Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08

thur G.. and Della Birch, died Friday at
the age of IS days The burial was
in South Newfane Sunday.
The first golf event in the Wantas-
tiquet clubs series of fall fixtures
will be played next Wednesday af-
ternoon, a 12-hole medal play handi-
cap match for men, with first and
second prizes.
The special town meeting next Tues
day will be called to order at 2 o'clock.
The meeting is called to see if the
town will vote to raise the additional
money needed for building the pro-
posed steel bridge across the Connec-
ticut river.
Hiram f. Weatherhead has sold his
well known farm in West Brattleboro,
through A. V. Mays agency, to DR..
Caroline NJ. Smith of New York city,
who has taken possession. DR..
Smiths son and his wife. of New
York. will come to live with her
Barber's milk team, driven by
! Clarence Barber. left the driver as he
! stepped off the wagon on Retting place
| Monday morning and ran up Green
street and Western avenue and start
ed home by way of Cedar street,
where the horses were stopped by E.
L. Parker.
Mildred Holland, and a company of
friends have been spending a we'll
earned vacation in Europe, much of
| the time in Italy and along the Medi-
| terranean. A letter to Manager Fox
announces her departure from Naples
! for America She will come directly
to Brattleboro, reaching here Aug. 10
to begin active rehearsals at once.
The work of surveying the Connec-
ticut river between Brattleboro and
the Walpole bridge was begun yester-
day by F. w. Bateman of Clinton,
Mass, member of the firm of Parker,
Bateman G. Co. The survey is made
under the direction of the committee
! appointed by the contributors to the
project to build dam across the
river
| Members of Company | who will re-
ceive veteran service badges on Gov
errors day at muster are as follows;
| First sergeant c. H. Davis, 10 years;
Captain e. ]. Waterman, five years,
| First Lieutenant z. w. Gibson, five
years; Quartermaster Sergeant G. G.
Turner, five years; Corporal j. j.
Clune, five years; Private L. F. Ellis.
five years. Col. j. Gray Estey will
receive a 15-year badge.
A charge of electricity from a flash
of lightning Sunday night-a flash
which was followed by a particularly
loud clap of thunder-went into G. F.
r. Jenne's house on Oak street on an
electric light wire, causing a report
as loud as the discharge of shot gun
The report was heard on High street
and at the east end of Chaplin street.
All the electric lights in the house
went out, but no damage was done.
Bernard Dunleavy, young son of j.
B. Dunleavy, was badly hurt Sunday
afternoon by being struck on the head
with brick. He was in the door
yard at home, when the brick. loos-
ened by the wind, fell to the roof and
then dropped two stories, striking the
boy a glancing blow. The scalp was
torn, making a wound that bled pro-
fusely. He was in a serious
condition for a while, but is recover
ing.
The quarters of the Vermont Saw
ings bank were moved Wednesday
to the Office of the Vermont Loan &
Trust company, where the business
of the bank will be transacted until
the change and improvements in the
bank building are completed. The
banking room proper will be enlarged,
new furniture will be provided and a
new vault of the most modern type
will be built by the Moseley Safe COM
pany to replace the old vault. 1t
is hoped to have the work completed
about Oct. /.
The following matches have been
played in the "round robin" tennis
tournament: Hooker beat Rice GA,
6-3, sc. Hooker beat Miller 6-3, 6-3,
Ga. Harry Bingham beat Bacon Ga,
6-1, 1-6. Head beat Harry Greene 60,
Ga, TO. In the match between Rice
and John Tasker, the former won the
first set Ga, the latter the second
6-3. The third set, with score 81
in favor of Rice, was unfinished on
account of darkness. Among the
other contestants who have not yet
played, are C. H. Thompson, DR.. A.
L. Pettee, L. L. Durham, &C. A. Boy
den, Hayes Bigelow.
The plans for the entertainment of
President Roosevelt will have to be
modified somewhat to conform to the
schedule of the Presidents itinerary
as finally made up. It was the
Presidents original intention to come
to Brattleboro Saturday afternoon,
August 80, which would give him a
stop of several hours as Brattleboro
would be the last place he would visit
before starting for New York. His
plan now is to spend Sunday with Sec
rotary Shaw on Lake Champlain, go
to Burlington and start on his down
| state trip at 10 o'clock Monday. He
will stop at Proctor, Rutland and Bel
lows Falls, arriving at Brattleboro at
1856. A parade will be formed at the
station to escort him TO the common,
where he is expected to speak. Al
forwards it is hoped to give him a
| horseback ride. On account of his
short stay in Brattleboro it will be
necessary to give up the reception and
banquet which had been planned.
From Brattleboro the President will
proceed to Mortified, Mass.
| President Coming to BrattIeboro