Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-07-25

handsome stone FOUNTAIN ana water
ing trough at the Waite corner on the
Putney road.
The Sunday afternoon meeting UNI
der the auspices of the Y. M. c. A. will
be held on the common in West Brat
tleboro. Rev. e, Q. s. Osgood will be
the speaker.
c. F. r. Jenne has been appointed
agent of the Pennsylvania Fire In
surance company, whose financial
standing is given elsewhere in this pa
per
The Catholic Union voted Friday
evening to hold the annual picnic and
/ field day at Central park in Vernon,
/ August 10th, Battle of Bennington
! day. H. b. Haus and T. A. Austin
were chosen a committee of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Olivia j. C. Woodman of Paw
| Paw, Mich, will give an address at
! Grange hall Tuesday evening, August
| 5. under the auspices of Protective
| Grange. She will speak upon Soy
ereigns, crowned and uncrowned."
| All patrons and their friends are in
vited to attend.
The committee appointed to arrange
for President Roosevets entertain
ment will invite the Daughters of the
American Revolution to take charge of
the flag decorations and the United
States Daughters of 1912 to take
charge of the flower decorations on
the occasion of the Presidents visit,
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the S. A. Smith company
was held at the company's office Tues
day. These officers were elected:
Directors. s. A. Smith, S. S. Hunt, f.
l.. Hunt. F. l.. Smith and c. A. Smith;
president, S. A. Smith; vice-president,
f. l.. Hunt; clerk and treasurer, f. l..
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. N w. Dunklee were
thrown from their carriage in front Of
the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms Tuesday fore
noon and received several severe
bruises Their horse became fright
ened at the steam piano in the Pawnee
Bill street parade and backed some dis
lance, overturning the carriage. The
crowd prevented the horse from run
ming away. The carriage was not
badly damaged.
The committee appointed to carry
forward the project to build dam
across the Connecticut river have
engaged f. w. Bateman of Clinton,
Mass. of the firm of Parker Bateman
& Co., to survey the river from Brat
tleboro to the Walpole bridge. He
will begin the survey next week. Mr..
Bateman was in Brattleboro Saturday
in consultation with the committee,
which consists of W. H. Vinton, c. A.
Harris and c. w. Durham.
Allen j. Tucker, late a private of
Company X, Sixth United States in
fantry, evidently is not dead, as re-
ported. A communication from the
adiutant generals office in Washing
ton states that he was tried in January
last at Iloilo, Panay, by a general
court martial and sentenced to dis
honorable discharge and confinement
for three months. His sentence,
therefore, expired last April. There
is no record of his death in the ad-
jutant generals office, and his present
whereabouts is unknown.
The chief engineer of the Boston
Bridge company, Mr.. Brown came to
Brattleboro Monday to survey the site
of the proposed steel bridge across
the Connecticut river in order that his
company may send in a bid for the
work The specifications for the
bridge and abutments, as made up by
Senator Liscom of Hinsdale, are very
carefully drawn and call for the best
material obtainable in every part of
the work. They also require that
each bid shall be accompanied by a
check for $500. The check sent by
the successful bidder will be held as a
guarantee of good faith and will be
forfeited if the bidder fails or refuses
to build the bridge. The checks sent
by unsuccessful bidders will be re-
turned.
An employe connected with Pawnee
Bits show was arrested by Chief-of-
Police Hall and Policeman Perham
Tuesday morning soon after the train
arrived from Bellows Falls. He was
charged with taking s57 from another
employe at Bellows Falls. The evil
dence against him was insufficient and
he was released about 10 o'clock Tues
day night, having spent the day in
the lookup. He went away with the
rest of the show people. One of the
) officials of the show said the man got
hurt some time ago and that, being a
longtime employe, a purse of about
$50 was made up for him and that
Pawnee Bill put several hundred dol
lars at interest for him. There was
) but one other arrest during the day,
! and that was one for which the show
was not responsible.
The committee having in charge the
arrangements for the visit of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Aug. &c. have arranged
a program which, though subject to
change, is substantially as it will be
carried out. 1t is expected that the
President will arrive from the North
about o'clock on a special train, ac-
companied by his secretary and Sen
atOr Proctor. He will be met at the
station by delegation of citizens. the
First Regiment band and Company |,
Vermont National Guard, who will es-
cort him to the common, where he
will address the people. If time will
permit he will be shown some of the
attractions of Brattleboro and posi-
bly, be taken to the site of Fort Dunn
mer A banquet will be given in the
evening at the Brooks House, which
will be attended by the members of
the Young Mems Republican club and
invited guests, including Gov. Stickney
and other state officials. A reception
will be rendered either before or after
the banquet. The president will
leave for New York some time during
the night.
William A. Foster, 81, of Corning,