Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-09-26

A horse owned by a. A. Barker OF
South Main street dropped dead in
the street in 'front.' of Mr.. Barkers
tenement Monday noon.
Alfred r. Cobb of Athol, formerly
of Brattleboro, has bought of +. w.
Kuech the Wells place north of the
pumping station and will return to
Brattleboro soon.
Brattleboro commandery No. 1852,
United Order of the Golden Cross, will
hold a regular meeting Oct. at 7.3O
o'clock at Grand Army hall All men,
bers are requested to be present.
A train load of j. II. Chamberlain's
horses, which were being shipped to
his Indianapolis stables, were wrecked
Friday night on the Great Northern
railroad at Larimone, North Dakota,
and $50 horses were killed Only lao
were uninjured. Ten carloads of cat
tie were killed in the same wreck.
The work of rebuilding the abut-
ments for the new steel bridge across
the Connecticut river will begin next
week and the company expects to
have the work completed about Dec.
/. The contract for the bridge re-
qures that it shall be completed Feb.
l. If the abutments are finished by
December / there will be no difficulty
in completing within the specified
time.
Miss Dolie Kline, the dainty SON
brette with "A Runaway Match" COM
pany. is one of the cleverest women
on the stage today. She is dis
covery of George w. Lederer, and left
his Australian company to play the
leading role with "a Runaway Match"
Miss Kline is unique from the fact
that she has never had her diamonds
stolen or been interviewed by Alan
Dale.
p L. Shea, who has had a shoe store
in the Ray building since February
has leased the store in the same build
ing vacated by E. E. Perry, the cloth
Ter. and will move in with an increased
stock about Oct. /, or as soon as re-
pairs which are being made are COM
pleted. Walbridge G.. Horton. pro-
prietor of the confectionery stand at
the corner of Main and Flat streets,
has leased the store which Mr.. Shea
will vacate Mr.. Horton will lease
his present stand for some other bus
mess.
All who remember the evening of
clean, jolly fun with Browns in
Town." when given here three years
ago. will welcome the announcement
that another farce by the same author,
Mark Z. Swan, holds the next place on
the Auditorium list. Its title is "a
Runaway Match and the date is Tues
day evening, Sept 80. The piece is
said to be the cleverest of Mr.. Swans
products. 1t is built for laughmaking
purposes only, and is a sort of jolly
hurrah from start to finish. 1t is
given by a company of competent
comedians.
The Congregational Sunday school
, will hold its annual Rally day service
, next Sunday at 1145. to which every
body is invited. Prof. L. B. Patton. OF
Hartford Theological Seminary. will
, make an address and there will be
singing by f. H. Miller and George f
Adams. The singing of the Hymns will
. be reinforced by an orchestra. The
. rooms will be decorated for the occa
q sion. 1t is hoped that besides the reg
' ular members. including the cradle
/ roll and home department, there may
+. be present many visitors. Parents
d. of the children are especially invited
. The Brooks House stable and the
. livery stable which c. S. Stockwel
f sold early in the season to Dunklee
4 Randoll are now combined under thu
4 proprietorship of Mr.. Stockwell
: Dunklee e Randolls second auction
/, sale took place Saturday. Mr.. Stock
= well bought the most desirable stool
t. and equipment to keep in the stable
/. Entrances have been cut from tn,
|. larger stable to the Brooks HOUSE
[. barns. and Mr. Stockwell proposes t.
! % int IL,
l. provements, and to improve the exter
e Tors by painting and handsome letter
s. ing. The combined stables give MI
|. Stockwell a large and finely equipped
t. establishment. He has 25 horses il
t. his livery and about 20 boarders reg
n ularly, with stall Accommodations 70
l. 200 animals.
4 Miss Catherine ]. Brosnahan, 81
q died Friday at the home of her broth
\. er, Daniel Brosnahan, 1913 Ellio
b street, after a years illness. The FL
T. neral was held at o'clock Monda
X at the Roman Catholic church, Rev
O. Father Cunningham officiating, an
= the burial was in the Roman Catholi
cemetery. The bearers were ow
cousins of Miss Brosnahan, Dennis
Patrick, Daniel, Eugene and job
70 Cray of Bellows Falls and John Aher
of Keene. Relatives were presen
from Bellows Falls, Keene, Turner
81 Falls and Brooklyn. Miss Brosni
,e han was born in Ireland, but came I
le this country when she was a child
IN Nearly all of. her life was spent i
ne Brattleboro. She was a daughter {
IN Michael and Julia Brosnahan. She
o. survived by her mother two brothers
,e Daniel and Patrick Brosnahan, on
s. sister Miss Johanna Brosnahan, tw
er nephews and four nieces, all of Bra
p tleboro She lived a quiet life, BIT
Cd attracted many friends, and she a
VI ways was willing to sacrifice her ow
e happiness for the happiness of thos
re around her.
is Rev. George B. Lawson Called t.
ia Brattleboro Baptist Church.
n The First Baptist church of Bra
as tleboro has extended a call to Re
M George b. Lawson of Worcester [
=" become its pastor, to succeed Rev. ID
| III