Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-10
BRATTLEB oRO.

SCOTS house on Forest street.
Henry r. Brown received Monday a
consignment of horses from Northern
New York for use in his livery stable.
A meeting of the candidates for the
Y. NJ G. A. base ball team will be held
in the association rooms next Monday
evening at 7.30.
j. L. Pratt is considering plans for
running ten or 12-passenger automo-
bile on the Hinsdale and Brattleboro
stage route the coming summer.
Chauncey l. Knapp is canvassing
Main street to raise money for street
sprinkling. The total amount needed
is about $1,000, and $500 has been
pledged.
Mr.. McNol. who has begun work as
greenskeeper on the Wantastiquet
Golf clubs links. formerly had charge
of the public parks in St. Adams sew
eral years.
DR.. j. f. Prescott, 81, who formerly
had headquarters at the Brooks House
and spent a large part of each year
there, died April | at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. George Batchelder, in
Amesbury, Mass.
The trustees of Columbia University
announced this week the receipt of
$109055.79, the bequest of the late
Dorman b. Eaton. The trustees voted
to use the money in establishing the
Eaton scholarship of administrative
law and municipal science, in accord
ance with the terms of the bequest.
On account of the high price of
building material H. l.. Emerson has
decided not to build his proposed bust
ness building on Elliot street at pres
ent. The Brattleboro Overall com
pany, which intended to occupy a part
of the building, will move out of the
Centreville factory, as originally con
templated probably to j. T. Hildreth's
factory on Elm street.
The board of license commissioners
will be in session in the office of the
selectmen at 7.30 O'Clock tomorrow
night, when a public hearing will be
given on applications for liquor IL
censes as follows: George f. Greene,
druggist. fifth class; F. H. Holden,
druggist, fifth class; Charles E. Graf
fam. druggist. second class; Charles
F. Thomas. druggist, second class.
ing the summer price of coal and are
taking orders for filling winter bins.
Lackawanna coal brings 81 ton and
Lehigh 1925 This is the lowest price
for which coal may be had this year.
Soft coal advanced IS cents a ton
April and is quoted at ST. This ad-
vance was made in order to avoid a
strike which the soft coal miners con-
templated.
Two of Dr. Hamilton's horses were
killed Saturday, having responded to
the test for CHAMBERS as applied by Dr..
Rich of Burlington and DR.. Rathbone
of Brattleboro. Another had been kill
ed earlier in the week. The fourth
did not respond to the test, but will
be tested again in six weeks. DR..
Hamilton will receive from the state
$40 for each horse killed. He will
tear out the inside of mis- stable and
burn everything which he thinks
could possibly spread the disease,
Now that the legislatures of Yer
mont and New Hampshire have grant
ed charters for the construction of a
dam across the Connecticut river the
next step will be for the committee
to the subscribers to the survey fund
a statement in regard to the expendi-
ture of the money This will be done
held in few days. Then a company
will be organized in both states to
push the project. 1t is believed that
there will be no difficulty in securing
funds ample to complete the dam and
to meet whatever expenditure may be
necessary in other ways.
About 80 members of the Vermont
Wheel club attended the annual meet
ing Tuesday evening. The club ac-
cepted the annual reports of officers
and committees and voted by more
than two-thirds majority to change
the constitution so as to make the linn
it of membership IT'S instead of $50.
Several important amendments to the
constitution and bylaws which had
been previously submitted were adopt
ed unanimously. The following Off
GERS were chosen: President, George
e. Foster; vice president, G. H. Pratt;
secretary, A. H. Pettee; treasurer, c.
w. Richardson; these officers consti-
tute the board of governors with M. j.
Moran r. C. Bacon and F. X. Barrows
as the additional members. Eight
new members were elected. At the
close of the business meeting re-
freshments were served by Caterer
Leon S. Hall.
The property and good will of the
Brattleboro Ice company &C. G. Sta
pies and w. A. Shumway) was sold on
Tuesday to Mrs Fremont Hamilton,
who was given possession Wednesday
morning. The sale includes the real
estate ponds, buildings, etc, at what
is known as the Frost ponds. the
lease of the buildings and other prop
erty at the Richardson pond. carts,
horses and stock of ice. Mrs. Hamil-
ton will combine the Brattleboro Ice
company's business with that of the
Crystal Springs Ice company, under
the latter name The change will
mean no advance in prices. With
two companies delivering ice in all
parts of the village the expenses were
large, and Mrs. Hamilton hopes by
making the change to cut off a large
part of the unnecessary expense and
also to give customers better service.
Mr.. Shumway, who has been manager
of the Brattleboro Ice company the
past three years, has no definite bust
ness plans.
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