Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-15

ne DdlkS VIII We ClOStu lOIlOi-
row, Saturday, Bennington Day.
The will of Col George w. Hooker
has been filed for probate. 1t is
brief and bequeathes the entire es
tate to Mrs. Hooker.
Tickets for the Mary Howe con-
cert, Thursday Aug, %, will go on
sale at the Auditorium box office Mon
day morning, Aug. rs, at o'clock.
Saturday, August &c. being Benning
ton Day and legal holiday, the Post
Office will be open from Z a. m. to IL
IN. and from $50 to $50 p. IN. There
will be one carrier delivery, at Z a. m.
Mrs. l.. X. Fuller is having an i'm
portant piece of work done on the old
sand bank at the corner of Canal and
Washington streets. The bank is be-
ing graded and will be terraced and
grassed over, Transforming the I'M
slightly corner into a fine building
spot.
Richard Gates of Leyden who for
merly lived in the family of G.. II.
Davenport on Prospect Hill, was killed
in Leyden Saturday. He was at
tempting to tie an unruly colt to a
post, when the colt struck him over
one eye with one of it's front feet,
causing death instantly. Mr.. Gates
was 81 years old and was unmarried.
Durham Brothers received yester-
day a syndicate order for several hun
dred cases of footwear, to be shipped
to four stores in New York city, four
in Brooklyn, three in Philadelphia and
one each in Jersey City, Baltimore,
Troy, n. Y, Utica, Albany, Detroit,
Chicago, Paterson, N. j.. Scranton
/ Penn. Syracuse, Rochester, Hartford
! Conn. and Plainfeld, N. ].
John Calvin and T. A. Austin re-
turned Tuesday morning from Chica-
go. where they attended the Ameri-
can federation of Catholic societies.
Twenty-three states were represented,
with 495 delegates. There are only
five directors in the entire United
States. and at this election Mr. Gal
vim was chosen the only director from
! New England. Both Messrs. Calvin
and Austin served on important com
mittees during the session.
The Brattleboro milkmen have
agreed on a new schedule of prices to
go into effect today. Hereafter the
price of milk will be six cents a
quart, wine measure, for any amount
up to six quarts For quantities ov-
er six quarts the price will be five
cents a quart. No change has been
made in the price of cream. This
action Of the milkmen is on account
of the high price of feed. They ad-
opted the wine measure year ago.
The annual reunion of the Windham
County Veterans association will be
held in Wilmington next Wednesday.
Dinner will be served on the basket
picnic plan, coffee being furnished by
c. b. Lawton post. G.. a. r.. after
which there will be a parade. The
business meeting and company re-
unions will be followed by speeches
in front of the old school house.
Music will be furnished by the VIII
mington cornet band. Teams will
be provided to carry any who wish to
go from Brattleboro.
\ black bear cub in the show win
dow at Lafleche Brothers tailor shop
has attracted much attention this
week. The youngster is about three
months old and is as playful as a
kitten. He was brought from Cana
da, where he was caught by an In
dian guide who was with Laleche
Brothers near an S00-acre piece of
government land which they recently
bought They came upon a full
grown bear and the cub. and the
mother bear was killed The cub
climbed a tree. but the guide cut down
the tree which fell into a shallow
stream. and the guide waded out to
the cub and caught il in his coat.
Several Brattleboro persons have at
, tempted to buy the cub.
The Boston & Maine and Rutland
railroads will run an excursion from
all stations. Brattleboro to Rutland
inclusive. to Island Park, North Hero
Island Lake Champlain. Wednesday
August 90. The fare for the round
trip will be S1.50 Brattleboro to West
minister inclusive. and s1.25 from sta
tions north of Westminster. The
train will leave Brattleboro at 6. Dunn
merston 500, Putney 6.17 East Put
ney 623, Westminster $50. Bellows
Falls $50, arriving at Island park at
11.30. The train will be due to leave
the park at $50. and will reach Bel
lows Falls at $40 and Brattleboro al
p. m. This excursion will give an
opportunity to view some of the finest
scenery in New England.
a meeting or the executive commit
: tee of the Valley Fair was held in the
, private rooms of the Peoples Nation
| al bank Monday evening to consider
; plans for the coming fair. The of
fee of treasurer. left vacant by the
; death of Gen. ]. ]. Estey, was filed by
the election of j. G. Estey. The office
of president, left vacant by the death
of Col. Hooker, was not flied but the
: duties will be borne temporarily by the
J first vice president, George W. Pierce
1t is fully realized that in the death
of Gen. Estey and Col. Hooker the
fair has sustained an irreparabe
loss, but there is no reason why the
the succeeding exhibitions should not
, be just as successful as heretofore
, The organization is so thorough and
efficient and the managers of the
, various departments have had such a
, wide experience that nothing but q
= complete change in the management
can make the fair deteriorate. An
, effort is being made to have the horse
department in the coming fair "caI
the climax" and renewed zeal is be
ing expended along other lines.
A New Republican Club.
A Republican club was formed al
7 the town hall Tuesday evening. The
meeting was called to order by G.. II