Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-19


Allyn j. Crosby is president of the
Springfield, Vt. fair association which will
hold its annual fair Sept 10 and Ia.
The Main street end of Houghton g. ST.
monds's new basement store has been
ntted with luxfer prisms for rejecting
light through the store from openings in
the sidewalk
Friendship circle will hold lawn party
next Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs f. A. Cook on Washington street
IL the weather on that day Is stormy the
lawn party will be postponed to Thurs
day.
Protective Grange will work the third
and fourth degrees Wednesday evening.
The harvest supper will be served to
(which all are expected to contribute as
usual Following the supper will be "A
social hour, with dancing.
The probate court has appointed Pat
rick Brosnahan guardian of John F.,
Catherine NJ. and Daniel Brosnahan,
minors f. ]. Corbett and w. II. Stowe
have been appointed appraisers of the
Horace e. May estate in Wilmington.
The New England Telephone & Tele-
graph company is putting in a trunk line
between Bratteboro and Keene via Ches-
terrified. A new toll line is being extended
to Townshend. toll line from Brattle-
boro to Gullford was completed last week
week
Extensive repairs are under way in
Jardine & Co.'S store. The stairway for
merly in the middle of the store has been
moved back. alterations have been made
down stairs, and the brick wall which di
Vided the ground floor store into two
parts has been removed.
The Brattleboro Gas Light company is
running wire to the main building al
the Bratteboro Retreat and to Linden
Lodge to furnish electric power for static
machines and other purposes. a wire
also is being run to the Snowflake can
ming factory for lighting purposes
Assistant Judges Worden of Halifax and
Pier of Jacksonville were at the county
! clerks office today to designate the towns
which should furnish jurymen for the
| September term of the county court
The drawing of jurymen was done by
Sheriff A. w. ]. wilkins of Putney.
Gardner & Gardner, Springfield archi-
| tects, have completed for Mrs. G. w.
| Hooker plans and specifications for the
proposed new brick building in the rear
of Hooker building, for the use of Dun
ham Brothers. The contract for the ma
sonry and other work will be placed as
soon as possible.
The successor to Rev. Father Cunning
ham as priest of St Michaers Roman
Catholic church will be appointed in a
few weeks by Bishop Mtchaud of Bur
lington The pastoral duties are being
performed at present by Rev. Father j.
A. Lacouture, chaplain OF the Fanny AL
len hospital in Burlington.
A large number of flowers were sent to
the parochial residence after the death of
Rev. Father Cunningham. They were
sent later to the Loretta Home in Rut-
land, given by Rev. Father Gaffney,
which was dedicated Monday. Rev.
Father Cunningham expected to take part
in the dedicatory exercises
The old clock in the Congregational
church tower has not been striking for a
week or more, and many people have
wondered at the cause of its silence II
had struck continuously since 1876 Its
failure to strike now is due to the wear
ing out of a piece of its mechanism. A
new piece is being made, which probably
will be put in next week
The September term Of the Wndhan
county court will be held in Newfane be.
ginning Wednesday, Sept. I. Judge Geo
NJ. Powers of Morrisville, who was APP
pointed to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Judge Wendell p Stafford
will preside The docket contains %!
cases, divided as follows: Civil, 176; di.
vorce 30; criminal, IL; chancery. 81.
The will of Rev Father Cunningham
has been filed in the probate court Il
will be probated the last Saturday IL
September. Rev. Father p. ]. GaffneI
of Rutland and Rev. Father Reynolds o.
Bellows Falls are named as executors
The contents of the instrument are no
made public, but it is known that a larg,
part of the estate is left for charitable
use.
At the open-air meeting on the com
mon at o'clock Sunday evening, an ad
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d. D., and prayer will be offered by Rev
DR.. Lawson. f. w. Gibson will preside
There will be singing by male quartz
and by Miss Martha Winkler of Cam
den, N. ]. The meeting in Esteyville will
be held al o'clock The speaker will b.
announced from the pulpits of tn
churches Sunday morning.
The Greenfield, Deerfield & Northamp
! ton Electric railroad in which E. c. eros
by is one of the heavy stockholders, has is
sued handsome booklet entitled "Trole,
trips through the oid-time haunts of tn
! Norwottuck and Pocumtuck Indians" I
. is we'll filled with historical and descrp
tive matter, and half-tone cuts giving pic
, turesque scenes in Northampton, Hat
: field, Deerfed, Greenfield, Hadley, Am
/, herst. Sunderland and other towns alon
, the line of the road.
} Justice Stowe rendered his decision
| Monday in the case of ]. L. Grove
against William Belden, the Estey Orgal
. company trustee which was brought b.
! | Lawyer Frank Barber to recover n bill o
, , $l3.6S. At the hearing judgment wa
, given against Belden by default, but tn
!. trustee filed a disclosure showing tina
, the funds in their hands due Belden wer
covered by an order to Mrs. Emma White
The decision of the court Is that the trus
tee must respond to the judgment. e. L
| Waterman for Belden and c. c. Fits 70
, the trustee.
The trustees who had charge of the fun
Z raised under the agreement with B. Sout
. | & Co. have made their accounting an
I have returned to the subscribers thei
Z propprtionate share of the balance q
: s261.g2. The total amount collected wa
q $6547.5S, and the large sums paid out in
, cluded $4,000 to the company. 500 for LAND
and $479,77 for building a side track TIL
Z trustees will continue to hold the securit
i lgiVen under the agreement with L
Souto & Co. for carrying out, on thei
part the contract for operation of tn
plant for five years.
Rev. Guy c. Lamson, pastor of tn
e First Baptist church, announced to hi
people on Sunday evening that he ha
= decided not to accept the call to the as
; sistant pastorship of the Calvary churc
e in New York city. He has had the matte
= under consideration for some time an
a 1t is after careful consideration that h
= reached his decision of Sunday evening
n Not only his own congregation, but ais
= a large majority of the community is re
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