Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-09-18
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which closed SlJuIudH hlSHt'
Mr.. Crol has a frame ready for the |
roof Of his house on lot No. s. OAK |
Grove Park. Water will be supplied |
from the Crowell reservoir
Lyman II. Howe has the reputation
of giving the best moving picture eN-
bibition IN America. He is the pion
Ger in the business and has the pick or
the pictures on both hemispheres. HIS
pictures will be seen at the Audito-
rum. Tuesday evening, Sept. %.
The Brattleboro Overall company
began running their factory on Elm
street with electric power Tuesday,
the power being furnished by the Brat
tleboro Gas Light company from West
immersion plant. The business re
ouires about 10 horse power in addi-
ton to the lighting
The district meeting of the Woman's
Relief corps, which was announced to
he hold at Springfield. this state. on
the 25th of this month. will be held on
the evening of the oath. All who wish
to attend this meeting should leave
their names with the president CT the
local society not later than next Mon
day
Joseph Cunningham was taken to
the house of correction at Rutland by
Chief-of.Police Hall Wednesday to
serve a sentence Of 90 days for sec
ond offense of intoXcatiOn He was
arrested Monday night and was ar
raigned before Justice Newton Tues
dav morning. He pleaded guilty and
was fined SIS and costs. amounting to
about s22 He expected to be able to
pay the fine. but decided Wednesday
morning that he would be unable to
do so.
The body Of Miss Mary f. Kelliher,
%. who disappeared from Greenfield.
Mass. August %. was found in Green
river. near the Deerfield river, Sunday,
by three men who were making
search in a boat. All the body was
buried in sand in about four feet of
water except the feet. Miss Kelliher
was last seen alive the morning OF
August %. on Meridian street, near the
river. She was a young woman OF
pleasant disposition and had a COM
Portable home. 1t is supposed that she
was temporarily insane and that she
committed suicide.
The steel Orders for the Connect
cut river bridge have been put in place
this week and are being securely riv-
eted to the framework. An interested
crowd of spectators has watched the
progress of the work Two FORCES
have been set up, in which the rivets
are heated When heated red hot the
rivets are thrown by tongs by the men
in charge of the FORCES to the point
where they are wanted and are caught
in empty kegs The stones in the pier
which supported the old bridge are be-
ing removed and put into the wing
wall of the west abutment. 1t is eX-
pected that by Valley Fair time teams
will be able to cross the bridge.
The 18th anniversary of the Vermont
BAPTIST state convention will be held
at SaXtons River the DIST, 22d and 23d
of this month. Special features of the
program to be rendered will be adj
dresses by Rev DR.. A. C. Dixon of Bos-
ton, Rev. Dr. Arthur Jones of Hamil-
ton. y. Y, Rev. Dr.. Walter Galley of
Chicago and other prominent speakers.
Sunday school, young peoples work,
state affairs and other matters of i'm
portance will be discussed. A banquet
and reception will be given the dele
gates and visitors to the convention by
the faculty and students Of, Vermont
academy. Special rates will be given
on the railroads.
One merit of Lyman H. Howe's NOV
ing picture exhibitions is that he never
duplicates pictures from one season to
the other. This years entertainment
is entirely new, showing pictures of
the most recent events in all parts OF
the world, such as the recent visit of
ghe king of England to France, the
tour of President Roosevelt in the
United States, the troops of Morocco
going to crush the rebellion, etc. Mr.
Howe makes annual trips to Europe
and he secures the best products OF
the best cameras. He spares no eX
pense in getting up his series of pic
lures and the public gets the benefit
The exhibition will be seen in the Au
ditori m Tuesday evening, Sept %.
The visitors from the Keene Country
club came to the Wantastquet Coll
club house Friday. Three Of the mem
hers of the Keene golf team missed
connections by train and did not ap
pear c. NJ. Miller and E. A. Slack OF
Wantastiquet club won. the former
from J. c. Faulkner up and to play
and the latter from z. A. KingsburS
up and 3 to play. Harold Whitney
was beaten / up by r. Z. Faulkner Of
Keene. The tennis match between c
II. Thompson of Brattleboro and join
Colony of Keene resulted in tie
Thompson taking the first set GA, ant
Colony the second rs, darkness pre-
venting them from finishing. The
other Brattleboro players were beateI
in tennis, as follows: Singles, AlleI
beat flaming 6-1, 60; Porter bea
Hooker 6-3, SO; Batchelder beat Rice
4-6, 6-1, 10. Doubles, Allen and Batch
elder won from Rice and Tanning 6-1
G-1, 1913, and Porter and Colony from
Thompson and Hooker 60, GA, GA
Dinner was served to the Keene con
tngent at the Brooks House. Mrs
c. S. Pratt and Mrs. Margaret Gate!
served lunch to the visitors and abou
40 club members at the club house il
the afternoon. The Keene Sentne
says: THE Keene players were enter
tanned most Hospitality and wer
warmly welcomed