Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-21

QuOHehldCtN liiDe VI fkeu Men conferred
the chiefs degree on two candidates last
Friday evening.
The bailiffs have appointed Austin Ward
police officer for Western avenue and
Forest Square.
One hundred and thirty tickets for the
Block Island excursion yesterday were
sold at the local ticket office.
The two rural letter carriers from the
Brattleboro east village) office, Nos.
and 8, will hereafter leave at ~ instead
of 1 o'clock.
Rev. e. c. Drouhln Of Woodstock, depu-
ty high chief ranger, will make his semi
annual visit to st. Mlchaels court, Catho-
lie Order of Foresters, next Tuesday even
ing.
The walk for the Audubon society this
week will be through the Retreat meadow.
The meeting place will be at the Retreat
farmhouse at 3 o'clock Wednesday, July
20.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. c. Il. Downer on Cottage street
next Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
1t is hoped that all members will be
present.
The Boston & Maine Railroad company
will run an excursion to Lake Sunapee
Sunday, the 30th The train will leave
Brattleboro at in the morning and will
leave Lake Sunapee on the return trip
at 5.25. Steamers will make trips to the
various landings during the day.
Mrs. lara l.. Winans a summer boarder
at Mr.. Rouillard's in North Hinsdale was
found dead in bed Monday morning
Death was caused by organic heart dis
ease. The body was taken to Saratoga
Tuesday for burial, an undertaken from
Saratoga coming to Brattleboro for that
purpose.
E. L. Hildreth & Co have issued for
complimentary distribution a large card
suitable for hanging upon the walls of
Office or home, on which at a glance may
be seen the time for the departure of ali
trains, the closing of mails at the post
office and at the railroad station, and the
closing of express orders at the High
street office.
Round trip tickets to the Universalist
conference at Isles of Shoals, which be-
gins tomorrow and continues through
next week. will be sold by the Boston &
Maine Railroad company at reduced rates
The rate from Brattleboro, via Bellows
Falls and Boston, is $3.50. Tickets are
good going from July % to 30 and re-
turning from July "a to 81.
The work of preparing a place for the
Estey memorial organ to be erected in
lH6 fHSI bdpllSl CnuIcn VIII ne begun
Monday. After next Sunday there will
be no church or Bible school services in
the church until Sept. l. Announcement
as to the Bible school sessions will be
made next week. The organ probably
will not be set up before October.
Nearly 1000 people attended the meet
ing on the common Sunday evening. The
weather was comfortable and the service
was excellent. The First Regiment band
gave half-hour concert at the opening
and the principal other features of the
meeting were an excellent address by
Rev. H. II. Miles and two double numbers
by the Brattleboro male quartet.
Arthur F. Roberts has bought the Kel-
logg grocery store in Greenfield of F. II
Fuller of Hinsdale. He is now in charge
but he intends to sell the store. A Green
field despatch to the Springfield Republi-
can this week said: 'Dunklee Bell &
Co., who have been in the store since Mr.
Fuller relinquished its management, sup
posed they had bought it, and were con-
sequently surprised to learn that Mr.. Full
Ter had sold to Mr.. Roberts"
A grey squirrel in a cage arrived at the
baggage room Monday and has enjoyed
nuts and other good things from the
hand of Baggage Master David s. Carey
ever since Who owns the squirrel is not
known, but Mr. Carey expects the owner
ship will be established in due time. The
squirrel was put on the White Mountain
train at New York, but there was no tag
on the cage. Not knowing what else tc
do with it the agent put it off at Brattle-
boro. Doubtless 1t will be traced.
The partnership which has existed be-
tween Raymond H. Amidon and Ernest
G. Miller, grocers, under the firm name
of Amidon & Miller, was dissolved yester-
dnX Mr. Miller sailing biG to a Is
partner. The business will be carried or
under the name of r. H. Amidon & Co Mr.
Miller will remain with the firm for the
present The young men bought the
store, which is the old Frost & Proctor
stand, six months ago, of Arthur F.
Roberts. A statement in regard to debts
due the firm of Amidon & Miller is made
in the advertising columns of this paper
A report was circulated perslstently
Friday to the effect that on Thursday
night man was shot on Main street and
was taken to the hospital, and the local
newspapers were scanned in a vain search
for details of the horrible affair About
IL O'Clock Thursday night report some
thing like a pistol shot was heard which
attracted the attention of Night Watch
man Warren. Mr.. Warren made an in
vesugation and found that some person
touched off large fire cracker on Elliot
street.
Tuesday was the hottest day thus far
this year, DIR. Gales standard register
ing thermometer recording 90. This ther-
mometer is located where the sun never
reaches it and the mercury therefore does
not run as high as many of the ordinary
thermometers. The temperature on that
day was six degrees higher than on the
corresponding day last year. The mid
day temperature for the past week has
been as follows: Friday SO; Saturday rs;
Sunday n; Monday 81; Tuesday 80; We'd
nesday &c.
Those having charge of the work of
preparing the roadbed of the narrow
gauge railroad for changing 1t to stand
ard gauge state that II will be impossible
to complete the work before the first of
next week, consequently the date for
spreading the rails has been postponed to
a week from next Sunday. w. p. Elrod
OF st. Adams, general roadmaster for the
Central Vermont Railway company, says
the gauge positively will be changed on
that date. Although the road is but SO
miles long 1t contains 295 curves. Many
of them have been reduced considerably
during the past few weeks.
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