Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-07

apee excursion sunday were sOlu at
the Brattleboro ticket Office
Miss Mary Howe will give song re-
cital at the Brooks House this evening
for the benefit of Wantastiquet Golf
club
Wlndham County Pomona Grange
will hold a meeting with Victory
Grange in Wilmington Thursday, Au-
gust IS,
Fred Wall has received the appoint
ment as mail carrier on rural free de
livery route No. 4, over Ames hill and
w. Il. Nash will be the carrier on
route No. 5. to West Dummerston.
The Vermont Wheel club voted
Tuesday to hold a field day on Labor
Day. and selected the following com
mittee of arrangements: G.. f. Bar
Der, c. r. Crosby. e. Landry. II. r..
Lawrence, w. A. Subway
The vaudeville entertainment in
Grange hall Friday evening, given by
Strock & Evans and local entertain
ers. was attended by a very large au-
dience. practically all the seating ca
pacity being taken. The entertain
ment was followed by dance.
Emilio Pellegrino. an Italian en-
ployed at the West Dummerston
granite quarry had both bones in his
right leg below the knee broken Sat
urday afternoon. being caught in a
guy rope. He was taken to the hos
pital in Greenfield.
\ meeting OF the creditors of Mrs,
d. l.. HerriclI was held Monday in the
Office of F. D. E. Stowe. referee. c. F..
Thompson was elected trustee. The
referee appointed Miss Mary Donnell,
A. p. Simonds and r. Z. Gordon APP
praisers.
A suit has been brought against
O'Brien & Sheehan. contractors for the
construction of the Rutland Canadian
railway. by o. d. Guilfoil. who was a
sub contractor, to recover 100000.
The case is returnable at the Wind
ham county court.
Saturday was the biggest day of the
season as regards passenger traffic.
The White mountain express north
went in two sections. The first sec
ton contained nine Pullman parlor
coaches and one baggage coach and
the second section contained eight
regular passenger coaches, making in
all Is cars.
A hearing was held in the United
States District court Tuesday morn
ing, before Judge Wheeler the New
England Rubber company being cited
to show why they should not be or
| dered to return certain footwear
which they took from r. E. Gordon,
! trustee of the j. E. Haynes estate. by
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scented by T. f. Dolan of Boston. No
! decision was given. In the afternoon
! five Chinese cases came up on ques-
tons of law. the Cinnamon being rep
resented by p. f. McManus of Rutland
and James A. Brown of Burlington.
| Mrs. Harriet Brasor Pratt will be
assisted at her operate concert to be
given at the Auditorium, Thursday
Aug 20, by Mr.. Frederick |. Day,
! tenor, Mr.. Frank A. Kennedy, violnist,
Miss Lula Cressy accompanist. The
| first part of the program will consist
of miscellaneous selections by the diff
| ferent artists. Part second will be the
/ fourth act of Aida in costume with
| Mrs. Pratt in the role of Amneris, Zone
of the best parts written for con-
| tralto) Mr.. Day as Radames, and a
chorus of male voices.
The funeral of Miss May NJ. Bond
was held at o'clock Friday at her
home on Chase street, Rev. II. X.
| Miles, of the Congregational church.
officiating. Miss Emma Gregg sang.
| There were a large number of floral
pieces from friends and neighbors and
! from the organizations of which Miss
Bond was a member. The burial was
in Prospect Hill cemetery, the bearers
being Arthur Rohde, Arthur Scott,
| William Douglas and Arthur Hyde.
who graduated from the High school
in Miss Bonds class.
l.. F.. Adams, who has been a guest
! at the Seaside House at Kennebunk-
| port, Maine, two weeks or more, was
struck in the eye one evening last
week by a ball thrown by one of the
young people of the house. The
Wave, Kennebunkport weekly, says
| The ball was thrown so swiftly that
it drive his glasses into the side of his
nose 1t turned black in an istant and
was very painful but is steadily i'm
proving and he will soon be able to
use it as before. On account of the
extreme youthfulness of the one who
did the mischief nothing was done
! towards punishment"
! Frederick Dyke. who has been en-
ployed in d. F. Shea's fish market, was
| kicked in the left leg by a horse Satur-
day morning and sustained a COM
pound commnuted fracture of the
| large bone below the knee. He was
making a regular run on Mr.. Shea's
| fish cart and was near the pine trees
/ south of the Houghton place on the
| Putrey road when the horse kicked
| twice with both hind feet without a
| moments notice, but Mr.. Dyke was hit
| only once. Although suffering great
! pain Mr.. Dyke drove to the Houghton
| house and from there he was taken to
his home on Brook street. Dr.. Rob
elts found that the bone had been
shattered and that an artery had been
severed. There were three wounds in
the leg, one made by the horses toe
/ calk and the others by sharp edges of
bone which Were forced through the
| flesh. The artery bled profusely. and
the bleeding did not stop until night.
On account of the swelling, the flesh
wounds. etc, it will be several DAYS
before the leg can put in a plaster
cast.
E. III. Crane announces the purchase
of the Windham County Reformer by
him means that the ownership of that
paper and of the Ludlow Tribune will