week TO Ut. "A. 1. MllleT, tTeO AuamS
and William B. Vinton.
The Hinsdale and Y NJ. c. A. base
ball teams will cross bats on the
island grounds Saturday afternoon at
$50.
Catches of big bass continue to be
reported at Spofford lake. Rollin
Brown landed a Az pound specimen
Wednesday.
The Bird club will hold a regular
meeting on Monday evening, Aug. 5,
at 7.30 p. m, at the home of Mrs.
Frances B. Horton on Brook street.
Mr.. jaeger came from Northampton
Tuesday with two more locomobiles
for delivery in Brattleboro, one to
Henry R. Brown and the other to S. A.
Smith.
Two hundred and ninety-four tick
cts were sold for the Block Island ex-
cursion Saturday. A large number of
the excursionists remained in Block
Island over Sunday.
A. V. Mays agency has sold for o.
A. Kimball of Boston, his farm in
North Hinsdale, which has been used
as a summer home several years, to
Fred G. Gale of Brattleboro.
c. B. Lamson has moved his cigar
box business this week from the Car
| penter organ factory to the new build
ing in the rear of the Ullery office
building. He will put in a small en-
CINE to run his machinery.
Walter Lewis Gray, or Snow, who
has been held in New York on sus-
picion that he was connected with the
murder of May Fosburgh in Pittsfield,
Mass, formerly worked for G.. B. Read
| in the hotel in Bernardston, and his
mother was employed there recently
The body of George H. Corliss, who
was killed in the collision of railroad
trains at Charlestown last week, was
brought to Brattleboro Saturday af
| ternoon and taken to Prospect Hill
cemetery for burial. 1t was accom-
panied by a large delegation of the
members of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers.
The Altar society of ST. Michaels
| Episcopal church held a lawn party
| Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Annie
| G.. Cobb at the corner of Common and
| Linden streets. The grounds were
handsomely illuminated with electric
| lights. Chinese lanterns and candles
and there were tables for the sale of
flowers, popcorn, cake and ice cream
and lemonade. The society made
about $50.
DIR. f. A. Smith will leave Lake
Pleasant with a special car for Queen
| City park, Burlington, Saturday. Aug
| 10. Tickets for the round trip will
be IS, good going that day, but good
to return on any day or train within
| two weeks. The train will leave Lake
| Pleasant about IL o'clock, noon, and
will take on passengers at any station
| between the lake and North Benning
| ton, or Rutland.
NJ. ]. Cavanaugh, "steeple jack"
who lives in the Reed house on Green
| street, was arrested Saturday night by
| Special Policeman Arthur F. Roberts
on complaint of neighbors who said
that Cavanaugh was drunk and was
beating his wife. Cavanaugh attempt
ed to practice his art on the police
man, but the latter took him down on
the floor and convinced him that he
would brook no insolence. Cavanaugh
went peacefully to the lookup, where
he was kept until Monday morning,
w. S. Newton and charged with having
been intoxicated. He pleaded guilty
and was fined S. and costs, amounting
to 5000 which he paid.
A hearing was held Monday before
A. E. Cudworth of South Londonder-
ry, referee, in the case of Caroline S.
Hotaling of Vineland, n. j., against
w. NJ. Lewis and F. NJ. Lewis of Holy
oke, Mass, formerly Of Putney. The
suit was brought to recover $500
claimed to be due on a bond. Mrs.
Hotaling rented the Sholes farm TO
w. NJ. Lewis in 1898 for a term of
years. F. NJ. Lewis and G. H. Burns
of Brattleboro gave her a bond COLI
ditioned on the payment of rent for
the place at $40 month and the leav-
ing on the place of $7O7 worth of pro-
duce at the expiration of Lewis's ten
ancy. In November, 1899, F. NJ. Lewis
made a settlement with Mrs. Hotal-
ing. by the terms of which rs tons of
hay was reserved on the place. 1t
was claimed by the plaintiff chat this
hay was to apply Son the defendants
debt to her. The defendants claimed
that it settled their debt in flrh.
Leslie 8. Edwards won the silver
loving cup in the Wantastiquet Golf
clubs handicap tournament fGr' men,.
with a gross score of 10 and a net
score of SO, his handicap being 70.
There were 10 contestants, the playing
taking place Friday and Saturday.
The two lowest gross scores were 107,
made by John f. Tasker and Charles
H. Thompson. Thompson WIS the
winner last year, and Edwards was his
opponent in the semi-final round at
that time. The gully hole, or purga-
tory was the Undoing of some of the
players. Edwards and Tasker shot
across the gully clean each time, and
the former got three tours anu the lat
ter two threes and four on tfiis hole
Edwards exceIled in approaching ana
putting, particularly in putting. The
| lowest round for the six holes was
Tasker's 49, while Edwards, Thompe
son and Rice had "a each. 1t is proba-
BILE that other contests viii be ar
ranged at an early date, plans being
under consideration for handicap
tournament and a scratch club cham
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