Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-06
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

A meeting Of the Catholic Union will
be held this evening in the school house
hall on Walnut street.
The sisters of st. Joseph returned Fri
day. The parochial schools will be open
ed next Monday, the 9th.
Orlin NJ. whitney, driver for the Crystal
Springs Ice company, has been granted
pension of IS a month with 10 months
back pay.
The first harvest supper of the season
will be given by the Rebekahs in odd
Fellows hall next Friday evening. The
public is invited.
The nth annual meeting of the Vermont
Baptist State convention, of which Rev.
Dr. f. Il. Marble of Brattleboro is presi-
dent. will be held in Burlington Sept. "a,
25 and &c.
The Syracuse, N. Y, Post-Standard of
May a. contained the following in refer
ence to Walter L. Mains circus, which
will exhibit on the island grounds here
next Tuesday Sept. 10:
The First Regiment band has finished
the series of open air concerts with the
exception of the one to be given on the
evening before the Valley Fair from the
Brooks House balcony.
For a week or two a number Of street
gamins have concentrated their efforts to
rounded up several yesterday and gave
them to understand that recurrence of
such practices would land them in the
reform school
The Freme Circle of the Unitarian So
ciety held their annual meeting Wednes-
day and elected these officers: President,
Mrs. G. II. Ryder; vice president, Mrs.
w. II. Minor; secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. J. NJ. Tyler. The old board of dl
rectors was reelected.
The winchester base ball team, which
has won two games from Brattleboro
Y. NJ. c. A., will try to give the Brattle-
boro Hosiery company aggregation a fall
on the island grounds tomorrow after
noon. The second game in the series be-
tween the Hosiery company and the Y. NJ.
c. a. will be played next week Saturday.
DR.. f. w. Gwyer of New York, who has
been spending the summer at the Stock
well cottage at Sunset lake, has bought
the Thayer and Knight farms on the
southwest side of the lake. and will
in future occupy the property as a sum-
mer residence. The whole purchase in
cludes about 225 acres of land, and the
two sets of farm buildings.
Announcement was made early this
week that J. G.. Ullery had made an
agreement for the purchase of the Wind
ham County Reformer. Mr.. Ullery will
management on the 18th inst, and will
move the editorial Office and mechanical
plant to his buildings on Main street.
He is now in Boston on business con-
nected with his purchase.
II. C. Pelham of Springfield, Mass. the
oldest travelling salesman connected with
the grocery trade who had a route
through Brattleboro, committed suicide
yesterday morning by shooting five
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in the Quincy House in Boston. He died
at the Massachusetts General hospital.
He was respondent over family troubles.
Mr.. Pelham had been coming to Brat
tleborO regularly for more than 30 years,
and had many friends here and through
out the county.
e. c. Crosby was elected one of the di-
rectors of the Deerfield & Greenfield
Street railroad company al the meeting in
Greenfield yesterday. Major f. f. Pierce
of Greenfield was elected president. NJ A
Coolidge of Fitchburg. the contractor, is
another director. The company voted to
begin Immediately on the construction of
the line south from Greenfield, and it is
expected that two to four miles will be
completed this fall. This line. which will
connect at Hatfield with the Northampton
x Amherst street railway. will form a
connecting link for a continuous route
from Greenfield to Springfield.
THE features of the show were many
and met with generous applause from
the spectators. Prof. Dockrill's horses,
as the ringmaster said, were just as the
pictures represented and did some very
clever tricks. The high jumping ponies
and horses also won their share of the
applause. The three rings were busy
most of the time with the acrobats, con-
tortionists, tumblers, bareback riders and
clowns, which kept the interest from
tagging. Nine young women in zouave
costume gave an interesting drill, end
ing by scaling a miniature fort The show
closed with hippodrome exhibition.
where handsome horses were given a
chance TO show their speed"
John Grady of Reed street son of Mrs
Abbie Grady, and Miss Mary T. Moran,
daughter of Mrs. Norah Moran of Elliot
street, were married at o'clock Tuesday
morning in st. Michael's Roman Catho-
lie church, Rev. Patrick Cunningham per-
forming the ceremony. Miss Helen
Grady sister Of the bridegroom, was
bridesmaid, and William Kaine. nephew
of the bride was best man. The bride
and bridesmaid were dressed in brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady left during the fore
noon for visit in Chicago and at the
Pan-American exposition They will live
at l22 Elliot street Mr.. Grady is employ
ed as car inspector in the Central Yer
mont railroad yard. Mrs. Grady has been
talloress for Lafleche Brothers.