Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-04

A. r. BOyntOn mas SOlu MS mousse III
Centrevie to w II. Kenney.
Twelve people went from Brattleboro
to Lake Sunapee on the excursion Sun
day.
A regular meeting of the knights and
Ladies of Honor will be held Monday
evening in Red Mems hall.
George o. Leavitt of Greenfield. for
merly of Wilmington and Brattleboro,
has filed a schedule in bankruptcy.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. c. F. Sargent, Cherry street,
next Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
The Roman Catholic picnic will be held
at Central park in Vernon Aug. 1G. In
case of unfavorabe weather the gather
ing will be held on the 18th.
The Unitarian church will be closed
during the month of August for the usual
summer vacation. The pastor will be in
town the greater part of the month and
may be called upon for any pastoral SER
vice.
The arc lamp in front of John Galvn's
store fell to the ground Tuesday morning,
striking the running gear of a milk
wagon. The wire lay across the horses
back, but 1t happened that there was no
electric current on No damage was
done beyond smashing the lamp.
Miss Bridget Connolly of Chase street
| Iel uOWn lne Ddnk on tne west Sue OF
! Linden street near the junction of Lin
! den and Chase streets, Saturday night
and broke the small bone in her left leg
| about six inches above the ankle In the
darkness she walked off the sidewalk
w H. Snow, the sporting goods dealer,
| has been granted this week letters patent
on ball bearing wise. The invention is
very simple but meets with the fun APP
! prevail of all first-cass mechanics who
have examined it. Proposals have al
ready been made to Mr.. Snow for the
| formation Of a stock company to manu-
facture the wise.
Layton Wheeler Bangs. one of the twin
sons Of DR.. Dean c. and Annette Bangs
of Rockville, Conn, died Monday after
| about months illness with cholera in
fantum. The child was born Dec. IS,
1904. DR.. and Mrs. Bangs came to Brat
| tleboro Tuesday with the body, which
was buried in the family lot in Prospect
Hill cemetery. Rev. H. r. Miles, OF the
Congregational church, offered prayer.
With the engagement Of Miss Imogen
S. Farnum of Everett, Mass as teacher
in mathematics to succeed Miss Goodwin
the school board has completed the corps
of teachers for the high school the COM
ing year. Miss Farnum Is a graduate Of
Bates college and has had six years
experience in teaching mathematics in
Auburn, Maine, Springfield and Cottage
City. Mass The committee has spent a
great deal of time and care in making
the selection of teachers.
Everett w. Goodhue. son of Rev. and
Mrs H. A. Goodhue of Bratteboro and
professor of sociology and economics in
Colgate university, will speak at the
meeting on the common next Sunday
evening The First Regiment band will
give concert at o'clock followed by
the preaching service. George l.. Dun
ham will preside. The meeting in Estey-
Vile at o'clock will be conducted by
Harry j. Humpstone, of the New York
normal school at Fredonia.
A detail from company l. consisting
of the quartermaster sergeant and four
men, will leave Brattleboro next Tues
day for the state camp ground near Fort
Ethan Allen to prepare camp in company
with details from other companies, for
the annual muster. The company will
assemble in the headquarters over Water
man & Martins office at o'clock on
Friday morning and will leave Bratte-
boro accompanied by the First Regiment
band, on the 5.45 train, arriving at the
camp ground at 1145.
letter received in Brattleboro Friday
told of the serious condition of Harry
Thomas, who started for California re-
Gently with his mother Mrs Leander
Thomas. At a small town in Utah Mr..
Thomas became unable to move and
A physician who was called said 1t was
a case of nerve exhaustion which might
have been caused by the high altitude
reached on the Rocky Mountains. Mr.
|, Thomas was not in good health when he
left Bratteboro. 1t is not known when
! he will be able to proceed.
Night Waterman VIII Warren arrested
, Thomas Murphy of Saxtons River and
another man whose name was put down
as Robert Wilson Monday night for intox-
ication Murphy was lying on the ground
behind the town hall building with his
feet about six inches from the railroad
track. Wilson was at the station waiting
for the 1910 train. They were kept in
: the lookup over night and on Tuesday
} morning were arraigned before Justice
;; Newton. Both pleaded guilty and were
fined So and costs. Wilson paid. but
Murphy lacked the wherewithal and was
taken to Newfane Jail for 10 days.
! At the July meeting of camp d. F.
Curtin, No. g. U. S. w. v, held last Fri
, day evening, the following officers were
, reelected for the ensuing year: ]. G.
! Estey, camp commander; L. II. Henkel
, senior vice commander; j. C. Sullivan,
junior vice commander F. c. Dunklee
chaplain; F. l. Swift, adjutant; j. c.
HenRel, quartermaster; w. H. Perry, Of
ficer of the day; w. p. Toomey, officer OF
, the guard; j. H. Estey, F. B. Putnam,
George Cain, trustees. The present mem
, bership Is 81, and there are several APP
plications to be voted upon. All honorably
discharged soldiers, sailors or marines of
, either the volunteer or regular service in
the Spanish-American war are eligible
to membership.
Ernest f. Perry of Birge street. the
well known clothing merchant, was hurt
seriously in a collision on Canal street
Tuesday night, as a result of which ne
is confined to his home, but no bones
were broken and 1t is expected that he
will be out in few days. The mare which
he was driving has not been recovered.
Mr.. Perry was returning home from the
Clark farm and was driving black mare
recently bought by him and c. d. Noyes
of Colrain. On account of an accident to
the arc dynoma at the electric light sta
ton several days ago there was no light
at the top of the Canal street hill, and
when MIR. Perry was near the George H.
Clark place, now occupied by DR.. E. r.
Lynch, his carriage collided with a car
riage occupied by Sylvester Miner and
Linde Kali. Mr. Perrys carriage was
overturned and badly damaged and Mr..
Perry was thrown to the ground, strik-
ing heavily on one hip. He was taken
into c. e. Aliens house and a physician
was summoned, after which he was
carried home. At first 1t was thought
that his hip was broken. Mr.. Miners
carriage was damaged Mr. Perry's
horse freed herself from the carriage and